Ms. Lori Glass is actually not “new” to St. Francis de Sales parish. In fact, she has been the beloved first grade teacher at our parish school for the past 10 years! As of July 1, she has taken on the additional responsibility as Director of Religious Education for kindergarten thru eighth grade children here at St. Francis de Sales church. She will be coordinating the Sunday religion classes, overseeing the catechists, planning the sacramental preparation of First Reconciliation and First Communion, arranging special events, and running the Wednesday evening middle school programs. She will be working closely with our dedicated volunteers.
Ms. Glass earned her bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Special Education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She began her career with the Delavan/Darien school district teaching 4th and 5th grade for 13 years. After taking some time off from the classroom to raise her family, she returned part time to SFDS as the computer teacher, and was hired the following year to teach first grade.
Ms. Glass spends her free time with her family, especially her three sons. Jacob is a correctional officer for Marquette County in the U.P. of Michigan. He is married (Ashley) and they are expecting their first child in November. Nicholas will graduate from Michigan Tech University in December as a Civil Engineer. Lastly, Andrew will be a freshman this year at UW-Platteville pursuing a mechanical engineering degree. Ms. Glass is also a wonderful volunteer in our parish activities and you might recognize her as a Eucharistic minister at Mass.
We are thrilled to have Lori Glass on board to bring her passion of teaching along with her knowledge of the Catholic faith to our religious education program. Please give her a warm welcome to her newest staff position!