Family of the Month – May 2022 Allen and Linda Reitmeier Allen was a senior at Albany (Min.) High School, from the town of Richmond. Linda Lauer was a freshman, […]
Family of the Month – April 2022 Robert and Gloria Nieto It was a singles activity at St. Rita parish in the early 1990s, speed dating of sorts, meant to […]
Family of the Month – March 2022 John and Marge Balasa Some relationships begin with a moment described as knocking someone off their feet. As John recalls it, Margie Ostrowski […]
Family of the Month – February 2022 Ken and Patty Rarick They’re Flashes – really. Ken and Patty met during the mid-1960s in Ohio while attending Kent State, whose athletic […]
Paul and Colleen Ryan The Ryans have lived in Cedar Hill for five years, and Paul transferred to our council in November 2018 after previously serving over in St. Jude […]
Jack and Juanita Ramsden We often hear that new members of the Catholic faith are among the most active. The Ramsdens came through Holy Spirit’s RCIA program in 2008-09 and […]
Family of the Month – November 2021: Ed and Betty O’Brien The two Catholic high schools in Syracuse, New York were fierce rivals – St. John the Baptist and Assumption. […]
Gilbert Zuniga Sr. and Gilbert Zuniga Jr. Family of the Month – October 2021 Father and son joined our council together in October 2014, and that figures. They’ve also been […]
Family of the Month – September 2021Carlos and Melisa Limones If you haven’t run across a member of the Limones family at Holy Spirit, then you haven’t been trying hard […]
Kathy and Deacon Charlie Ruelas The diocese’s ceasing of weekly Mass dispensation in mid-August moves us to another chapter of Catholic life during the pandemic. The Ruelas family has experienced […]
Family of the Month – July 2021 Keith and Mary Archer The Archers have displayed varied service skills in recent months. When Holy Spirit followed strict pandemic protocols, they were […]
Family of the Month – June 2021: Frances & Jeff Miller Frances & Jeff Miller have been Holy Spirit parishioners since 1988. They are very active members of the parish, […]
Russell and Tricia Gully The Gullys have been constants at Holy Spirit since 1986. Of the many roles they’ve performed over the years, they’ve added another during the parish’s return […]
Family of the Month – April 2021 Efrain and Lisa Ochoa Customers for our first-time drive-through Lenten fish fry dinners were probably unaware that the Ochoas double-teamed many of those […]
Mario and Becky Tiambeng Family of the Month – March 2021 The Tiambengs, natives of The Philippines, arrived in Duncanville with their three children in 1978 from – where else? […]
Family of the Month – February 2021 Rod and Lynn Kinard The Kinards are usually the go-to couple for the 5 p.m. Sunday Masses at Holy Spirit after in-person attendance […]
Jay and Karen Trapp Jay and Karen will celebrate their 30th anniversary this August. They met through a mutual friend while Jay was attending Purdue University in Indiana and Karen […]
Mike and Karen Moloughney The latest of Mike’s long list of contributions to Holy Spirit over the past 23 years won’t be seen for another couple of months since the […]
David and Veronica Ybarra David and Veronica met as teenagers, both invited to a get-together in their hometown of El Paso. Well, it was David’s hometown given that his father […]
John and Bonnie Espree Like many Holy Spirit parishioners, John and Bonnie have adjusted their parish activities during the pandemic. Bonnie continues as a lector, during the Saturday Vigil Mass […]
Deacon Al and Jackie Evans As much as the current pandemic has affected the rituals and faith practices for Holy Spirit parishioners in recent months, consider what it has meant […]
John and Mary Anne Rizo The Rizos joined Holy Spirit in 1986, just making a move following a two-year stay in Fort Worth upon their arrival in Texas. They’re both […]
Ben, Marilyn and Tim Burns Through the years we’ve had the privilege of watching fathers and sons come through degree ceremonies together. Such was the case when Ben and Tim […]
Wendell and Connie JeanPierre It all began in the produce aisle of a National Foods store in New Orleans on June 5, 1982. Wendell spotted a woman up ahead from […]
Dan and Patty Murphy Dan remains extremely active within Council 8157 almost two decades after he served as our Grand Knight (2002-04). He has been our director of community activities […]
Larry and Sheila Balagna The Balagnas celebrated their 47th anniversary in late January. Larry and Sheila met at bowling alley in Farmington, Ill., where they were on competing teams. Sheila […]
Jim and Denise Richardson Jim was a junior at St. Augustine Catholic High School in Laredo and Denise was a freshman when they met. Leave it to a member of […]
Keith and Mary Archer When you next help at a council event in Holy Spirit’s gymnasium, you’ll be near the spot where the Archers met. That happened at a parish […]
Jorge and Eva Barragan The Barragans celebrated their 16th anniversary in November and are a fixture in that middle pew in Holy Spirit’s sanctuary in one of the front rows. […]
Tom Greco and Helen Beggane Tom and Helen were married on April 19, 1975 in Omaha, Neb., and have been Holy Spirit parishioners since 1982. “It’s been our spiritual home […]
