Monique joined Christ Church Bells Corners in January 2024 and is enthusiastic about working together with newcomers, guests, and long-standing parishioners to ensure that our parish is a spiritual community that welcomes all. “As a priest, I can think of no better time to part of God’s church. There are exciting days ahead for our diocese, our parishes, and the Anglican tradition as a whole.  Yes, the future will surely look different than the past. Undoubtably transformation will not always be easy. Yet, we can be assured of God’s presence in all that we do and look with hope and excitement as God calls us in to that future.  It is my prayer that our community works together with commitment, compassion, dedication, joy and laughter along the way to ensure that the love and compassion that Jesus offers is shared with all.” Monique is a recognized ordained leader in the Diocese in the area of Strategic Planning, Sustainability, and Community Development challenges & opportunities. She has brought to her ordained vocation vast experience as a change management and community engagement specialist in the areas of environmental & social sustainability and planning & development. Monique has held a variety of leadership roles in our diocese and for the National Church of Canada. Her published work includes articles in Geez Magazine, The Community, and the Anglican Communion’s International Anglican Family Network Publication. She became a Byron Fellow in 2015 (an interdisciplinary sustainability leadership program out of Warren Wilson College in North Carolina) and a Re:Generate Fellow in 2016 (an ecological vocation and religious leadership program out of Wake Forest University School of Divinity). She has a particular interest in the mystic, Julian of Norwich, and completed a pilgrimage to Julian’s shrine in Norwich, England in May 2023. Monique is married to Chris and they have two adult children, Lily and Rory. In her spare time she can be found riding a horse named Max, gardening, and caring for the family pets (two dogs, one cat, and a budgie). ccbc.rector@gmail.com