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Sister Teresa Harrell is a sister of the Society of Mary, consecrated missionary sistersa religious life institute of sisters dedicated to the New Evangelization, that works in a complementary way with the Saint John Society.

After being homeschooled, she finished her last two years of high school at Damascus Christian School (Damascus, Oregon).

She subsequently received her Bachelors in English from Corban University (Salem, Oregon,) her Masters in Rhetoric and Composition from Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon), her Masters in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio), and studied Philosophy at the Centro de Estudios John Henry Newman (Buenos Aires).  She is currently working on a Doctor of Ministry degree at Mt. Angel Seminary, with a particular focus on personalism and the works of mercy.

As a Sister of the Society of Mary, she has served among university students in Cordoba, in Pilar, Buenos Aires, in Corvallis and Portland Oregon, where for eight years she was the campus minister for the Newman Center at Portland State University.

She currently lives in West Linn, Oregon, at the Old River Pastoral Center, and works at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Portland, Oregon, where she serves as director of the Mercy Mission Program and coordinator of liturgy and spirituality.

Ignacio Llorente is a priest of the Saint John Society.

He completed his secondary studies at the Escuela Argentina Modelo (Buenos Aires). Before joining the Saint John Society he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Centro de Estudios Macroeconomicos de Argentina (Buenos Aires). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from the Universidad del Norte Santo Tomas de Aquino (Buenos Aires), and a Licentiate in Pastoral Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Rome), through Sacred Heart Major Seminary (Detroit).

As a priest of the Saint John Society he has been Chaplain of the Newman Center at Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon), pastor of St Patrick Parish (Portland, Oregon) and pastor of Saint Mary’s Parish (Corvallis, Oregon). He also assists in evangelization for Hispanic immigrants in the United States through the St. Juan Diego program.

He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, USA, where he is pastor of St. Michael Parish. From there he works with young professionals and adults in SJS evangelization programs. He is also guiding the development of a new SJS pastoral center in West

Father Joseph Piper is a priest of the Saint John Society.

He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Rome), through Sacred Heart Major Seminary (Detroit).

Born in Seattle, Washington, he spent two years as a missionary in Argentina, where he studied Philosophy at the Universidad del Norte Santo Tomas de Aquino (Buenos Aires), while working as a missionary in the interior of the country. He then lived He currently lives in Washington, DC, where he workeds as a chaplain at the American University.

He currently lives in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he is dedicated to the New Evangelization among college students and in the poor neighborhoods in the outskirts of the city.

Father John Poodts is a priest of the Saint John Society.

He attended high school at Colegio San Juan el Precursor in San Isidro, Buenos Aires.

He is a professor and holds degrees in Philosophy from the Universidad del Norte Santo Tomas de Aquino (Buenos Aires), and a Masters and an Ecclesiastical Bachelor’s Degree in Theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies (Washington DC).

After a period working as a missionary in Washington DC, he was ordained deacon there in May 2021. He was later ordained a priest in December of that same year, in Argentina. He then spent a few years working with highschoolers and college students in Pilar, Argentina, and in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Since January 2024, he has been residing in Corvallis, Oregon, where he works as the Director of the Newman Center at Oregon State University.

Father Maximo Stock is a priest of the Saint John Society, ordained in 2012 in Cura Brochero, Cordoba.

He is a former student of Colegio Los Robles in Buenos Aires and after having studied philosophy at the Universidad del Norte Santo Tomas de Aquino (Buenos Aires), he continued his theology studies at Mount Angel Seminary in the State of Oregon (USA).

He graduated in May 2012 with a Masters of Arts (MA) and a Masters of Divinity (MDiv) with a thesis on Antecedent Probabilities in the writings of John Henry Newman.

In 2023 he completed his bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Rome) through the Sacred Heart Major Seminary (Detroit, USA).

As a priest of the Saint John Society, he served as chaplain of the Newman Center at Portland State University. He lived in Cordoba (Argentina) collaborating in the development of the new evangelization programs of the SJS.

In the summer of 2017 he moved to Oregon for his new assignment as Director of the Newman Center at Oregon State University, USA. After seven years serving in that capacity, Fr. Maximo has recently moved to Washington DC to serve as the chaplain for undergraduates and athletics at The Catholic University of America.

Sister Bernadette Wilson is a definitively consecrated sister in the Society of Mary, an institute of religious sisters dedicated to the New Evangelization that complements the mission of the Saint John Society in Argentina, Uruguay and the United States.

Sister Bernadette is from Portland, Oregon, USA. She graduated from Valley Catholic High School in Beaverton, Oregon. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) in Behavioral Science and Education. She completed the Master of Arts in Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio). In her formative years she served in Cordoba (Argentina) and in Corvallis (USA) ministering to high school and university youth, and with people from marginalized areas. She later served in Pilar, Buenos Aires, and then back in Corvallis in evangelization programs for adults and youth.