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Dr.
Richard McCorry is a nationally renowned presenter and the author of “Dancing
with Change, A Spiritual Response to Changes in the Church,” published in 2004
and “Company’s Coming, A Spiritual Process for Creating More Welcoming
Parishes,” published in 2008. He is the founder of Embracing Change, a Church
change management consulting firm. Featured in St. Anthony's Messenger
Magazine, Dr. McCorry travels the country, working with parishes and dioceses,
helping them to develop spiritual approaches to changes in the church. Prior to
doing this work, he was the senior ministry associate for St. Pius Tenth Church
in Chili, NY. He has also served as director of pastoral care for the Roman
Catholic Community of the 19th Ward in the City of Rochester, a
cluster of three inner city parishes. He has served as pastoral associate for
the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Brockport, as campus
minister for the State University of New York in Brockport, and worked in the
Diocesan tribunal and pastoral planning department for several years. Richard
received a bachelor of science degree in 1992 from St. John Fisher College
majoring in philosophy and religious studies. In 1998, he obtained his Master
of Divinity degree from St. Bernard’s Institute. He has also earned a Master of
Science degree in organizational management from Roberts Wesleyan College in
1999. Finally, in 2004 he obtained a doctor of ministry degree in
transformative leadership from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School.
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