John and Faith Jarvis

John and Faith Jarvis

Faith and I have been married for 27 years. I have been the owner or partner in a lobbying firm for the past 22 years. Faith came into the Catholic Church in 1990, and we both became Maronite Catholics officially in 2007 when our request for a change of rite was approved. In 1996 it was suggested that if I wanted to serve the Church, I would need more education, and so I pursued both a Bachelor and a Masters degree.

I received a Masters degree in Theology from Ava Maria University. Faith and I have been active in our local parishes, both in the Latin Rite and Maronite Rite. Faith, after serving in several volunteer capacities, was asked to start a new liturgical ministry at St. Francis de Sales in Purcellville where she served as liturgical director for several years. We both directed the RCIA program at St. Francis and currently are assisting in the directing the RCIA Program at St. James Church in Falls Church. I also visited Loudoun Valley Hospital for over five years as part of their Chaplaincy team.