Pastor: Fr. Paul MacNeil

I was appointed as pastor of Our Lady of the Scapular parish in November 2015 and I am delighted to be here. Before that, I was pastor of St. Ann's parish in Fenwick Ontario, a small but loving community about 30 minutes from here. I was born and raised in St. Catharines and ordained to the priesthood in 1999. Currently I am Chair of the Niagara Catholic District School Board and I'm working on my PhD in Religious Studies at McMaster University. As your pastor, my first priority is just to listen, to get to know you and understand the best way for me to serve you and to bring you closer to each other and to God through Christ.

Donation Drives
Donations are collected by the following groups, leagues, and societies at the hall – any member of the community can donate and the donations are shared with members of the community.
Catholic Mom’s Group – currently, donations are being requested for diapers in order to distribute to mothers in our community who are financially struggling through Choose Life Niagara, which is a non-political and non-profit secular registered charitable organization that promotes respect for human life from conception to natural death through education
Please contact Stephanie Porto, Leader, at: momsgroup@scapular.ca for more information www.chooselifeniagara.com
Catholic Women’s League – currently, donations are being requested for ladies’ unmentionables (underwear), which will be provided to the local St. Vincent de Paul Society thrift store, located at 5970 Lundy’s Lane, in Niagara Falls, akin to Goodwill, to sell at significantly discounted rates to any and all women in our community who are struggling financially as the St. Vincent de Paul Society thrift store is open to the community. Please contact Jacquie Kozina, President, at: cwl@scapular.ca for more information
St. Vincent de Paul Society – currently, financial and food donations are being requested, which will be provided to the local secular foodbank, Project Share, in Niagara Falls, for provision to any and all members of our community who are struggling with food insecurity; food being requested at present includes canned / cartooned milk, canned fruit, canned vegetables, macaroni & cheese / Kraft Dinner, pancake mix and syrup, pasta sauce, peanut butter, and pork and beans.
Please contact Kathleen Parr, President at: kathleen_parr@hotmail.com, for more information www.projectshare.ca
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