CLERGY

Very Rev. C. Thomas Miles KHS, MCL, JCL, Judicial Vicar, Pastor

Father Miles was appointed Pastor of St. Mary of the Annunciation on March 3, 2025.

Father Miles may be reached at [email protected]

Dr. Paul M. Rosenblum - Deacon

Deacon Paul Rosenblum was born and raised in Worcester, MA. After graduating from Doherty Memorial High School, he attended Beloit College in Beloit, WI where he received a BA in Biology in 1976. He returned to Worcester and worked as a laboratory technician at Mason Research Institute where he met his future wife Cathy. After a stint as a research assistant at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Deacon Paul enrolled in graduate school at Boston University in 1981, receiving a PhD in Biology in 1986. Following a two-year period as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, he took a job on the biology faculty at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. In 1997 Deacon Paul was named the Willie D. Bryan Professor of Biology at Lyon College in Batesville, AR, a position he held until 2001 when he became head of the Biology Department at The Citadel. During his tenure at The Citadel Deacon Paul received an MA degree in Pastoral Ministry from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona. He entered the diaconate formation program in 2010 and was ordained a Permanent Deacon on May 9, 2014.
 
Deacon Paul has been involved in seafarers’ ministry as a volunteer with the Charleston Port and Seafarers’ Society since 2004. In October 2015 Bishop Guglielmone appointed him as the Apostleship of the Sea Port Minister for the Diocese of Charleston. Following his retirement from The Citadel in May 2017 he took on the Port Minister position on a full-time basis. He was recently elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the North American Maritime Ministry Association. Since 2005 he has also served as the leader of the RCIA program at The Citadel.
 
Deacon Paul and Cathy have one son, Kevin, who lives in Richmond, VA with his wife Genia and their son Elliott.

David Wagner - Deacon

Deacon Dave was recently assigned to St Mary's. 
We are glad to have him and his wife, Bobbi!
You may email Deacon Dave at [email protected]

STAFF

Joan Smith, Office Manager (part time)
Email: jsmith​@charlestondiocese.org
Office Email: [email protected]
Office Phone: 843.722.7696

Ryan Altenbach, Director of Religious Education and Youth Ministry
Email:  [email protected]

Larry Long, Music Director - Organist & Choirmaster
843.813.3631