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Gerri Holmes

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Gerri Holmes

Gerri was born and raised in the Leader area as the oldest in a family of 4. She moved to Eston in 1969 to work and has called it home ever since. Gerri, now divorced, was married for 21 years and blessed with a son and a daughter and is now a grandmother of 5.


Joining the League in 1979, Gerri has held executive positions in her parish council such as education and health, spiritual, and president for 4 terms at different times, one term of which she co-chaired. On Diocesan she held, community life, organization, and president. Provincial she enjoyed community life, communications, organization and assumed the office of President in June 2009. She received the Maple Leaf Service Pin from her parish council in 2007. She was involved with Project Grow and did various workshops in the diocese. She feels blessed to have been able to serve in these capacities over the years.


Gerri is a Lay Formation Program graduate, a member of the Diocesan Pastoral Council and presently the Chair of her Diocesan Deanery.


In her home parish she is involved with various ministries, serving as a lector, usher and Eucharistic minister. She does the ministry rotation scheduling, church bulletin, has chaired the Annual Bishop’s Appeal for the last 15 years and serves as the secretary to her parish pastoral council for the last 15 years and currently is also the bookkeeper. She can be found most Sunday mornings at the entrance of the church overseeing that all the ministries are covered before Mass begins.