Administration

Our Pastor

Msgr. Thomas Welbers became pastor of Good Shepherd on July 1, 2009, after having served as pastor for fifteen years at Our Lady of the Assumption parish in Claremont. Father Tom, as he prefers to be called informally, was born and raised in Van Nuys, attended St. John's Seminary in Camarillo and was ordained in 1968. He has served in many parishes throughout the Archdiocese. He also received a degree in Liturgical Theology from the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome, and has been a teacher and consultant in liturgy. He also spent eleven years as campus minister at the Cal State Long Beach Newman Center and as Archdiocesan Director of Campus Ministry. Throughout his priesthood, Fr.Tom has counted both Fr. Colm and Fr.George as mentors and friends.

Contact

Msgr. Welbers can be contacted through theGood Shepherd Parish Center at (310) 285-5425, or by email at thomas.welbers@gmail.com.

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Pastor Emeritus

Reverend Colm O'Ryan was pastor of Good Shepherd Church from 1990 to 2009. In his retirement, he continues to preside at Mass and help in parish ministry. and has been Pastor since 1990. Father O'Ryan presides at Sunday masses and does the 12 noon mass during the week.

Father Colm O'Ryan attended Saint John's Seminary and was ordained a priest in 1955. During his many years as a priest he has served in the following parishes: St. Elizabeth's in Altadena, Holy Trinity in Atwater Village, St. Patrick's in North Hollywood, Our Lady of Victory in Compton, St.. Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks and Good Shepherd.

Contact

Father O'Ryan can be contacted through the Good Shepherd Parish Center at (310) 285-5425.

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Priest in Residence

Reverend George O'Brien is the Priest in Residence. Father O'Brien presides at Sunday masses and the 6:30 am mass during the week. Father O'Brien has been Priest in Residence since 1978. Father O'Brien and Pastor Colm O'Ryan were contemporaries at St. John's College.

Father O'Brien attended Saint John's Seminary and was ordained a priest in 1957. He was appointed to high school work five years later, received an M.A. in English from Loyola Marymount University and an Ed.D. from USC. He was a high-school teacher and administrator for sixteen years when Mount St. Mary's in 1978 invited him to join the college community. Father O'Brien teaches Freshman English and speech-communication courses. His chief delights are to help students improve their writing and to help them overcome their fear of giving speeches. He also teaches literature and he has had the opportunity to design and teach a number of literature courses new to the college, like Fiction to Film, Mythmaking: the Quest for Meaning, and California Authors. He is interested in journalism and how well the media reports what happens in the world. He developed a course a few years ago called The News Media and later spent a sabbatical studying new reporting, mostly attending classes at UCLA, but also observing in newsrooms across the country. He is excited to be part of Mount St. Mary's College.

Contact

Father O'Brien can be contacted through the Good Shepherd Parish Center at (310) 285-5425 or by email at Mount St. Mary's College at gobrien(at)msmc(dot)la(dot)edu.

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Pastoral Council

The Pastoral Council assists the Pastor in planning the parish's pastoral programs.

The Pastoral Council meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from September through June at 7:00 p.m. The members of the Pastoral Council are: Father Colm O'Ryan, Sharon Monroe (President), Patrecia Formeca, Dorothy Hayden-Watkins, John Kelly, Nicolas Kublicki, Lisa Nuzzi, Lee Reed, Sister Virginia Stehly, CSJ, Thomas Thomson, and Rob Weiler.

Contact

To contact the Pastoral Council, please call Sharon Monroe at (310) 470-0257.

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Finance Council

The Finance Council advises the Pastor in planning and overseeing the parish's and school's finances.

The Finance Council meets quarterly throughout the year. The members of the Finance Council are: Father Colm O'Ryan, Hal Donahue, William Gould, Tom Grojean, Barbara Gunning, Patrick Hickey, Mary Kusnic, Bill Shaw, Kathy Toppino, and Bill Vondrasek - Staff (Business Consultant).

Contact

To contact the Finance Council, please call Barbara Gunning - Chair at (213) 381-5121, x115.