While at Maryville, she also served as a college counselor, a position she found life giving and more suitable to her gifts than administration or classroom teaching. In this work, she found a home for herself. In addition to being certified in clinical pastoral education, Tita also received certification as a CPE supervisor. At the conclusion of her work at the Regis Retirement Center in St. Charles, Missouri, in 1986, she became the coordinator for the United States Catholic Conference Commission on Certification and Accreditation and was one of the first lay persons, and one of the first women, to serve the Conference in this area. Tita later wrote the standards for certification of chaplains and accreditation of Catholic training programs.
In 1987, Tita moved to El Cajon, California, and was drawn to the St. Madeleine Sophie Center for adults with developmental disabilities, a work established by the Society in 1966. Over the course of the next ten years, Tita began the first CPE program outside a hospital setting. This led to the founding of the Center for Urban Ministry, a CPE program that utilized community sites for students’ placements. She eventually became the center’s executive director and held that position from 1996 to 2008. This work started her collaboration with the Episcopal Community Services, which later expanded to the Los Angeles area and merged with St. Camillus Center for Pastoral Care. Tita retired from St. Camillus Center in March 2009 when she celebrated her 50th anniversary of first vows.
