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Pastor
St. Ann Catholic Parish, Coppell
Reverend Monsignor Henry V. Petter was born in West, TX on April 5, 1946. He did his seminary studies at St. John Seminary and Assumption Seminary in San Antonio and Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving, TX. While at Holy Trinity Seminary, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in 1968. He joined the Air Force in July, 1968 and served at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Carswell Air Force Base in Ft. Worth, and Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. Board at the Pastoral Center.
He received an Honorable Discharge in March, 1972.
In September, 1972, he re-entered Holy Trinity Seminary and received a Master of Divinity degree from the University of Dallas Graduate Program in May, 1976. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Dallas by Bishop Thomas Tschoepe on May 1, 1976.
Fr. Henry served as Associate Pastor at Immaculate Conception Parish in Tyler, Texas from 1976 to 1980 and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Plano, Texas from 1980 to 1982. From 1982 to 1983, he served as Pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Commerce, Texas. In the early 80's he held the position of City Executive Priest for World-Wide Marriage Encounter for the Dallas area.
From 1983 to 1992 he served as Pastor of Immaculate Conception in Grand Prairie, Texas. From 1992 to 1997, he was Pastor of St. Paul the Apostle in Richardson. He has been Pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Community from 1997 until his recent assignment to St. Ann.
On December 20, 2004 he was named Prelate of honor by Pope John Paul II. His installation took place at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton on Sunday, May 1, 2005 by Most Rev. Charles V. Grahmann, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas.
Fr. Henry is a member of the Diocesan College of Consultors, the Presbyteral Council, and serves on the Personnel.
Director Of Evangelization
Coppell
Kurt Klement has worked in parish ministry at St. Ann for 23 years, originally serving in youth ministry until moving to the roll as Director of Evangelization in 2015. Kurt and Jenny live inCoppell, TX with their 5 children ranging from 10-19 years old. Kurt loves “reading” leadership related books on Audible that continue to challenge him to better love and serve those around him. A more recent hobby, Kurt loves doing Camp Gladiator with his 17 year old daughter!
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Director of Coaching and Development
Ron has a heart for parish renewal models that are sustainable, scalable
and transferable. Ron believes that a healthy culture and skilled leadership
are critical factors that we must be intentional about. Ron has implemented
Alpha in 3 parishes in two dioceses under three different pastors and has
coached numerous churches of all sizes and shapes. Ron was on the
original senior leadership team at Saint Benedict Parish with Fr James
Mallon and served as the Director of Making People Awesome (PastoralMinistries). Ron is now the Director of Coaching and Development at DivineRenovation Ministry. Ron’s professional background is in business. He has a love of sports and is a lifelong Catholic who stays up at night thinking of ways to make church matter for the 90% of Catholics who do not attend Mass and the non-believers who are yet to discover Jesus.
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