Governing Council / cohorts / parishes

Leadership

Governing Council

The Governing Council is a community of Guardsmen who strive to act with one accord, in union with the mind of the Church, and subject to the Guidance of the Holy Spirit. The council collaborates and collectively carry out the mission of the Guard.

 

Director General

Courtney Abel

 

Mother Mary of the Church, Mount Joy, PA

Our Director General is the spiritual and temporal leader of St. Michael’s Guard, he is responsible for ensuring the vision and mission of the Guard are developed and carried out.

 

Asstistant Director General

John Shiffler

 

St. Joan of Arc, Hershey, PA

The Assistant Director General is responsible for helping the Director General administering the workings of the Guard and for facilitiaing training and communication between Guard leadership.

GOVERNING COUNCIL DIRECTORS:

DIRECTOR OF TRAINING - Brian Isenberg (Seven Sorrows BVM, Middletown, PA)

DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS - Peter Kern (St. Peter, Elizabethtown, PA)

DIRECTOR OF FORMATION / EVENTS - Mark Filohoski (Saint Pius X, Selinsgrove, PA)

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS - Michael Moglia (St. Matthew the Apostle, Dauphin, PA)

DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT - Joe Pastuszek (Sacred Heart of Jesus, Lewisburg, PA)

DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION - Brian Patrick (St. Margaret Mary, Harrisburg, PA)

COHORTS AND COHORT COMMANDERS

Cohort Commanders are the leaders to a specific group of parishes to oversee the development of current and new Guardsmen.

DEANERY COHORT COHORT COMMANDER

Adams St. Claude de La Colombiere Joe Valenti

York St. Claude de La Colombiere Joe Valenti

Cumberland / Perry Padre Pio

Dauphin St. Stephen Ray Mallet

Lebanon St. Stephen Ray Mallet

Franklin St. Hubert Arthur Gibson

North Lancaster St. Peter Brian Isenberg

South Lancaster St. Joseph

Northern St. Anthony of Padua Bill Bordell

Northumberland St. Anthony of Padua Bill Bordell



 

PARISHES WE SERVE……..

St. Peters, Elizabethtown PA (Contingent Director - Peter Kern)

Mary Mother of the Church, Mount Joy PA (Contingent Director - Bob Carroll)

Seven Sorrows, Middletown PA (Contingent Director - Ray Kerwin)

St. Patrick Cathedral, Harrisburg PA

St. Joan of Arc, Hershey PA

Holy Spirit, Palmyra PA

St. Catherine Laboure, Harrisburg PA

St. Jude Thaddeus, Mifflintown PA (Contingent Director - David Treaster)

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Lewistown PA

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Harrisburg PA

Prince of Peace, Steelton PA

St. Matthew the Apostle, Dauphin PA (Contingent Director - Ronald A. Heberle)

Holy Name of Jesus, Harrisburg PA

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Harrisburg PA

St. Leo the Great, Lancaster PA (Contingent Director - Steve Rozell)

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lancaster PA (Contingent Director - James Manley)

St. Joseph, Lancaster PA

Our Lady of Hope, Coal Township PA

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Elysburg PA ( Contingent Director - Bob Valania)

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Lewisburg PA (Contingent Director - Joseph Pastuszek)

St. Pius X, Selinsgrove PA ( Contingent Director - Mark Filohoski)

St. Patrick, Trevorton PA (Contingent Director - Ray Bednar)

Mother Cabrini, Shamokin PA

St. Joseph, Berwick PA

Immaculate Conception, Berwick PA (Contingent Director - Timothy Turnbach)

St. Bernadette Mission, Duncannon PA (Contingent Director - Steve Palmer)

Our Lady of Good Counsel, Marysville PA

Our Lady of Lourdes, Enola PA (Contingent Director - Chris McClure)

St. Joseph, Mechanicsburg PA

Corpus Christi, Chambersburg PA (Contingent Director - Richard So)

St. Mark the Evangelist, Greencastle PA

St. Andrew the Apostle, Waynesboro PA

St. Joseph, Dallastown PA (Contingent Director - Bryan Ness)

St. John the Baptist, New Freedom PA

St. Rose of Lima, York PA

St. Patrick, York PA

Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Hanover PA (Contingent Director - Mike Seymore)

St. Joseph, Hanover PA

Immaculate Conception, New Oxford PA

St. Francis Xavier, Gettysburg PA

St. Joseph the Worker, Bonneauville PA