St. Mary’s Staff
You can also reach us by phone at 979-846-5717 or by email at info@aggiecatholic.org
Priests, Deacons, and Sisters
Fr. Will Straten ‘00 Pastor
wstraten@aggiecatholic.org
Fr. Fernando Ricaud
Associate Pastor
fricaud@aggiecatholic.org
Deacon David Reed
dreed@aggiecatholic.org
Deacon Glen Milton
gmilton4@verizon.net
Deacon Aurelio Cadena
acadena@aggiecatholic.org
Sister Clara Remartini
Apostles of the Interior Life
cremartini@aggiecatholic.org
Sister Kalin Holthaus
Apostles of the Interior Life
kholthaus@aggiecatholic.org
Sister Cherise Klekar ‘15
Apostles of the Interior Life
cklekar@aggiecatholic.org
Sister Ruth Kuefler
Apostles of the Interior Life
rkuefler@aggiecatholic.org
Campus Ministry Team
John Stevenson ‘11
Director of Campus Ministry
jstevenson@aggiecatholic.org
Amanda Kapchinski ‘12
Director of Pastoral Counseling
akapchinski@aggiecatholic.org
Kevin Pesek ‘10
Formation Campus Minister
kpesek@aggiecatholic.org
Mike Macicek ‘97
Director of Music
mmacicek@aggiecatholic.org
Jenny Lynn Pelzel ‘08
Women’s Discipleship Campus Minister
jpelzel@aggiecatholic.org Meet with Jenny Lynn
Matt Castaneda ‘23
Men’s Discipleship Campus Minister
mcastaneda@aggiecatholic.org
David Ojeda ‘19
Director of Liturgy dojeda@aggiecatholic.org
Truely Nguyen ‘21
Assistant Music Director
tnguyen@aggiecatholic.org
Libby Diamond ‘22
Pastoral Assistant
ldiamond@aggiecatholic.org
Operations Team
Travis Kohnert
Executive Director of Operations
tkohnert@aggiecatholic.org
Josh Applegate
Director of Marketing and Communications
japplegate@aggiecatholic.org
Jessica Koeneman
Director of Annual Giving
jkoeneman@aggiecatholic.org
Christian Cass
Director of Facilities
ccass@aggiecatholic.org
Rachael Cadena ‘01
Operations Coordinator
rcadena@aggiecatholic.org
Aly Conrad ‘16
Development Systems Coordinator
aconrad@aggiecatholic.org
Allison Holdridge ‘18
Content Creator
aholdridge@aggiecatholic.org
Charlene Worrell
Finance Coordinator
cworrell@aggiecatholic.org
Madeline Hill ‘16
Development Assistant
madeline@aggiecatholic.org
Natalie Hering ‘09
Gift Processing Coordinator
nhering@aggiecatholic.org
Maureen Edwin
Marriage Prep Assistant
medwin@aggiecatholic.org
Student Interns
Megan Eltz ‘25
Outreach Intern
meltz@aggiecatholic.org
Nick Cox ‘24
Men’s Ministry Intern
ncox@aggiecatholic.org
Avery Jost ‘25
Women’s Ministry Intern
ajost@aggiecatholic.org
Sarah Whitworth ‘26
Hospitality Intern
swhitworth@aggiecatholic.org
Stephen Fuhrmann ‘26
Liturgy Intern
sfuhrmann@aggiecatholic.org
Hannah Gonzalez ‘25
RCIA Intern
hgonzalez@aggiecatholic.org
Cecilia Walker ‘25
Service & Missions Intern
cwalker@aggiecatholic.org
FOCUS Missionaries
Nick Richter ‘19
Team Director Men’s Corps of Cadets Missionary
nicholas.richter@focus.org
Dani Noll
Associate Team Director Greek Women’s & Women’s Orgs Missionary
danielle.noll@focus.org
Katie Lee Jennings
Athlete Women’s Missionary
katie.jennings@focus.org
Matthew Russell
Athlete Men’s Missionary
matthew.russell@focus.org
Mikayla Avard
Women’s Corps of Cadets Missionary
mikayla.anding@focus.org
Jessica Soares
Greek Women’s & Women’s Orgs Missionary
jessica.soares@focus.org
Nathan Yamaguchi
Greek Men’s & Men’s Orgs Missionary
nathan.yamaguchi@focus.org
Hanna Burch Richter
Missionary
hanna.richter@focus.org
Isabel Pickering
Content & Project Assistant
ipickering@aggiecatholic.org