Meet our team

Growing Up Catholic is written, produced, designed, and supported by the Growing Up Catholic Team. Bill Huebsch served as the
lead writer, with Mike MacDonald as editor. Leisa Anslinger served as the senior advisor to the project, helping create ways to engage
parents in the parish. Mark Hakomaki is the illustrator and artist.

The Director of the Team is Leisa Anslinger. Leisa has a long history of parish ministry. A frequent presenter at conferences and
in-service days, Leisa speaks on topics of catechesis, pastoral leadership, and stewardship. She contributes regularly to ministerial
publications and is the author of Here Comes Everybody! and co-author of Desires of the Heart and Forming Generous Hearts:
Stewardship Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation. She is also author of the exciting book, Turning Hearts to Christ.  Leisa holds a
Bachelor's degree from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, and a Master's degree from Purdue University and the Athenaeum of Ohio.
With her husband, Steve, they also raised two children who were part of the parish programs.

The lead writer on this team is Bill Huebsch. Bill has his MTS in Theology from the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago. He has
served as a diocesan administrator, published many books on faith formation, and served as DRE at St. Stephen's Parish in suburban
Minneapolis. He is author of Vatican II in Plain English and the Growing Faith Project.

Mark Hakomaki is the artist who helped bring to life the topics of faith with which we all deal. His illustrations show the depth of
these realities in ways no words ever could. Visit Mark's web site to see more of his marvelous work. Click here to go there.

How to Reach Us
Phone
877-944-5844

E-mail
Info@GrowingUpCatholic.com

Postal address
PastoralPlanning.com
9980 Wildflower Rd
Pine City, MN 55063
The Examination of Conscience using the Lord's Prayer
is by Diane Laney Fitzpatrick
Stay-at-Home Parents Feature Writer
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A former newspaper reporter and editor, Diane Laney Fitzpatrick has three children in high school and college, making her an expert in parenting,
multi-tasking and do-overs.

She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University, worked as a reporter for daily newspapers for 10 years, and was editor of weekly
newspapers in Cleveland before becoming a stay-at-home mom and freelance writer. She's done a multitude of volunteer projects at schools, her
church, and for the homeless, minorities, women's issues, and political causes.

Diane and her family have lived in six states in the past 20 years, making her intimately familiar with moving and relocating families. She currently
lives in and writes from Jupiter, Florida.

The artwork on this website and in the Growing Up Catholic resource
is by Mark Hakomaki
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Mark is a former design florist who now operates a commercial art studio in Pine City, Minnesota. His work has been used to illustrate Catholic texts
such as The Growing Faith Project and Into the Fields, among others. Mark has a bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Minnesota.

The coloring pages in Growing Up Catholic
are from two main sources. The first is this website. The coloring pages are absolutely free to anyone for the asking. Simply send us a note and
request them. Or you may also download them yourself at the site above. The lessons offered by this web resource are all excellent and suitable for
most Catholic uses. They are also available in Spanish.

The second main source is this web site. Again, we are making these available at no charge whatsoever, and encourage you to visit this website for
more information.

The translations of Bible stories into plain English, the prayer celebrations, the activities, the scope and sequence, the parent
coaching and catechist guide pages, the take home activities, the web site, and all other components of this program
were written and designed by the Team at PastoralPlanning.com, which owns the copyright on that portion of this work. From time to time,
inspiration for our work came from a variety of sources, including parish leaders, parents, various Catholic web sites, and others. Growing Up
Catholic is a shared resource to be used by the Church. The cost being charged covers only our operations and production, and does not include any
more than that.