Staff Member: Lety Gutierrez-Kenny
Lety Gutierrez-Kenny
Director of Formation & Communications
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Hello and Welcome to St. Gregory the Great!
I am Lety Gutierrez-Kenny, Director of Faith Formation, RCIA, Adult Confirmation and Baptism registrations. I am so excited to be a part of the Ministry Team here at St. Greg’s! My ministry includes the Lighthouse Program for K-8, High School Faith Formation, sacramental preparations for Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation which includes some Youth Ministry opportunities for our middle and high school students. I have worked within the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for almost twenty years, serving most of that time in Racine. I love what I have been called to do and am excited to work with the families here at St. Greg’s!
I am so grateful to be back on the Southside of Milwaukee where I grew up. My parents raised 10 of us kids and all 10 graduated from Pius XI High School. It was in high school where I began to develop my relationship with God. After taking time after high school to figure out where God wanted me, I graduated from Marquette University with a degree in Theology. After college I volunteered with NET Ministries providing retreats for middle and high school students, and I began a year of volunteer youth ministry in Texas. It was in Texas where I met my Irish husband, David, and I moved to Ireland for a year to get to know my in-laws and where my husband grew up. We always joked that we were “leprechaunos”-both Irish and Mexican. Although my speaking of Spanish is horrible, I can understand most of what is said to me, so if you speak Spanish to me, please speak slowly so I can understand. Si me hablas espanol, habla despacio para que pueda entender.
In 2001 we moved back to the U.S. and settled in Racine where I worked with the Augustinians at St. Rita as a Director of Religious Education and Youth Minister, then as a Director of Child Ministry for a collaborative program between St. Rita and St. Paul the Apostle, then as Director of Youth Ministry for these two parishes.
I am looking forward to serving and growing with the St. Greg’s Community. Please let me know how I can help you continue on your faith formation journey.
