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Duchesne Center Office: 914-323-5447 (fax) 914-323-1268 Mailing Address: Rev. Wil Tyrrell, S.A. Father Wil Tyrrell, S.A., coordinates all interfaith and Catholic programs on campus and advises the Catholic Student Association. He teaches in the First year Program-Freshmen Seminar and lectures in World Religions at Manhattanville. Fr. Wil is also the Director of the Study Abroad Prgram on Campus. He celebrates Catholic mass with the Manhattanville community and serves at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church on 42nd Street in New York City. Fr. Tyrrell is also consultant to Ecumenical Trends, a board member of St. Christopher's Inn, a homeless shelter, and of Westchester Interfaith Clergy Network. In the summer, he lectures on World Religions and Interreligious Dialogue for the Centro Pro Unione in Rome, Italy. He earned his BA in World Religion and Literature from SUNY at Stony Brook; MA in Philosophy and Biblical Studies from California State University and Fordham University, respectively; a M.Div. in Theology from Catholic University; and a Doctorate in Ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation. Craig Donnelly, Jr. Craig Kevin Sevilla Donnelly, Jr. coordinates community service activities for the Duchesne Center seven days a week and has been especially successful in the enhancement of varied community partnerships and programming. He serves as the club advisor for Gospel Choir, Student Government, Minds in Motion, and Latin Student Association. Craig facilitates service-related workshops for the Office of Residence Life, SUNY Purchase, Yonkers Partners in Education, and the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs & Services. He coordinates student participation in the Hatton W. Sumners Student Leadership Conference-U.T./Austin, the New Orleans and Romero Center-Camden Service Learning Trips. Craig also directs a play per semester that benefits the cast kids program. Craig is a member of the Westchester Not-for-Profit Alliance, the Florida National Broadcasting Society, and the Backstage Theater Group of New York. He earned his BA in Communication from Kean University, New Jersey. Roger Drew Roger Drew coordinates the global citizenship programming for the Duchesne Center. He is an alumnus of Manhattanville with a self-designed Social Justice major with a Women's Studies minor and was an active Duchesne Scholar. After graduation, Roger worked for two years in the Non-Profit field and is excited to return to Manhattanville and Duchesne. He is the staff advisor for UNICEF and enjoys being active in his free time around human rights issues domestically. Rabbi Bruce Freyer Rabbi Bruce Freyer works with the Jewish community on campus and the Jewish Student Assoc. to plan services around Jewish holidays and Shabbat dinners. Bruce has extensive experience in the active rabbinate as well as private business and serves on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations. He is currently working on a cooperative farming project to restore a farm in Afghanistan. Sr. Haifa Bint-Kadi Sr. Haifa coordinates Muslim programs on campus and delivers lectures on contemporary Islamic issues while acting as an advisor to the Muslim Student Association. She facilitates Muslim and Non-Muslim involvement in spiritual initiatives across the Manhattanville campus. Sr. Haifa also works with the Dialogue Project in Brooklyn to educate, train and facilitate community-based group discussions around issues of conflict resolution and transformation, building relationships and mutual cooperation, trust and interfaith, intercultural understanding. Sr. Haifa also maintains a career as an artist. She holds an M.F.A. from Istituto d'Arte per il mosaico in Ravenna, Italy and a B.A. in Classical Studies and Film-Making. She is currently pursuing studies in Clinical Pastoral Education. Sr. Haifa has been designing and fabricating public art mosaics since 1997 and recently completed the installation of a series of sculptures for the State of New York at SUNY Oneonta. |