MARY KAY PALYOK

ATTENDED CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED TO MIKE PALYOK IN 1970. THEY HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND 21 GRANDCHILDREN. SHE IS CURRENTLY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP (OLPH) HOME SCHOOL ASSOCIATION WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT CATHOLIC HOME SCHOOL PARENTS BELONG TO THAT SERVES TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATION COMMISSION TO HOME SCHOOL THEIR CHILDREN. MARY KAY IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE MIDLANDS HOLY FAMILY FUND.

MIKE PALYOK

MIKE ATTENDED CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM USC WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. MIKE MARRIED TO MARY KAY HOFMANN IN 1970. THEY HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND 21 GRANDCHILDREN. HE SPENT EARLY YEARS WORKING AT J.B.WHITES DEPARTMENT STORE CHAIN AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF PAL TRAVEL, A FULL SERVICE TRAVEL AGENCY, FOR 36 YEARS.  IN 2012 PAL TRAVEL MERGED WITH AAA VACATIONS WHERE MIKE IS CURRENTLY THE GROUP CRUISE SPECIALIST FOR AAA. MIKE IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE MIDLANDS HOLY FAMILY FUND.

BOB HENRY

BOB HENRY, SECRETARY FOR THE MIDLANDS HOLY FAMILY FUND IS A MEMBER ST. JOSEPH'S PARISH IN COLUMBIA, SC.  HE IS ALSO CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE ST. JOSEPH'S PARISH MEN'S PRAYER GROUP AND A FORMER RCIA CATECHIST AT ST. JOSEPH'S PARISH. BOB AND HIS WIFE SUSAN (MATH TEACHER AT CARDINAL NEWMAN) HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR OVER 43 YEARS AND THEY HAVE 3 ADULT CHILDREN WHO ARE ALL MARRIED. THEY ALSO HAVE 8 GRANDCHILDREN. BOB WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND LIVED ABOUT 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN VIRGINIA. FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS HE HAS LIVED IN THE COLUMBIA, SC AREA. BOB HAS A B.S AND A M.S. DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FROM VIRGINIA TECH AND HAS WORKED AND STILL IS WORKING FOR WESTINGHOUSE NUCLEAR FUELS IN COLUMBIA, SC FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS.

JOE LYNCH

JOE LYNCH, BORN IN BROOKLYN, HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF ST. JOSEPH PARISH SINCE 1972. HE HAS EIGHT CHILDREN, ALL OF WHOM HAVE GRADUATED FROM ST. JOSEPH GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND ALL BUT HIS YOUNGEST FROM CARDINAL NEWMAN H.S. HIS FAMILY IS A MIX OF CLEMSON AND USC GRADUATES. HIS WIFE, HELEN, WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF NURSING AT PALMETTO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL HER DEATH IN 2001. CURRENTLY JOE IS EMPLOYED AT SCANA CORP

DENNIS EGAN

DENNIS EGAN IS PRESIDENT OF CAROLINA RETAIL PACKAGING, A LEADER IN THE RETAIL PACKAGING INDUSTRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THE COMPANY SPECIALIZES IN CREATING AND PRINTING DISTINCTIVE GRAPHICS ON STORE USE SHOPPING BAGS, BOXES, GIFTWRAP, ETC. HE EARNED A BS IN MARKETING FROM THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON IN 1983. DENNIS RESIDES IN COLUMBIA WITH HIS WIFE PAMELA AND HAS SIX CHILDREN. THE FAMILY ATTENDS AND IS ACTIVE IN ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE DENNIS IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE MEN’S PRAYER GROUP. THEIR CHILDREN HAVE OR ARE CURRENTLY ATTENDING ST. JOSEPH’S SCHOOL AS WELL AS CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL.

JIM CORBETT

JIM CORBETT WAS EDUCATED IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN HIS NATIVE NEW JERSEY AND MOVED TO COLUMBIA TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1979. HE HAS BEEN HERE EVER SINCE. HE IS MARRIED TO ALLISON AND HAS THREE CHILDREN, 16, 6 AND 6 MONTHS. JIM IS A LECTOR AND EUCHARISTIC MINISTER AT ST. JOSEPH'S IN COLUMBIA AND IS AN ACTIVE KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS, CURRENTLY SERVING AS GRAND KNIGHT OF COUNCIL 12554. HE IS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY WHO STILL DABBLES IN HIS FIRST LOVE, BROADCASTING, ESPECIALLY SPORTSCASTING.

CLIFF B. BARRINEAU

ORIGINALLY FROM LAKE CITY, SOUTH CAROLINA, CLIFF HAS BEEN MARRIED TO JUDE MULLER BARRINEAU FOR TWENTY-NINE YEARS.  HE HAS THREE CHILDREN; PATRICK (WHO IS MARRIED TO BRITTANY COOK), CHAS, AND GRACIE.  HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF ST. JOSEPH CHURCH FOR TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AND SINGS IN THE ADULT CHOIR AS WELL AS CANTOR FOR VARIOUS MASSES.  HE EARNED MY B.S. DEGREE IN MATH FROM FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (1980), M.ED. DEGREE IN MATH EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (1986), AND PH.D. FROM USC IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND A MINOR IN MATH (1996).  HE CURRENTLY TEACHES MATH AT MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE HAVING TAUGHT MATH FOR 24.5 YEARS AT DREHER HIGH SCHOOL AND HAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.  CLIFF WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DREHER FOR 4.5 YEARS.

FR. TIMOTHY GAHAN

FR. TIMOTHY M. GAHAN IS A RETIRED PRIEST OF THE DIOCESE OF CHARLESTON HAVING SERVED AT PARISHES IN COLUMBIA, MYRTLE BEACH AND SPARTANBURG. PRIOR TO ORDINATION HE SERVED IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS, WAS THE NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE PRIESTLY FRATERNITY OF ST. PETER AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR FOR J.E. WILSON ADVISORS IN COLUMBIA. FR. GAHAN IS A WIDOWER WITH TWO ADULT CHILDREN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN, RESIDES IN COLUMBIA AND IS A SUPPLY PRIEST FOR THE DIOCESE ASSISTING AT PARISHES AS REQUESTED.