Introducing Dr. Benjamin T. OuYang, Executive Director

Dr. Benjamin T. OuYang has accepted the Executive Director position with the USCCA. Dr. OuYang is a retired public educator who served for over thirty years. During his professional educational career, Dr. OuYang worked as a school counselor, an Assistant Principal, a Principal and then a Director. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester and a Master's in School Counseling and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Maryland. He also has several years of training in the diaconate program.

Dr. OuYang has over fifteen years of experience as a youth group leader, twelve years as a Married Couples Group Coordinator, and over twenty years as an English Ministry Liaison for Our Lady of China Pastoral Mission in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. OuYang worked for the US Catholic Mission Association, where he was a podcast coordinator and host. He has also been on several mission trips, and has diverse experiences with OCIA, prison ministry, food pantry, and serving as an Eucharistic Minister, Lector, and Acolyte.

Dr. OuYang has been married to his wife Jia-Shieu for thirty years this June, and they have three children: Kaitlin, Jackson, and Timothy. Kaitlin—whose religious name is Sister Ma Li Ya Zhi Ai Zhi Nu (A Chinese name meaning Sister Mary Beloved Daughter)— is a nun with the religious order of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin Matara, Jackson is a sophomore at Penn State University, and Timothy will be a freshman at Belmont Abbey College.

The USCCA is personal to Dr. OuYang. His mother was converted to Catholicism in Shanghai, China. In the late 1930s, a wonderful missionary reached out and built a relationship with Dr. OuYang's mother and her family. As an immigrant to the US, his mom was all alone, but was taken care of by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Those relationships and acts of friendship have had a lasting impact on the OuYang family.

In his opening remarks to the world, our new Pope Leo shared:

We are disciples of Christ, Christ goes before us, and the world needs His light. Humanity needs Him like a bridge to reach God and His love. You help us to build bridges with dialogue and encounter so we can all be one people always in peace.

The USCCA’s mission is aligned with Pope Leo XIV's hopes and prayers. We are called to build bridges to develop dialogue and friendships with every individual that we encounter.

Please pray for Dr. OuYang as he begins the process to lead USCCA in building bridges and establishing new friendships in a world that needs peace so much.

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