Rev. Frank Brewer
pastor@divineinfant.ca
Pastor

I was born in Ottawa, but as my father was in the Air Force, we moved away shortly afterwards and continued to move very regularly until returning to Ottawa at the end of his military career. While I have lived in many places, Ottawa is 'home' - not an exciting city like Toronto or Montreal, but a very pleasant place to live.
It was only after university that I considered a vocation to the priesthood, and studied here in Ottawa at St. Paul University Seminary and at St. Joseph College of the Toronto School of Theology before being ordained by Archbishop Plourde in 1983. I served as Assistant Pastor at St. Martin de Porres Parish in Bells Corners and then Holy Cross Parish in Ottawa South before being named pastor of St. Jude Parish, Hawkesbury and Our Lady of Divine Love Parish, Pendleton, where I enjoyed five very good years. My next assignment was a six-year appointment as pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish in Kanata, where one of my more interesting projects was to establish a tradition of celebrating our first Mass of Christmas Eve on the ice surface at the (then) Corel Centre.
As the eldest in a family of eight, I am not afraid of infants and understand both children and the challenges of family life, so I am sympathetic to the needs and concerns of parents. As I am also the chaplain of the local 'Fourth Degree Assembly' of the Knights of Columbus, some of you know me already, and I appreciate your encouraging welcome.
In my letter in the bulletin of Sept. 2, I mentioned, among other things, that I am called to encourage you in growth in the life of faith and the love of Jesus Christ. I hope that with the help of God and your prayers, I will indeed be able to do so.
Yours in Christ,

Rev Paul Nwaeze
Associate Pastor

Fr. Paul Nwaeze (pronounced(Nw-a-zee))has been appointed as  Associate Pastor of
Divine Infant Parish, effective July 2006
Born in 1967 in Imo State, Nigeria, Fr. Paul is the second of six surviving children of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles and Grace Nwaeze. He was ordained on August 20, 1994 and has served as both
associate pastor and pastor of various parishes back home. He combined pastoral ministry with tutorial activities at the St. Charles Borromeo Spiritual Year Seminary in Ehime, Nigeria, where he
lectured on the Documents of the Second Vatican Council. Having carried out these
activities for ten years without a break, he was granted a two year sabbatical with permission to
exercise his pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of Ottawa. This arrangement affords him the
opportunity to have some cross-cultural experience in Canada . Fr Paul is very welcomed addition to our parish staff.

Tom Donohue was ordained in 2003 to the Permanent Deaconate.
 He along with his wife Carol and their 3 children have been parishioners at Divine Infant since it's inception.
 The Donohue Family have been involved in many different aspects of the Parish over the years.
 Along with our founding Pastor Fr. Michael Hurtubise, Tom had the privilege to present the corner stone of our church to His Holiness Pope John Paul II on his visit to Ottawa in 1984.
 Tom is a member of Divine Infant Knights of Columbus. He is a  Past Grand Knight, Former District Deputy and has served on the State Board as a Chairman for pro-Life.
 Tom's primary responsibility as a Deacon, is Service to the Homeless through the Shepherds of Good Hope and Spiritual Development for adults at Divine Infant.
 He considers it an honour to serve at Divine Infant.

Deacon Jeffery Le Bane
and Parish Manager

Deacon Jeff was ordained to the deaconate on Pentecost Sunday 2003, and was assigned to Divine Infant Church, his home parish. He was given specific responsibility for the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults ( RCIA ) and was also assigned to the diocesan RCIA committee. In 2004, he helped organize the RCIA Institute for the Archdiocese of Ottawa, which attracted participants from all across North America. In 2005, Deacon Jeff helped organize the parish’s first RCIA program aimed specifically at teens. Following his retirement from the Public Service, Deacon Jeff was appointed part- time parish administrator in November 2005.

Deacon  Bill was ordained on Pentecost Sunday 2003, and was assigned to Divine Infant Church, his home parish. His ministry at Divine Infant Parish  is the responsibility for the “Sick and the Shut Ins” which includes weekly services at the Madonna Long Term Care Home and visits to the Queenswood Villa.  He is active in the Knights of Columbus. His ministry duties at the diocesan level include weekly services and bible study programs at the McLeod Retirement Home.  He is also member of the St Patrick’s Pastoral Care Team and the Professional Advisor Committee for the Madonna Long Term Care Home.  

Deacon Michael Seath

Deacon Michael has been married to his wife Anne since 1980.  He entered the Roman Catholic Church on Pentecost Sunday 1982, having been raised in the Presbyterian Church.  He was ordained to the Diaconate on June 25th, 1999.  Michael and his family have been parishioners at Divine Infant since 1990.  After ordination Michael was assigned to Divine Infant as his liturgical base.  He and Anne have been involved in Marriage Preparation both at the diocesan and parish level and have recently become involved in marriage enrichment.  Michael and Anne currently have responsibility for marriage preparation at Divine Infant Parish and Michael is also responsible for Baptismal ministry at the parish.

Chantal Leger
Youth Coordinator

I was born in Cornwall Ontario on September 27th, 1981. I spent 23 marvelous years growing up in a small town. When I was 23 a NET team came to Cornwall and started a LIFE TEEN program in our diocese. I quickly became part of there Core team and was inspired to serve with Net Ministries of Canada. The following year, I was on a NET team of my own and we served a year in Mississauga, Ontario. The hardest part about living in Mississauga was learning how to spell the word! We implemented a LIFE TEEN program in the heart of Mississauga. A teammate and myself decided to stay in Mississauga to be the Youth Coordinators after our NET Team left. Although I absolutely loved serving for a year as Youth Coordinator... God called me elsewhere.

In September of 2007, I moved to Ottawa and continued studying Theology at Dominican College University. I spent one great SEMESTER there when NET called me up and requested of me to join another NET team that would be heading to Divine Infant Parish in January of 2008. Upon a lot of prayer and thinking I gave my yes to God and served a great 6 months with Net again... here at DI. In those 6 months I fell in love with Divine Infant and the families here. In my personal prayer life God placed a very clear desire in my heart. He reminded me of my time in Mississauga and showed me that Youth Ministry was not just something that I liked doing but what He has designed for me to do.

God really knew what He wanted for my life, even though I could not see it the year before. My journey in the last 4 years has led me to Divine Infant Parish. I was thrilled to be accepted to be the Youth Coordinator here at DI and am looking forward to meeting as many people as I can.
I am very excited and greatly looking forward to growing the Youth Ministry in this parish, not just with LIFE TEEN and The EDGE but in many other facets of this Parish. There are many new things that are coming for all members of the parish so stay tuned for our quarterly Praise and Worship and Adoration Nights, our family retreat and the kick off of the adult catechesis program by LIFE TEEN.

Victoria Pusiak
victoriapusiak@rogers.com
Sacramental coordinator

Victoria Pusiak has been a member of Divine Infant Parish since completing the RCIA program in 1991. 
She has been employed with the parish as the sacramental coordinator since 2004. 
Although Sacramental preparation is primarily Victoria’s responsibility she also facilitates the liturgical needs between the parish and the eight schools affiliated with Divine Infant Parish. 

She is happily married to Steven and has been blessed with three boys. 
Victoria is involved in various ministries in the parish and is also a member of the Catholic Women’s League. 
Victoria can be reached in the office at x 229 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.

Anne Seath
Parish Secretary

Carole Ewchuk
Parish Secretary

Richard Gibeault
richardgibeault@rogers.com
Parish Caretaker