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Questions?? Contact Us Sign up here for email alerts or OLG newsletters Email Webmaster Support PA Choose Life	PASTOR Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. Gentili, S.T.D.	Reverend Joseph P. Gentili was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in May of 1987. He has served in various parish positions including parochial vicar at Saint Clement Parish, Philadelphia, and Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, Plymouth Meeting. He taught and served as School Minister at Archbishop Carroll High School, Radnor, for two years before being sent for graduate studies in 1994 in the area of pastoral theology. Father Gentili earned a Licentiate Degree (1996) and a Doctorate Degree in Sacred Theology (1999) from Saint John Lateran University, Rome. Upon his return from graduate studies he was appointed to the faculty of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood PA from 1999 to 2009. During that that time he taught various courses and served in various positions for the College Division, Theology Division and Religious Studies Division of the Seminary. He also served in several capacities including teaching for the Permanent Diaconate Program of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He was the Director of Continuing Formation for Diocesan Priesthood from 2000 to 2005. He was appointed as the Administrative Secretary to the Archbishop Emeritus in 2005 and served until 2009. He served as the Director of Pastoral and Apostolic Formation at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary from 2000 to 2009. He also served as Chairperson of the Pastoral Theology Department at the Seminary. He was appointed as Chairperson of the Archdiocesan Speaker Approval Commission in 2000 and continues to serve to the present in that position. During his tenure at Saint Charles Seminary he assited on weekends at Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, Plymouth Meeting. In May of 2009, Fr. Gentili was appointed by Justin Cardinal Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, as the second pastor of Our Lady of Guadalulpe Parish. In October of 2009 he was named a Chaplain of His Holiness by Pope Benedict XVI.

	PERMANENT DEACON Deacon Robert P. Gohde DEACON Deacon Bob Gross	Ordained in 2002 by Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Deacon Robert P. Gohde served at St Theresa of Avila, Valley Forge, followed by a short assignment at his home parish of Epiphany of Our Lord, Plymouth Meeting before being assigned to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in February of 2006 by Justin Cardinal Rigali. Deacon Gohde is currently serving the parish as the Director of the parish capital campaign, Proclaiming our Foundation in Faith + Stir into Flame the Gift of Faith, Deacon Gohde’s additional responsibilities over and above those faculties conferred upon a Permanent Deacon at ordination include coordination of RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults), Children’s Liturgy of the Word, the Altar Servers, Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Deacon Bob was born and raised in Long Island, New York, to loving Irish Catholic parents by the name of Mary and Joseph. He has an older sister who is married and lives in New York, as well as a younger brother who just graduated from College and now lived in Baltimore, MD. He was lucky enough to attend Catholic School all his life, but never really considered being a priest until after college. He was/is a big sports guy. He enjoys any sport, but went to college for lacrosse. After a few years, he decided it was better to spend his energy on doing the Lord's work in campus ministry at Loyola College in Maryland. He never forgot his background in sports, though, and so they started a retreat program for athletic teams. He moved back home after college, tended bar and went to school to get his Masters in Social Work. After a year or so, his college roommate called and wanted to know if he wanted to live in Philadelphia with the rest of our "shore crew" (the men who spent the summers down at the shore for the last few years). So he moved to Philly and got a job as a youth minister at St. Agnes Parish in West Chester. It was there, particularly during Mass, that the Lord instilled in him the desire to be a priest. After much resistance (he simply thought it was the natural thing for men to get married and have children), he entered the seminary in 2008 and was just recently ordained a Deacon on May 11, 2013. He is extremely joyful and excited for this upcoming year at Our Lady of Guadalupe and he looks forward to serving the community as the Lord wishes him to do.

	WEEKEND ASSISTANT Rev. Walter J. Quinn, O.S.A.	FR. WALTER J. QUINN, O.S.A., a member of the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, headquartered at Villanova, Pennsylvania, was born August 8, 1930 in Lansdowne, PA and attended West Catholic High School in Philadelphia. He then went on to the Wharton School of Finance & Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania where he was graduated in 1952 with a BS in Economics, majoring in Marketing & Industrial Management. He served two years in the Army as a First Lieutenant during the Korean War. He then worked in industrial sales in the tri-state area. In 1955 he entered the Augustinian Novitiate and began graduate studies for the Priesthood at Villanova University and at Augustinian College in Washington, DC, earning an MA in Religious Education. Along the way he picked up credits for an MA in International Law at Catholic University and was ordained to the Priesthood in Washington's National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in 1961. Fr. Quinn’s long experience of 50 years as an Augustinian Priest in parish work, includes serving in many parishes in the Northeast: in the Philadelphia area at Our Mother of Consolation in Chestnut Hill, St. Genevieve in Flourtown, Our Mother of Good Counsel in Bryn Mawr, St. Thomas of Villanova in Rosemont-Villanova and as Pastor at Olde St. Augustine, the First Foundation of the Augustinian Order in the USA in 1796, six blocks from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. In New York, Fr. Quinn served at St. Nicholas of Tolentine in the Bronx, Our Lady of Good Counsel in Staten Island, and at Immaculate Conception in Hoosick Falls-Albany Diocese. In New Jersey, he ministered at St. Nicholas of Tolentine in Atlantic City-Camden Diocese. During this period he also served as Chaplain in Chestnut Hill Hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital, and the Atlantic City Medical Center. After a 1992 storm wrought catastrophic damage to the 200-year-old Olde St. Augustine Church, he replaced the church roof and steeple, and the many interior historical paintings covering every wall and ceiling, a project costing 1.2 million dollars. The paintings were restored by methods similar to the restoration of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. After seven years as Pastor