Deacon George Blanford was born in 1940 in Lebanon, KY.  He was raised in Louisville and attended St. Xavier High School.  He earned degrees in physics:  A.B. at Catholic University of America, M.S. at University of Louisville and Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis.  He taught as a visiting professor at University de Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France before coming to Houston as a National Research Council fellow at the LBJ Space Center.  He held a faculty position at the University of Houston-Clear Lake from 1975-2002. As Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy, he continues to teach part-time at UHCL.  He entered diaconate formation in 1995 and was ordained a Permanent Deacon in 1999.  He was married and divorced; he has two children, Lisa and Peter.

Deacon Andy DeYoung and his wife Kay have lived and worked in the League City area since 1990.  Married for 40 years, they have two children, Jenny and Brad, and four grandchildren.  Andy earned his BA from the University of Texas and MBA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.  Andy has worked for UTMB for twenty-six years, most recently as the Director of Clinical Support Services for Correctional Managed Care. Having attended the University of St. Thomas School of Theology at St. Mary Seminary where he earned a diploma in Pastoral Studies, he was ordained into the permanent diaconate in January 2015.