This is an online monthly session for Professional and Pastoral Development for anyone in a church ministry. The presenter will share topics that will enhance people’s skills and communication skills as well as learning how our actions and body language can be more aligned to living out our faith.

This is for anyone who is a staff, volunteer or in any leadership role in the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Anyone that has direct contact with people and wants to learn how to be a better agent of evangelization for the Church. This can include, but not limited to, priests, deacons, religious, lay ecclesial ministries, church staff, etc.

This is absolute FREE. You must register to receive the Zoom link, and you may be asked to participate in a survey to evaluate how we can make it better.

The sessions will be between thirty minutes to one hour. These sessions will be offered monthly.

Yes, the sessions will be recorded and if you are not able to attend one of the sessions, you may be able to view them later. You will be given instructions on this process from the instructor.

These sessions are not in Spanish but once the videos are uploaded on our YouTube channel for review, the Spanish closed captioning should be available when reviewing them.

Yes, these sessions are considered professional development. Of course, you must have approval from your boss if you want to attend a session during your working hours. If this is not possible, there will be the recorded video to be viewed later.

Jesse DeLeon is the Assistant Director of Communications for the Diocese of Corpus Christi. His extensive background in radio (Jesse & Bessie in the Mornings) and television are proving to be wonderful gifts to our diocese. Jesse also worked at KLUX before joining the chancery team. Additionally, he is a Communications teacher at Del Mar College, so having the opportunity to work on creating and sharing this Synodality course with everyone is a blessing. As soon as he was asked to create this course, Jesse didn’t hesitate and said yes. You will find Jesse as a lector at OLPH and being on a volunteering committee at the Corpus Christi Cathedral.
 
Jaime Reyna has many years of experience with ministry leaders and small groups working for the Catholic Church. During his span of 16 years, he has been the Director for the Offices of Youth, Young Adults, Family Life, Multicultural and Social Ministry for the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Facilitated the Synod in 2017 and V Encuentro in 2018 for the Diocese of Corpus Christi. He was also the Event Lead and the Multicultural & Inclusivity Lead for the National Eucharistic Congress from 2023-2024 working with national ministries and helped plan the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. Since November 2024, Jaime is the Director of Diocesan Initiatives and the point person for Hispanic Ministry for the Diocese of Corpus Christi.