Fr. Greg Coan is currently the Pastor of Holy Ghost Parish in Newberg, Maryland. He has served as parochial vicar to Holy Redeemer Parish in Kensington, MD. as well as St. Peter's Catholic Church in Olney, MD.  He testified before the House of Delegates committee against embryonic stem cell research which can be viewed on YouTube. A former coach and cross country runner Father grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.  He was ordained in May of 2003.

Fr. Carter Griffin a convert to the Faith, served in the Navy on warships in the Atlantic Fleet and was thinking of marriage and entering law school when he heard the call to the priesthood and decided to enter the seminary.  He has never looked back.  Father is now the parochial vicar at St. Peter's Parish, in Washington DC. He will be coming to speak on his conversion story and belief in celibacy.


Fr. William Gurnee has a degree in Canon Law from Catholic University and served in campus ministry at both George Washington and American Universities. Father Gurnee’s first assignment was at St. Mary of the Mills. He was Secretary to Cardinal McCarrick and then became Pastor of Holy Angels in Avenue, Maryland.

Mrs. Mary Hamm is the mother of 12 children ranging in age from 11-33 (her oldest child is a nun!).  She has presented an “Intervention” on behalf of the Vatican Delegation to the United Nations on the “Rights of Motherhood” and held the position of Executive Director of Centro Tepeyac Crisis Pregnancy Center in Silver Spring, MD for over 20 years. She is still very involved in the pro-life movement being a shinning example of motherhood.  A Harvard graduate Mary seeks to work tirelessly for the good of all. She currently is the Director of Family Life For Hispanics in the Washington Diocese.


Fr. Mark Ivany was ordained to the priesthood in 2008.  An All-American lacrosse player and captain of his team at  Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass he went on to work as a legislative correspondent and a personal assistant to U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond on Capitol Hill. His journey to the priesthood was gradual but attending daily Mass and reading the Bible helped him hear the call. He currently is an associate pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Bowie, Maryland.

 Deacon Brandon Justice was ordained to the deaconate on June 26, 2010. A husband and father to five children he is assigned to St. Mary of the Mills. He is currently retiring from the police department and devoting his time to full time ministry.


Mr. Bill Keimig is the Director of Religious Education at St. Mary’s Parish in Clinton, Md.  He is a master catechist for the Archdiocese of Washington and the Director of the Association for Catechumenal Ministry and managing editor for ACM Publications.  He holds a Master’s Degree in Theology and Christian Ministry from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Seen occasionally on EWTN, Bill is on fire for his faith. He and his wife Heather are the proud parents of five children.  Bill will be teaching a six part series on The Bible that promises not to be boring!


Fr. Gerry Kolf is an alumnus of The Heights (a private, independent, preparatory school for boys, grades three to twelve) as a member of the School’s second graduating class in 1976.  He studied in Rome, received his S.T.D. from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1995 for the Prelature of Opus Dei. He is currently the chaplain for The Heights School in Potomac, Maryland.


Fr. Dan Leary attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood in 1997. He is currently pastor of St. Andrew Apostle in Silver Spring, Maryland.  He has been giving retreats for many years now and is a sought after speaker. 


Dr. Diane Moczar is an adjunct professor of history at Northern Virginia Community College. She received a bachelor’s degree in history and philosophy at San Francisco College for Women, and following two years’ research in Paris, she obtained a master’s degree at Columbia University. Her doctoral work was completed at Catholic University and George Mason University. She will be coming to talk to us about her book Seven Lies About Catholic History.


Fr. T. G. Morrow was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Washington, DC.  A graduate of the Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, Father has written many articles regarding our Faith. Currently he is parochial vicar at St. Catherine Labouré Church in Wheaton, Maryland. For more information about his articles and books go to www.cfalive.org  He will be speaking about The Mass.

Mr. Steven Mosher is the president of the Population Research Institute begun in 1989 by Fr. Paul Marx .  Steven is an world expert and has testified before Congress in world population, human rights issues and has lived in China and experienced the  “one-child policy.”  He converted from atheism to being a pro-life Roman Catholic. He's written numerous articles, books and appeared many times on TV to expose the population myth.  He is the husband of Vera and the father of nine children, currently living in Virginia.


