Our Team
Fr. Gregory Nuñez serves as the Chaplain of the Newman Centre while Fr. Sylvain Normandin is on sabbatical leave.
Fr. Gregory entered the seminary in 1984 at the very young age of 12, finishing all the academic and canonical requirements in 1996. He took further studies in psychology and trained in clinical pastoral counselling at the Philippines Heart Center before he was ordained in 1996. As a new priest, he volunteered to work in the missions, became a youth director, and parish administrator. He also served as a parochial vicar in four parishes.
He was about to work in the Solomon Islands when the Archdiocese of Montreal asked for him to be loaned to the archidiocese for a year from his own archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Caceres, Philippines, to serve as the chaplain of the Newman Centre.
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Nathan Gibbard is the director of the Newman Centre. Originally from Calgary , he has been in Montreal for a number of year working towards a doctorate in Religious Studies at McGill University . His academic interests include the study of the philosophy and practice of dialogue, inter-religious encounter, documents from the Holy See, and religion and popular culture.
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Sr Susannah has just recently made her temporary profession of vows in the Fraternite monastique de Jerusalem , located on the Plateau district of Montreal. A native of Vermont , Sr Susannah completed degrees in engineering and worked in this field before entering the Catholic Church and then pursuing a vocation as a consecrated religious. Sr Susannah animates a number of programmes at Newman and is trained in spiritual direction. She is available to meet with students and has distinguished herself by her warm and generous personality.
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Mrs Diez is the Executive Assistant at the Newman Centre. She coordinates the production of the Newman Rambler and is involved in event planning activities for the Centre. Linda works with our Executive Committee to organize the Newman Ball and is also a member of the Newman Board of Directors. She is also responsible for the organization of lecture series and talks. (Newman Institute of Catholic Studies).
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