CAROL O'DONOGUE
Business Manager

Carol's is the second office on the left down the parish office hallway.  Working for the parish since 1988, Carol keeps the computerized financial records, and can answer questions about the envelopes, the status of parishioners' donations, and the parish finances in general. It is Carol who prepares financial reports annually for the diocese and monthly for the pastor and parish council.

Carol grew up in Indianapolis, living in several places before coming to Arizona. With her own family, she came to Sierra Vista in 1985. She and husband Jim, who himself is active in parish ministry, have 4 children plus grandchildren.  Carol likes to fish and hike.

Carol can be reached at 458-2925 or carol@standrewsv.org

LUCIA LEON
Administrative Assistant

Lucy has been with us since 2003.  As you walk into the parish offices, she is the person on the left, where the window is.  She is the person to see to register in the parish, make appointments with Fr. Greg, to have Masses said, or schedule the church or parish hall. 

Other jobs for this busy lady include typing the bulletin, preparing pastoral reports, buying sacrament books, arranging visits to the homebound and hospitalized and working with and being on the Board of Directors for La Purisima Retreat House.

Lucy was born and raised in Agua Prieta, Sonora.  She has lived in Sierra Vista since 1994.  Before joining our staff, she owned a party catering/rental business.  Lucy and husband Bob have two daughters.  Lucy enjoys gardening, photography and traveling.

Lucy can be reached at 458-2925 or lucy@standrewsv.org

Kate Callender
Compliance Associate / Office Assistant

More information to follow.

 

Kate can be reached at 458-2925 or kate@standrewsv.org

CHRISTINE RAMIREZ
Director of Religious Education

Christine is the person to see for classes to train our youngsters in knowing Jesus and understanding our Catholic faith. She is the person who resources, interviews and trains the teachers. Programs include Catechism of the Good Shepherd for pre-school children, Christ our Life for grades 1 through 8 and Confirmation for grades 9 and 10.

Christine has an A.A. in Psychology, a B.A. in Sociology and M.A. in Pastoral Theological Studies from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Christine was born and spent part of her young life in Kansas. At times, when her Navy stepfather was stateside, she lived in the places he was stationed. Before coming to us in 2007, she worked as a pastoral coordinator for Glenmary Home Missions in Appalachia. This beautiful lady has three children, as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Christine can be reached at 458-2925 or christine@standrewsv.org

REBECCA WILLIAMS
Music Director

Rebecca has been our music director since 1993.  In that capacity, she makes sure that there is music for all our Masses on weekends as well as Masses requiring music on other special days, plus weddings and funerals.  She can be found at the Saturday evening Mass, the 10 a.m. Sunday Mass and the Good Shepherd Mass every weekend, plus the Spanish Mass twice a month and the Life Teen Mass once a month.  She trains the Teen Band, and the children’s choir in bell ringing.

From her lack of accent, one would never know Rebecca was born and raised in the Deep South.  Upon graduating cum laude from Vanderbilt University, she joined the Peace Corps, teaching music in Barbados.  After that she toured with R&B, reggae and "Top 40's" groups.  This mother of two daughters in college describes herself as a news junkie.

Rebecca can be reached at  rbwilliams_tbtg@msn.com

RICHARD RIVERA
Youth Minister

This personable young man directs the Life Teens program for high schoolers and the EDGE program for our middle school youth. The programs include spiritual development, religious education, community service and fun activities. Sunday evenings, we have the Life Teen Mass, followed by the Life Teen meeting, called a Life Night. EDGE meets on Tuesday evenings.

Richard has been in St. Andrew’s youth ministry since 2001. He was born into a military family, and was raised all over. The family first came to Sierra Vista in 1996, in time for Richard to graduate from Buena High. He likes outdoor activities like scuba diving, hiking and rock climbing. His favorite music is contemporary Christian.

Richard can be reached at 458-2925 or richard@standrewsv.org