Father Ron Nelson has been assigned administrator of the parish. He remains pastor of St. Mary's parish in Eugene. Father Ron, born in 1971, hails from Portland and graduated from David Douglas High School. After receiving a bachelors degree from Mt. Angel Seminary in 2002 and an STB degree at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 2005, he was ordained in 2007.
Father Stephen Kenyon has been assigned as Parochial Vicar of St. Mary's Parish in Eugene and will be serving St. Catherine of Siena during the weekends for both English and Latin Masses. Born in 1990 in Taiwan, he graduated from Lincoln High School in Portland in 2009. Father Kenyon was ordained in 2019. As a side note, Fr. Stephen is the ninth generation of his family to serve in the Christian church, following his father, who was President of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon at the time of his ordination. Father comes to us after serving as Parochial Vicar at Shepherd of the Valley in Central Point.
Father Michael Raj HGN is from Tamil Nadu, India and belongs to the Missionary Society of Heralds of Good News, Mary Queen of Apostles Province. Born in 1981, he began his primary education in the Roman Catholic school in his hometown. After being inspired by the Holy Spirit and the lifestyle of his Parish priest, Rev. Amal Raj, he enrolled in the Missionary Society.... Father Raj was ordained into the priesthood on May 18, 2016.