Meet Our Team
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Jan Barrett
Executive Director of Duluth Benedictine Ministries
As Executive Director of Duluth Benedictine Ministries (DBM) and Duluth Benedictine Corporation (DBC) Jan serves as the lead for all matters relating to sponsorship and mission integration between the DBM Governing Body and each of its sponsored ministries. She ensures sponsorship effectiveness for all sponsored ministries; serves as a resource to sponsored ministries, including interpreting the sponsorship relationship; evaluates potential new sponsorship/co-sponsorship opportunities; and prepares sponsorship efforts for the future. Jan oversees the work of the DBM Director of Mission Integration and Formation and the Executive Assistant as well as any other positions DBM may employ.
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Sr. Lisa Maurer
Director of Mission Integration & Formation
As director of mission integration and formation, Sister Lisa leads collaborative efforts with ministry leadership to ensure the awareness and legacy of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery. Her work focuses on the areas of Benedictine legacy and sponsorship, Catholic identity, and theological and spiritual formation. She also works with each ministry to further each organization’s identity as a ministry of the Catholic Church.
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Bridgette Scharmer
Executive Assistant of Duluth Benedictine Ministries
As executive assistant of Duluth Benedictine Ministries and Duluth Benedictine Corporation, Bridgette supports the Benedictine mission by providing assistance to DBM as a whole, as well as to the director and director of mission integration and formation. Secretarial and administrative work, hospitality, videoconferencing, and communications are a large part of how she serves.
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