St. Matthias Church seeks to provide a welcoming home that encourages spiritual growth and that inspires us to use our gifts to serve Christ in the wider communities of God's world. https://www.stmatthias.ca/about-us/clergy-and-staff.feed 2016-06-07T13:36:19-04:00 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2010-10-30T21:53:14-04:00 2010-10-30T21:53:14-04:00 https://www.stmatthias.ca/about-us/clergy-and-staff/501-clergy-and-staff-2.html Administrator [email protected]

<div class="feed-description"><h3>Incumbent</h3> <p>The Reverend Canon John Wilker-Blakley</p> <p><img style="margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="joh-w-b-cropped" src="images/stories/articleimages/joh-w-b-cropped.jpg" width="413" height="334" /></p> <p>The Parish of St. Matthias is very pleased to welcome John Wilker-Blakley as our incumbent effective Thursday, January 16, 2014.</p> <p>John comes to us from his previous Parish of Bearbrook, Vars and Navan. He was also Regional Dean of the Ottawa East Deanery and is a member of the Cathedral Chapter as the Canon of St. David.</p> <p>John was ordained in this Diocese in 1983 and has served All Saints' Westboro; the Parish of Wakefield with Lascelles in West Quebec; St. Barnabas in Deep River; and St. Michael and All Angels in Ottawa.</p> <p>John is married to Wendy, who is a high school teacher. They have three adult children: Bronwyn (studying music at Wilfred Laurier); Jenna (studying psychology at Carleton); and Alex (pursuing film studies at Carleton).</p> <p>John enjoys the outdoors, particularly time at his cottage and on the water. He is also pleased to renew familial ties at St. Matthias through his cousin.</p> <p>We look forward to his arrival and working with him!</p> <h3>Music Director</h3> <p>Deirdre J. Piper, PhD, MusB, GRSM, ARMCM</p> <p><a href="https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37605">additional information</a></p> <h3>Parish Administrator</h3> <p>Kathy Laffin<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p></div>

<div class="feed-description"><h3>Incumbent</h3> <p>The Reverend Canon John Wilker-Blakley</p> <p><img style="margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="joh-w-b-cropped" src="images/stories/articleimages/joh-w-b-cropped.jpg" width="413" height="334" /></p> <p>The Parish of St. Matthias is very pleased to welcome John Wilker-Blakley as our incumbent effective Thursday, January 16, 2014.</p> <p>John comes to us from his previous Parish of Bearbrook, Vars and Navan. He was also Regional Dean of the Ottawa East Deanery and is a member of the Cathedral Chapter as the Canon of St. David.</p> <p>John was ordained in this Diocese in 1983 and has served All Saints' Westboro; the Parish of Wakefield with Lascelles in West Quebec; St. Barnabas in Deep River; and St. Michael and All Angels in Ottawa.</p> <p>John is married to Wendy, who is a high school teacher. They have three adult children: Bronwyn (studying music at Wilfred Laurier); Jenna (studying psychology at Carleton); and Alex (pursuing film studies at Carleton).</p> <p>John enjoys the outdoors, particularly time at his cottage and on the water. He is also pleased to renew familial ties at St. Matthias through his cousin.</p> <p>We look forward to his arrival and working with him!</p> <h3>Music Director</h3> <p>Deirdre J. Piper, PhD, MusB, GRSM, ARMCM</p> <p><a href="https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37605">additional information</a></p> <h3>Parish Administrator</h3> <p>Kathy Laffin<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p></div>