Community
Community & Ministries
From pastoral care to fellowship and service, the life of our parish is carried by many hands. Here is how our community serves.
Parish Ministries
Serving one another
Adult Faith Formation
A weekly session exploring an aspect of the Catholic faith through video presentation and discussion.
Parish Response to Community needs
We support our local food bank & provide Christmas gifts to children in foster care & seniors in 1 local Nursing Home. We respond to individual or family requests for assistance (Liz Glover). We host a monthly "Your Community Coffee Break" (Mary Cottrell). We also host weekly meetings of AA (Fri/Sun) & NA (Wed). We offer a 4-part workshop for families in crisis due to mental health or substance abuse (Wayne Burke). We offer gatherings to walk with those in grief. (Adrienne Witol)
Extra-Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist & Lectors
For Sunday Mass (Saturday 5pm, Sunday at 9am or 11am), extra-ordinary ministers of the Eucharist distribute Our Lord Jesus in Holy Communion on either side of Father. As for Lectors, they proclaim God's Word at Sunday Mass. Orientation led and scheduling are coordinated by Brian Walsh.
Cemetery Board
For plot sales, invoices, payments, and historical grave records.
The Catholic Women’s League
Faith, service, and social justice
The Catholic Women’s League of Canada calls its members to grow in faith, and to witness to the love of God through ministry and service.
Our objectives
- Achieve individual and collective spiritual development.
- Promote the teachings of the Catholic Church.
- Exemplify the Christian ideal in home and family life.
- Protect the sanctity of life.
- Enhance the role of women in church and society.
- Recognize the human dignity of all people everywhere.
- Uphold and defend Christian education and values.
- Contribute to religious freedom, social justice, peace, and harmony.
Executive council
- President — Lyne Tuepah
- Vice President — Cathy Daoust
- Secretary — Kathy McKee
- Treasurer — Teresa Keill
- Faith — Annette Meadows
- Service — Vacant
- Social Justice — Heather MacDonald
- Past President & History — Mary Janet Walsh
The Knights of Columbus
Charity · Unity · Fraternity · Patriotism
Dr. J.F. Dunn Council 5153 serves St. Mary’s in Carleton Place and Holy Name of Mary Parish in Almonte, and was established in 1961.
Founded in 1882 by Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney, the Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal benefit society offering support to members and their families while promoting charitable, religious, and social works. Council 5153 holds its monthly general meetings alternating between Almonte and Carleton Place.
Contacts
- Grand Knight — Shawn Humphrey · 613-229-2600 · [email protected]
Cemetery Board
St. Mary’s Cemetery
St. Mary’s Cemetery is located at 552 Townline Road West in Carleton Place, between Highway 7 and Mississippi Lake (Beckwith Concession 12, Lot 10). It operates under the Archdiocese of Kingston and is licensed through the Bereavement Authority of Ontario.
Cemetery Board
- President — Fr. Stéphane Pouliot
- Administrator — Bruce Guthrie
- Treasurer — Monica-Lynn Terpstra