Brandi Sulak Communications Coordinator/Media Editor
B.Sulak@St-Raymond.org | 847-708-3943
What is a Communications Coordinator? It’s all the communication you are seeing and reading. The parish staff and ministries supply the content, and I bring it to you through the bulletin, Parish News email, Ray Report, social media, the Narthex screens, and, best of all – the Website. I’m really enjoying the experience and being behind the scenes. It is my favorite part! The pandemic brought more behind-the-scenes with live-streaming and more job descriptions for me. Learning the cameras, and bringing more to the parish has been the most exciting. Did you know there’s a homily page? How about an archive mass page?
A parishioner since 2001, I joined the Parish Staff in November 2019 as the Communications Coordinator. I primarily work from home, hence my cell phone number above, but you’ll definitely see me on campus often. Originally from Scottsdale, AZ, I relocated in 1995 and worked in technology at Discover Card in Riverwoods, IL. Soon after moving here, I met Todd, a native Chicagoan, and we wed in 1998 at St Edna’s in Arlington Heights, where I converted fully to the Catholic Church. We moved to Mt Prospect in 2000 and finally agreed to transfer to St. Raymond’s in 2001. It was hard to beat the close walk to church.
We have 3 kids, Megan, Timothy, and Raymond, and I have stayed home with them for 12 years prior to this employment. They have all been through the Religious Ed program here at St. Raymond. I’ve been a member of Mom’s Plus, a co-chair for the Gala of 2008, CRHP and Scouts, to name a few. The ministry that gives me the most back is Vacation Bible School. Bringing the program back to St. Raymond in 2007 was an accomplishment I’m most proud, and happy to pass that baton off in 2023 for the new life in the ministry. I highly recommend this ministry to get involved in, in whatever capacity you can afford. More recently, the Sanctuary Art and GAME night team has been a wonderful addition for Todd and me to get involved.
We love it here at St. Raymond, and I’m happy to be using my degree in computer science again!
