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CONSECRATION

Bishop Townshend will preside at a service of Consecration for St. James’, Ingersoll, 130 Thames Street South, Ingersoll ON, N5C 2T4, on All Saints Sunday, 2 November 2025, at 2:00 p.m.

There will be a time of fellowship, with light refreshments, after the service. Clergy are invited to vest, the colour being white.
 




DECONSECRATION

Bishop Townshend will preside at a service of Deconsecration for St. Matthew’s, Florence, 6219 Fansher Rd, Florence ON  N0P 1R0, at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, 26 October 2025.
 

RETIREMENT

The Reverend Canon Steve Harnadek will conclude his post-retirement appointment as Associate Priest of the new parish in Sarnia at the end of October. 

We thank him for his ministry and wish him well in his actual retirement. 
 

APPOINTMENTS

 


Bishop Townshend announces that the Reverend Diana Boland, having successfully completed her curacy, has now been appointed the Vicar of St. James’, St. Marys, St. Paul’s, Stratford, St. Stephen’s, Stratford, and St. James’, Stratford, with primary responsibility for St. James’, St. Marys, effective 5 October 2025.
 

Bishop Townshend announces that the following will be called to the Presbyterate at a service of Ordination to be held on the Commemoration of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London.  

Clergy are invited to vest, the colour being red.

  • The Reverend Allison Agius

    Curate to the Rector of St. John’s, Windsor (Sandwich).

     

  • The Reverend Tianna Gocan

    Curate to the Rector of St. James’, Stratford, St. Paul’s, Stratford, St. Stephen’s, Stratford, and St. James’, St. Marys, with primary responsibility for St. James’, Stratford.

     

  • The Reverend Maya-Melé Okazaki

    upon ordination, Priest Assistant to the Priest-in-Charge of the Rondeau Bay-Transfiguration Partnership Ministry.

     

  • The Reverend Gerard Phillips

    upon ordination, Priest Assistant to the Rector of All Saints, Windsor.

     

  • The Reverend Janet Ternes,

    Curate to the Rector of St James’, Paris.

Please hold our ordinands in your prayers as they prepare for ordination to the ministerial priesthood.
 

Church House Closure Dates

Huron Church House will be closed to drop-in visitors on Friday, October 10. Some staff will be working from home that day, however, and available by email or telephone. 

Church House will be CLOSED on Monday, October 13 for Thanksgiving Day. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, October 14.

Bishop Todd and the Staff of Church House, wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving weekend!
 

MEETINGS / EVENTS
Monday: CHURCH HOUSE CLOSED - Thanksgiving
Tuesday: Delaware Clericus - Bishop attending
Sunday: Bishop's Visit - St. Thomas, Walkerton- 175th Anniversary