Trish Sullivan Vanni

Trish Sullivan Vanni (born March 24 1959) is presbyter in the Ecumenical Catholic Communion, the largest jurisdiction of the independent sacramental movement. She is the founding pastoral director of Minnesota's first ECC Church, Charis Ecumenical Catholic Community. Vanni also serves as an adjunct professor of theology at St. Catherine University. She has led two national Roman Catholic ministry initiatives: Phase II of the Emerging Models of Pastoral Ministry Project and the Leaven Center. She collaborates with other independent sacramental ministers on ministry effectiveness and community building. She resides in Eden Prairie, MN with her spouse Peter.

Contact Information

community@charisecc.org

www.charisecc.org

www.trishsullivanvanni.com

Eucharistic Communities

Title	Community	City	Years
Pastoral Director	Charis Ecumenical Catholic Community	Eden Prairie, MN	2017- Present
Significant Dates 3 December 2017 - Ordained to the Diaconate by Francis Krebs 23 June 2018 - Ordained to the Presbyterate by Francis Krebs

Education

• 1977 - Diploma, Hackensack High School, Hackensack, NJ
• 1981 - B.A. American Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
• 1994 - Certificate in Publishing, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• 2005 - M.Div. St. John's Seminary and School of Theology, Collegeville, MN
• 2013 - Ph.D. Ecclesiology, Liturgical Theology and Organizational Leadership Theory, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA

Books

• Easter Me, O God! Reflections for the Resurrection Season (2021)
• Turning and Returning: Reflections for Lent” (2020)

• Celebrating Your Role as a Godparent’’ (2018)

• The Twelve Steps Meet the Gospel’’ (2017)
• Spiritual Wisdom and Divine Light (2016)

• Praising God with St. Francis’’ (2016)

• De La Misa A La Misión’’ (2016)
• From Mass to Mission (2016)

• From Mass to Mission for Teens’’ (2016)

• From Mass to Mission Leader Guide’’ (2016)

• From Mass to Mission for Teens Leader Guide’’ (2016)
• Longing for the Holy (2014)
• Living in the Sacred (2013)
• Preaching in the Sunday Assembly, James A. Wallace CSsR editor (2010)

In the News

• Featured in Sacramental Whine: Chronicling the Independent Sacramental Movement, David Oliver Kling, author, Jayme Mathias, editor
• Liturgical Press Reorganizes (2011), National Catholic Reporter.
• Aspiring to Lead on Lay Ministry (1999), National Catholic Reporter.
• What do you see yourself doing in the year 2000? (1996) The Wall Street Journal

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