Clergy, Staff & Vestry

Saint Patrick’s Rector

The Reverend John Weatherly recently retired after 22 years at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, graduating in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American History. While there he played on the Soccer team, and the Intercollegiate Whitewater Canoe Team. After graduate work at Duke University and earning a Master of Arts degree, he taught in public schools in Portsmouth, and Charlottesville, Virginia. Following a journey of discernment for three years, in 1978 he entered the Divinity School at Yale University. While there he completed two units of Clinical Pastoral Education at the Yale University Mental Health unit, and later at St. Elisabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation and earning his Master of Divinity in 1981, the Bishop of New Jersey appointed him as Vicar to both St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Christ Episcopal Church in Trenton, New Jersey. John was on the founding board of the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen and served as President of the Board for three years. In 1986, he and the Reverend Beverly K. Weatherly were married and appointed as Missioners to Igreja Episcopal do Brasil, serving in Brasilia, Brasil from 1986 to 1989. Their daughter Kathryn was born in 1987 and their son Andrew in 1988. Returning to the United States in 1989, The Reverend John A. Weatherly was elected Rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hampstead, North Carolina. John served on the board of the Episcopal Farmworker’s community in Newton, North Carolina, and the Executive Board of the Diocese. Their daughter Maegan was born in 1990. In 1993, John was called as Associate Rector to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Darien, Connecticut. where he was responsible for Youth and Children’s Ministry. While there, he completed his Master of Theology in Pastoral Care and Counseling from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. In 1996 John was appointed Priest in Charge at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Temple Hills, Maryland, in the Diocese of Washington when his wife was elected Associate Rector at Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia. In July, 1997 John was elected Rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Alexandria and Vicar of Iglesia Episcopal de San Marcos. The Rev. John A. Weatherly retired with the rank of Colonel from the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps, as Joint Forces Command Chaplain to the Virginia National Guard. In 2001, he served in Bosnia with the 29th Division in a Peacekeeping mission, and later deployed to Iraq in 2006-2007 with the 2/224th, an Army aviation unit, serving with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Forward, and the 3rd Marine Air Wing, in Al Asad, Iraq. John served in the Diocese of Virginia on various committees, including the Hispanic Church Plant committee and the Executive Committee of the Diocese. His wife Beverly, while Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Leonardtown, Maryland, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in September, 2020; and she died May 28th, 2021. His three children live within three hours of Alexandria, and John is the grandfather of 8 wonderful grandchildren.

Saint Patrick's Organist/Choir Director

Mariko Hiller has been Organist/Choir Director of St. Patrick's since 1998. Mrs. Hiller studied organ, piano and music education in University of Arizona and George Mason University. She is a founder of the Odeon Chamber Music Series (www.odeonchambermusicseries.org) and a co-founder of the combined choir series since 2000.

Saint Patrick's Vestry

Kathy Oliver, Senior Warden
Joe Hiller, Junior Warden
Debbie Clark
Nhung Dang
Victoria Kennedy