PASTOR

Father Eric was born January 25 1949 in Montreal, moved to Toronto in 1955.
Fr.graduated from Burnhamthorpe Collegiate in 1967 as class valedictorian then went on to University of Waterloo, graduating 1972 with degree in Mechanical Engineering, that same year he obtained private pilot's licence.
After a period of employment as a junior plant engineer with General Motors, Fr Eric entered St. Augustine Seminary in Sept.1974.
He was ordained Deacon in S.S.M.on May 12 1979 and assigned to Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish.

Ordination to the Priesthood took place at Our Lady of Good Counsel May 2 1980.

Assignments followed to:
Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Elliot Lake Sept.1980
St.Kevin's Parish, Hanmer Sept.1982
Sault Area Rural Parishes (Searchmont, Heyden, Echo Bay, St.Joseph Island) Sept.1983
Central Algoma Catholic Parishes (Echo Bay, St.Joseph Island, Bruce Mines,Thessalon) Sept. 1985
Lord of the World Parish, Sudbury July 1989
Central Algoma Catholic Parishes January 1992
Catholic Parishes of Huron Shores (St.Joseph Island,Thessalon, Blind River) Sept.1999
And finally Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish and sister parish Blessed Sacrament Parish July 2003.

Fr. Eric loves powerboating, sailing and travelling on his BMW 1100RS Motorcycle, on the other hand he strongly dislikes Windows based computers.
He has often been heard to say "WordPerfect 5.1 DOS forever!"
Father Eric's Favorite Food is egg salad sandwiches (with chopped celery and lettuce) if not unavailable, anything Italian will do!

Father Eric's Priestly Theme is: WE ARE THE BODY of CHRIST.