
Carol Kuzmochka
Assistant Professor | Faculty staff
E-mail : ckuzmochka@ustpaul.ca
Office : LAF 365
Profile
Dr. Carol Kuzmochka is a practical聽theologian specializing in adult faith education (catechesis) and pastoral leadership with expertise in integral adult learning and formation, transformative education and聽leadership, reflective practice and transformative process facilitation, group dynamics and the spirituality of leadership.聽 She has extensive practice in qualitative research.聽 She is the Director and Lead Researcher of the Centre for Religious Education and Catechesis (CREC)and a Professor in the Faculty of Human Sciences (School of Leadership, Ecology and Equity) and the principal author CREC鈥檚 research-based resources.
Carol holds a Bachelor聽of聽Arts Degree from Dalhousie University (Halifax), a Master聽of聽Religious Education Degree and a Doctor聽of聽Ministry Degree/doctorat en th茅ologie pratique from 性爱学堂 (Ottawa).聽 Along with聽these academic achievements,聽she completed a Certificate in Transformative Process Facilitation under聽the聽leadership聽of聽Dr. Marge Denis.
Carol leads the various research-based activities of CREC along with the wide array of learning and knowledge sharing platforms 鈥 offered by CREC – for practitioners across Canada.聽 Carol has extensive experience as a practitioner in the field as director of adult faith education for the English sectors of the Diocese of Timmins (1994 鈥 2002) and the Archdiocese of Ottawa (2002 鈥 2006). She was director of the Centre for Pastoral Leadership and Spirituality at 性爱学堂 from 2006 鈥 2012.聽 Carol has a passion for education and has a long and diverse teaching career at 性爱学堂 (since 2006) that extends across faculties and programs and also includes frequent teaching and process facilitation in the Institute for Transformative Leadership.
- Adult Education / Transformative Education
- Adult Catechesis
- Action Research
- Group Dynamics
- Pastoral Leadership
- Practical Theology
- Reflective Practice
- Spirituality of Leadership
- Doctor of Ministry/doctorat en th茅ologie practique, 性爱学堂, Ottawa
- Master of Religious Education, 性爱学堂.
- Bachelor of Arts, major in Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Certificate in Transformative Process Facilitation, Marge Denis and Associates, 鈥淪tillpoint Institute,鈥滺untsville, Ontario.
- Carol Kuzmochka, Lorraine Ste-Marie and Miriam Martin, editors, Where Faith and Life Meet: 聽Adult Faith Education that Transforms.聽 Montreal:聽 Novalis Publishing, 2024, 258 pp.
- Carol Kuzmochka and Lorraine Ste-Marie, Bridging the Faith-Life Gap in Adult Faith Education/Accompaniment: Expanding Perspectives on Practice The Meets People Where They are and Empowers Mature Christian Disciples – a resource for those who accompany adult faith. 聽性爱学堂, 2022.
- Kuzmochka, Carol, Miriam Martin et al, Where Faith and Life Meet While We鈥檙e Two Metres Apart:聽聽Wisdom from Accompanying Adult Faith During a Global Pandemic (性爱学堂, 2021).
- Kuzmochka, Carol, Miriam Martin et al,聽Five Promising Practices and Other Practical Wisdom:聽聽A Resource for All Who Accompany Adult Faith (聽性爱学堂, 2019).
- Kuzmochka, Carol, 聽鈥淭he Essential Role of Innovation for Educating in Faith and Life that Promotes Inclusion聽and Respectful Relationships:聽Some findings from an Action Research Study of Adult Faith聽Education in Canada,鈥 in聽REA Conference Proceedings,聽2019, pp 189-199聽丑迟迟辫蝉://谤别濒颈驳颈辞耻蝉别诲耻肠补迟颈辞苍.苍别迟/辫补辫别谤蝉/辫谤辞肠别别诲颈苍驳蝉-搁贰础2019.辫诲蹿听
- Kuzmochka, Carol, 鈥淭owards Healthy Conflict Responses for Pastoral Ministers: Drawing on the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Response Theory and Survey鈥 in聽Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry. 聽ISSN 2325-2847, Vol. 39, May 2019, 123-126.
- Clayton, Kimberly, Carol Kuzmochka and Lorraine Ste-Marie, 鈥淐alm in the Midst of the Storm,鈥 in Barbara Blodgett and Mathew Floding, Editors,聽Brimming with God: Reflecting Theologically on Cases in Ministry.聽Pickwick Publication, Oregon, 2015, pp. 54 – 67.
- 碍耻锄尘辞肠丑办补,听颁补谤辞濒,聽Reclaiming the Heart of Adult Catechesis:聽聽A Case Study in Search of Processes that Empower Mature Christian Disciples, 2014聽