Meet our Staff
Karen Barry Schwarz
Director
schwarz@dioceseofvenice.org
941-441-1118 (office)
941-275-5183 (mobile)
Bob Reddy
Editor, The Florida Catholic
reddy@dioceseofvenice.org
941-486-4701 (office)
Gail A. Ardy
Administrative Assistant
TV Mass Producer
ardy@dioceseofvenice.org
941-486-4714 (office)
Bernice Bell, Cara Smith
Receptionist
reception@dioceseofvenice.org
941-484-9543 (main number)
As the Communications Department, we provide a wide range of services including public relations, media relations, community information, and special projects for print, radio and television.
The Communications Department:
- Produces a Sunday Mass for television, weekly
- Publishes The Florida Catholic, Venice Edition, weekly
- Publishes The Mustard Seed, a biweekly diocesan newsletter for parishes
- Produces Witnessing Faith with Bishop Dewane, a radio program
- Promotes Bishop Initiatives
- Oversees the Diocesan website
