Father Karl P. Ganss

Pastor

Originally from Philadelphia, Fr. Karl came to the Midwest in 1956 to study at Sacred Heart Preparatory Seminary in Geneva. Ordained to the priesthood in 1968, Fr. Karl's varied responsibilities have included: Area Director of Religious Education and Superintendent of Catholc Schools for McHenry County; the diocesan executive team for Marriage Encounter; head of the Renew Program for the Rockford Diocese; and, Vicar for Spiritual Formation under bishops O'Neill and Doran.

Fr. Karl became active in full time pastoral ministry with his appointment as associate pastor of Holy Angels Parish in Aurora and has served as administrator of St. Patirck mission Parish in Hartland, pastor of St. Mary in Durand, and St. Patrick Mission in Irish Grove; his last assignment before coming to St. Gall was pastor of St. Mary Parish in Dekalb.

Mr. Joe Batorson

Business Manager

Email: JoeB@StGall.com

Born and raised in Batavia, Joe has been a member of St. Gall Parish since 1979. Active in the parish, he has been responsible for scheduling our ushers since 1997 and has been a member or our New Church Planning Committee since 2003.

Joe joined the parish staff as Business Manager in 2005 after careers in computer systems management with AT&T and as a Systems Management Consultant with IBM. Joe's strong background in business practices and processes garnered while working for these corporate giants makes him a great fit in this position which deals with the Business Offices of the Diocese on a regular basis while having daily contact with our parishioners.

Joe and his wife, Ellen, live in Sugar Grove with their two dogs and are parents to five children and grandparents to 15.

Ms. Betty Becker Bell

Coordinator of Volunteers & Outreach

Email: Betty@StGall.com

A long-time resident of North Aurora, Betty came to St. Gall to coordinate the "Why Catholic?" and to serve as Coordinator of Volunteers and Outreach. Her educatonal experience includes both teaching and administrating at the Catholic grade school and high school levels. For seventeen years she worked at messenger Libray of North Aurora in the Circulation department and as Coordinator of Adult programs. With this background in education an public service she is well prepared to serve the needs of the faith community here at St. Gall Church.

Mrs. Darlene Biggs

Director of Religious Education

Email: Darlene@StGall.com

Raised in Illinois and Kentucky, Darlene has been a member of St. Gall Parish since 1978. Through the years Darlene worked in several Parish Offices in the Diocese as Administrator as well as here at St. Gall for 3 years. After obtaining her certification in Ministry Formation followed by the Diocese of Rockford DRE certification program she joined St. Gall's Religious Education Department as the Director in 2003.

Darlene and her husband Jim of 35 years, live in Elburn along with a growing family. Darlene's favorite saying is "May Jesus' Love for you (and mine), always make you smile!"

Mrs. Ann Diehl

Secretary

Email: Ann@StGall.com

A long time r4esident of Elburn, Ann has been a member of St. Gall Parish for over 40 years. From 1970 to 1974 Ann worked as the Parish Secretary here at St. Gall, then worked with Conley Funeral Home. During her 20 years with Conley, Ann assisted at funerals and worked in Conley's print shop where the St. Gall weekly bulletin was printed. Ann re-joined the office staff at St. Gall in 2004 and works as the bulletin editor as well as the office assistant for the Religious Education office.

Ann has 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren and when she is not working enjoys sewing, crocheting and baking.

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