Fr. Anselm Smedile, OSB

Profile of the Pastor

(603) 623-2604

Pastor@St-Raphael-Parish.org

Office location: Parish Rectory, 103 Walker Street, Manchester, NH 03102

Elizabeth Mikulski
Administrative Assistant

Biography Coming Soon.  Elizabeth can be reached at (603) 623-2604 or at srp@st-raphael-parish.org. 

Kathryn McGrath
Pastoral Associate

Kate McGrath is a 2008 graduate of Saint Anselm College.  She attended Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Rivier College and Simmons College School of Social Work, earning graduate degrees in Pastoral Ministry, Counseling and Clinical Social Work.  She is a certified Pastoral Associate in the Archdiocese of Boston and serves at Ave Maria Parish in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.  Kate lives in Atkinson, NH and is a member of Saint Anne Parish in Hampstead, NH.  She is new to the Saint Raphael Parish staff and is looking forward to serving and getting to know the parish community.  Kate can be reached at (603) 490-3198 or at kate.mcgrath@st-raphael-parish.org.

Lyle Hamel, Choir Director & Principal Organist
Lyle is the Curriculum Coordinator at Mountain View Middle School in Goffstown. He is responsible for overseeing curriculum, instruction, and assessment in accordance with state standards – an administrative position after having taught Chemistry at Goffstown High School for seven years. Lyle began serving in ministries at Saint Raphael as an altar server in 1991. After receiving music lessons with the previous pastor, the Rev. Bede G. Camera, O.S.B., Lyle started playing the organ and piano at the Sunday morning Masses in 1997. Lyle is a 2003 graduate of Saint Anselm College, with a B.A. degree in biology, summa cum laude. Lyle is available to play at weddings.

Please see our Music Ministry page for more information about our Musicians, Cantors and Parish Choir.

Stephanie Emmons
Director of Saint Raphael Food Pantry

Biography Coming Soon!

Ray Clement
Facilities Director

Ray has a long association with Saint Raphael, its pastors and with Saint Anselm Abbey and College through his dad, Romeo Clement, who worked for decades on the Hilltop. Ray is retired from his duties for the Diocese of Manchester, where he served as facilities manager and director of cemeteries. He sits on the Manchester planning, zoning and master plan boards/committees and is a member of the Southern NH Planning Commission, Holy Cross Learning Center Board, and since 2009, has been the facilities manager for Trinity High School. A member of the former Saint Edmund Parish, Ray served on its pastoral council, chaired the penny sale committee and taught religious education. A member of the American Legion and the VFWars, Ray is a 1959 graduate of Saint Edmund School, a 1963 graduate of Bishop Bradley High School and a 1967 graduate of Saint Anselm College. He and his wife Pat have three grown children, Amanda, David and Sarah. Their son Matthew is deceased.  Ray can be reached at (603) 491-2578 or rpclement@comcast.net.