Contact: John Moynihan, jmoynihan@votf.org, (617) 558-5252,

For Immediate release

Voice of the Faithful Names Doucette as Executive Director

July 18, 2007 - Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Donna B. Doucette as Executive Director. Ms. Doucette brings a wealth of talent to the position both from her professional experience and her dedication as a VOTF volunteer. Her professional background is in communications, organization and management. She joins us from B & L Associates, Inc., in Needham, MA where she has worked for the past 16 years as the Director of Technical Communications. In addition she has managed her own business. For many years she has served as Chair of the Watertown (MA) Licensing Board. Doucette holds a B.A. from Harvard University.

Ms. Doucette has been an active member of VOTF since the early days, leading the Voice of Renewal/Lay Education National Working Group and serving as National Representative for the New England Region and as a member of the National Representative Council Steering Committee. She has also been active in her local VOTF affiliate and is a member of the Boston Area Voice of the Faithful Council.

“We are delighted to have Donna in this position,” said Mary Pat Fox, President of Voice of the Faithful. “She has proven to be a dynamic collaborative leader in both her professional and civic endeavors. We certainly witnessed her leadership in her many years as a VOTF volunteer.”

“I welcome this opportunity to merge my daily work with VOTF's goals and mission, which have inspired my passion these last few years,” said Doucette. “We help give voice to those who for so long could only silently pray for our Church's reform. I am honored to be entrusted with the task of enabling those voices to be heard."

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About Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) VOTF is a worldwide movement of concerned mainstream Catholics formed in response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis. The group’s mission is to provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church. Its goals are to support survivors of clergy sexual abuse, support priests of integrity, and shape structural change within the Catholic Church in full accordance and harmony with Church teaching.