As Jim starts his 6^th year on the Pastoral Council, he says that what he likes best is planning for our parish’s future – both long-term and short-term. He would tell anyone who’s interested in joining the Pastoral Council that “it’s a great way to serve your parish family and continue your own faith journey.”
 
In his professional life, Jim has 26 years’ experience in the banking industry as a Division Executive. During his career he’s specialized in real estate, mergers and acquisitions, retail banking, training, and product development. In addition to his service to the Pastoral Council, Jim’s served with God & Neighbor, on the Finance Council (8 years), as Altar Server Coordinator (16 years), as Sacristan, as an Extra-Ordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC – 25 years), and as Cub Scout Charter Representative. He also serves at Catholic Parish Outreach, with Catholic Charities Drive Out Hunger food drives, and was a Diocesan Board member.
 
Jim has been married to his wife Sandy for 31 years and they’ve been members of St. Raphael parish for 30 of those years. They have two children, a son Ryan, 23, who is a St. Raphael Catholic School and Cardinal Gibbons HS grad and daughter Corin, 10, who is currently a 5^th grader at our school as well as a cantor at 9:30 am Sunday Mass and an altar server.
 
An interesting fact about Jim is that members of his extended family are some of the original founding members of our parish.