Clergy and Staff

Clergy

Fr. John Roddy, Rector

Father Roddy needs little introduction to our many parishioners that have been with us several decades. He was an active member of St. Margaret’s from 1981 to 1995. He attended Holyrood Seminary in Liberty, New York, and was ordained in 1999 by Archbishop Mark Haverland after having taken his canonical exams in our Diocese of the Middle Atlantic States. During 2004-2005, he taught Bible Study at St. Andrew & St. Margaret while he was the Priest-in-Charge at our sister parish of St. Michael the Archangel in Frederick, Maryland.

The Rev. John L. Roddy was born in Georgia, received his B.A. degree at the University of Georgia, and later did graduate work in the School of Theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army and in the U.S. Army Reserve, from which he retired in 1998 as a Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry. Further, he has served as a senior staffer in the U.S. Senate, as a senior policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Education, and as Director of Federal Programs in the Georgia Department of Education.

Father Roddy is learned in history and literature. He is theologically sound and grounded in Anglicanism.

He is married and has four children. His wife, Carolyn, an attorney, will join him as soon as practicable. I ask each of us to open our hearts and welcome him and his family into our parish community.

Fr. Thierry Guy Hakpon, Assistant

Fr. Thierry was born in the Republic of Benin, West Africa in 1960 and Baptized in the Roman Catholic Church. After a successful primary, middle and High Schools, Fr. Hakpon enrolled in Law school in Benin where he later earned his Master’s degree. In 1988 after much thought and prayer, he entered the Dominican Order (Order Of Preachers). He was ordained a priest in 1998, after completing a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a Master in Divinity with a specialization in Canon Law. Father has pastoral experience in many areas including parish ministry, campus ministry, and hospital chaplaincy. He also taught Canon Law, Public Law, and Philosophy at the University of Dakar and St. Augustine’s College.  Father Thierry has ministered to different cultural Christian congregations in Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and France. As a Roman Catholic priest, Father last served Nativity Catholic Church in DC where he was in charge of the French speaking parishioners. Father currently serves at St. Andrew and St. Margaret of Scotland as Assistant Priest.

Staff

Karen Stamm, Director of Music

Auburn Traycik, Administrative Assistant