Andy Duran serves as the Director of the Peacebuilders Initiative. Before coming to Peacebuilders, Andy worked as the Youth Minister, and later the Director of Evangelization, at the Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest. He also spent nearly 3 years as the Director of the Ministry for Persons with Disabilities for the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida. Andy is passionate about advocating for social justice, and in 2004 he initiated his own Peace Project as the founder of Camp Hope, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports children and teenagers with developmental disabilities.
Andy graduated in 2001 from Saint Leo University with a B.A. in Theology and a Minor in Special Education. He is currently enrolled at Loyola University Chicago in the MSW/M.Div dual degree program. Andy lives in Lake Bluff with his wife Lisa, his two-year-old daughter Emma Grace. They are patiently awaiting the arrival of baby #2, due in May 2012.
Phone: 773.371.5434
Email: aduran@ctu.edu
Kyle Schreiner serves as the Associate Director for the Peacebuilders Initiative. He has also worked twice with the program as a mentor. Prior to coming on board with Peacebuilders, Kyle’s interest in working with youth was ignited during a year-long youth ministry internship at the Milford Spiritual Center in Milford, OH. While there he helped design and facilitate retreats for junior-high and high-school students.
He is a native of Cincinnati, a Marquette University graduate with bachelor’s degrees in theology and history, and is currently completing his Master of Divinity studies at CTU. When not in the office or catching up on his class work, Kyle enjoys running, fighting climate change, and making music with his guitar, djembe drum, or voice (badly). Kyle and his wife Lori live in Chicago and are expecing their first child in July 2012!
Phone: 773.371.5433
Email: kschreiner@ctu.edu
Sheila McLaughlin is director of the Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry and oversees the operations of the Peacebuilders Initiative. A graduate of Catholic Theological Union, Sheila was appointed by Cardinal Bernardin to be the first lay person and first woman to head the Chicago Archdiocesan Office of Divine Worship. She continued to serve in that capacity for his successor Cardinal Francis George.
A respected educator and gifted speaker, Sheila serves on the board of directors for the Siena Center at Dominican University and for the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation. She is also a liturgical consultant for the Catholic Health Association. In 2001 she received the Pro Ecclesia et Ponfice Award from Pope John Paul II for outstanding service "for the church and the pontiff." Sheila is the mother of three grown sons and is a young grandmother of four.
Phone: 773.371.5435
Email: smclaughlin@ctu.edu
