Born in Bombay, India, worked in Guyana from 1969 – 1985, then to Canada

 

Bachelor’s Degree and Licentiate in Philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum, Pune, India

 

B.Ed followed by Bachelor of Divinity (Honours) at the London University.

 

Former Director of Manresa Spirituality Centre, Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Toronto (2001-2012).

 

For ten years at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland Ontario. 

 

Pastor and Retreat Master for most of his life.

 

Frequent presider of the Catholic Mass Today, Daily Mass from Loretto Abbey in Toronto

 

Celebrant at the Daily TV Mass from Loretto Abbey in Toronto with the National Catholic Broadcasting Council since 2001

 

Author of The Mass: The Mystery at the Centre of Salvation Study Guide, a resource for Catholics who want to pass along the faith to others.

 

Senior Rabbi of Holy Blossom Temple, founded in 1856, the first synagogue of Toronto.    

Fourth-generation Reform Rabbi, Immediate Past President of the Toronto Board of Rabbis, a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Hartman Institute of Jerusalem, and, in celebration of her 25 years of leadership, now holds the Baskin-Garson Senior Rabbinic Chair. 

Recognized by Canadian Parliament with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Award for her commitment to refugee relief, support and advocacy for the unhoused, and building bridges among faith communities.    

 

Serves as Canada's representative to the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations, which brings a voice of world Jewry in dialogue with the Vatican, Ecumenical Patriarchate, and World Council of Churches.  

Wrote the Foreword to Sr. Maureena Fritz’s book, Redeeming Jesus’ Name

Paul Tillich Professor Emeritus of Theology, World Religions and Culture at the Union Theological Seminary in New York 

A leading theologian of religious pluralism and interreligious dialogue 

Holds a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate from the University of Marburg, Germany 

He serves on the board of the International, Interreligious Peace Council. 

Author of numerous books, He is best known for No Other Name? A Critical Survey of Christian Attitudes toward World Religions (1985)