CHARLOTTE — Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv., announces the appointment of Father Brandon Jones as parochial administrator of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Swannanoa, effective Jan. 2, 2025.
Father Jones succeeds Father Peter Ireorji, MSP, who has received an assignment outside the Diocese of Charlotte from his religious order, the Missionary Society of St. Paul of Nigeria.
Since 2020, Father Jones has served as parochial vicar at St. Ann Parish in Charlotte.
He previously served at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte, St. Mark Parish in Huntersville, St. Joseph Parish in Asheboro and Holy Redeemer Parish in Andrews.
A native North Carolinian and Catholic convert, he was ordained for the Diocese of Charlotte by Bishop Peter Jugis in 2008.
He holds licentiate degrees from The Catholic University of America and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., and he has an identical twin who is an Anglican bishop.
— Catholic News Herald
CHARLOTTE — Lisa Geraci has joined the Catholic News Herald as a reporter.
Geraci brings seven years of journalism experience to the diocesan newspaper, where she got her start writing as a freelance correspondent.
She has also written for The Enquirer Journal in Monroe and The Stanly News and Press in Albemarle, and worked as a staff reporter for The Lancaster (S.C.) News.
A native of Goshen, New York, Geraci attended Catholic schools growing up. In her teens her family moved to Huntersville, where they were among the founding members of St. Mark Parish.
Geraci graduated from North Mecklenburg High School and went on to earn degrees in marketing from Central Piedmont Community College and UNC-Pembroke. Later, she earned a master’s degree in Middle Grades Education with a major in English from UNC-Charlotte and taught middle school English for 12 years.
She now lives in Mint Hill, where she and her family attend St. Luke Church.
— Catholic News Herald