Fr. Wojciech Blach, OMI
Parish Priest

Fr. Wojciech Blach was born on July 17, 1966 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle in Poland. After ordination as an Oblate priest in 1995, Father Wojciech was assigned to parish work in Gorzow Wielkpolski, Poland. In 1996 he joined the Assumption Province of Oblates in Canada, where he served at St. Maximilian Kolbe in Mississauga, Holy Ghost Parish in Winnipeg, St. Casimir’s Parish in Toronto, the Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre in Mississauga, St. Mary’s Parish in Wilno and from 2015 till 2020 at St. Eugene de Mazenod Parish in Brampton.

 

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Fr. Tomasz Jarosz, OMI
Associate Pastor

Fr. Tomasz Jarosz was born in Gorzow Wielkopolski in 1983, and grew up in Drezdenko ( Lubuska Land), with his two sisters as the third child of Walerian and Maria. He also received his education there. In 2003, he entered the Novitiate at Holy Cross, and after a year took his first vows in the Congregation to continue his formation at the Seminary in Obra, where he was ordained a priest on May 29, 2010 by H.E. Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki. He served two years as a associate pastor in Lubliniec. After a year of missionary formation in Warsaw, he served missions in Guatemala and Chile, and since 2017 in Canada, in Edmonton and recently in Mississauga.
 
 

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Shawn Panio
Deacon

Deacon Shawn's service in the community has included developing the Deaconate Formation Program for the Diocese of Hamilton, forming three classes of Deacons, being a Crisis Support worker for Child & Family Services, a hospital Psyche ward and a palliative care ward, and parishioner home visits. He has a theology degree, a business degree, and a psychology, counselling and therapy educational background. Dcn. Shawn works for PVNC at St Stephen Catholic Secondary School as their Chaplaincy Leader.

 

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Miranda Smith
Administrative Assistant
(905) 436-2126
office@sttheresescourtice.ca
 

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Pilar Ponce De Leon 
Bookkeeper
bookkeeper@sttheresescourtice.ca