Our Parish Coordinator

Director of Religious Education

Our Financial Secretary

Ellen is originally from Clark NJ and moved to SC in 1994. She graduated from Providence College with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and has worked for the past eleven years with the South Carolina Department of Social Services in Child Protective Services. Ellen joined the staff of Precious Blood in November as parish secretary. She lives in Pawleys Retreat with her husband Scott and two children Patrick & Emma.

Maureen is originally from Youngstown, Ohio where she graduated from Ursuline High School. She went on to receive her BS in Psychology from Southern Methodist University and MS in Education from Youngstown State University. Prior to working at Precious Blood, Maureen was employed as the Director of Children’s Counseling Services at Waccamaw Center for Mental Health in Myrtle Beach and Director of Counseling at Horry Georgetown Technical College. She has volunteered in the parish as Co-chair of the Prayer and Worship committee and a religious education teacher. She lives in the River Club with her husband Dana and children Tommy and Annie.

Sondra is originally from Grundy, VA and moved to Pawleys Island, SC in 2002. Sondra worked for Coastal Nissan for 3 ½ years before coming to PBOC on July 30, 2007. She lives in Pawleys Place with her husband Tim, her daughter Sara lives in Myrtle Beach, and she is a junior at Coastal Carolina University.

Youth Director

Event Coordinator

Buildings & Grounds

Kate was born and raised in Nova Scotia Canada and after graduation from high school, Kate served a year with NET Ministries of Canada, facilitating retreats, camps and assemblies She attended Mount St. Vincent University and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology in 2003.  Kate has been involved in many aspects of ministry for close to 10 years.

Jim was raised and educated in Niagara Falls, New York. Jim graduated from Niagara University and was commissioned in the US Army thru the ROTC program. Jim served in the Army for 30 yrs retiring with the rank of Colonel. He has been in the parish since 1997 and has been involved in almost all committees. He served as Grand Knight of our KofC council for two years. He and his wife Nancy have 17 grandchildren and on Great Grandchild.

Skip Reilly is from the Chesapeake Bay area of Southern Maryland.  He worked for the Washington Post while Shirley owned her own hair salon.  Finally retiring in 2003 after 2 years of commuting, skip did not stay retired long after Father Pat offered the buildings job to him.  Shirley works as a secretary at Lachicotte Real Estate. They have been married for 43 years with 2 daughters, 2 great sons-in-law and 4 grandchildren.

Parish Secretary

Patty Guazzo  was born and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, and later moved to Denville, New Jersey after she married her husband Allan. She worked for AT&T until Allan’s job relocated them to Bowling Green, Kentucky…then to Hudson, Ohio…then to Delafield, Wisconsin…then to Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. While in Wisconsin, Patty worked as a parish secretary for St. Paul’s Parish in Genesee Depot. In Pennsylvania, she was secretary to the Director of the Fatima Renewal Center, a retreat center run by the Diocese of Scranton. After vacationing in the Myrtle Beach area, Patty & Allan decided to move away from the snowy north and settle in South Carolina. They moved to Murrells Inlet in May 2007, and in July Patty was hired as parish secretary for Precious Blood.