Some of you may have been wondering about some positions here at the OYM. You've noticed some job listings on our homepage for a Coordinator of Youth Ministry and a Web Developer. Maybe some questions have run through your head. Are they new positions or are Liz and Joel leaving?

Here is our news:

Joel Stein has been serving here at the OYM since November of 2003. He has certainly been a gift to our office as he has developed, built, and managed the OYM and REAP web sites. Due to a personal decision, Joel's last day here at the OYM will be June 16, 2006. He will be working full-time for the Regnum Christi lay apostolic movement as the web developer for several of their apostolates' websites. We thank you Joel for all you have done here and will be praying for you during your time of transition. May you be blessed!

Please join me in welcoming two new people to the OYM staff. Ray Buehler will begin on June 12, 2006 as the new web developer. He has already volunteered some time with the REAP Team and comes to us from St. Louis.

We welcome Dan Thraen as a new Coordinator of Youth Ministry. (Liz is not leaving.) He will begin July 3, 2006, just in time for the Steubenville Conferences! He comes to us from Pennsylvania but hails originally from Iowa.

We look forward to welcoming these new people to the OYM and Archdiocese of St. Louis and for you to get to know them as well. Please keep us in your prayers during these next weeks! God bless you!