Staff & Structure
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| Pastor: Rev. Michael J. Tierney |
School Principal: Mrs. Susan Snyder |
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| Associate Pastors: Rev. Dariusz Barna Rev. Edward Staniukiewicz |
Director of Religious Education: Mrs. Ellie Nelson |
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| Business Director: Mrs. Clare Titus |
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| Permanent Deacons: Deacon Cy Grossmayer Deacon Patrick Maher Deacon Howard Fischer Deacon Don Miller Deacon Michael LeRoy Deacon James Woeste |
Director of Youth Ministry & Young Adults: Mrs. Teresa Chiappone |
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| Coordinator of Jr. High Youth Ministry: Mr. Dewey Ellis |
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| Office Staff: Mrs. Linda Settles Mrs. Mary Brandt Miss Jo Anne Evans |
Director of Music & Liturgy: Mr. Fergal King |
Pastor: Reverend Michael J. Tierney
Ordained a priest for the Rockford Diocese in 1967, Father Mike has been Pastor of Saint Margaret Mary since 1993 and a Pastor since 1982. He has BA Degree in Music and Philosophy from Loras College, M Div. (Masters of Divinity) from Saint Mary Seminary and University, MA in Education from the University of Detroit and has completed course work toward Doctorate of Ministry from Saint Mary Seminary and University. He taught for 17 years in Catholic High School, 9 years of which he was the Assistant Principal and Head of the Religious Studies Department.
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PAROCHIAL VICARS (Associate Pastors)
Reverend Dariusz (Darek) Barma O.F.M. Conv.
Father Darek (Dariusz) Barna was born on January 16, 1974 in Legnica,Poland. He attended a Franciscan Minor Seminary in this city and after graduation Father Darek joined the Order Friars Minor Conventual (Franciscans) in Krakow, Poland in 1993. After the Novitiate, he studied Philosophy and Theology in Major Seminary in Krakow from 1994-2000. Father Darek was ordained on May 27, 2000. For the next two years he continued his graduate studies at Pontificial Academy in Krakow (University of John Paul the II) studying Franciscan Spirituality and Journalism. Father Darek worked then in Legnica in 2002-2003, Horyniec Zdrój in 2003-2004 and arrived in the USA in 2004 to work for a Polish radio station Father Justin Rosary Hour. Father Darek moved to NYC to the parish of Most Holy Trinity in Brooklyn in 2007. For 5 months, Father Darek served the hispanic community in St. Peter and Paul Parish in Rockford, IL while the pastor was on vacation. Father has been at Saint Margaret Mary since December of 2009.
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Assisting Priest in Polish: Reverend Edward Staniukiewicz, OFM Conv.
Father has been at Saint Margaret Mary since August of 2005. He comes to the Diocese of Rockford and our Parish from Poland. He was born in 1961 in Kamienna Gora. He attended Franciscan High School in Legnica, Franciscan Seminary in Krakow and Papal Academy of Theology in Krakow, and joined the Religious Order of the Conventual Franciscan in 1980. He was ordained a priest on May 23rd 1987 in Krakow. He has served in Poland at Glogowek, Dabrowa Gornicza, Jaslo, Kalwaria Paclawska and Sanok. During the last four years he was in Krakow, serving as treasurer of the St. Antony of Padua and Bl. James of Strepa Franciscan province in Poland.
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Office Staff:
You will find the Parish Office Staff most helpful to you. Linda Settles is the Administrative Assistant to Father Mike and the Office Manager and is in the office Monday through Friday. Jo Anne Evans and Mary Brandt are in regularly but on a part-time basis. They can give you information about the parish, about sacraments, sending sacramental certificates, arranging Masses, arranging Funerals, calendaring of parish events and generally direct you to the area you need. Feel free to call with your inquiry.
