With his wife Kathleen and his daughter Elizabeth, Charles has lived in Garden City South since 1981 and all joined the Cathedral congregation in 1984. He has taught in the Cathedral Church (Sunday) School since 1987 and has also served as J2A/Rite 13 mentor. He served as interim head of the School from 1999- 2000 and thereafter as assistant to three successive Directors of Christian Formation. He was named Chancellor (legal advisor) of the Cathedral in May 2003 and Honorary Canon of the Cathedral in March 2009. Besides his continuing role as Chancellor and in the Cathedral’s Christian Education program, he is a currently serving as member of the Cathedral’s Executive Committee. He was elected to the Diocesan Council in 2014 and 2017.