2023
2023
Julia Novotny
Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Julia received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies with a minor in Spanish from Marquette University. While at Marquette, Julia was introduced to Ignatian Spirituality and service learning. Encounters through service instilled in her a passion for social justice and a desire to pursue a career that would make a positive impact in the lives of others.
For three years following undergrad, Julia taught in a Montessori school a few blocks from Marquette’s campus. Eager to connect her passion for justice with her faith, Julia enrolled in the Master of Divinity Program at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry in 2016. While pursuing her degree, she held internships in high school teaching and campus ministry, hospital chaplaincy, and various faith based student formation programs at Boston College where she gained experience planning and facilitating retreats for undergrads.
Julia graduated in December 2020 and worked as a Contact Tracer at Partners In Health for the state of Massachusetts for the next six months. In Summer 2021, she moved to Ann Arbor for an opportunity to work in Campus Ministry at St. Mary Student Parish. Julia loves being outdoors, cooking for family and friends, exploring new places, and spending time with her husband, John, daughter, Frances, and cats, Sven and Pip. She loves being a part of St. Mary and is grateful to contribute to such a vibrant community!
Ph: (734) 663-0557 x 244
Em: jnovotny@smspnewman.org
2023
Fr. Robert E.Karle, S.J.
Post-Ordination:
He was ordained on June 12, 2021 and will serve for two years as a Pastoral Associate at St. Mary Student Parish in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Biography:
Bobby Karle, SJ, was born and raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, by his two parents alongside his older brother. He met the Jesuits while he was a student at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School (UofD High) where he participated in campus ministry, community service and the ice hockey program. As a teenager, Bobby attended two Children’s International Summer Village programs in Denmark and Costa Rica. He graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with a major in anthropology and a minor in Spanish, was leader of the DePaul Community Service Association and participated in service-learning programs in Mexico. After college, Bobby spent two years as a Jesuit Volunteer in Belize where he began to discern a vocation to the Jesuits. He next worked as campus minister at UofD High, where he participated in his first yoga class, sparking his ongoing engagement with the practices and philosophy of yoga. He joined the Jesuits in 2010 and, as a novice, performed apostolic work at an ESL school, a L’Arche Community and the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He then studied philosophy at Fordham University and engaged in various forms of ministry and communities in New York City. In 2013, he completed a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training and began teaching yoga at Fordham and a local Bronx food pantry. After graduating from Fordham, Bobby moved to Indianapolis for his regency assignment to teach religious studies and yoga at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. While in regency, Bobby co-founded the Ignatian Yoga organization, along with a team of lay Ignatian leaders and yoga teachers. Bobby next earned a Master of Divinity at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, California, and served as a deacon at St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco.
Ph: (734) 663-0557 x246
Em: bkarle@smspnewman.org
2023
Rita Zyber
Rita Zyber joined the staff in June 2014 to assist with RCIA sessions. Rita has previous staff experience at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Ann Arbor, as well as years of volunteer service in religious education, stewardship, music ministry and RCIA. She is also a freelance writer. She and her husband, Frank, have two college-age daughters, Claire and Lauren.
Ph: 734-663-0557 ext.230
Em: rzyber@smspnewman.org
2023
Maribel Rosas-Palmas
My name is Maribel Rosas-Palmas.
Ph: (734) 663-0557 x222
Em: mrosas@smspnewman.org