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CCRSOs Resource Team includes

 

F. Patrick Rodrigues - Team Co-ordinator

        
Pat Rodrigues is a retired Banker and Management
Consultant, married to Barbara for over thirty eight years,
 father of four, grandfather of six.

He has been a member of St. Mary's Prayer Group
in Brampton for over fifteen years and served as one
of the pastoral leaders of that group for more than ten years.
During this time, he organized and led several
Life in the Spirit Seminars.
He also represented the prayer group at meetings
of the Archdiocesan Charismatic Service Team (ACST),
for a number of years and continues to serve
on the Executive/Steering Committee of ACST.

Currently he represents the Archdiocese of
Toronto to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Services of Ontario (CCRSO).
He has been a member of the Board of Directors
and Treasurer of CCRSO for the last three years.

Pat is also the Founder of Spiritual Outreach
to Seniors (SOS), a new group dedicated to
bringing the Baptism of the Holy Spirit to
Seniors and other Retirees by conducting
Life in the Spirit Seminars in Seniors' residences
and for Seniors' clubs and groups.
Send Pat email

 

Deacon Armand Danis

                Deacon Armand is a retired Catholic school principal
from the diocese of Thunder Bay. His educational
background included teaching mathematics and
science (physics), counseling, religious education and
administration. He has held many of the executive positions
with CCSRO and is currently the chairman of the
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services of Canada
(Anglophone), CCRSC.

Deacon Armand has been active in offering retreats,
parish missions, workshops and healing services. He has
attended five conferences in Italy sponsored by the International
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services, ICCRS.
In November of 2001 he attended the international "Colloquium"
on Prayers for Healing sponsored by ICCRS and the
Pontifical Council for the Laity.

 

Brian Sullivan

        
Brian Sullivan has been involved in various aspects of
the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for 21 years. He serves as
Bishop Plouffe's Liaison to the Charismatic Renewal for the
Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. He is presently President of the
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services of Ontario; CCRSO
is the official shepherding body of the provincial Renewal
as mandated by the Ontario Catholic bishops.

Brian's career in Catholic education involves him as a teacher and
a guidance counsellor in a Catholic high school. He also enjoys
working with his wife, Cindy-Lee, operating YEO
(Youth Evangelizing Others), a Charismatic Youth Group for
high school students, which the Sullivan's founded.
Brian, Cindy-Lee and their eight children live on Sacred Way Farm
in a rural community in Northern Ontario.

Brian's areas of giftedness include an ability to recognize and
call forth gifts in others, a personal embodiment of attentiveness
to the prophetic word and other promptings of the Holy Spirit
and the virtue of being a true peace maker.

   

 

Sylvia Castellano

               Sylvia is a wife, mother and grandmother of 5.
 Having converted to Catholicism in the mid-60's
she has been involved in various areas of ministry to her
local parish, presently serving as Lector and Minister
of the Eucharist. Sylvia became involved in the
Charismatic Renewal in 1976 and has served for many years
as Leader of her parish prayer group. She has also
been a Diocesan representative to the provincial body of
CCRSO for the past 10 years. Having been a speaker both
Nationally and Provincially for the past two years
she has spoken on such topics as the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
and Christian Living.

 

Terry Shannon

    
Terry is a retired secondary school teacher and holds a
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree - double major in Philosophy
and Religious Studies (Laurentian University, Sudbury)
- Master of Education (M.Ed.) - Educational Administration,
from University of Toronto.

Terry is married to his wife Gerry;
together they have raised their 4 sons.

As an active member of Christ the King Parish in Sudbury,
Terry serves as a Lector and Acolyte
having studied 2 years in ministry formation.

His involvement in Charismatic Renewal began in May of 1972
and continues to this day. Areas of service include Diocesan
representative to CCRSO, Past Vice-Chairman of CCSO
(CCRSOs pre-incorporation name), Co-Ordinator of the|
Little Servants of Christ The King Prayer Community and
Chairman of numerous conferences, retreats and
days of renewal in Sudbury region.

 

Fr. Bill Comerford

            In addition to serving his Redemptorist community as
superior of Perpetual Help Residence in Toronto,
Fr. Bill has recently accepted employment with CCRSO
as Director of Service,
reporting to the Board of Directors.

He has served the Church in many capacities, including as a
high school chaplain in Montreal and Quebec City; as a
parish priest in Prince Edward Island and St. John, NB and as
a missionary on the Preaching Apostolate for his community.
He has preached many parish missions and participated in many
conferences and days of renewal both in the U.S. and Canada.

Fr. Bill held the position as the Toronto Archbishop's Liaison to the Charismatic Renewal for 14 years and just completed seven years as
pastor of the Toronto inner city parish of Holy Name.

  In addition to Fr. Bill's primary CCRSO responsibility to liaise with
the clergy of the Ontario dioceses, as a member of our newly
formed Resource Team he may be called upon by the
Resource Team Co-ordinator to serve needs identified
by prayer groups / diocesan Liaisons     

 

Fr. Don Lizzotti

     Fr. Don is pastor of St. Michael's Parish in Fort Erie.
Ordained to the priesthood May 13, 1972, he has served
in many parishes throughout the Diocese of St. Catharines
as well as working in a number of Diocesan committees for
Renewal, Liturgy and Music. He has been involved in the
Charismatic Renewal since 1970 when he began the first
prayer group in Toronto. When he returned to St. Catharines
Diocese after ordination, he began the first prayer group
in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Since then Fr. Don has been
involved in the healing ministry,
most recently in the area of ‘healing the family tree.'

A few years ago, with a core group of interested people, he began ‘Intercession Ministries' to provide a variety of prayer experiences
for people interested in deepening their spiritual life.
 Fr. Don is available as a spiritual director,
liturgical design consultant and church music consultant.

He is an associate priest of Madonna House Apostolate
and has bi-ritual faculties to celebrate in the Eastern Church,
has experience in the spirituality of the Eastern Church and in
Iconography. For the past 2 years Fr. Don has been the Bishop's
Liaison for the Diocese of St Catharines to the CCRSO
and so is becoming re-acquainted with the work of
the provincial Charismatic Renewal.   


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