Mr. John D. Mueller is the Director of the Economics and Ethics Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington DC.  A convert to the Faith, with over 30 years of experience and numerous awards, he will be coming to discuss his book, Redeeming Economics: Rediscovering The Missing Element.  He uses Aristotle, Aquinas and Augustine to bring back what’s missing in economic theory. He and his wife live in Washington DC.

Fr. Michael Paris was recently ordained in June 2011 having graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. His first parish assignment as associate pastor is St. Partick's in Rockville, Maryland.  Fr. Paris attended St. Mary of the Mills and discerned his vocation there! Father will be giving our Lenten retreat.


Fr. Kevin Regan was ordained in 2008 saying his first Mass in the same chapel (Sacred Heart in Bowie) he was baptized in as a baby. After spending a year at St. Mary Parish in Landover Hills, Father went back to Rome to continue his education.  He is currently at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington DC.


Fr. Joseph Rogers was ordained to the priesthood  on May 26, 2007.  He is a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington (DC) and a graduate of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America. He studied  Biblical Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Fr. Rogers is currently the parochial vicar at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Olney, Maryland.


Fr. Harry Stokes was ordained to the priesthood in May 2010 When he was 15 he began considering the priesthood. He majored in English and Public Relations at Xavier University. After graduating he worked at the U.S. House of Representatives as a legislative assistant and at the Office of Congressional Affairs in the U.S. Small Business Administration before entering the seminary to study for the priesthood. He is an associate pastor at St. Mary of the Mills Parish in Laurel, Maryland.


Fr. Larry Swink was ordained a priest in May 2006 for the Washington Diocese.  The oldest of ten children Father Swink is a dynamic speaker.  He gave the homily to over 10,000 Catholics during the Right To Life March in 2010.   He is currently pastor of Jesus the Divine Word in Huntingtown, Maryland.  Father’s first parish was St. Mary of the Mills Parish in Laurel, Maryland.


Fr. David Wells was the sixth of eight children who grew up in a devout Catholic family with an uncle who was a priest. When his uncle was murdered, David was 17 and he saw all that his uncle had accomplished and the love that flowed from all the lives he touched.  The seed was planted and he graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in 2001.  Father Wells is currently the Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Lexington Park, Maryland.


Msgr. Mike Wilson was our Pastor at St. Mary of the Mills Parish since 2002.  His enthusiasm is contagious at Mass and in his everyday life.  The youngest of eight children Father Mike is always ready to do whatever is needed to get the job done.  A great supporter of the TASTE Program! Father is currently pastor down in Solomon's Island at St. Mary's. He is coming back to do our Healing Mass.




Dr. Colleen Arnold           Fr. Erik Arnold                    Fr. Matthew Buening
Fr. John Caulfield            Fr. Greg Coan                    Mr. Richard Cohen
Fr. Mike DeAscanis         Mr. Bill Donaghy                 Fr. Timothy Fell
Fr. Martin Flum                Fr. Michael Gaitley             Ms. Renata Grzan 
Fr. William Gurnee          Mrs. Mary Hamm                Ms. Christine Haapala
Mr. K. Seamus Hasson   Mrs. Mary R. Hasson          Fr. Ted Hegnauer
Fr. Richard Hilgartner     Bishop Martin Holley           Mr. Bill Keimig
Mrs. Genevieve Kineke  Fr. John Baptist Ku              Mrs.  Nancy Krebs
Fr. John C. Kozlowski     Fr. Dan Leary                      Fr. Thomas LaHood
Fr. Francis Martin           Fr. T. G. Morrow                  Dr. Timothy O’Donnell
Fr. John Olson                Fr. Arne Panula                  Fr. Collin Postin
Fr. Jordi Rivero               Fr. Steve Ryan                   Fr. Paul Schenck
Fr. Harry Stokes            Msgr. Stuart W. Swetland    Fr. Larry Swink
Fr. Mark White               Fr. Malcolm Willoughby       Msgr. Mike Wilson
 Fr. Scott Woods            Fr. Larry Young

Dear Jesus,
Thank you for sending us such wonderful priests and lay men and women to bless and nurture us. Help us to be women of courage always seeking the truth and spreading it to all we meet.  Keep us steadfast in our mission and focused on loving you.  This we humbly ask in Your holy Name.  Amen.