{"id":80,"date":"2020-01-07T20:15:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T01:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:48:27","slug":"clergy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"Clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Rector: The Venerable Paul Charbonneau<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1788 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Paul-Headshot-Website-Cropped-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Paul-Headshot-Website-Cropped-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Paul-Headshot-Website-Cropped-1024x897.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Paul-Headshot-Website-Cropped-768x673.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Paul-Headshot-Website-Cropped-700x613.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Paul-Headshot-Website-Cropped-457x400.jpg 457w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Paul-Headshot-Website-Cropped.jpg 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pastor Paul and his wife, Joanne, encountered God through the Jesus People movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and in 1981 he enrolled at the Diocesan College of McGill University (Montreal, Quebec), where he was taught by N. T. Wright. He pastored in Two Mountains, Quebec, before becoming the rector of St. Hilda\u2019s in 1994. He is also the executive archdeacon of the Anglican Diocese of Canada. An accomplished visual artist, Pastor Paul loves exploring how the use of artistic gifts can glorify God and build up the church.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Pastor Ray Smith<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4636 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rev-Ray-Smith2-2-1024x986.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rev-Ray-Smith2-2-1024x986.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rev-Ray-Smith2-2-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rev-Ray-Smith2-2-768x740.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rev-Ray-Smith2-2-1536x1479.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rev-Ray-Smith2-2-700x674.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rev-Ray-Smith2-2-415x400.jpg 415w, https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rev-Ray-Smith2-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">I was ordained a deacon in 2011 and elevated to the priesthood on May 29, 2016.\u00a0 This milestone followed 22 years of volunteer work in corrections.\u00a0 During this time, I found myself drawn to a deeper relationship with our Lord. My wife, Kety, and I now attend St. Hilda\u2019s Church, where my friend and mentor, the Archdeacon Paul Charbonneau, serves as rector. I eagerly anticipate my time there and am excited to see where the Lord will lead me<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rector: The Venerable Paul Charbonneau Pastor Paul and his wife, Joanne, encountered God through the Jesus People movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and in 1981 he enrolled at the Diocesan College of McGill University (Montreal, Quebec), where he was taught by N. T. Wright. He pastored in Two Mountains, Quebec, before becoming the rector &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/clergy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Clergy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4646,"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/4646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthildaschurch.ca\/isr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}