Priests


Rev. Msgr. William P. Saunders, Pastor

Msgr. William P. Saunders was ordained a priest for the diocese of Arlington in 1984. He holds a bachelor of business administration in accounting from the College of William and Mary and a master of arts in sacred theology from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He also has a doctor of philosophy in education administration from the Catholic University of America.

After being ordained in 1984, Msgr. Saunders served at St. Mary Church in Alexandria, then as chaplain at Marymount University in Arlington, and then at Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria. In 2000, he was appointed the founding pastor of Our Lady of Hope Parish in Potomac Falls, Virginia. He was also dean of the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in Alexandria from 1997 to 2001.


Rev. Andrew Haissig, Parochial Vicar

Fr. Andrew Haissig is the son of a military family that, after traveling around the world, settled in Northern Virginia, where they worshipped at St. Veronica Church in Chantilly.  He enrolled in the engineering program at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg.  After two years, he transferred to the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.  After graduating from Franciscan, he enrolled in Catholic University’s Theological College in Washington, DC, for his six years of Seminary. 

He came to St. Agnes as a seminarian in 2013, was ordained a deacon in 2014, and continued to serve at St. Agnes until his ordination on June 6, 2015.  His first assignment was at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Alexandria where he stayed until 2019 when he was assigned to Saint Louis Parish in Alexandria.


Rev. Steven Oetjen, Priest in Residence

Fr. Steven Oetjen grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, where he and his family were parishioners of St. Lawrence Parish. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation he entered seminary and was sent to St. Charles Borromeo seminary in Philadelphia for his philosophy studies.

After completing his two years of philosophy, Steven was asked to go to Rome for his theology studies which he completed at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, while in formation at the North American College. He was ordained a deacon in 2016 and a priest on June 10, 2017.

Fr. Oetjen has a degree in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America and currently works for the Office of the Tribunal in the Arlington Diocese. He has been a priest in residence at St. Agnes since July 2021. On most weekends, he helps at St. Jude’s Parish in Fredericksburg.


Parish Office Staff

Vitoria Vargas, Business Manager
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703-525-1166 x225

Armelle Tallec, Office Manager
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703-525-1166 x203

Marijo Galvin, Administrative Assistant
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703-525-1166 x201

Brian Sherry, Operations and Maintenance Manager
facilities@saintagnes.org
703-525-1166 x202

John Dolata, Maintenance Technician
maintenance@saintagnes.org
703-525-1166 x230

Jennifer Carpenter, Coordinator for the Protection of Children
protect@saintagnes.org
703-525-1166 x227


Religious Education Office Staff

Lisa Orosa, Director of Religious Education
dff@saintagnes.org
703-527-1129

Charles Palmer, Assistant Director of Religious Education
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703-525-1166 x234


Music Ministry Staff

Don Cotton, Director of Sacred Music
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703-525-1166 x231