Dcn. Burt Martin

Burt began working at St. Vincent de Paul Church in May 2017 as the Director of Parish and Family Life Ministries. Prior to that time, he was a practicing corporate lawyer at a worldwide law firm and served as general counsel and corporate executive of an international oil and gas corporation for many years. He is a lifelong “Longhorn” with multiple degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (BBA in 1986, MBA in 1988 and JD in 1993). Deacon Burt was recently elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities of Galveston-Houston.

Deacon Burt was ordained a Permanent Deacon for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on February 20, 2021. He and his wife, Allyson, have been married since 1995 and have been members of SVdP for over 12 years and were members of St. Thomas More prior to that time. Allyson is also the founding director of Walking With Purpose, a very popular women’s Bible study at SVdP. Deacon Burt and Allyson enjoy spending time together with their four Standard Poodles (Flurry, Baron, Maggie and Bentley), exercising together, taking trips to Italy and Sonoma, wine tasting, cooking together, and relaxing at home.