Current Leadership

Father Chet Artysiewicz, a native of Wilmington, Del., has served as pastor of the Catholic Community of Bertie County (Windsor, N.C.) and St. Joan of Arc mission (Plymouth, N.C.) since 2010. He took his First Oath as a Glenmary missioner in 1969, his Final Oath in 1972 and was ordained in 1973. In his years of home mission ministry, Father Chet has served as associate pastor of Glenmary's mission in Morehead, Ky., and as pastor of missions in Waynesboro, Ga.; West Union, Ohio; Greensboro, Ga.; Swainsboro, Ga.; Monticello, Ark.; and Idabel, Okla. He has also served the community as vocation counselor and director of the post-novitiate program.

Father Neil Pezzulo, a native of Schenectady, N.Y., earned at bachelor's degree in business administration/marketing from Elmira College in 1984. He attended DeSales School of Theology and the Washington Theological Union in Washington, D.C., prior to his ordination in 1999. Father Pezzulo made his First Oath to the Glenmary community in 1994 and his Final Oath in 1998. While in formation with Glenmary, Father Pezzulo worked in mission areas in Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia. Since ordination, Father Pezzulo has ministered to Glenmary missions in Arkansas. He served as associate pastor of the missions in Crossett and Hamburg from 2000 to 2003 and has pastored missions in Waldron and Danville since 2003. His term extends to 2015.

Brother Jack Henn, a native of Bellevue, Ky., was first elected to leadership in 1995 as second vice president. Since 2007, he has helped provide outreach to those living in Bertie County, N.C., as a pastoral team member at the Glenmary mission there, The Catholic Community of Bertie County. In 2009, he was recognized as the Citizen of the Year by the Bertie County Chamber of Commerce for his contributions in caring for the county's elderly population and his other civic involvement. Thirteen of Brother Jack's 35 years in Glenmary have been dedicated to vocation and formation ministry. He also served as a parish brother in Sylvania, Ga., and as an evangelization minister in Sautee, Ga. He completed a Master of Pastoral Studies degree at Loyola University (Chicago) in 1994.