Mary Jo Klick is an original member of the Design Team for Engaging Impasse: Circles of Contemplation and Dialogue®. Mary Jo is Vice President for Operations of the Institute. Since 2002 she has been the administrative coordinator for the project, has acted as liaison with the staff at River’s Edge in Cleveland, OH, and has assisted with fundraising. Beginning in 2008, Mary Jo will be a consultant to the project with a focus on fundraising and writing. Mary Jo is co-editor with Nancy Sylvester, IHM of Crucible for Change: Engaging Impasse Through Communal Contemplation and Dialogue. In recent years Mary Jo has been a fundraising and organizational consultant with non-profits in Washington, DC. In 2005 she completed her work with the United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA) and the Catholic Mission Forum planning and co-coordinating Mission Congress 2005 held in Tucson, AZ in October, 2005 and Mission Congress 2000 held in Chicago, IL in September 2000. In 1998 and 1999, she coordinated the Solidaridad gatherings in Cleveland, OH and Dallas, TX for the Religious Taskforce on Central America and Mexico; and in 2001, the first National Gathering for Black Catholic Women in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the National Black Sisters’ Conference (NBSC). Mary Jo was on the staff of NETWORK, a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, from 1983-1993, where she was a member of the Administrative Team and Development Coordinator. She also worked for several years in religious education. Mary Jo holds a M.A. in Liberal Studies (Women’s Studies/ Women’s History) from Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, and a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. She has a special interest in the lives of 18th century women in England, Ireland, and North America. She is currently doing research for a biography on Anne Berkeley (1700-1786), an Anglo-Irish Protestant mystic and writer whose husband was the philosopher George Berkeley. An article, "Anne Forster Berkeley: The Woman of Whitehall" was published in the Winter/Spring 2002 issue of The Early America Review, an online publication Mary Jo enjoys reading and writing poetry, especially haiku, is an amateur clay sculptor, and finds contemplative space in the beauty of New Mexico and the culture and art of its tribal peoples. Her spiritual journey is leading her into the energy and spaciousness of the New Universe Story. Mary Jo enjoys spending time with friends and family, especially her 3 grown children and 2 grandchildren. Mary Jo can be reached at mjklick318@aol.com Return to the Top Back to Who We Are