From July 16th—19th, you will be able to elect two candidates to serve on the Parish Pastoral Council. Voting begins on Friday, July 16th at 8 a.m. and ends on Monday, July 19th at 11:59 p.m. Please note that only one person can vote using a single device. Couples will need to vote on a separate computer, phone, or tablet.
Once voting opens, visit https://stpiusxchurch.org/parish-council-elections/ (password is spxvote) to vote for two candidates of your choice. In the meantime, you may review the candidates below to learn more about them.
Parish Pastoral Council members give Fr. Brady input, advice and recommendations regarding matters relating to our parish community. Nominees are registered members of St. Pius X. Those selected will begin their three-year term in August of 2021, with the possibility of running for a second term. Annual terms begin in August and end in June. Council members meet once a month except during July.
Thank you for your participation in helping to decide the future leadership of the parish, and many thanks to the nominees for their willingness to serve!
JEREMY ANGELLE
Jeremy Angelle currently serves as vice president of products and services at Frank’s International where he’s been employed for over 20 years. From the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Science degree in Engineering, and a Master of Business degree. He is currently serving on the UL Lafayette Department of Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board and the St. Thomas More Foundation Board. He would love the chance to serve the St. Pius X church community on the pastoral council. He and his wife, Emily, celebrated their 20th anniversary this past April. They have both been parishioners of St. Pius X since birth. They have three children. Remy (17) is a Junior at STM, Sarah (15) is a Sophomore at STM, and Benjamin (13) is in 8th grade at SPES. Emily is employed at SPES as a teacher assistant. This next school year will be their 14th year as a SPES family.
EMILE BABIN
Before Emile Babin arrived to Lafayette and became a parishioner of St. Pius X in 2006, he served on several boards and committees in St. Mary Parish including on the parish council of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morgan City. Most notably, he served as a board member and president of the Civitan Club, president of Louisiana Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, and executive director of the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce for 15 years. He also served as a board member of the Morgan City Rotary club, Krewe of Hephaestus, Morgan City Municipal Auditorium, St. Mary Parish Tourism Commission, Young Memorial Campus of South Central Louisiana Technical College and Louisiana Association of Business & Industry. He also served as the annual fund chairman for United Way for South Louisiana. At St. Pius X, he has served or is currently serving, as a Lector; an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at Masses, Nursing Homes and the Homebound; ACTS retreatant; and a weekly Adorer. He is also a dues-paying member of the Knights of Columbus and American Legion.
PHIL CAMEL
After graduating from UL, Phil spent 22 years in “corporate America”. In 1996, Phil returned to Lafayette and worked in several local companies while starting and running a successful business consulting firm. Phil, wife Michela and son Joshua joined St Pius X parish in 2007. In 2010, after 3 years of volunteering, Phil took the position of development director for the DesOrmeaux Foundation. He has been helping to keep babies safe ever since. Phil is a Knight of St Pius X Knights of Columbus Council #8901 and a devoted St Pius X ACTS brother.
ROBERT GUTIERREZ
Robert Gutierrez started as a parishioner at St. Pius X in 1970. Rob left for the US Military Academy at West Point in 1987 followed by a career in the Army. After retiring from the Army as a lieutenant colonel, he moved back to Lafayette with his wife, Jen, and their children, David and Hope. He and his children received at least one of their sacraments at the parish. Rob joined the Knights of Columbus in Clarksville, TN, when he was stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY, and was in a Knights of Columbus Roundtable in Baghdad when he was deployed to Iraq. Currently, he is serving as an officer in both KC Council #8901 and Assembly #2199. Rob is an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion and a substitute for Adoration. He attended a Cursillo retreat in Texas and was a recent St. Pius X ACTS retreatant. During Rob’s career in the Army, he was a member of several different parishes at his various assignments. He feels that having exposure to so many different churches can provide a range of ideas for the pastoral council that worked (or not) elsewhere. Rob wants to help make the St. Pius community as close to perfect as possible so all of our children will have the desire to return “home” as he did.
ANNETTE HEBERT
Annette Noel Hebert and her husband, Ron, have been parishioners of St. Pius X Church for over 30 years. She and Ron have four children, Lauren, Katie, Andre’ and Phillip. They also have 5 beautiful grandchildren. She has served as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion for several years. Annette graduated from St. Mary’s Dominican College and is now retired from her work as a clinical laboratory compliance specialist. She has served on the Cathedral Carmel School Board, the St. Thomas More School Board, and the St. Thomas More Parent Teacher Club. She is currently serving the St. Pius X community as a member of the Parish Pastoral Council. She would like to continue to serve on the pastoral council and would appreciate your vote of confidence.
FOSTER KORDISCH
Foster Kordisch has been a practicing Catholic his entire life, and has been a member of St. Pius X for the last two years. He and his wife, Margaret, have two children, May and Tripp. Prior to St. Pius X, they were parishioners of Our Lady of Fatima Church where they attended school. They are regular attendees of mass and their children participate in the Edge program. They are both weekly Adorers, and Margaret is a substitute receptionist at the parish office. He is an emergency room physician and has been with Lafayette General Health System for the last 15 years. He is currently the medical director of the emergency room and the chair of the medicine department. He is a retired colonel in the United States Army Reserve. He was deployed in active service four times with three tours in Iraq as an Army physician. Domestically, he was a lead physician for his unit in the Superdome during the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. He attended LSU School of Medicine and the LSU Emergency Medicine Program in New Orleans.
ANGELLE PEARCE
Angelle Pearce is happily married to Jonathan Pearce and they will soon celebrate their twelve-year anniversary. They are the proud parents of Jon Paul (8), Andrew (6), and Jeannette (3). The boys attend St. Pius Elementary and Jeannette is enrolled in Pre-K3 at Sugar ‘n Spice Children’s Academy. Angelle attained a Master’s Degree in Communication from UL and was selected for this year’s Leadership Lafayette program. She is a lector and Eucharistic Minister. Angelle has served one term on the Parish Council and would like to do so again another three years.
CLAY YOUNG
Clay Young was born and raised Baptist in Raleigh North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in Geology. His wife is a lifelong parishioner of St. Pius. He converted to Catholicism in 1996 under the instruction of Monsignor Mouton and joined St. Pius parish. He and his wife were blessed with two children, however their son passed away. He began his professional career in 1983 with Weatherly Laboratories performing oil and gas reservoir fluid studies. Weatherly Laboratories was sold to Core Lab in 2000 and he left the company to start a fluid sampling and mobile laboratory business for DBR Fluid Properties Inc., a small flow assurance company based in Edmonton Alberta Canada. DBR Fluid Properties was sold to Schlumberger in 2002. He held various management positions with Schlumberger from Product Champion to Operations Manager and Account Manager. He began his international career with Schlumberger in 2011 and worked in Papua New Guinea, Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, and Angola. While working in Angola he represented Schlumberger on the board of the Luanda International School. He retired from Schlumberger in 2021 due to travel restrictions associated with the global COVID Pandemic and to help his wife care for her parents. His motivation for applying for the Parish Council position is to support the Church and to give back to the community that has given so much to his family.