A Catholic lay organization for promotion of vocations
Serra Club of Halton
Diocese and Bishop
Diocese of Hamilton – Bishop Douglas Crosby, OMI, DD Auxiliary Bishop Wayne Lobsinger. VG, EV
Meeting Times and Location
The Serra Club of Halton meets on the third Tuesday of every month from September to June. We meet at St Gabriels’s Church, 2261 Parkway Drive, Burlington, ON L7P 1S9, with Mass at 6:30 pm. followed by a meal, a guest speaker and a short business meeting. Our Club chaplain is Fr. Paul Patrick, OMI.
Our former Chaplain, Fr. Jim Petrie, hosted us on August 19, 2021 at his newly opened St. Benedict’s Church in Milton.
Halton Serrans – Volunteer Heroes
These members of Serra Halton, have been recognized by Good Shepherd Ministries in Hamilton as ‘Volunteer Heroes’ for their many years of service and for their work throughout the pandemic helping to keep the food bank open.Scott and Vi Harrison with Bishop Douglas Crosby
Saturday Morning Mass for Vocations
Seminarian Adrian Dieleman, Fr. David Walter, Bishop Wayne Lobsinger, Matthew McQueen, at Holy Cross Parish, Georgetown.
From September – December 2021 and January – June 2022 Serra Halton is supporting the Hamilton Diocese Vocations Committee in hosting a Mass for Vocations one Saturday each month in a different Parish in the Halton Deanery.
Locations of the Vocations Mass in Halton parishes
October 9, 2021 – Holy Cross, Georgetown November 6, 2021 – St. Raphael, Burlington December 11, 2021 – St. Matthew, Oakville January 15, 2022 – St. Paul the Apostle, Burlington February 12, 2022 – Holy Rosary, Burlington March 12, 2022 – St. Gabriel, Burlington April 9, 2022 – St. Benedict, Milton May, 2022 – tbd. June 11, 2022 – St. Andrew, Oakville
Welcome to the Serra Family in Halton, Ontario
The Serra Club of Halton Region was Chartered on September 13, 2012, with Bishop Douglas Crosby OMI, Presiding. This is the third Serra Club in the Diocese of Hamilton. We have been blessed with the full confidence and support of Bishop Crosby and his Auxiliary Bishop Wayne Lobsinger, who is currently the Director of Vocations and Priestly Formation for the diocese and who proposed the monthly Vocations Mass.
Like many other organizations we have responded to the pandemic from April 2020 onwards by becoming proficient in the use of electronic communication: regular emails to maintain communication with our members, weekly rosary, monthly meetings of the Executive committee, and monthly virtual meetings of all our members when we were unable to have distanced meetings and mass in the church. For almost 2 years we have had to curtail Serra visits to parishes, have been unable to hold annual Altar Servers Awards in the Cathedral of Christ the King, and have had to curtail our very successful and popular Annual Golf Day for priests, seminarians and religious. We hope and pray that we will begin to get these activities back into full swing in 2022. One activity that has not ceased is for all priests and permanent deacons in the Halton Deanery to receive each year a card and message recognizing their Ordination anniversary. Our members receive a weekly listing of of the names and anniversary details reminding them to pray for those priests and deacons on those days.
The pandemic has not curtailed our most important activity, to pray for vocations.
Photos
Serra International President-Elect Moira McQueen and VP Emanuele Costa, Conference on the Priesthood, Rome, February, 2024BBQ 2024 Serra Halton members with Donovan, a Hamilton Diocesan SeminarianSerrans thanking Mario Biscardi for his leadership of Serra Convention, Toronto, 2022 – McQueens hostingSerra Convention 2022, Cardinal Lacroix and MoiraSerra Convention 2022 Cardinal Collins and Regina
Serra Halton BBQ, July 13, 2023
Garth Brown and Moira McQueen listen to one of Joe Neri’s engaging stories Our BBQ super-hosts, Dan and Mary EdmondstoneRennie and Dawn Milne with Vi HarrisonVida Nairn and Fr Leo Walsh at the Halton Serra BBQ, July 13, 2023Scott Harrison, Mgsr Vallely, Bishop Crosby at Serra Halton Charter Night, September 15, 2022. Holy Rosary Church, BurlingtonDawn and Rennie Milne at Serra Halton Charter Night, September 15, 2022. Holy Rosary Church, BurlingtonGarth Brown at Serra Halton Charter Night, September 15, 2022. Holy Rosary Church, BurlingtonMoira and Matthew McQueen thanking Bishop Crosby after his speechMoira and Matthew McQueen thanking Bishop Crosby after his speech
Serra Club of Halton 2022 Golf Tournament
Dinner after golf: Joe Neri, Marguerite Neri, John McDonald (Hamilton Serra Club), Moira McQueenHenry Svazas, Pat Ogborn, Moira McQueen, Joe Neri (Golf Committee Chair)Fr Francis Salazier, Mike McConnellFr Pierre Caouette, Fr Ed Henhoeffer, Sr Mary De Pores, Mario BiscardiShirley Filipowich, Fr Charlie Jordan, Matthew McQueen, Moira McQueen, Fr Mark Gatto
Holy Rosary Church, Burlington, on February 12, 2022. L to R: Fr Mike Downey, Mary Edmondstone (VP Programs), Msgr Martin Vallely (Pastor), Regina Choromanskis (President)St Benedict’s, Milton, on April 9, 2022. Fr Patrick Ohl (Parish Administrator), Regina Choromanskis (President), Rev. Mr Leonard Gallant (Deacon, St Benedict’s)Fr Patrick Ohl (Parish Administrator), Fr David Walter (Dean, Halton deanery), Rev. Mr Leonard Gallant (Deacon, St Benedict’s)2012 Father Anderson & Bishop McGratton at our Halton meeting.2012 Mario Biscardi, Cardinal Collins, Regina Choromanskis, Ordanandi dinner in Toronto2013 Our guest speaker, Bishop Tonnos and Moira McQueen thanking the Bishop2013 Regina Choromanskis thanking our guest speaker, Neil McCarthy2014 SEPT 13, Garth Brown Vocation Mass Milton2015..Moira McQueen introducing the new Halton Serrans2015..Frank Barich, Fr Dave Wynen2015 Matt & Moira McQueen2015 Golf tournament Bob Kelly, Sidonia Polivka,Soli Sisters, Garth Brown2017 Serra Internation convention in Rome , Drs matt and Moira Mcqueen, Regina Choromanskis, Ann and Tony Mangione2016 altar servers award..Margaret Carreiro, Bishop Miehm, Matt McQueen2019 Charter night, Barb Horst, Fr Pim Petrie-chaplain, Ann & Tony Mangione, Mario Biscardi2019 Charter night ..president Dr Matt McQueen and Bishop Douglas Crosby2019 Cardinal’s Dinner, Doug Ford, Moira McQueen, Cardinal Collins, Regina Choromanskis, and …….2019 Donald and Helen Chung at St Pauls Church in Burlington attending a regular meeting2019 Vida and Bob Nairn 60th wedding anniversary April 4, 20192020 Genny Dawson presenting a gift to Rennie and Dawn Milne on their 60th wedding anniversary
List of Officers
President – Regina Choromanskis (regina45@sympatico.ca)
