Deacon Joe Shriver

Deacon Joe was ordained in the Archdiocese of Seattle at St. James Cathedral in 2007. Deacon Joe served at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lake Stevens/Granite Falls Washington. Deacon Joe was Director of Liturgy and worked with the Hispanic community at Holy Cross. Deacon Joe is a Fourth Degree Knight.

Deacon Joe and Fran moved from York to the Seattle area in 1985 and returned to York last spring to be near family. We worked at The Boeing Company in the Defense Systems and Commercial Airplanes Divisions and retired several years ago. Fran was an Engineering Scheduler and Deacon Joe was a Program Manager in Supplier Management for numerous Special Projects and Factory Liaison for all airplane systems taking the 747-8 program into production.

We have four children who live in Bothell Washington, Ludington Michigan, York Pennsylvania and San Francisco California.

Fran grew up in St Joseph’s parish and attended St Joseph’s School and York Catholic High School (Frances Nieves Class of ‘63). Our children were baptized in the old church downtown.

Deacon Joe is a convert who was Baptized and received his Sacraments at Cristo Salvador here in York. God called me to the Diaconate to serve, to bring my skills from the workplace to help others and help all of us to seek Jesus in everything we do. It is a real blessing to serve at the parish where so much of our family’s history resides.