St. Raphael is our home.

My wife, Corny, and I moved to Raleigh 31 years ago when our first child was an infant. We planned to stay for 2 or 3 years and then move back north. Well, NC turned out to be a great place to live, work (I work in supply chain management for manufacturing) and raise a family. St. Raphael has been our foundation and supported us in so many ways in developing our family and faith. Our 3 children are grown, now, and planted throughout the US.

St. Raphael continues to be our rock. Over the years we have served and been served by friendship and faith development. One particular area of passion has been social justice and outreach. I currently volunteer at St. Raphael as the coordinator of outreach ministries, supporting existing ministries and advocating for social justice issues. I also love my volunteer work at Oak City Cares, food gleaning, and prison ministry.

I also have a desire to make St. Raphael a dynamic and vibrant parish. I was a member of the Pastoral Council 2008-2011 when we developed and implemented the first (in recent memory) 5-year plan for the parish. It formed the foundation for recent development, but we need so much more to be the serving parish envisioned by Second Vatican Council and the new evangelization. I believe the Church is at a crossroads in these modern times and we must be deliberate and proactive in ensuring the relevance and dynamism in sharing the Good News with the churched and the not-yet-churched. Guided by the Holy Spirit, I look forward to being a catalyst for positive change.