Paulette M. Chapman, adjunct staff, holds a Master of Arts degree in Systematic Theology from the University of Notre Dame and Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. In 26 years of ministry, she has served in urban and rural parishes in faith formation and pastoral ministry for children through adults, as educational consultant for a regional, ecumenical resource center, and as adjunct faculty for Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Paulette has been involved in the training of catechists, Catholic school teachers and catechetical leaders; has offered workshops at the parish, diocesan and regional level; and has authored the catechetical leaders' handbook for the Diocese of Des Moines. Paulette lives in Urbandale, Iowa with her husband and three children.