Pastoral and Office Staff
Fr. John F Gagnier
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PASTOR. As a native of
Rochester, I grew up in Holy
Redeemer Parish, attending
its school. Several of my
classmates from Aquinas and
Saint John Fisher were
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Fr. John Reif
SENIOR PRIEST. Father Reif
joined the parish staff in 1999.
Born in Rochester, he grew up
in the Maplewood-10th Ward
area. Attendance at Sacred
Heart School and Aquinas
Institute preceded his
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Joseph Placious
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DEACON. For the last eight
years he and his wife Natalie
have been part of the Holy
Name of Jesus Parish. Before
that they were active at St.
Andrew’s Parish.
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Mary Jo DiNoto
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PASTORAL ADMIN. Mary Jo
is what many people call a
“Cradle Catholic”. She was
born and baptized in Syracuse,
but in 1965, her parents
moved to Gates and joined St.
Theodore
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Mary Martell
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SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. Mary
and her family have been
parishioners at Holy Cross
over 20 years. She has three
sons who all attended Holy
Cross School. She has
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Mary Toot
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FAITH FORMATION. Mary
and her family have been
members of Holy Cross parish
community for many years. She
has a Master’s in Education
from Nazareth College,
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Donna Jacobi
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TWEEN/TEEN MINISTRY
FACILITATOR. Donna is a lifelong
member of Holy Cross
who has worked a great deal
with youth from the time her
girls were involved
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Office Staff
Nicky McGrath
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RECEPTIONIST/SECRETARY.
Nicky is available from 9:00 AM
- 3:00 PM, Monday through
Thursday and can assist you with
many issues or questions:
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Gina Hill
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OFFICE MANAGER/
BOOKKEEPING. Gina is our
office manager/accountant. She
works closely with the Pastor in
managing the day-to-day financial
issues of the parish including,
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Dan Leitten
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DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. Dan
is our Director of Finance. He
works closely with the Pastor
and takes on some of the tasks,
presently done by him, associated
with the overall practical
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Jennifer Ertel
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BULLETIN EDITOR. Jenny is our
Bulletin Editor. She collects
information, photos, and artwork,
and prepares the bulletin
for print each week.
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Our Parish Pastoral team assists in all phases of care and ministering to our parishioners. Office Hours are from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Call 585-663-2244. Office e-mail is rholycross@dor.org