Clay is 32 years old,
although he STILL looks and acts as if he is 19. He
is married to Gail, the woman of his dreams, and
together they have 2 wonderful sons: Sean Isaiah and
Jacob Isaac. Gail is a teacher at St. Paul's
Elementary school in Richmond and is the person who
introduced Clay to the Catholic Church and Jesus
Christ. Sean is said to look and act EXACTLY like
his dad...so please pray for him. Jacob is the
strong, silent type...but somehow always gets his
way. So technically, Gail has to take care of 3
boys...pray for her as well. The 3 Imoo boys have
already formed their own band, their own hockey
team, and their own PS2 club.
Clay graduated from Richmond Senior Secondary School
and then obtained his Bachelor of Commerce majoring
in Accounting from UBC. After a well-documented
attempt at obtaining a Chartered Accountancy
designation, Clay did some work in human resources
and financial planning, all the while serving as a
parish youth ministry coordinator at St. Paul's.
After WYD 2002 in Toronto, Clay obtained this
current position as Director of the Youth Ministry
Office, a role he considers his "dream job." Clay
can't believe it's been 3 1/2 years already! Clay
feels blessed to be part of such a dynamic and
faithful team at the YMO.
Although Clay has serious responsibilities, he
doesn't take himself too seriously. He loves to
spend time with his family, play music (piano and
drums), play sports (basketball and volleyball are
his faves), play naptime, and write blogs. He loves
serving the church and the people in it, and is
motivated and inspired by the youth ministers,
volunteers, and young people he encounters. He
realized long time ago that he wasn't cool, so he
doesn't bother trying to fake it.
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Administrative Assistant
Faye McCreedy
Email:
ymo@youthmin.com
Faye commutes in from the Fraser Valley West region and
has been an active Catholic since birth. She is first
and foremost a wife to Sean and a mother to Nicole and
James. Together they spend time building with Lego (and
now also with Duplo and Quatro), talking about Youth
Day, dreaming about owning and operating a super-duper
Catholic conference centre, posing their “67 points of
articulation” Spiderman, and just generally spending
time doing various things at Immaculate Conception
Parish in Delta. She is also the part-time Youth
Ministry Coordinator at IC.
Faye is the full time
Administrative Assistant at the YMO. She graduated in
1998 from the University of Victoria where she got her
Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Leisure Services
Administration. The “Leisure” part means she knows the
history and science behind the use of leisure time; the
“Services” part suggests she does stuff for others; the
"Administration" part got her this job.
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Consultant for Parish Youth Ministry -
Training
Gerard Garcia
Email:
gpgarcia@rcav.bc.ca
Gerard works as a
part-time Parish Youth Ministry Consultant
for Training for the Youth Ministry Office.
Some of his responsibilities include the YM
Seminars, In-service Training, Searching in
the Spirit and parish consultant visits.
Gerard has been working in the YMO since
2000.
Gerard is married to his
lovely wife Carolyn and is a new father to
Lucas Nathaniel born in October of 2006. In
addition to his work at the YMO, Gerard also
works part-time at Steveston Community
Centre as the Racquets/Tennis Coordinator.
Gerard started out in youth ministry at St.
Paul’s parish in Richmond where he was a
Core leader for the first Lifeteen program
in Canada. Previously, Gerard served as
coordinator for St. Paul’s Young Adult
Community (SPYAC), St. Francis de Sales
Youth Ministry and most recently at St.
Mary’s Youth Ministry.
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Consultant for Youth Conferences
& Events
Analyn Perez
Email:
aperez@rcav.bc.ca
Given the recent move of Patrick G. to
the Evangelization Office, Analyn can now paint the
office pink and potentially host future events in the
space! Since 1998, she has worked on Archdiocesan youth
conferences and events such as the annual youth
reconciliation event: FREEDOM as well as Spirit Day and
Youth Day both annual youth rallies geared towards grade
seven and high school students respectively.
Analyn has also worked on national and
international events including World Youth Day. She
served as the Vancouver World Youth Day 2002 Coordinator
by organizing the “Days in the Diocese” program for over
1,000 international pilgrims and coordinating the
Vancouver pilgrims participating in the Toronto events
with Pope John Paul II. During World Youth Day 2002 she
not only got a chance to welcome Pope John Paul II to
the celebrations but to meet her hero as well!
Analyn also works as a nurse at BC’s
Children’s Hospital with children and teenagers living
with cancer.
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