Province Updates
Alan Hartway,
c.pp.s. Tam Hoang,
c.pp.s. David Matz,
c.pp.s. Joseph Miller,
c.pp.s. Joe Uecker, c.pp.s.
Ron Will, c.pp.s. John Wolf, c.pp.s. Mark Yates,
c.pp.s. Garry Richmeier,
c.pp.s. Connie Swymeler
Sent by the Blood
The Leadership Team of the Kansas City Province of
the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood is pleased
to announce the following appointments:
Father Alan Hartway, c.pp.s., Kansas City Province
representative, Community Life Symposium, Rome,
Italy, July 23-28, 2017.
Father Peter Tam Hoang, c.pp.s., vocation director &
member of Leadership Team for the Vietnam Mission,
effective July 1, 2017. Father Hoang was ordained to
the priesthood on June 8, 2017. He has been serving as
director of vocations for the mission since 2015. Father
Tam will live at the House of Discernment in Ho Chi
Minh City.
Father David Matz, c.pp.s., Pastor, St. Agnes Parish,
Los Angeles, California, effective July 1, 2017. Father
Matz has been administrator of Saint Agnes Parish
since January 6, 2015.
Father Joseph Miller, c.pp.s., Pastor, St. Francis Xavier
Parish, Saint Joseph, Missouri, effective July 1, 2017.
Father Joseph Uecker, c.pp.s., Chair, Human
Development Fund (hdf), effective July 1, 2017. Father
Uecker has served as chair of the hdf for the past five
years. This appointment is for another five-year term.
Father Ron Will, c.pp.s., Sabbatical, effective July
1, 2017, with residence at Precious Blood Center,
Liberty, Missouri. Father Will joins the ministry
team at Precious Blood Renewal Center, effective
January 1, 2018.
Father John Wolf, c.pp.s., Kansas City Province
representative, Community Life Symposium in Rome,
July 23-28, 2017.
Father Mark Yates, c.pp.s., pastor of St. Patrick
Church, Georgetown, Iowa, St. Peter Church, Lovilia,
Iowa, and St. Patrick Church, Melrose, Iowa, effective
July 1, 2017. For the past year, Father Yates has served
as administrator of these three parishes in the Diocese
of Davenport.
The Leadership Team has made several appoint-
ments to the lgbt Committee in recent months. Neil
Mansuy is the new chair of the lgbt Committee,
effective April 1, 2017. Neil replaces Sister Diana
Rawlings, a.s.c., as chair of the committee. Sister Diana
will continue to serve as a member of the committee.
Companion Connie Swymeler replaces Companion
Cathy Pankiewicz, effective May 1, 2017. We are grate-
ful to Cathy for her many years of service. Father
Garry Richmeier, c.pp.s., has also been appointed to
the lgbt Committee, effective June 1, 2017.
We are grateful to these missionaries for accepting
the call to be sent by the Blood of Christ in the spirit of
St. Gaspar to be a reconciling and renewing presence
in the Church and our world. W
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