Dennis (Denny) and Patricia (Patty) Holley

Children:

-Denicia – Age 26

(married to Tim in June 2008)

-Colleen – Age 24

-Peter – Age 22

Home Parish:

Saint John Neumann Catholic Community, Reston, VA

I was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York on August 7, 1953. Our family lived in a small northern New Jersey township called Mahwah. I had one sibling, a brother, Bill, who was born two years after me. My father was a railroad conductor and my mother a housewife.
My family attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Mahwah, NJ where I was baptized and received my First Holy Communion and Confirmation.

In 1975, I graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in Public Administration from the University of Arizona in Tucson and in 1976 obtained my Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Arizona State University in Tempe.

In 1977, while working in the San Francisco Bay area I met Patty. While house sitting for my boss I learned that she was the emergency number! Two years later Patty and I were married at St. Anselm’s Parish in San Anselmo, CA

With my job we moved to several different locations to include: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Mission Viejo, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Centreville, VA; Manlius, NY; and currently reside in Oakton.

Patty and I have been very active in each of the parishes that we lived and have been involved in many different capacities to include: Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, Minister of the Word, Parish Outreach organizer, Parish Council member, Finance Council member, Religious Education Instructor, etc.

Now that Patty and I have become empty nesters, we have become increasingly active within our parish, the Saint John Neumann Catholic Community. The parish is staffed by the Oblate Community who has now become our extended family. Both Patty and I have been Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, RCIA sponsors and currently are members of the Salesian Discipleship Leadership Team. In addition to the above activities I am a Minister of the Word and have been tasked to facilitate future altar server training. I have also had the opportunity to attend a Cursillo which was a life changing experience for me.

As part of our focus on Social Justice, Patty and I have introduced the “Just Faith” social justice formation program to our parish and are members of the Diocesan Just Faith Council. I have been the parish coordinator as well as program facilitator. Patty is the Catholic Charities and Virginia Catholic Conference representative for the Parish. She also has been on the Catholic Charities Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Catholic Relief Service Task Force and is now on the grants committee. Patty is a graduate of the Leadership Institute for Applied Catholic Social Teaching at Washington Theological Union. She is also the parish social justice advocacy committee leader. Patty is employed as the CFO for Fairfax Area Christian Emergency and Transitions Services (FACETS) which is a non-profit agency founded to respond to the diverse and multiple needs of homeless and low-income people living in Fairfax County.

I have been a Federal Law Enforcement Agent for thirty-one years. In 1977, I began my career as a Special Agent with Naval Investigative Service (NIS) and in 1983 transferred to the United States Secret Service. Throughout my career with Secret Service I performed a myriad of protective and investigative duties as a field agent and subsequently as a manager before retiring in January of 2004. The next day after retiring I began working for the Transportation Security Administration - Federal Air Marshal Service as a Supervisory Special Agent. In my current position I have been charged with developing and managing the International Liaison Section. I am responsible for oversight of all international relations between our agency and foreign governments. In addition I am the primary negotiator for worldwide international air marshal agreements and assist foreign nations with the development of air marshal programs within their countries.