Rev. Mark Stapleton
Associate Pastor
Mark Stapleton has been a lay member of St. Johns for over 20 years. In 2010, he completed Lay Ministry courses from Mequon, Wisconsin and became a Lay Minister. In 2018, he was ordained as a Specific Ministry Pastor. Pastor Stapleton also oversees the Comfort Dog Ministry program at Saint Johns.
Dr. Marc Alan Brunelle
Director of Music/Organist
Dr. Marc Brunelle has devoted his career to choral conducting, organ performance, and liturgy, serving parishes and institutions throughout the East Coast and Chicagoland. His diverse ministry has included teaching at a seminary, serving as Director of Music at a cathedral, teaching at the high-school and college level, and serving as Artistic Director of a choral ensemble he co-founded.
Dr. Marc has led five European choral tours, sharing sacred choral music with audiences throughout Europe. Among the highlights of his career was the extraordinary privilege of conducting a choir for Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
