Parish Information: Administration

Rev. Philip M. Bender, Pastor
Father Philip Bender grew up in Hollidaysburg, PA. His home parish was St. Michael's in Hollidaysburg where he attended the parish Catholic grade school. He entered the seminary following grade school (9th grade) at St. Charles/St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, MD. After twelve years in the seminary, he was ordained for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. He has served in three different parishes as assistant pastor and pastor of three parishes. He taught for nine years at Bishop Carroll High School, here in our diocese. He taught at St. Francis College in Loretto, PA on both the undergraduate level and in the Masters of Pastoral Ministry Program. He was Associate Director of the Family Life Office for four years. He was asked to come to State College in 1989 to establish a new parish and here he is!

Rev. Mr. Michael A. Ondik, Deacon
Deacon Mike Ondik was ordained a deacon in 2000. Mike spent 30 years in the public arena of natural resource conservation. His interest in wildlife and the outdoors in general, will always be there, but the little bit of help he can be to the people who need help is important in a different way. His family lives here in Happy Valley -- his son Mike is a conservation officer with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, his daughter Dolores is involved with Rittenhouse Management Corporation in Shingletown, and his son Patrick is a heating/air conditioning technician and lives in State College. His wife, Nancy, supports the family by working at Joel Confers Auto. He has six grandchildren and they are lots of fun. He lives on a small farm near Fillmore, PA. The pleasure of serving Good Shepherd parish has been all his! He is looking forward to many more years!

Dee has been employed by the parish since 1991 after spending several years in the Human Resources department at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory and in the Training and Development department at HRB-Singer (now Raytheon). She currently serves as our Parish Manager, overseeing the many aspects of the parish that comprise the business, facility and human resource operations. While serving in a liaison capacity to a number of the parish's committees, she also charis the Art and Environment Committee whose ministry is to prepare the appropriate environment for the celebration of the church's various liturgical seasons and feast days.

Amelia has been a member of Good Shepherd Church since 2002. Her involvement began when she participated in the CIA Program in order to become a full member of the Catholic Church. Since that time, her husband Eric and she have been involved in many aspects of this parish community, including the Family Life Committee and the choir. Amelia and Eric were married in 2002, two years after graduating from Penn State University where they met. They were blessed with their first child, Connor in November 2006. Prior to accepting the job as youth minister, Amelia spent 7 years dedicated to working with at-risk youth and their families in our community. Amelia has experience as an individual, family and group counselor and is currently enrolled in a Temple Univesity Master's program for Social Work.



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			Church of the Good Shepherd PO BOX 8186 \| State College, PA 16805 Phone: 814-238-2110 \| FAX: 814-238-3484 \| E-mail: gsoffice@goodshepherd-sc.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.