Parish Staff Leadership Update

My Dear Brothers and Sisters,

With a new calendar year upon us, I’d like to share with you some changes to our parish staff here at Nativity of Our Lord.

As we announced a few weeks ago, our Director of Discipleship Mahalia Marcelin (pictured below right) is leaving her position on December 31. We again thank Mahalia for her years of service to our parish.

Additionally, our Parish Business Administrator Laura Barr (pictured above right), has also moved on from her leadership role at Nativity. We greatly appreciate her many years of service as well.

We will now engage in a strategic and collaborative search process to fill both positions to ensure sustained financial health as well as to continue our vision of discipleship.

I will be working closely with our parish trustees, Christina Crow and Tom Tucci, along with our Finance Council in the months ahead as we seek to better understand the needs of our parish.  
In the meantime, we have contracted with Lighthouse Strategic Solutions, a company that has also supported the financial management of several Archdiocesan parishes during staffing transitions.  

We want to ensure that your needs are met during this transition in leadership.  We apologize for any delays in responding to your inquiries, questions, or concerns related to our financial operations so far, and appreciate your patience as we move forward.

For the immediate future, please contact our Director of Advancement Beth Giese, who can assist you with any questions related to stock or QCD gifts. She can be reached daily at bgiese@nativitystpaul.org or (651) 696-5430. We appreciate your generosity!

Finally, please pray that the Holy Spirit will guide our search process, so that we may most fully live out our parish mission to PREPARE the Way of the Lord, CELEBRATE God with us, and SHINE with the Light of Christ.

Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Rolf Tollefson, Pastor of Nativity of Our Lord