Our Leadership Team
Incumbent: The Rev'd Grace Burson
The Rev’d Grace Pritchard Burson was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. She received her BA in English and Classics in 2000 from Williams College in Massachusetts, and her Master of Divinity degree in 2004 from Yale Divinity School. She also earned an Anglican Diploma from Berkeley Divinity School and a Certificate in Liturgical Studies from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. (This wasn’t actually nearly as much work as it sounds like, but the framed documents sure look fancy on her office wall.) She was ordained deacon in 2008 in the Diocese of Connecticut, and priest in 2009 by the Right Rev’d V. Gene Robinson, then bishop of New Hampshire (on behalf of the Bishop of Connecticut). She served three parishes in New Hampshire between 2009 and 2018 before moving to Montreal to become the Incumbent at All Saints’. She also serves as Warden of Lay Readers for the Anglican Diocese of Montreal. Grace is a certified birth doula and has written a musical, The Perilous Gard. Her writing has been published by Forward Movement, Earth & Altar, Young Clergy Women International, and in various periodicals. She is a voracious reader and enjoys choral singing, horseback riding, sailing, and gardening. On her sabbatical in 2023, she walked the St. Olav pilgrim trail in Norway and rode the Camino de Santiago (Portugués route) on horseback. Grace lives in Lachine, a block from the St. Lawrence River, with her son Peter, who was born in 2008.
Honorary Assistant: The Rev’d Terry Hidichuk
Administrative Assistant: Laura Lunt
Office hours: 9:30am - 3:30pm Tuesdays - Fridays Tel: 514-631-3601
Email: allsaintsbythelake@gmail.com
Treasurer: Adam Davies
Rector`s Warden: Linda Smith
People`s Warden: Eileen Hussey
Rector`s Deputy Warden: John Rogers
People`s Deputy Worden Ross Hamilton
Honorary Assistant: The Rev’d Terry Hidichuk
Music Director: Chris Grocholski
Lay Readers: Yvonne Bayne, Bob McLachlan, Yvonne Wakeland, Mark Weatherly
Lay Readers' Association of the Diocese of Montreal
Yvonne Wakeland immigrated to Canada from Jamaica in 1957. After graduating from the Royal Victoria Hospital, she worked as an occupational health nurse and owner of a health care agency until 2000. Over the years, She has been a Warden, Bazaar convener, chalice administrator, Synod delegate, Facilitator of Disciples of Christ in Community (DOCC) programs and led Bible Study in Montreal, Sutton and Ottawa. She also served on the Lay Education committee for the Diocese of Montreal and the Corporation of the Diocesan Theological College. In 2003 she was commissioned as a Lay Reader, and graduated in the Education for Ministry (EFM) program in 2008. She also loves to sing and play tennis and golf. Throughout her life she has participated in various fundraising activities for local churches and the Diocese and she is happy to continue serving in the mission and the ministry of the church. We certainly are happy to have her on the team! In November 2018 Yvonne became an Emeritus Lay Reader.
