Meet Our Parish

Fr. Alex is our pastor.

Born Dec. 1, 1957 in San Pablo City, Philippines, Fr. Alex was raised as one of 13 children in the religious and politically prominent household of his parents, Amado and Cresencana Enriquez. His father, an attorney and judge, served as vice president for the town council and campaign manager for many mayoral candidates.

He graduated San Pablo Minor Seminary, Phillipines, St. Carlos Seminary, Makati, Phillipines and after graduating from St. Francis de Sales College and the University of St. Thomas Central Seminary in the Philippines, Fr. Alex was ordained Oct. 1, 1985, in St. John the Baptist Church, Laguna, by Bishop Pedro N. Bantigue. After his ordination, he served a number of assignments in the Philippines and then traveled to Rome’s Santa Croce University for further studies. While in Italy, he and a group of fellow students were sent to the United States in 1991 in response to a call from then-Archbishop Theodore McCarrick for summer assistants in the parishes of the Archdiocese of Newark.

Fr. Alex volunteered, and his assignments in northern New Jersey in Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Maplewood and St. Philomena Parish, Livingston, extended into the next year. As the majority of his family had moved to the United States, he expressed a wish to remain here and applied to dioceses throughout the New York-Metropolitan area to be near his family. In 1992, he accepted a call from the Diocese of Trenton.

His assignments since then have included service in the parishes of St. Denis, Manasquan (1992-1995); St. James, Red Bank (1995-2009) and St. Alphonsus, where he was named administrator by Bishop John M. Smith in 2009. The following year, in the midst of celebrating the 25th anniversary of his priestly ordination, Bishop Smith named Fr. Alex pastor of St. Alphonsus Parish. On July 1, 2013 he was assigned as Administrator of Church of St. Monica, Jackson. He became pastor in 2021.

Dn. Christian was ordained on May 10, 2014, by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Rutgers University and a Masters of Environmental Pollution Control from The Pennsylvania State University, has worked in digital media as an editor, producer, editorial writer and business executive for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and today leads digital communications at Princeton University. He is married to wife Debbie for over 30 years and together they have two children. They have been members of St. Monica's parish community since 1997.

Dn. John was ordained on May 20, 2023, by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M.in St Mary’s Cathedral in Trenton. He holds a Bachelor of Science from St. Joseph’s College and a Masters in Business Administration from Columbian Southern University. Dn. John also received a Masters of Arts in Theology from Georgian Court University. He retired from the United States Army 1993 after twenty years of service and has travel all over the world. After the military, he worked for a major defense contractor as a consultant for new systems acquisition for ten years before opening his own software and systems engineering company in 2001. He retired in 2016 and became active in parish life. He is married to wife Caroline for over 42 years and together they have two children and five grandchildren. They have been members of St. Monica's parish community since 2000.