PASTORAL COUNCIL

My wife Barb and I have been parishioners since 1985. I have served on the OCIA Leadership Team since 2008 and became a 3rd Degree member of Knights of Columbus Council 4970 in 2018. In 2021, I took on the role of Adult Confirmation Coordinator. I served as Pastoral Council member and Deanery Representative from 2022 to 2024, and in 2024, I became the Pastoral Council Chair.

I have been a part of St. Ignatius even before I was born, as my grandparents were one of the original “Barn Families.” I’m a second-generation SI Tiger, graduating in 2001, with my father in the class of 1966 and my son, Wilder, set to graduate in 2033. I am the 7th-grade teacher at SI. I became a lector and Eucharistic Minister. I am very excited to join the Pastoral Council.

I transferred to Saint Ignacius Loyola Parish in 2016, after the closure of the Newman Center and found a new home.  I have experienced the parish and our wonderful Jesuit priests to be attuned to the needs and challenges of both the congregation and the community; including taking on and supporting the Loaves and Fishes program that also transferred from the Newman Center.  Additionally, I find this parish and our priests, deacons, staff and volunteers willing to address many issues other parishes seek to silence or just not address.  Their example has inspired me to become more involved in our church, and I have had the privilege of serving on the Parish Council, becoming a Lector and Eucharist Minister, an Xavier Minister and weekend drive-up Eucharistic Minister and a weekday Sacristan for the Tuesday 5:30 mass, in addition to working with the Social Justice and Mental Health ministries in the past.  I feel blessed to be a part of this congregation and for the ability to participate in its opportunities to serve my fellow parishioners and our different ministries.      

I have been a parishioner since my family moved here from Chicago and I attended St Ignatius in 3rd and 4th grade. I served as chairperson to facilitate Listening and Learning sessions after the release of the report on Catholic Church sex abuse. I have worked with the Social Justice Ministry. It is an honor to serve on the Parish Council.

My family and I have been parishioners since 1988. I am presently a hospitality minister at 9:30 Sunday mass, and have been a member of the pastoral council, the Social Community, and our school board (CSAC). My three children are proud graduates of St. Ignatius School.

I have been a parishioner at St. Ignatius since 2017. I  worked at the Diocesan Pastoral Center for 32 years, including ten years as Moderator of the Tribunal Chancery. I am on the Mental Health Ministry team and serves as a lector and Eucharistic minister.

My family and I joined St. Ignatius Parish in 2017 when we enrolled my oldest son in the Parish school. Because of my own Jesuit education, I have tried to demonstrate the virtue of being men and women for others by joining our St. Vincent de Paul ministry in 2022 and serving the least of our brothers and sisters.