In 2009, Reverend McCollum made history, by receiving support from a vast interfaith contingency who signed on to an Amicus Brief for the United States Court of Appeals, supporting his challenge to the State of California's infamous Five State Sanctioned Faiths Policy.

Reverend McCollum sits on the Executive Board of Directors of the United Nation's NGO, Children of the Earth and is also a Board Member of the Monarch Bear Institute. He is also the Director of Our lady of the Wells Church.

Patrick serves as the Chaplaincy Liason for the American Academy of Religion, the worlds's largest and oldest convocation of religious scholars, theologians, and clergy.

Patrick McCollum, is an elder of the traditional Wiccan community in the U.S. But unlike so many others whose work has been strictly inside the community Patrick has been called to a wider stage.  This began with his work in the Lady Liberty League as Chaplain to pagans serving in the military and those who were serving time in prison.  From there his ability to work non-pagans and communicate the ideals and values of the pagan community to those who previously either devalued or had not even heard of Pagans became clear.  And he has become one of the most effective voices of ecumenical outreach to such bodies as civil rights organizations, matters regarding religious discrimination, and creating new policies to better serve the religious diversity of the United States. Reverend McCollum has become a bastion of human rights taking on the causes of allowing the deceased US Wiccan soldiers to have their religious symbol, the Pentacle, displayed on their military headstones with honor.  Patrick is bringing Paganism and Earth Based Spirituality into the light of the 21st century where it can take it's place with the other major world religions. 

Reverend McCollum has served for over a decade as the Statewide Wiccan/Pagan Chaplain in the California Department of Corrections, and has served inmates in 33 correctional facilities.  He also advises numerous state and federal correctional systems and other government agencies across the country on religious accommodation and chaplaincy issues for all faiths, and serves as an expert on Wicca, Paganism, and Earth-Based religions in general internationally. He received an official commendation from the California State Senate for his work on religion in prisons in 1999.

Reverend McCollum has appeared in numerous articles on Wicca, Earth Religions, and Paganism, and has been interviewed dozens of times on both radio and on TV.  He also appeared on the History Channel's prime time documentary on Wicca narrated by Leonard Nemoy, in addition to providing technical support in the production.