Board of Directors

Reverend Arturo Vigueras has three Master of Arts degrees in Philosophy, Religion and Legal Studies, and Divinity.  Currently, Father Vigueras serves as Associate Pastor at Holy Family Catholic Church in Arcadia, WI. While he completed his education, Father Vigueras spent his time helping in the Bayview area Parishes working with people from different backgrounds and stages of life as part of his training for the priesthood.  Beside spending his free time helping with different projects for RAJ, Father Vigueras enjoys reading different works of literature and spending time with friends and family. 

Reverend Richard Bidwell has a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Rev. Bidwell has also completed clinical CPE at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics.  Rev. Bidwell has spent his career as a parish pastor in various communities in Wisconsin.  He and his wife, Kathy, are retired and deeply involved in community groups in Waupaca. Rev. Bidwell is currently President of the Winchester Academy, a life-long learning academy based on the Scandinavian Folk School model. 

I was born and raised in Altoona, PA, and left when I was 19. I lived in California for 3 years before moving to Sitka, Alaska, where I worked for the US Forest Service for 3 years. We settled in Sitka and owned a floor covering store for 10 years.

We moved to Wisconsin to be closer to family and to raise our 2 children, who now have families of their own. We resided in West Bend, WI for 20 years, where my primary occupation was in the restaurant business. I owned my own restaurant for 8 years and managed another for 10 years before moving to Scandinavia, WI in 1997.

In Scandinavia, I worked part-time in a few eateries before being employed at Central Rivers Farmshed, a non-profit in Stevens Point, where I served as kitchen manager and ran a CSA program.

Currently, I am retired and volunteer at my former workplace, Farmshed, usually going there once a week to assist with whatever needs attention. I enjoy swimming, walking, traveling, and spending time with my family and grandkids, who live in Amherst, WI.