Chris is a native of Baltimore, Maryland.  He moved to Florida with his wife Phyllis and children in 1993.  He has a degree in music specializing in Pipe Organ Performance from Western Maryland College, and has done some graduate studies in Rome.   He has been involved in professional music ministry since 1976.  He is a member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission and Liturgical Art and Architecture Commission.  He is currently Dean of the Nature Coast Chapter of the American Guild of Organist.  He is the Program Director for the Tampa Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.  Parishes Chris has worked in previously in Baltimore are Church of the Ascension, Our Lady of Victory, St. Martin of Tours, St. Peter the Apostle, St. Jerome, St. Alphonsus, St. Benedict, and St. Peter's Church in Waldorf, Maryland.  Here in our Diocese he has worked at St. Thomas the Apostle in Homosassa, and St. Joan of Arc in Spring Hill before coming here to St. Frances Cabrini.

Chris says that St. Frances is a great parish and he loves working here with the many talented and giving people of the parish, and our wonderful priests and staff.