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. Michael Folmar, Parochial Vicar
Fr. Michael Folmar (Fr. Folmar) was ordained for our Diocese June 9, 2018 on the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a very significant day for him. For, it was Our Lady and her Immaculate Heart that have guided him throughout his life. Father’s first parish assignment was at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Fredericksburg and he served next at St. Michael’s where he has been for the past three years.
Fr. Folmar was born in Pittsburgh, where both sides of his family are from and has lived in various places due to his father’s job, but mainly lived in our amazing Diocese in Northern Virginia. He received a B.S. in Biology at George Mason University while working at Red Hot and Blue next door to it. Shortly after, he became a Franciscan Missionary of the Eternal Word down at EWTN in Alabama for about six years where tremendous spiritual foundations were laid. Although he was happy as a brother, he realized—with the help of his Superiors—that he could serve God more fully with the gifts God had given him by being in a parish like this, since he was exhibiting more qualities of a parish priest.
Therefore, he transferred back here to our home Diocese to Mount Saint Mary’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Fr. Folmar is very grateful to the Franciscans for all the ways that God formed him there, which was in ways that he never would have been formed if he had not gone there first.
Rev. Richard Malebranche, Parochial Vicar
Fr. Ricky Malebranche grew up in Dale City, Virginia, the youngest of three children in a faith-filled family. He attended Holy Family Church, where he received his sacraments of initiation, and St. Thomas Aquinas Regional School from kindergarten through eighth grade. He remained active in youth ministry throughout middle and high school.
After earning a degree from George Mason University, he worked there as an admissions counselor while completing an M.A. in Human Services Counseling. During that time, he also began serving as the coordinator of youth ministry at St. Philip Church in Falls Church—a role he continued during the first year of his five-year tenure as a school counselor at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, while earning an M.Ed. in School Counseling.
He later moved to the Haymarket area and began attending St. Katharine Drexel Mission. While serving as the stakeholder for a group from St. Katharine’s during the Diocesan WorkCamp of 2018, he experienced an unmistakable call to the priesthood during an evening of Eucharistic Adoration. Fr. Ricky entered seminary in 2019 and was ordained a priest in 2025. He has a deep love for Our Lady, the rosary, and the sacrament of confession.
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, he 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.
Parish Office Staff
Vitoria Vargas, Business Manager
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Armelle Tallec, Office Manager
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Marijo Galvin, Administrative Assistant
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Brian Sherry, Operations and Maintenance Manager
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John Dolata, Maintenance Technician
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Jennifer Carpenter, Coordinator for the Protection of Children
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Religious Education Office Staff
Lisa Orosa, Director of Religious Education
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Charles Palmer, Assistant Director of Religious Education
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Music Ministry Staff
Don Cotton, Director of Sacred Music
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