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Chapters

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Find out if there is a CTA chapter in your area below. If you can’t find a group, need more information, or want to start a chapter, contact cta@cta-usa.org. We can connect you to members in your area.

Call To Action Chapters manifest the Church we believe in at the local level. They are the roots of our church-justice movement, providing on-the-ground responses to church injustice.


A chapter is a group of Catholics who have affiliated with Call To Action and who come together to be a Catholic community and work for justice in their Church and local context. Call To Action chapters are independent local groups. While chapters are autonomous, they benefit from consultation and coordination with Call To Action’s national organization.

There is no single blueprint for a CTA chapter. We encourage people to start chapters to meet the needs of their own communities. Some chapters primarily host house churches, prayer circles, or community gatherings. Others organize campaigns on the local and state level. Some are closely affiliated with parishes, while other chapters form specifically because a parish has alienated some of its members. 

This interview with chapter leaders in Syracuse, NY and Chicago, IL answers some frequently asked questions about how to start a chapter and illustrates the diversity of our communities.

Alaska

CTA Alaska

  • Ritchie Musick, ritchiemusick@gci.net

California

CTA Northern California

  • Gwen Watson, animo3@pacbell.net

Colorado

Colorado

  • Marie Venner, marie@vennerconsulting.com

Indiana

CTA Michiana

  • Steve Nani, NaniS@CenterForHospice.org

Louisiana

CTA New Orleans

  • Paula D'Albor Stuckart, pdstuckart@gmail.com

Maryland

CTA Maryland

Michigan

Washtenaw

Minnesota

CTA Minnesota

  • Art Stoeberl, artstoeberl@yahoo.com

New York

CTA Syracuse

CTA Metro New York

Ohio

CTA Columbus

Oregon

CTA Northwest Oregon

  • cta-nw-oregon.com

  • Nancy Barrett-Dennehy; Ria Sutton, resutton@aol.com; ctaportor@prodigy.net

Pennsylvania

CTA Philadelphia

  • Facebook

  • Christa Kerber, ckerber88@aol.com

Texas

The Open Window (Dallas)

  • Facebook

  • Mary Jane Stevenson, jstevens53ok@gmail.com

CTA Rio Grande Valley

Wisconsin

CTA Madison

  • ctamadison.org

  • Deanna Grahn, grahnd63@gmail.com; Marian Fredal, Bmhfredal@gmail.com; Charlie Clark, clarkcfpville@centurytel.net; calltoactionmadison@gmail.com