James Buckman
Pastor Buckman has been our pastor since December 2016 and has been in the ministry since 1996. He is also currently a chaplain in the Wisconsin National Guard. He and his wife, Cathy, together with their five children, moved from …
Sean Newman
Sean earned the Master of Music Education degree from VanderCook College of Music and the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Concordia University Chicago. He also completed PhD coursework at the University of Iowa and is a fully-Kodály certified music …
Maree Garchow Bellchambers
Maree has been on staff since August 2006. She hails from Australia, “the land down under,” via Columbus, OH. She finally settled in Chicago in 1985. She and her husband, Steve, have three adult children, who were all baptized and …
Gerardo & Delin Hernandez
Gerardo and Delin Hernandez got married in 2010 in Illinois. Gerardo is from Mexico. Delin is from Puerto Rico. They have a son, daughter, and a grandson.
Michael Appel
Michael Appel teaches high school math and science at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan. For this position, Michael is applying what he has learned from years of teaching teenagers to the Church and her youth.




