14 Clergy to have new/modified roles

This weekend in churches throughout the Alexandria-Cornwall Diocese, parishioners were read a letter from their bishop, Marcel Damphousse, formally announcing the anticipated changes scheduled for June 30th. 18 churches and 14 priests are affected. For the health of priests and parishes, priests are generally re-assigned every six years, although there are exceptions. Priests who were moved recently to replace retiring colleagues were not moved again. Priests nearing retirement age were not re-assigned. Fr. Laurier Rivet (44 years of service) and Msgr Rejean Lebrun (52 years of service) will be retiring.

Some upcoming milestone anniversaries include a 25th for Fr. Bob McDonald (May 6), a 20th for Fr. Allan MacDonald (May 14) and a 25th for Fr. Doug Lucia (May 20). MacDonald hails from this diocese and now serves with the Companions of the Cross as Vocations Director. Lucia, incardinated and serving in the Ogdensburg Diocese, served at St. Columban for a time. Both men still have prayer partners here.

PARISH	UNTIL JUNE 30	AS OF JUNE 30
Cornwall English Parishes (4)
St. Columban	Fr. Dan VanDelst, Pastor	Fr. Jerome Pastores, Parochial Admin
St. Peter	Fr. Kevin Maloney, Pastor	Fr. Matthew Brunet, Pastor
Blessed Sacrament	Fr. Claude Thibault, Pastor	Fr. Jacques Labelle, Pastor
St. Francis	Fr. Jerome Pastores, Parochial Admin	Fr. Kevin Maloney, Pastor

Cornwall French Parishes (4 becoming one plus three affiliated)
St. Theresa	Fr. Marc Piche, Pastor	Fr. Claude Thibault, Pastor
St. Felix	Fr. Jean Muakadi Kabantu, Pastor	Fr. Jean Muakadi Kabantu, Pastor; Fr. Cyriaque Balla, Asst Pastor
Holy Cross	Msgr. Rejean Lebrun, Pastor
Nativity	Fr. Laurier Rivet, Rector

Rural English Churches (13 including twinned churches)
O.L of Grace, InglesideSt. Pius X, Long SaultSt. Bernard, Finch	Fr. Matthew Brunet, Pastor	Fr. Polycarp Chukwu, Temp Paroch Admin; Fr. Cyprian Ihedoro, Paroch Admin as of 18 Oct
St. Alexander, Lochiel St. Martin, Glen Robertson	Fr. Cyriaque Balla, Pastor	Last Mass June 1
St. Alexander, Lochiel St. Martin, Glen Robertson	Fr. Cyriaque Balla, Pastor	comb w/Alexandria & Green Valley
St. Andrew	Fr. Sean Shallow, Pastor	No change
St. Anthony, Apple HillSt. James, MaxvilleSt. Michael’s Chapel Monkland	Fr. Louis Groetelaars, Pastor	No change
St. Finnan Cathedral, AlexandriaSt. Catherine of Sienna, Greenfield	Fr. Kelvin Maloney, Pastor	No change
St. Mary, WilliamstownSt. William, Martintown	Fr. Bob McDonald, Pastor	No change

Rural with both English and French Masses (6 as twinned churches)
O.L. of the Angels, Moose CreekO.L. of the Rosary, Crysler	Fr. Eric Robichaud, Pastor	No change
Precious Blood, Glen WalterSt. Joseph, Lancaster	Fr. Jacques Labelle, Pastor	Fr. Marc Piche, Pastor
St. RaphaelSt. Margaret, Glen Nevis	Fr. Celestine Agwu, Parochial Admin	No change

Rural French Churches (2)
Sacred Heart, Alexandria O.L. of the Assumption, Green Valley	Fr. Denis Vaillancourt, Pastor	Fr. Denis Vaillancourt, Pastor; Fr. Alphonse Yema, s.c.j., Asst Pastor; Now also resp. for St. Martin.