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Below are some of the contacts for EnCourage chapters.  There are some groups that prefer not to be listed - please call the Courage Central Office at (212) 268-1010 or send an email to: NYCourage@aol.com for information on groups that may be in your area.

You may be interested in getting a group started in your area.  If so, see the instructions on the sidebar.

CANADA

ALBERTA, Edmonton:  Fr. Ray Guimond  (780) 717-6610
Email:  frg34@hotmail.com

MEXICO

 TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Chiapas: encourage_tuxtla@hotmail.com  

PERU

 LIMA: courage-lima@hotmail.com

UNITED STATES

ARIZONA, Tempe:  Fr. John Bonavitacola, Pastor & Fr. Johnrose Hayden, Senior Priest, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish (480) 344-5208

ARIZONA, Tucson: Fr. Alonzo M. Garcia (520) 623-6773

CALIFORNIA, San Diego:  Fr. Richard Huston (858) 271-0207

COLORADO, Denver:  Fr. Dan Norick (720) 434-2638
Email:  dnorick@gmail.com

DELAWARE, Wilmington:  Fr. John Spellman: (302) 463-4499, OR Martin and Sandra: (302) 563-5161 OR Email: spiritde@msn.com

FLORIDA, Ft. Lauderdale:  Call Amedeo at (954) 778-2101,
Email:  ftlaudcourage@yahoo.com

FLORIDA, Jacksonville:  Fr. Ed Murphy (904) 359-0331 ext. 222
Email:  ewmurphy@windstream.net 
Website:  www.courageofjacksonville.org

FLORIDA, Tampa:  Please Send Email:  tampaenc@yahoo.com

GEORGIA, Atlanta: Laslo (404) 321-3183

ILLINOIS, Chicago:  Fr. Charlie Becker (815) 385-1575

INDIANA, Carmel:  Fr. Christopher Roberts  (317) 846-3475
Email: robertsc@olmc1.org OR Mrs. Verda Redman (317) 846-4843
Email:  redman_195@yahoo.org

IOWA, Des Moines:  Deacon Pat Kirkman (515) 979-7231

KANSAS, Wichita:  Sara Splichal, Diocesan Office of Family Life
(316) 744-0167

MAINE, Alfred: Shirley Sheehan (207) 324-4758,
Email: sheehan@psouth.net

MARYLAND, Baltimore:  Pat Phebus at (410) 433-1610 OR (410) 547-5440  Chaplain: Fr. James Farmer (410) 366-4488

MASSACHUSETTS, Methuen:
Doug (508) 685 5577                                         
Spiritual Direction: Fr. Albert Sylvia (978) 532-0272

MICHIGAN, Lansing:  Bob & Susan (517) 351-3315
~Monsignor Robert Lunsford serves as the Spiritual Director for EnCourage in the Lansing Diocese,  Email: rdlunsford@comcast.net

MINNESOTA, Duluth: Dick Frost, Director of the Department of Family Life    (218) 724-9111 OR Email: dfrost@dioceseduluth.org                                   Spiritual Advisor: Fr. James Crossman (218) 728-9179

MINNESOTA, St. Cloud: Christine Codden (320) 252-4721
Email: flrl@gw.stcdio.org

MINNESOTA, St. Paul/Minneapolis:  Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis
Contact:  Kathy Laird (651) 291-4438 OR Email: lairdk@archspm.org

MISSOURI, St. Louis: Fr. Ralph Houlihan, S.J. (314) 633-2336

NEW JERSEY, Metuchen: Ed and Jean Lyons (732) 248-9460

NEW YORK, Buffalo:  Fr. George Kerwin, OMI (716) 885-3767

NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh:  Fr. Jim Fukes, (919) 742-5584
Website:  http://www.courageraleigh.net/

OHIO, Columbus:  Fr. Klee at (740) 355-3196 or
Email:  frjoeklee@catholicexchange.com OR
Call Mary Louise Speicher (614) 436-8676

OKLAHOMA, Tulsa: Contact Encourage in the Diocese of Tulsa by Calling     (918) 585-8167 OR
Mail:  Tulsa Encourage, P.O. Box 6429, Tulsa, OK 74148; OR Leave a message at the Courage phone number (918) 313-0874, OR
Email:  TulsaCourage@yahoo.com

PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia: (215) 587-4505 or (215) 660-9002

PENNSYLVANIA, Scranton:  Fr. Mark Fisher (570) 961-1205

RHODE ISLAND, Providence: Rev. John Randall (401) 353-1708

TEXAS, Dallas/Fort Worth:  Fr. Mark Seitz at (972) 934-8388 OR 
Email:  DFWEncourage@hotmail.com  

VERMONT, Fairfield:  Fr. Peter Williams,
Email: frpeter6@together.net, OR    
Mail: PO Box 18, Fairfield, Vermont  05455

WASHINGTON DC:  Rev. Thomas Morrow (301) 946-3636, ext. 4

WISCONSIN, Green Bay:  Fr. John Doerfler (920) 272-8180

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