Bishop Susan Bell has announced this years recipients of the Order of Niagara.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, two separate online service will celebrate the honorees: September 20th for those in the Greater-Welling and Trafalgar region, and October 4 for the regions of Brock, Hamilton-Haldimand, and Lincoln.
The 2020 recipients are: Anne Balanyk, St. John’s (Rockwood) John Branderhorst, St. Thomas (St. Catharines) John Butler, St. George’s (St. Catharines) Debi Clarke, St. Elizabeth’s (Burlington) Nora Clevenger, St. James (Dundas) Dale Cox, Grace Church (Waterdown) Joseph DiPaolo, St. Luke’s (Palermo) Linda Drebert St. Paul’s (Dunnville) Dean Glendenning, Holy Trinity (Niagara Falls) Stephen Hanns, St. David’s (Welland) Carol Henley, St. Christopher’s (Burlington) Diane Irving, St. James (Fergus) Tricia Kalantari, Our Saviour the Redeemer (Stoney Creek) Vivian Kinnear, Christ Church (Woodburn) JoAnne Lynagh, Church of the Transfiguration (St. Catharines) Rosemary McCallum, All Saints (Erin) Chris Miller, St. Alban’s (Acton) Marilyn Moore, St. Alban’s (Beamsville) Wendy Newman, Christ’s Church Cathedral (Hamilton) Patricia Orr, St. Aidan’s (Oakville) Doreen Pink, All Saints (Hamilton) Judith Purdell-Lewis, St. John the Evangelist (Hamilton) Frank Ruggles, St. Andrew’s (Grimsby) Derek Smith, Church of the Nativity (Hamilton) Eva Standish, Church of the Resurrection (Hamilton) Don Stewart, St. John’s (Burlington) Sue Thibodeau, St. John’s (St. Catharines) Fred Thompson, St. John’s (Elora) Tom Tweedie, St. Paul’s (Hamilton) Eryl Venner, St. Cuthbert’s (Oakville) Bishop’s Appointees Nesta Cooper Adam MacNeil Joan Rutherford
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