Vicar for Clergy AND MINISTRY PERSONNEL

The Office of the Continuing Education for Clergy assists the Archbishop and the Vicar for Clergy in the ongoing formation of the Clergy. The Office provides opportunities for continued spiritual, human, intellectual and pastoral growth after ordination, coordinates the annual Clergy Retreat and assists in the planning of the annual Clergy Convocation. The Office is also responsible for the New and Transitional Pastors Workshop, the Fall and Spring Clergy Study Days and the Junior Clergy Formation and Mentor Program.

Msgr. John Cihak, Director of Continuing Education, Cohort II Rep
Fr. Todd Molinari, Vicar for Clergy
Fr. John Henderson, Cohort I Rep
Fr. Stephen Kenyon, Cohort IV Rep
Fr. Ken Sampson, Cohort III Rep

The Vicar for Clergy represents the Archbishop to the priests in expressing concern for their emotional, physical and spiritual well-being as follows:

Support Programs for our Priests
Represents the Church and its bishop to the priests and vice-versa the individual needs and concerns of our priests. This includes providing liaison between priests and laity in times of conflict and disagreement; providing lists of priests available for ministry at large; and providing for priest wellness mind, body and spirit.

Director of the Priest Personnel Board
The Vicar for Clergy meets regularly with the Archbishop to discuss priests, to help mediate stressful relationships among priests, to prepare priests for retirement and to work with the international priests in their enculturation and in the legal matters which involve them. The Vicar for Clergy also serves as the Director of the Priest Personnel Board.

Life and Formation Committee
The Vicar for Clergy assists the Formation committee as they work to provide resources for the care of priests in the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. Care of priests includes their spiritual and physical well-being as well as ongoing formation to build on their natural gifts and talents or to provide enrichment in areas where priests may desire to grow. The committee plans workshops, retreats and gatherings.