Diocese and Bishop

Diocese of Hamilton –
Bishop Joseph Dabrowski, CSMA
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.

Even the Covid Pandemic did not stop us meeting.

Please contact serra2012@gmail.com to find out more about Serra Halton.

News

Our Former Chaplain’s New Church

Our former Chaplain, Fr. Jim Petrie, hosted us on August 19, 2021 at his newly opened St. Benedict’s Church in Milton.

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 are blessed with the full support of Bishop Joseph Dabrowski, CSMA and of Vocations Director, Fr Mark Morley.

Some of Our Activities

  • We meet monthly as a whole group
  • The Executive meets monthly to plan events and so on
  • We recite the Rosary weekly together, by Zoom
  • We visit parishes in our Deanery, usually at weekend Masses, to inform them about Serra and to encourage prayers for vocations
  • We organize annual Altar Servers Awards in the Cathedral of Christ the King with the Bishop present to underscore how important youth is to our Church now and in the future
  • We host a popular Annual Golf Day for priests, seminarians and religious
  • We stay in touch with the seminarians from the Diocese of Hamilton and visit them annually at the seminary for Mass and lunch
  • We are each assigned a seminarian for whom we pray on an individual basis and whom we contact on special occasions such as Christmas, Easter, etc.
  • We try to have times of reflection to honour our commitment to develop our own spirituality as well as promoting the priesthood, diaconate and religious life
  • We try to support the Serra Foundation of Canada in its financial help to Canadian seminaries and other entities that work to promote our mission

Photos

Regina and Bishop Dabrowski at the Bishop’s Installation, February 2, 2026
Moira and Joshua Osaria-Bote, Seminarian at St Peter’s Seminary, Halton Serra Club Mass and Lunch with Hamilton Diocesan seminarians September 2025
Ordinandi Dinner, 2025:Mary Edmonstone, Mario Biscardi, Fr Mark Morley, (Vocations Director, Diocese of Hamilton), Moira McQueen, Matt McQueen.
Fr  Martin Dicuangco, Moira McQueen, Matt McQueen, Anna Mangione, Tony Mangione and Fr John Perdue.
Presentation on behalf of the Serra Foundation of Canada to the Pontifical Canadian College in Rome,  October, 2025 
Serra International President-Elect Moira McQueen and VP Emanuele Costa, Conference on the Priesthood, Rome, February, 2024
Serrans thanking Mario Biscardi for his leadership of Serra Convention, Toronto, 2022 – McQueens hosting
Serra Convention 2022, Cardinal Lacroix and Moira
Serra Convention 2022 Cardinal Collins and Regina
Moira 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 McQueen
Henry Svazas, Pat Ogborn, Moira McQueen, Joe  Neri (Golf Committee Chair)
Shirley Filipowich, Fr Charlie Jordan, Matthew McQueen, Moira McQueen, Fr Mark Gatto
Chartering of the new Serra Club of Halton, with Bishop Crosby officiating and with first President, Moira McQueen, September, 2012
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 Toronto
2013 Our guest speaker, Bishop Tonnos and Moira McQueen thanking the Bishop
2014 SEPT 13, Garth Brown Vocation Mass Milton
2015..Moira McQueen introducing the new Halton Serrans
2015..Frank Barich, Fr Dave Wynen
2015 Golf tournament Bob Kelly, Sidonia Polivka,Soli Sisters, Garth Brown
2017 Serra Internation convention in Rome , Drs Matt and Moira Mcqueen, Regina Choromanskis, Ann and Tony Mangione
2016 altar servers award..Margaret Carreiro, Bishop Miehm, Matt McQueen
2019 Charter night, Barb Horst, Fr Pim Petrie-chaplain, Ann & Tony Mangione, Mario Biscardi
2019 Charter night ..president Dr Matt McQueen and Bishop Douglas Crosby
2019 Cardinal’s Dinner, Doug Ford, Moira McQueen, Cardinal Collins, Regina Choromanskis
2019 Vida and Bob Nairn 60th wedding anniversary April 4, 2019

List of Officers

President – Regina Choromanskis
Treasurer – Joe Neri
Secretary – Matthew McQueen
VP Programs – Moira McQueen
VPs Membership – Kate Maxwell, Matthew McQueen                   
VPs Vocations – Sharon Brown, Celia Lobo
VP Hospitality – Regina Choromanskis
VP Communications – Joe Neri
Trustees – Moira McQueen, Garth Brown, Bob Nairn 
Chaplain – Fr. Paul Patrick

Past Presidents

  • Dr. Moira McQueen, 2012-2015
  • Garth Brown, 2015-2018
  • Dr. Matthew McQueen, 2018-2021

Chaplains

  • Fr. Michael Anderson, 2012-2016
  • Fr. Jim Petrie, 2016-2022