Bishop of the Diocese of Juneau, Vacant
Fr. Pat Casey O.M.I., Cathedral Rector, (907) 586-1300 or (907) 518-4059 cell, email
Fr. Patrick Casey, OMI was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He was an officer in the US Army Medical Corps; his military stint included service in Vietnam. He attended Creighton University, studied Theology at the Boston Theological Union in Cambridge, MA and was ordained a priest for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1980. He has served as a pastor in St. Louis, MO; Chicago, IL; and Petersburg, AK. He has been the Rector at the Cathedral since 2010.
Deacon Charles Rohrbacher, Office of Ministries, Diocese of Juneau, (907) 586-2227, x23 Email
Deacon Charles Rohrbacher was born and raised in California. He attended the University of California Berkley where he studied History and Art History. He has also studied icon painting in San Francisco, New York and Paris with Dmitri Shkolnik and Fr. Egon Sendler, SJ. He served as Director of Religious Education at the Cathedral from 1995 to 2005. He was ordained a deacon for the Diocese of Juneau in 2006 and now serves as the Director of the Office of Ministries for the Diocese of Juneau and is on the staff for the Deacon Formation program. He is also assigned as Deacon to the Cathedral. Deacon Charles and his wife Paula have two grown children and live in Douglas, where Deacon Charles continues to write icons and teach students of iconography. He has illustrated three ritual books for Liturgical Press: The Book of the Elect; The Illuminated Easter Proclamation; and The Passion of Holy Week.
Miriam Wagoner, Office Manager, (907) 586-1513, Email
Miriam Wagoner was born in a country known for its over 7,000 islands – the Philippines, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree major in Economics and courses in Bachelor of Science in Education. She took additional credits in Accounting at the University of Alaska Southeast. She served the State of Alaska for 9 years in various roles including applying Alaska laws that govern the PFD program, and in accounting and administrative areas.
She is a published author of the poems, Wounded Eagle’s Nest, Season’s Reflection, Where Is Heaven? and A Sonata for Pa. She and her daughter have been living in Juneau for 17 years. She has a dog, a cat and a 10-year old gold fish.
Ms. Leora Houtary, Middle School Youth Group Leader and Children’s Ministry Assistant, 907-586-1513 , Email
Leora Houtary, was born in Alaska and raised in Ketchikan. She has lived in Juneau for over 15 years. Leora has attended the Cathedral for many years, volunteering with the middle school youth group, with the music ministry and many other ministries here at the Cathedral. She is also very active in the Juneau ACTS community.
Ms. Bridget Goertzen, Coordinator of Children’s Ministry, (907) 586-1317, Email
Sr. Marie Lucek O.P., Pastoral Associate, (907) 586-1340 or (907) 209-3577, Email
Sr. Marie Lucek, OP was born and raised in Illinois. She is a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. Throughout her years as a Sister she has worked in education at all levels from elementary school children through adults. Her ministry has taken her to the Bronx, NY; Washington, DC; and the Midwest. She has been the Pastoral Associate at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary since 2006. She coordinates the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), the Liturgical Ministers and also provides pastoral care for families when a loved one dies.
Heather Shaw, Diocesan Coordinator of Youth Ministry, (907) 586-2227 x 29, Email
Prayer Chain
Contact Maria Rogers (907) 780-4918
Parish Pastoral Council
Brian Holst (907) 463-3074
Rich Pratt (907) 790-4288
Cathy Price (907) 463-3981
Carl Uchytill (907) 321-1114
Barbara Cadiente Nelson (907) 723-9367
Jo Betts (907) 780-2558
Victim Assistance Coordinator
Robbie Izzard (907) 586-2227 ext. 25
