Parish Staff
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Father Thomas Tran
Parochial Vicar [email protected] Fr. Thomas was born and raised in Dalat, Viet Nam. He left Vietnam when he was 24 years old to pursue a religious life in northern California. In 2010, he became a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Seattle and was sent to Bishop White Seminary in Spokane, WA in 2011 for his seminary formation. He studied at Gonzaga University and earned a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in 2015. In the same year, he began Theology Studies at Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon and graduated in 2020 with a master's degree in Divinity. Fr. Thomas was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Seattle on June 6, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. His first assignment was at All Saints Parish in Puyallup and St. Martin Parish as a parochial vicar. The following year he was assigned as a parochial vicar at St. Michael Parish in Olympia. His last assignment was at St. John Bosco Parish in Lakewood and Immaculate Conception Mission in Steilacoom, WA as a priest administrator. He is looking forward to serving the parish family 33 with Fr. Jerry Burns. He enjoys meeting people. Besides, priestly ministries, Father likes biking, camping, playing tennis table and visiting families. |
Catherine Banning
Pastoral Assistant for Administration
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Catherine lived in Tonawanda, NY for the first 27 years of her life, before heading west. She met her husband, Scott, after moving to Washington. He jokes that he had to leave Minnesota and move to Seattle to meet the girl from New York. Scott and Catherine have four wonderful children, Thomas who married Sophia in 2016, Sara who is with Glody, Maria and Joseph. They welcomed their first grandchild, Henry, in March of 2017.
Catherine enjoys doing sudoko puzzles and watching Henry!! She will forever be a Buffalo Bills fan and the Seattle Mariners are her favorite baseball team.
A quote Catherine loves and reminds her of Holy Family Church – “If the sea is good and an object of praise to God, surely this gathering of such a church as this is more beautiful, from which there is sent out in our prayers to God the mingled voice of men and women and children, as of some wave beating upon the shore” ~ St. Basil
Pastoral Assistant for Administration
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Catherine lived in Tonawanda, NY for the first 27 years of her life, before heading west. She met her husband, Scott, after moving to Washington. He jokes that he had to leave Minnesota and move to Seattle to meet the girl from New York. Scott and Catherine have four wonderful children, Thomas who married Sophia in 2016, Sara who is with Glody, Maria and Joseph. They welcomed their first grandchild, Henry, in March of 2017.
Catherine enjoys doing sudoko puzzles and watching Henry!! She will forever be a Buffalo Bills fan and the Seattle Mariners are her favorite baseball team.
A quote Catherine loves and reminds her of Holy Family Church – “If the sea is good and an object of praise to God, surely this gathering of such a church as this is more beautiful, from which there is sent out in our prayers to God the mingled voice of men and women and children, as of some wave beating upon the shore” ~ St. Basil
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Jocelyn Arida
PA for Youth Ministry/RCIA [email protected] Jocelyn has been blessed to be with the Holy Family parish community and to work with Youth Ministry since 2005 from Los Angeles, where she moved from, and this church community has been her "family" and support system for the past 12 years. Currently, she is also working with adults who wish to join the Catholic Church and helps them to receive their initial sacraments through RCIA. Working with these youths in our program and with adults in RCIA has given Jocelyn the opportunity to be an apostle of Jesus and to be a witness to many conversion stories in these people's lives. And throughout these years, she has seen it countless of times. She finds so much joy in teaching and talking about God, and although the work could be tough or difficult, it is also rewarding and fulfilling to serve God in this parish. On the personal side, her hobbies include singing, taking good pictures of people and nature here in beautiful Washington and watching movies with a good message. And she enjoys having conversations and listening to people. |
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Lindsay Carter
Program Director-Children's Ministry & Parishioner Engagement [email protected] Lindsay was born and raised in Auburn, WA as a lifelong parishioner of Holy Family. She attended Holy Family Catholic School from first through eighth grades before going on to graduate from Auburn Senior High School, Washington State University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and finally earning a Masters in Teaching degree from City University of Seattle. After graduation she taught for five years for Holy Family School as the fourth grade teacher before deciding to stay home and raise her daughters. After one year of staying home, Lindsay was ready to return to Holy Family, this time in a new capacity as the Children's Ministry Program Director. She has enjoyed working with all the families who have young children in the parish as well as the volunteers who make all the Children's Ministry programs possible. |
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Anthony Corpuz
Administrative Assistant/Secretary [email protected] Anthony has been a life long member at Holy Family and has been active in our Youth Ministry program including Harmonic Youth as the guitar player. He comes to the Parish after working with Holy Family School as the Assistant in the Extended Care program. |
Susan Hoptowit
Parish Bookkeeper
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Susan has been a parishioner for over 30 years here at Holy Family. She was hired on as the bookkeeper 13 years ago. Susan is married to Dave and they have 4 children and a bunch of grandchildren.
Pat Barr
Pastoral Care Leader
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Rosemary Busby
Marriage Coordinator
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Parish Bookkeeper
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Susan has been a parishioner for over 30 years here at Holy Family. She was hired on as the bookkeeper 13 years ago. Susan is married to Dave and they have 4 children and a bunch of grandchildren.
Pat Barr
Pastoral Care Leader
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Rosemary Busby
Marriage Coordinator
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