WINSTON-SALEM — Catholic Charities recently named Mary Beth Marquard as director of its Piedmont-Triad Regional Office, which serves several counties surrounding the physical office locations in Winston-Salem and Greensboro.
Marquard graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Her work experience includes service as executive director of the Davie County United Way, executive director of Smart Start of Davie County and most recently as development manager for Sunnyside Ministry in Winston-Salem.
Not only does Marquard bring a wealth of professional experience, but she is also deeply involved in the community. Early in her career, she worked at KPOM TV 24 as a production coordinator and coordinated fundraising events/development for WalkAmerica, the March of Dimes, the Special Olympics of North Carolina and Communities in Schools of Wake County.
Marquard has also served on several boards, as chairperson of the Emergency Food & Shelter Program of Davie County, as a member of the Davie County Suicide Prevention Task Force and as a field instructor for the joint UNC-Greensboro and North Carolina A&T social work program.
A lifelong Catholic, she is a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Mocksville.
— David Long
CHARLOTTE — Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv., announces the appointment of Father Noah Carter as director of the diocese’s Divine Worship Office, effective Oct. 14. The office oversees the celebration of liturgies, liturgical norms, and the design and use of worship spaces.
CarterFather Carter, who is also pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Kernersville, succeeds Father Christopher Roux, who served for over 20 years as liturgy director and as master of ceremonies for the bishop, in addition to his continuing assignment as rector of the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Charlotte.
Father Carter holds a License in Liturgical Theology from the University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
In his new role, he will work together with Father Juan Miguel Sanchez, Bishop Martin’s priest-secretary and diocesan master of ceremonies. The two have already collaborated on major diocesan liturgies such as Bishop Martin’s episcopal ordination, the 2024 ordinations of priests and deacons, and the recent Diocese of Charlotte Eucharistic Congress.
Bishop Martin has tasked Father Carter with evaluating the future needs of the Divine Worship office, which has seen an increased workload related to church design and ordination liturgies.
Father Roux “will remain a resource for me and for the office moving forward,” Bishop Martin said, and expressed gratitude “for his faithful and dedicated service.”
— Catholic News Herald