at Olde St. Augustine, Fr. Quinn volunteered to work in the Augustinian Province of St. Joseph in Canada on the scenic northeastern shore of Nova Scotia at St. Augustine Monastery (the first Augustinian Foundation in Canada), where the ministry is hearing confessions and conducting retreats. Bishop Colin Campbell, Bishop of the Antigonish Diocese, appointed him Diocesan Spiritual Director of the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a lay group (based out of Manchester, NH) encouraging spiritual growth and reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The group now has chapters in the US, Canada, England and Ireland. Fr. Quinn has been actively involved in the pro-life movement since the late sixties, long before the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision of the US Supreme Court and the advent of the computer age. He led parish groups to the annual March for Life in Washington, and is founder of still-active pro-life groups at the parish level, both "Main Line Life Line" in suburban Philadelphia in the late 70's and "Atlantic Life Line" in Atlantic City, N.J. in the late 80's. Upon returning from Canada in September 1999. *Priests for Life, the international association of clergy headed by Fr. Frank Pavone, founder and head of the pro-life organization (http://www.priestsforlife.org/,) announced that yet another priest had joined its ranks as a full-time priest associate. Fr. Walter J. Quinn, O.S.A., was released by his Ordinary, the Very Reverend John Deegan, Prior Provincial of the Augustinian Order, St. Thomas of Villanova, to devote 100% of his time to Priests For Life. The addition of Fr. Quinn to the Priests For Life* staff brought the number of full-time priests in the organization to five. Assisting the priests is a rapidly growing, nationwide lay staff. Fr. Quinn brought to *Priests For Life* decades of experience in the priesthood, having served mostly in parishes throughout the Northeastern United States. Fr. Quinn travels the country, teaching, training, motivating and encouraging his brother priests to speak up for Life. As a member of the *Priests for Life* staff he preaches on abortion and euthanasia to groups of clergy and laity throughout the nation encouraging all to "stand up and be counted" and to be actively involved in this most important crusade of our time: *To serve, protect and defend life from the innocent unborn to the oldest of the old among us!*
	PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. Anthony R. Hangholt, M. Div., MA	Father Anthony R. Hangholt was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 19, 2012. Father Anthony grew up in Holy Saviour Parish in Boothwyn, Delaware County. Father Anthony attended Holy Saviour- Saint John Fisher Elementary School and graduated from Cardinal O’Hara High School in 2000. He earned a B.S. in Education from Temple University and M.Div. from Saint Charles Seminary in May of 2011. Father Anthony was ordained a deacon on May 14, 2012 at Saint Charles Seminary and served his deacon year at Saint Aloysius Parish in Pottstown, Pa. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput in May 2012 and is currently serving his first assignment here at Our Lady of Guadalupe.
	PARISH BUSINESS MANAGER Edward Zapisek	Since 2009, Ed has applied the wealth of experience he gleaned over thirty years in the insurance and financial services industries to his post as *Parish Business Manager*. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Drexel University and has attained Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries.
	EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Mrs. Karen Talocci	Before joining the OLG staff in 2008, Karen’s more than fifteen year administrative career in the legal and financial fields brought her from Smithtown (NY) to Doylestown. Today you can find her in the OLG office in her role as *Executive Secretary.*
	PARISH SECRETARY Jeanne Senour	Jeanne Senour joined the OLG office family as Parish Secretary in November, 2012. Jeanne has been a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish since its doors opened in 2000. She and her family moved to Doylestown from Illinois in 1997. For eight years, Jeanne volunteered as a PREP teacher while her daughters were going through the program. Prior to moving to PA, she spent many years as an administrative assistant and marketing manager. When you come into the office make sure to stop by and say Hello!
	DIRECTOR OF LITURGICAL MUSIC Ms. Paula Furman	Our *Director of Liturgical Music*, Paula came to us from Holy Name of Jesus Church in Mullica Hill, NJ., where she served as Director of Music. She is a member of the National Pastoral Musicians organization, the American Guild of Organists, the American Chorale Directors Association and the Lower Bucks Choral Society.
	DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY Ms. Gail Downing	Gail is our *Director of Youth Ministry*. Prior to joining OLG, she established and nurtured the Youth Ministry Program at St. George’s Parish in Titusville, NJ, where she also taught religious education and volunteered as Confirmation Coordinator.
	DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Margaret Szewczak	A former Lansdale Catholic High School teacher, our Director of Religious Education earned her degree in Theology from DeSales University, as well as a Certificate in Catholic Theology and graduate studies from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary. In addition to teaching she has served as a youth minister and a former director of religious education. She is an active member of Saint Stanislaus Parish.
	PREP SECRETARY Joanne Jenkins	Joanne Jenkins has been the PREP Secretary since January 2012. Prior to becoming members of OLG, Joanne was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. During the school year you will find Joanne planning 1st Communion, Confirmation and registering children for our PREP program. During the summers, you will find Joanne and her family at one of their Fractured Prune Donut Shops in Ocean City, NJ!
	BULLETIN COORDINATOR Teresa Fischer MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Bob Poleshuk	Bob brings a variety of education, training, and experience to his position of Maintenance Supervisor at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. Bob holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State and Oklahoma State Universities respectively. Additionally Bob pursued studies in the areas of Systems and Network Engineering enabling him to obtain Microsoft Systems Administrator certification. Bob’s work experience includes a 23 year career in product design and development for the electrical connector, valve, and water meter industries during which he obtained several design patents. For six years Bob has taught a variety of subjects throughout Bucks County schools . He has been a consultant and provider of Computer and Network services, and continues to employ his skills and knowledge in building the network infrastructure at OLG’s offices and church.