The Glenmary Vocation Team

• Vocation Director: Father Steve Pawelk, right, a native of Maple Lake, Minn., has been working in vocations for six years and lives in Grayson, Ky.  He has been a Glenmary missioner for over 21 years, and ordained for 17 years. “In Glenmary I have found a home, with the people of rural America, with the brothers of my community and in the ministry of service,” Father Steve says. “As vocation director, I am happy to invite others to make their home with us.”

• Associate Vocation Director: Kyle Brandon, left, originally from Rockford, Ill., studied theology and counseling at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He has worked with Glenmary for the last two years. His favorite aspect of his job is “definitely meeting the people,” Kyle says. “I have an opportunity to get to know young men across the country and around the world who desire to love Jesus. It’s a challenge and an inspiration.”
  
  
• Administrative Assistant: Karen Stemann, born in St. Louis, Mo., moved to Louisiana, when she was 16, but she says, "I never quite became a southern belle."  After marriage and moving from Louisiana to Texas and then to Kentucky, she and her family settled in the Cincinnati area in 1978. She is married to Jim and has four sons—Mike, David, Brian and Marc. She is a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Fairfield, Ohio. Her interests include painting, gardening, and enjoying the outdoors. "I am very happy to be working here at Glenmary with so many kind and helpful people," she says.

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