CSAF board helps guide the future

The Catholic Spirit

Members of the Catholic Services Appeal Foundation Board of Directors play a vital role in shaping and furthering the foundation’s initiatives, said Tizoc Rosales, CSAF president. Current members are:

Stephen Carter

A parishioner at Holy Trinity in South St. Paul, Carter is the CSAF board secretary and a member of the board’s finance and ministries committees. He also is a retired business administrator at St. Francis de Sales in St. Paul, and a past board member of Eden Invitation. “I bring parish administration experience to the board, along with assisting in various administrative tasks.” It means, “participating in the corporal and spiritual works of mercy by helping to make possible the funding needed by various ministries in our local Church.”

Yen Fasano

A member of All Saints in Lakeville and St. Anne-St. Joseph Hien in Minneapolis, Fasano is chair of the CSAF board. She is associate director of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, leading the Drexel Mission Schools Initiative. She was a member of the Archdiocesan Synod executive committee and an emcee and host. She has been a board member of the Aim Higher Foundation and an All Saints Mission Partner as a middle school basketball coach. “I wholeheartedly believe in the values and mission (of CSAF), and I love that I get to support, all at once, a plethora of ministries that make Jesus known and loved in this local archdiocese.”

Lisa Gott

An executive committee member of the CSAF board and chair of the ministries committee, Gott is a member of St. Michael and St. Mary in Stillwater. A member of the Council of Catholic Women, she also has served as president of her parish’s Catholic School Advisory Committee and was a confirmation leader for four years. She served on the steering committee that formed Faithful Shepherd Catholic School in Eagan. In memory of her son, Gott helped establish a nonprofit that for three years hosted high school lacrosse tournaments, raised money for college lacrosse scholarships and taught lacrosse skills to underserved children in the metropolitan area. She and her husband were the chair couple for the 2009 and 2010 Catholic Services Appeal campaigns. “I am a board member because I believe strongly in the mission and purpose of the organization. It is a privilege to be stewards of our donors’ yearly contributions and ensure that their trust and intentions are always upheld. “

Victoria Iacarella www.jericochris�anjourneys.com

A member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Minneapolis, Iacarella is on the CSAF board’s executive, marketing and development committees. She retired last year as creative director of Target. She assists the ministry Unbound with sponsorship of children and youth, is a Minneapolis Council of Catholic Women board member and newsletter editor and is on Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s finance council. Iacarella has been an advisory council member at St. Olaf in Minneapolis; past president and board member of Adoption Option Council of Minnesota (now Bellis); an advocate for children in juvenile and family courts with Guardian Ad Litem of Minnesota; an eMentor at Target and Minneapolis Edison High School; and a career and college readiness mentor at Achieve.

Please pray for all priests especially these spiritual directors on our upcoming faith based travels.

“I’m on the CSAF board first for the love of Christ. I’m grateful for the opportunity to bring my marketing and creative experience and use the gifts I’ve been given to contribute in a meaningful way to an organization that supports what I truly care about.”

Harold Parsons

Parsons, a member of Holy Trinity in South St. Paul, serves on the parish’s finance committee and is a member of the CSAF board’s finance and executive committees. A veteran of the Air Force, he is a retired CPA who focused on religious, social service and fundraising nonprofits, including many Catholic organizations in the archdiocese.

Karen Rauenhorst

A member of the CSAF board’s executive committee and chair of its governance committee, Rauenhorst is a member of Holy Name of Jesus in Wayzata. A retired nurse, she most recently oversaw the health care of her father-in-law and her parents. She is on the board of Catholic Relief Services and the National Catholic Educational Association. Among other commitments, she has been involved with the Aim Higher Foundation for the past 10 years and was its first board chair. Rauenhorst also has volunteered at the archdiocese for the last 15 years and is on the strategic planning committee for parishes.

Father Leonard Andrie

Editor’s note: Father Andrie, pastor of St. Therese in Deephaven and a recent addition to the CSAF board, was on pilgrimage and unavailable for comment before press time.

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