Our Pastor, Father Ed Dover, was born in Northern Santa Barbara County, in the city of Lompoc.  His father’s family came to Santa Barbara with the founding of the Presidio in the late 1700’s.  Lompoc is the home of beautiful La Purisima Mission, one of the original 21 California missions.  The mission became an inspiration to Fr. Dover from his earliest years.  Memories of wandering through this historical “playground” as a child strengthened his sense of vocation.  The mission call to “catechize and baptize all nations” imbued the very soil on which he walked.  This, along with the practical Christianity live by his Protestant Mother and Catholic Father, were the roots of his vocation.

Attending Public schools and Jr. College prior to his admission to St. John’s Seminary College; Fr. Dover had been considering a career in Social Psychology.  He was ordained by Cardinal Timothy Manning for service to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1985.  His assignments have included, Our Lady of Grace in Encino, St. Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks, St. Cyprian in Long Beach, St. Margaret Mary in Lomita and as Pastor of St Thomas Aquinas in Monterey Park and St. Anthony of Padua in Gardena. In July of 2007 he was named Pastor of both St. James the Less in La Crescenta and Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose.

Fr. Dover has chosen as his motto: “Serve the Lord with Gladness!”  It is derived from the joy he has found in living out his priestly vocation, in obedience to the Lord’s call.  Fr. Dover believes that real joy will only be found when we have discovered that unique role for which we were created, when we allow God to nourish us for that role with the power of the Sacraments and when we publicly praise God for all the good He has done for us!  Gladness and joy should always be visible in the Christian heart.

John Cascelli currently holds the Accounting Manager position at the A. F. Gilmore Company. Prior to joining A. F. Gilmore Company in 1998, he was an Assistant Controller at a telemarketing & research firm.

John received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with a major in Accounting and a minor in Economics from California State University at Los Angeles.

Married on St. Patrick’s Day, 1990, John and wife Deirdre have two sons attending Holy Redeemer School. John spends his free time coaching both his boy’s basketball and baseball teams, as well as being active in their Cub Scout den. He also volunteers his time and talent serving on the Holy Redeemer Parish Advisory Board and Financial Council.

Vincent Castle is a third generation member of Holy Redeemer Church,whose parents are still members of Holy Redeemer, his mother since 1932. Vincent was baptized at Holy Redeemer Church in 1947 and graduated from Holy Redeemer in 1961. Vincent is also a Eucharistic Minister who has served on the Parish Advisory Board and has been a member of the Finance Council since its inception. Vincent was also President of the HRS Parents Advisory Board while his daughter attended.

Vincent graduated from Pater Noster High School in 1965, received his Bachelor's of Business Administration from Loyola University in 1965 and his Masters in Business Administration from UCLA iin 1971.

Vincent has over twenty years of experience in the Human Resources field. He has been employed by Wells Fargo and Crocker banks, and currently works for Bank of America as a VP in the Personnel Department.

Vincent is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Mental Health Association, the Los Angeles Kiwanis Club and PersonnelIndustrial Relations Association.

Vincent has been married to his wife Sue for over 31 years. Their daughter, Erin, graduated from Holy Redeemer School in 1996 and is currently a senior at University of California Berekely.

Carl Franklin is Vice President of Project Development for Jones Lang LaSalle, one of the largest Real Estate Firms in the world. He has been in the design, construction and development business for over 35 years. Carl was the Volunteer Project Manager for our new Church and for the renovation of the Parish Hall.

Carl and his wife Brenda are active in Holy Redeemer Parish. Brenda is the Chairman of the Lectors, former Eucharistic Ministers and members of the School Board. They have two children, Sean a freshman University of Colorado Boulder and Elise a senior at Flintridge Sacred Heart. Brenda is the President of the Mother’s Guild at Flintridge Sacred Heart.

Carl has an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago, a Master of Science in Engineering from the University of California Berkeley, ad a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. He is a licensed professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.

Tim was born in Hackensack, New Jersey but has lived in the Glendale area since the age of three. He received his education at Holy Trinity Grammar School, Notre Dame High School and Cal State-LA.

He served in the U. S. Army in the late sixties as an electronics instructor at the Southeastern Signal School at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Tim began his career in the automobile business at the age of 15 at the Central Chevrolet Company in downtown Los Angeles. He is currently the Managing Partner of Central Sales & Leasing, a company he founded in 1976. He is a founding member and past president of the National Vehicle Leasing Association and has served on the boards of the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation-UCLA, the South Bay Motor Car Dealers Association and the Pico Rivera Chamber of Commerce. His hobbies include motor homing, golf and World War II history.

Tim and his wife Louise (an active member in the Episcopal Church) have lived in the Verdugo Woodlands since 1973. He joined Holy Redeemer in 1979 and presently serves the parish on the Finance Council, Parish Advisory Board and Infrastructure Committee.

Parish Business Manager since 2000, Doug is a member of the Parish Planning Committee, Finance Council, and Advisory Board. He is retired from IBM Corporation where he worked for 31 years. His wife Sheila and him have been parishioners at Holy Redeemer since 1982, and have three grown children.