St James The Apostle Anglican Church

Welcome to our Interim Preist-in-charge,the Rev. Canon Barbara HammondReverend Barb officially joined us on May 1 but her first Sunday with us was May 11. Below is Barb's greeting to the congregation if her first homily at St. James. We share it here so that you might get to know her a little better.Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year AToday begins my short time with you. I will be here until the end of December and then Erin is scheduled to return. I thought I should begin by telling you a little about myself.Today marks my twenty-first anniversary as a priest. On Mother's Day in 1993, I was ordained a priest in Christ Church Brampton by the Rt. Rev. Joe Fricker. As my son was fond of saying, on Mother's day, my mother became a Father. I graduated from Trinity college, University of Toronto and the Toronto School of Theology in April of 1992 and was ordained as a deacon on November 1, 1992. Before that I was a Medical Technologist.