Fr. Russ Roide, S.J. is the new Pastor and Director of the University Catholic Center. He was born in Los Angeles and comes to UCC from St. Francis Xavier Parish and School in Phoenix, AZ where he was pastor. His other assignments include being the first Jesuit pastor of St. Agnes Parish in San Francisco, and eight years as Director of Catholic Campus Ministry at Stanford University. He is somewhat kama'aina as, after he was ordained a Jesuit, he served in high school ministry and administration for ten years. But during the summers he replaced priests on Maui for eleven summers. He is not a stranger to our Aloha spirit.

Fr. Robert Ballecer entered the Jesuits in 1994 after his studies in Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University. He served on the staff at Most Holy Trinity Church in San Jose, CA, is the director of the Center for Apostolic Technology, and a member of our UCC staff.

Catharine Low has been with the University Catholic Center since 1993 when she left the business world and began working with members of the UCC community and students at the Manoa campus of the University of Hawaii. Educated as an elementary education teacher and certified in teaching the hearing impaired, she taught children in grades 1-6 and the hearing impaired in her native New Zealand and continued as an elementary education teacher in Hawai'i. She has made her home in Hawai'i since 1967 and is privileged to be part of the team.

Fr. John Chandler

Angie Carlton is our other Campus Minister. She comes to the University of Hawaii from Brooklyn, Iowa. Angie graduated from Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, IA receiving her BA in Social Work. Most recently, Angie served a year with Mercy Volunteer Corps in Savannah, GA as a community networker. She worked with members of Candler SOURCE as a friendly visitor and connecting people back into the community of Savannah. Angie is our Outreach Coordinator working with students on service projects and social justice issues, as well as the Director of Religious Education. Angie likes to volunteer in her free time, spend time at the beach, and listen to music.

William Plourde is our Music Director. William has been a member of the community since 1984 and became our music director in the Fall of 1993. Jesuit educated, he attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles and Loyola Marymount University. He holds a Masters Degree in Asian Religions from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and a Masters Degree in Systematic Theology from the University of Notre Dame. William studied music with Paul Salamonovich in Los Angeles and was a musician in LMU’s Campus Ministry. Coming to Hawaii in 1984, he has been a member of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu Compline Choir and then a tenor in the Cathedral Choir at St. Andrew Cathedral. He has also performed with the Hawaii Opera Theater and Honolulu Symphony Chorus. He also directed the Women’s Chorus at Sacred Hearts Academy from 1988 until 2000. Before joining the University Catholic Center staff, William was Director of Music at Kilohana United Methodist Church. William teaches theology at Sacred Hearts Academy.