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 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

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

Clark Lightsey ‘27
Outreach Intern
clightsey@aggiecatholic.org

Luke Rain ‘26
Men’s Ministry Intern
lrain@aggiecatholic.org

Amani Tran ‘26
Women’s Ministry Intern
atran@aggiecatholic.org

Stephen Fuhrmann ‘26
OCIA Intern
sfuhrmann@aggiecatholic.org

Parker Cooke ‘26
Liturgy Intern
pcooke@aggiecatholic.org

Alina McCormick ‘26
OCIA Intern
amccormick@aggiecatholic.org

Sarah Whitworth ‘26
Service & Missions Intern
swhitworth@aggiecatholic.org

FOCUS Missionaries

Jonathan O’Brien ‘21
Team Director
jonathan.obrien@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

Tyler Hicks
Athlete Men’s Missionary
tyler.hicks@focus.org

Hannah Rodriguez
Women’s Corps of Cadets Missionary
hannah.rodriguez@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

Megan Moy
Greek Women’s & Women’s Orgs Missionary
megan.moy@focus.org

Isabel Pickering
Content & Project Assistant
ipickering@aggiecatholic.org

Tucker Flatt ‘26
Marketing & Communications Intern
tflatt@aggiecatholic.org

Ethan Jochims
Men’s Corps of Cadets Missionary
ethan.jochims@focus.org

Christian Cass
Director of Facilities
ccass@aggiecatholic.org

Jessica Koeneman
Director of Annual Giving
jkoeneman@aggiecatholic.org

Josh Applegate
Director of Marketing and Communications
japplegate@aggiecatholic.org

Travis Kohnert
Executive Director of Operations
tkohnert@aggiecatholic.org