How did you come to be a postulant for this diocese?
After serving as parish administrator at St. Aidan (Moose Jaw) for six years, the rector commented on my suitability to the priesthood, as my own sense of call had been surfacing in a renewed way. Further conversation led to him putting me forward as a candidate in late 2023. After both a parish discernment group and ACPO (Advisory Committee on Postulants for Ordination) recommended me to the bishop, I was made a postulant in November 2024.
Where were you born and grew up?
I was born and grew up in Quebec; Sherbrooke and Chambly, respectively.
Please tell us about your post-secondary education and previous career.
I completed a BA in business administration and a graduate certificate in theology. I’ve spent the majority of my adult life in a variety of administrative and leadership capacities — primarily in Christian higher education and church contexts. I also enjoyed a couple of seasons working on small farms/ranches and a few years as office manager for a wine importer.
When did you feel you were drawn to ministry?
I grew up as a pastor’s kid, and the whole family was involved in the life of the church. I first expressed a sense of vocational interest as a teenager. The draw has essentially been lifelong, and I’ve found myself in ministry contexts most of my life. My first active step toward exploring ordination in the Anglican church was a vocations weekend in 2014.
Other information about me:
I have always lived with the realities of both loving people deeply and being very strongly introverted. I relate best in one-on-one or small-group contexts, which means this kind of broad sharing with an unknown audience is uncomfortable.
However, the very inclinations that make this uncomfortable opened the door to explore spiritual direction — first to meet with a spiritual director myself and later to train as a director. I’m grateful for the many opportunities to use those skills in life — both within and outside parish life.
One of the gifts of my postulancy was doing a 10-week placement in our companion diocese of Lichfield, England, during Lent through Pentecost last year. Being exposed to dozens of parishes, many clergy members, the beauty of the Lichfield Cathedral and the countryside of the diocese was a wonderful experience.
The generosity of Bishop Michael Ipgrave, Bishop Jan McFarlane (Dean of the Cathedral), and the many others who supported my time opened my understanding of the Anglican Church and ordained ministry in new ways. I’m deeply grateful for that opportunity.
A further gift was a visit to Holy Island (Lindisfarne), a tidal island where St. Aidan ministered from in the seventh century.
