Meet Our Team
Reverend Robert Healey
frhealey@sfxstillwater.org
Fr. Robert Healey was ordained a priest on June 26, 2020, the feast day of St. Jose-Maria Escriva, and served for two years as the associate pastor at St. Anne Catholic Church in Broken Arrow, OK, before entering into his second assignment here at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stillwater, OK.
Born and raised in Tulsa, Fr. Healey is the third of six children and oldest son of Bob and Adele Healey. He was homeschooled from K-12, attended Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, where he graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History. He was accepted as a seminarian for the Diocese of Tulsa, and studied Philosophy at St. Meinrad Seminary in southern Indiana, going on to Major Seminary at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West in Cincinnati, OH. He hopes to complete and defend his Master’s Thesis for an additional degree in Dogmatic and Fundamental Theology in the coming academic year.
His discernment of the call to the priesthood began when he was a boy, playing Mass with his siblings and friends, even before he was old enough to serve daily Mass at his home parish of Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa. He was an active member of the Knights of St. John Berchmans, an altar boy society led by Fr. Bruno Stemler, FSSP, who remains to this day Fr. Healey’s “ideal of the priesthood.” Always open to the call, it was not until he was a student at Benedictine College, kneeling in the silence of the perpetual adoration chapel, that he began to feel the vocation to the priesthood as a practical invitation, and not just a future possibility. In the presence of the Eucharistic Lord, the words of St. Catherine of Siena really spoke to him: “If you could be who you were made to be, you would set the world on fire.”
Fr. Healey’s interests include enjoying the outdoors, shooting sports, Ultimate frisbee, soccer, woodworking, writing stories and plays, theater, and classical music. He is happy to be in Stillwater, since his parents met as undergrads at OSU, and he looks forward to serving the people of Payne County!
His favorite saints are St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Jean Vianney, St. Louis IX, St. John Henry Newman and St. Maria Goretti, as well as a great many more.
“Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if He wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.” ~ St. Philip Neri
Email - frhealey@sfxstillwater.org
Clergy
Evangelization and Mission Team
Korey Hicks - Director of Evangelization & Formation
korey@sfxstillwater.org
Jacob Farni - Children’s Minister (PreK-5th)
jacob@sfxstillwater.org
Angela Vivar - Directora de Minister Hispano
Director of Hispanic Ministry
angela@sfxstillwater.org
Kira Ziola - Director of Youth Ministry (6-12th)
kira@sfxstillwater.org
Early Childhood Development Center
Mission Support Team
Rev. Mr. Randy Hearn - Director of Administration
dcnhearn@sfxstillwater.org
Rob Ponce - Communications Director
communications@sfxstillwater.org
Brandi Bishop - Parish Nurse
brandi@sfxstillwater.org
Leah Benjamin - Finance Manager
leah@sfxstillwater.org
Karen Bisges - Parish Office Assistant
karen@sfxstillwater.org
Erin Johnson - Database Manager
erin@sfxstillwater.org
Amanda Petrin - Hospitality Coordinator
amanda@sfxstillwater.org
Worship and Sacraments Team
Matt Cabeen - Music Ministry
matthew.cabeen@gmail.com
Kevin Larios - Spanish Music Ministry
klarios357@earthlink.net
Lori Wieder - Wedding Coordinator
lori@sfxstillwater.org
