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WASHINGTON — President and CEO of Denver Catholic Charities, Jonathan Reyes, has accepted a new role as executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development.
Msgr. Ronny Jenkins, the U.S. bishops’ conference’s general secretary, made the appointment, which was announced Sept. 17.
“Jonathan Reyes brings vital experience with on-the-ground charities work and with young adults and is a proven administrator,” Msgr. Jenkins said.
In December, Reyes will begin his new role with the USCCB, overseeing their efforts in domestic and international affairs and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the bishops’ anti-poverty program.
“I look forward to working with the excellent staff of the USCCB,” Reyes said in a Sept. 17 statement. “Although I am sad to leave Catholic Charities and the community of northern Colorado, I am excited and honored by the opportunity to serve the Church in this capacity.”
Since 2009, Reyes has served the Denver Archdiocese as president and CEO of Denver Catholic Charities, an organization that serves 45,000 persons annually and includes five homeless shelters, six child-care centers and 22 affordable housing properties, among dozens of other charitable programs.
During his time with Catholic Charities, Reyes founded a national volunteer and formation program for college students, Christ in the City. Now in its third year, the organization has seen 200-plus participants serve the homeless of Denver while developing their Catholic faith.
He also oversaw the creation of Regina Caeli Catholic Counseling Center, which recently opened a second office due to growing request for Church-friendly mental-health services.
Additionally, Reyes supervised the founding of Lighthouse Women’s Care Center in Denver and completed the Guadalupe Community Assistance Center in Greeley, Colo.
Along with his role at Catholic Charities, Reyes co-founded and was the first president of the Denver-based Catholic theological graduate school the Augustine Institute, from 2005-2008.
From 2004-2005, he was vice president for campus ministry and leadership formation for Fellowship of Catholic University Students (Focus) in Denver.
Reyes has served on the staff of Christendom College in Front Royal, Va., as an assistant professor of history and later as vice president of academic affairs, from 1998-2004.
In 2000, he received a doctorate in European history from the University of Notre Dame. He received his bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of Michigan in 1990.
Reyes and his wife, Stephanie, have seven children.
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I hope he includes all the teachings of the Church including SUBSIDIARITY and COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE in his work. In the past, these have been neglected by USCCB Social Justice Committees.
SUBSIDIARITY - CCC 1883, 1885, 1894, 2209.
COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE - “without which no other form of justice is possible” CCC 2411.
And that all money that goes through the USCCB does not go to any organization that VIOLATE ANY Church teachings - abortion, euthanasia, contraception, voluntary sterlization, homosexual marriage, freedom of religion. Compromise on these non-negtiables are the work of the devil.
Fantastic!
Maybe CCHD will stop sending money to groups who are opposed to Catholic teachings.
Welcome to Mr. Reyes and thanks for all you have done for our beloved Catholic Church.
A professional Catholic. Too bad that running 1000 homeless shelters and 500 mental health clinics doesn’t absolve the sin of working for an organization that raises money for abortions and same sex marriage.
I agree about CCHD. I would expect the people in charge of this so-called charity would have checked to see that groups including ACORN would never receive any Catholic money because it just defeats the values of our faith. It is very easy to check out oranizations with all the technology available. I have no faith at this time to support Diocesian groups any longer. I will support the Missionary groups when the come to speak to us but my lack of faith in the Bishops at this time (not all) is enough to question how seriously they believe in our true Catholic Church, they seem to be politicans now. I wish Mr. Reyes best wishes and hope that in these turbulent times in the American Catholic Church that he can return us back to Catholic values.
Thank you Dr. Reyes, for stepping up and serving the Christ and the Church in this capacity! Thank you for being a professional Catholic whom lives the faith and can communicate it to others in a way that strengthens the Body of Christ. God Bless you, your family, and your work to come!
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