Epiphany Staff

I share responsibility for the daily pastoral care of parishioners. I help plan, organize and carry to completion the parish mission as part of a team. I am present at liturgies every weekend and parish wide events and programs throughout the year. I offer assistance to a variety of ministries with particular attention given to the Adult Catechumenate, Worship and Parish Life. Since my arrival in Louisville in Sept. ’04, I have participated in many on-going educational programs to update myself in the area of RCIA from the Archdiocesan Office of Lifelong Learning; in the area of annulments from the Marriage Tribunal. I have participated in a year long program around parish administration and in April 2011 I received a Certificate of “Specialization in Parish Administration.” From 1989 through 2003 I ministered in three parishes in the archdiocese of Boston as Pastoral Associate. I have a M.Ed and have taken numerous courses in theology from Boston College and Weston School of Theology in Christology, sacraments, liturgy, morality and ethics.

I grew up in a rural area near Troy, NY, where both of my grandfathers were farmers and my Dad owned a Precision Tool and Die business. I learned to love the land and to see how mechanical things were created, starting with a concept.

I graduated from Broome Technical Institute (Binghamton, NY) with a degree in Mechanical Technology. From there I got a job in Cleveland, Ohio and began my career of supervising and managing Maintenance departments in the Industrial Chemicals sector of products. Later I managed mechanical/electrical installations for PCL Construction Services, building large facilities for Pillsbury, Lafarge and Orlando International Airport.

I am married to Judy and have 4 children and 8 grandchildren. We love our Community of Epiphany and are active in several ministries, including Hospitality for 9:00am Sunday Mass. I also volunteer two days a week with Habitat for Humanity Metro Louisville, on Chuck Sgro’s Team.

I try to be a value-added staff member by sharing my knowledge and love of fixing things so everyone coming to our Community can enjoy the facilities and be comfortable here.

I'm blessed to be able to say I've lived in many cities in my lifetime; however, I was born, raised, and schooled in Pittsburgh, PA. When my family and I were transferred to Louisville from our third time around in Pittsburgh (GO STEELERS!), we registered our membership in what would come to be the port in the storms of our lives - EPIPHANY!. Particularly since my husband's death in 1996, I've come to accept this faith community as an extended family.  Its members comforted us in our loss, shared our RCIA, matrimonial and baptismal joys, and helped my family take care of me during my surgeries.  Epiphany is so great a part of who I am, which is why after 26 years of employment here, I still absolutely love what I do - secretarial work for the pastor, involvement with Baptisms and Marriages, maintaining the integrity of Epiphany's database, sacramental record keeping, reports for staff, committee heads and the Archdiocese, keep our maintenance staff apprised of upcoming community activities, and work for and with our parish membership.  I'm also active in a number of stewardship ministries here.  With God's help, I hope to continue to be part of your lives for many more years.  I thank you for the gifts all of you are to me.

I have been blessed with the opportunity to be Choir Director here at Epiphany since March of 2009. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois and was raised a Presbyterian. My love of singing brought me to Belmont University in Nashville, TN where I majored in Commercial Vocal Performance. While there I was a member of Company, a nationally recognized song and dance ensemble. I also participated in the Gospel choir on campus, Chadasha. My Catholic husband, whom I met at Belmont, showed me a side of my faith I had never explored. This led me to join the Catholic Church in 2005. Once I graduated from Belmont my husband and I moved back to Chicago where I was a cabaret singer/dancer on the Spirit of Chicago, a dinner cruise line. In 2007 my husband took a job teaching theology at St. Xavier High School and we moved here to Louisville. Within two weeks of living here we found and fell in love with the community of Epiphany. I love being a part of this wonderful church. To be able to share my gifts and talents with this community has been especially rewarding. Now, as a new mother, I am even more grateful for an outlet that allows me to be more than “Mom” and to exercise my love of music and ministry.

Originally a Midwesterner, who grew up in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, I moved to Louisville 20 years ago when my husband, Randy, was transferred here. Together we raised 3 children: Gina, Adam and Alex, now all in their twenties. I have been an active member of Epiphany during those years including Co-Chairing the Environmental Committee, Social Responsibility Committee, Marriage Enrichment Group, Hunger & Poverty Committee, Neighborhood Visitor Program, Bibletimes Marketplace, Berrytown Tutoring Program, ESL in Shelbyville, Bread Baking & Coffee Cup Committees and many other church activities and community-wide events. Being a scratch cook for my family and friends for the past 30 years has given me experiences to step into the position of Epiphany Cook/Housekeeper. I cook for the staff and volunteers as I do for my family... feeding them a diet of fresh & healthy simple foods.

I joined Epiphany’s staff in 1987 as Parish Business Manager, very excited about using my professional training and experience in Church ministry. At that time Epiphany owned only one computer, an Osborne 1 with a 5mb hard drive and construction of the Community Center was just beginning with Worship Center renovations to follow. My ministry here has been a very fulfilling one, with never a dull moment. As Parish Business Manager, I oversee all aspects of the financial operations of the community including accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, collection counting and annual audit. Working very closely with the Administration/Finance committee and the Tech Committee, I am also responsible for building maintenance, grounds maintenance and enhancement, security, technology and computer operations, webpage, personnel administration and communications. An incredible core of volunteers is required to make all this possible. I graduated from Bellarmine University with a major in Accounting and minor in Business Administration. I have worked in public and corporate accounting and have taught at the High School and Business College level. As the wife of a deacon, I completed the 3 years of formation as part of the Diaconate Program and in 1997, I completed a MSSW at U of L’s Kent School of Social Work, a program of study that has enhanced my work with individuals and groups. I continue to be challenged and energized in my ministry within the Epiphany community.

Larry has a wealth of experience in social action and extensive knowledge of Catholic social teaching. Born in Hopkinsville, KY, Larry grew up in Biloxi, MS, and lived in Colorado 28 years before coming to Epiphany. He served as Director of the Office for Social Justice at the Diocese of Pueblo, where he worked for 23 years. He also served as Director of Campus Ministry for 10 of those years. More recently, he was Director of a non-profit organization, Better Pueblo. He has worked with numerous community organizations and has wide ranging experience working on issues relate to the environment, worker rights, war and peace, health care for all, immigration, prison ministry, renewable energy and sustainable development. He is a particularly avid student of U.S. foreign policy and environmental justice. He has had significant interfaith collaboration in social justice work and has skills in public policy analysis, diplomacy, negotiation, and mediation. He helped found three non-profit organizations in Colorado and in 2005 was National Finalist for the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World, in part for his application of Catholic social teaching to local community and state wide issues in Colorado. A former college adminstrator and metallurgist, Larry holds graduate degrees in theology and college student personnel, with a bachelor's degree in engineering. Larry volunteered at Epiphany in the RCIA program in the early 80s and was very excited to come work with the community in the social responsibility ministry. He's been married to his wife, Kathy, for 20 years and they have two children, Lauren and Luke. He says he simply likes people a lot and believes in the capacity to work together for greater love and justice in the community and world