Permanent Deacons
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Deacon Rudy Brazil
Deacon
Rudy is our "Senior Deacon." He was ordained a Permanent Deacon
on September 26, 1987 for service to the Diocese of Oakland and assigned
to Holy Spirit Parish for Liturgical and Sacramental Ministries. Rudy
was born in Fremont, graduated from Washington High School and San Jose
State College. He served 14 years in the US Navy as a Lieutenant Commander
during WWII. He has been a parishioner of Holy Spirit since his birth.
He was the Director of Religious Education for many years. Presently
he is the Fremont Police and Fire Department Chaplains and a Chaplain
at Washington Hospital.
Deacon Bill Drobick
Deacon
Bill was ordained a Permanent Deacon on February 25, 1995 by Bishop
John Cummins for service to the Diocese of Oakland and assigned to Holy
Spirit Parish. Bill was born in Chicago, Illinois. Bill and his wife,
Joni, settled in Fremont after serving 3 years in the US Army. They have three
children; Holly, Matt and Joey; and granddaughter, Amber. Bill retired
from his Silicon Valley job to become the full-time Director of Religious Education
in the Faith and Formation Department of Holy Spirit. He also
chairs the Capital Campaign Project to build a Religious Education Center
Facility that will break-ground in 2005. Joni is a nurse at the Veteran Administration
Hospital in Palo Alto. She is a Eucharistic Minister at mass.
Deacon Chuck Glover
Deacon Chuck was ordained a Permanent Deacon on November 1, 2008 by Bishop Allen Vigneron and assigned to Holy Spirit Parish. Chuck was raised in the small lumber town of McCloud in Northern California at the foot of Mt. Shasta. He met his wife Sherry at H&R Block where they were both working part time while attending school. They were married in 1967 shortly after Chuck joined the Air Force. He served in Wichita, Kansas and one year overseas prior to discharge when he returned to school. He continued his studies part time while working and graduated from San Jose State University in 1977. During the period of his education Chuck and Sherry were blessed with the birth of their two sons, Charlie and Ian. Both sons are currently living in the Bay Area. In the 1990’s, after their sons moved out of the home, Chuck and Sherry returned to school where Chuck earned his MBA and Sherry earned both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Business. Both Chuck and Sherry are currently employed full time as Human Resource/Administration Directors in local area firms as well as their ministries and activities at Holy Spirit Parish. Chuck will be come involved in various current ministries at Holy Spirit as well as being active in starting new ones. His Social Justice assignment will be in the Domestic Violence area where he will be serving those directly in need as well as performing outreach and education programs.
Deacon Steve Taylor
Deacon Steve was ordained a Permanent Deacon on October 21, 2000 by Bishop John Cummins and assigned to serve Holy Spirit Parish in Liturgical and Sacramental ministries. Steve was born in Toledo, Ohio and grew up in Illinois. He served 3 1/2 years in the US Navy aboard the USS Enterprise and saw military action during the Viet Nam War. He worked for 25 years as a Compensation professional. He left the corporate world and came to Holy Spirit as the Pastoral Associate in Nov. of 2006. He and his wife, Angie, have two children; Richard and Carrie; and two grandsons, Joseph and Nicholas. Steve is the Director of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) and coordinates Adult Education and Social Justice ministries, as well as serving at the Altar each weekend. Angie is a social worker with the developmental disability people. She is a Lector and a Eucharistic Minister at the 9:30 am mass.
Deacon Richard Yee
Deacon
Richard was ordained a Permanent Deacon on February 25, 1995 by Bishop
John Cummins and assigned to Holy Spirit Parish. Richard was born in
San Francisco and grew up in San Jose. After serving 4 years in the
US Army, and after marrying Esther in 1961, they moved to Fremont in 1963. They
have three children and five grandchildren.
Richard early-retired after working 33 years for Lockheed and now
devotes all his time to the Diaconate and Holy Spirit Parish. He coordinates the annual Parish Mission speakers and interviews parents when they want their child baptised. He serves at the Mass each week and presides at funeral vigils and baptisms. Besides Esther, his passion is working on Holy Spirit's parish web site and creating a new parish bulletin cover each week. Esther brings Holy communion to the sick and trains and assigns ministers
to bring Communion to the home bound. She is a Lector and a
Eucharistic Minister at mass.