Bishop Edward Wm. Clark – email ewclark at olapr dot org
Bishop Edward Wm. Clark was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Minnesota, Idaho and California (Orange County). He attended local schools in Los Angeles and graduated from St. John’s Seminary College in 1968.
Bishop Clark was ordained for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1972 and served as an associate pastor at Saint James Parish in Redondo Beach and Saint Joseph Parish in Pomona. He received a Masters Degree in Religion from Saint John’s Seminary in 1972 and a Masters Degree in Education from Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles in 1983. After serving in several Catholic High Schools of the Archdiocese, and as Principal of Paraclete High School in Lancaster, Bishop Clark attended the Gregorian University in Rome. He received a Licentiate Degree in Fundamental Theology in 1986 and a Doctoral Degree in Theology in 1988. From 1988 until 1990 he served as the Coordinator of Religious Formation and Instruction for the Catholic High Schools within the Archdiocese. Beginning in 1990 he was assigned to Saint John’s Major Seminary as an Assistant Professor of Theology and became a Full Professor in 1999. From 1994 until 2001, Bishop Clark also served as President and Rector of Saint John’s Seminary College and was promoted to Professor Emeritus of Saint John’s Major Seminaryin May 2001.
Appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles in January 2001, Bishop Clark was ordained by Cardinal Roger Mahony to the Episcopacy in March 2001 and assigned to Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region, where he currently serves.
He is the author of the book Five Great Catholic Ideas, published in 1999 by Crossroad Press, and a number of articles published in magazines and professional journals. He is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Order of Malta. Currently he chairs the Education and Editorial Committees of the California Conference of Catholic Bishops and the California Catholic Conference and is a member of the California Bishops’ Task Force on Health Care.
Andrew A. Galvan – email chochenyo at a o l dot com
Andrew A. Galvan is a descendant of the Ohlone, Bay Miwok, Plains Miwok and Patwin Indians whose ancestral lands comprise the greater San Francisco Bay Region. His family’s roots reach back beyond European contact in the area. Andrew traces his ancestral lineage to the laying of the cornerstone of the first buildings at Mission San Jose by his great-great-grandfather Chief Tarino. The cornerstone for the present restored mission chapel was laid by his father Felipe “Phil” Galvan in June 1982. Recent research has discovered his great-great-great-great grandfather’s baptismal entry in the Registers of Mission Dolores, dated November 1794.
Since 1978, he has been an active promoter of the Canonization Cause of Padre Junipero Serra and is currently a member of the SERRA Cause Board of Directors.
Andrew is President of The Board of Directors of The Ohlone Indian Tribe, Inc., as well as President of the Board of Directors for the Committee for the Restoration of Mission San Jose.
A long-time member of The California Mission Studies Association Andrew was its Board President from 1993 – 1997. Andrew is a founding member of The California Missions Foundation.
As of February 1, 2004, Andrew has undertaken the duties as Curator of Old Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California.
Since 2006, Andrew has joined the Franciscan Pilgrimage Program assisting in pilgrimages to the Alta California Missions.
Andrew earned his B.A. in History from the California State University at Hayward.
Georgiana Valoyce Sanchez – email luhui at verizon dot net
Georgiana Valoyce Sanchez is Native American of the Chumash (Shmuwich) and O’odham (Tohono and Akimal) People, born and raised in Southern California. She is an Elder on the Governing Council of the Barbareno Chumash Council, Board Member of the California Indian Storytellers Association and Chair of the Chumash Elders Women’s Council of the Wishtoyo Foundation. She has taught for the American Indian Studies Program at California State University, Long Beach for over twenty-eight years and recently retired. She is a published writer who has appeared in several national and international publications; her poem, “I Saw My Father Today,” was cast in bronze and placed on the Muni Platform in the Embarcadero in San Francisco. She is a renowned Storyteller and Board Member of the California Indian Storytellers Association, and co-founder of Living Indigenous Voices (LIV). She has been a Keynote Speaker and Workshop presenter for numerous Conferences throughout the United States. Her latest workshops have focused on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She continues to be a dedicated advocate for the preservation of Indigenous languages, sacred sites, ceremonial practices and traditional arts.