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Father Samuel James "Jim" Buchholz-Father
Jim was born in Southern Pines, North Carolina,
is number "7" of eight children, and has twenty-five neices and nephews, two great nephews. In high school he
played football with state honors and was state champion in wrestling. He was
involved in the beverage business from owning a nightclub, to running a
distribution company, to being a broker in the south. He graduated from Hilbert
College in Hamburg,
New York, and received a Master's Degree
from Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, New
York. Jim was ordained to the Raleigh
diocese in June 2001, and was appointed Parochial Vicar at Saint Mark's in Wilmington
before coming to Holy Family. He enjoys golf, bridge, and his family.
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Deacon George C. Stonikinis,
Jr., who directs RCIA and assists with the mission church in Maple,
St. Katherine Drexel; is originally from the Tidewater Virginia area
having moved here recently with his wife, Suzanne, and their two border
collies “Abbey” and “Whitby.” “Deacon George” is a
retired, 35 years of teaching, university professor and academic
administrator. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Tech and a M.S.W.
from Virginia Commonwealth
University. The Stonikinis’ are both trained spiritual directors, and
dedicated to diaconal service and enrichment. Most proud of their two grown
children, they still manage to spend considerable time in North Yorkshire,
England, yet, truly enjoy the people and uniqueness of NE
North Carolina. George and Suzanne are avid readers of
spirituality, theology, history and contemporary events.
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Sr. Margaret Holleran-
Sr. Margaret Holleran was born in Co. Mayo, Ireland. She
is one of eleven children. After High School and before joining the
Missionary Sisters of St. Columban she worked in
the banking business in London.
She is a graduate of the School of Education
at DePaul University,
Chicago. Her
mission experience was in the Philippines
where she taught at Columban
College, Zambales, and coordinated the parish Faith Formation
program for many years. While on Congregation assignment in Boston
she received her Pastoral Associate and National Associate of Catholic
Chaplains(NACC) certifications. She loves the outdoors and misses the
"green green grass of home."
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Betty
Hayes relocated from California to
Elizabeth City 5 years ago in order to be closer to her two adult children
who live in Chesapeake, Va.
She and her husband, Tom, associated themselves with Holy
Family Church
as soon as they arrived. Sadly, Betty is now a widow. Since
becoming a parishioner of Holy Family, she has handled the scheduling of the
ministers and served as a lector. She is also Lector Coordinator and is
just winding up her term on the Parish Council. Serving in the Parish
Office since December of 2005, she says this is a blessing since it gives her
a reason to get up in the morning. Incidentally, since Father Jim
changed the daily Mass times to 8 A. M., she is getting up earlier than she
otherwise would.
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Joan Bryant-Joan became our choir director in
October 2000.She came to us with an extensive educational background in music
education, concentrating in voice and minoring in
piano at Tidewater Community
College. She has participated in master classes
at Westminster Choir College, Catholic University of America, and Old
Dominion University to name a few. Joan has also taught music at Saint
Gregory the Great School,
Stonebridge Christian
School and The Center of Music in Virginia Beach. Training cantors for the
Catholic Church and performing as a soprano soloist on television and radio
are some of her other accomplishments. Joan resides in Virginia and enjoys working with the choir
at Holy Family.
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Sonny Baccus-Sonny is the
son of the late Rev. Irving R. Baccus, who was
pastor of the Pentecostal Holiness
Church in Elizabeth
City. Sonny and his
mother reside in Elizabeth City.
Sonny began playing the piano at age three, and began taking lessons at age
nine. He attended the March School of Music in Norfolk,
the St Louis Conservatory of Music, and the College of the Albemarle. He has also won state auditions
for the Metropolitan Opera at Winston Salem School of Arts. Additional
accomplishments include working in many churches, recording music in Nashville, and appearing on the "Grand
Ole Opry".
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Bill Hogue-Bill was born in Pittsburgh,
PA. He has worked all of his
life in construction. A gifted and skilled craftsman, Bill is very generous
in using his talents to maintain our building. He has done hundreds of small
jobs for our parish since he joined Holy Family in August of 1994. Some of
his more visible work can be seen in the beautiful wall that surrounds our
memorial garden as well as the storage shed in the back field. Bill is the
father of seven children who are now all grown adults. He is also an usher at
weekend masses and a eucharistic minister at daily
mass.
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Linus Riehle-Linus
is a very dedicated parishoner of Holy Family who
donates his time to maintaining the grounds of the church. He has been a
member of St. Elizabeth/Holy Family Parish for over twenty years. He served
his country for over twenty-two years in the United States Navy where he was
on board the USS Mt. McKinney and participated in Operation Crossroads. He is
the proud father of three daughters, Regina Ann, Linda Jeanne, and Theresa
Diane. Besides helping to maintain the grounds, Linus
is a eucharistic minister.
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Pete Ferland-Pete was born in Waterville,
Maine. He received a B.S. degree
in Marine Engineering from Maine Maritime
Academy. After a short
stint in New Jersey, Pete and his family
moved to Elizabeth City
in 1985. He works at Newport News Shipbuilding as a Construction
Superintendent in the aircraft carrier division. In the spring of 2000 Father
John placed Pete in charge of building maintenance for the parish. Pete has a
wonderful wife and two terrific kids who are all involved in different
ministries within Holy Family.
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