Hope Villella is the Director of Social Ministries at The National Pastoral Life Center in New York City. She serves as Director for The ROUNDTABLE Association of Diocesan Social Action Directors and Director for the Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council Development.
Hope Villella's e-mail address is
Executive DirectoR, NPLC
Rev. John E. Hurley, C.S.P. is the Executive Director. A native New Yorker, Father Hurley came to the NPLC in 2007. He was ordained a Paulist priest in 1977 after graduating from Catholic University with a B.A. in Religious Education and a Master of Divinity degree from the Washington Theological Union. In 1983, he received his Doctor of Ministry from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. He served as the founding director of the Paulist Center for Catholic Evangelization in Portland, Oregon; Paulist Director of Development and Pastor of Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. In 1997, he was appointed to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC where he served as Executive Director of the Secretariat for Evangelization. After eight years at the USCCB, he coordinated strategic planning for the Paulist Community and later became founding director of the Paulist North American Office for Reconciliation. Father Hurley is also a member of the Paulist Fathers General Council and speaks frequently at diocesan and national conferences.
Rev. John Hurley's e-mail address is
Aida L. Rodriguez is Administrative Assistant to the Roundtable, Conference for Parish Planning, Catholic Common Ground Initiative and Development. A native of Puerto Rico, she received her B.A. in business administration from Lehman College, NY in 2000. Prior to coming to the NPLC, Aida worked at Knight Ridder Financial Information as a facilities manager for 36 years until 9/11. In her spare time, she is a catechist and leads the Spanish choir and prayer group in her parish.
