Peter R. Walker , Incumbent

Peter Walker was born in Toronto, and educated at Lakefield College School. He is a graduate in Arts of Trinity College, University of Toronto, where he held the position of Organ Scholar. He studied theology at Oxford. Upon his return to Canada, he spent a year in pastoral training, was ordained by Archbishop Garnsworthy, and served a curacy at Christ Church Deer Park, where he met his wife Ginny. Between 1982 and 1992 Peter served successive Incumbencies at St. George, Pickering, and at Our Saviour, Don Mills. For the past sixteen years Peter has been Incumbent at St. Peter, Cobourg.

     Early in his ordained ministry Peter pursued more advanced theological education at TST. He has continued to teach throughout his career, especially at the Cobourg Campus of Wycliffe College, where he launched a Lay Diploma program in Theology.  

     Trained as an organist and choral conductor, Peter founded the Tallis Choir of Toronto in 1977 as a skilled ensemble specializing in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music. For twenty-five years he served as Artistic Director, conducting choirs and orchestras, making recordings and managing an arts organization. As he states, “Unquestionably music is one of the prime tools of worship, evangelism, and outreach available to Anglican parishes and a key
to resurgence.” 

     During his time in Cobourg, Peter led the congregation in a $6.7 million Millennium Project, which ultimately allowed expansion of the physical structure and the opening of a Pre-School for children ages 2-5 in 2005. In the same year an outreach project, centered in Malawi, has provided food, health care, and education for 250 AIDS orphans from St. Mark’s Church in Mzuzu. 

     Peter and Ginny have three adult sons who grew up largely in Cobourg, Ontario, during Peter’s Incumbency there. Ginny is a Primary school teacher specializing in French Immersion and Kindergarten. Among his many pursuits in leisure time, Peter enjoys running, cycling, cooking, travel, and the arts.

MARY M.B.D. LEWIS joined the staff of Grace Church on-the-Hill as Associate Priest in November 2006. She received her B.A. from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, in 1969, and spent 19 years working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation here in Toronto. She went back to study in the Faculty of Divinity at Trinity College, and. was awarded her Master of Divinity in 1995 and her Master of Theology in 2000. In 1996, Mary was ordained in the Diocese of Toronto, and has served five diverse parishes within the diocese before her appointment to Grace Church. She is an Associate of the Sisters of Saint John the Divine and a member of the Trinity Divinity Alumni Association Executive. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, music, travel, and country life.

Chris Caton , Associate Priest

After a full career in the insurance industry, CHRIS CATON retired as a senior Corporate Executive with an international insurance broker. In 2004 he graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity College, Toronto. Chris first served at Grace Church as a Lay Pastoral Associate. In 2005 was ordained a transitional deacon and was priested in 2006. He is now Associate Priest of the parish and is responsible for the servers. Chris is an experienced pastoral counselor particularly helping people in the areas of workplace wellness and work/life balance. He is married to Maggie and they have two grown children, a son Neil and a daughter Jessica.

Marlene Carscallen, Parish Deacon

MARLENE CARSCALLEN has been the deacon at Grace Church on-the-Hill for twelve years and a member for about 27 years. She is a graduate of the Toronto General Hospital School of Nursing. She returned to school as a mature student and received her BA from Woodsworth College and her M.Div. from Trinity College. On graduation she worked at the Flemingdon Park Ministry, went on to be chaplain in  Lincoln Place Nursing Home and then became the Coordinator for the Diaconate in the Diocese of Toronto. She retired as Coordinator in the fall of 2003 but continues to be active with the Community as their pastor and chair of the Review Committee for the diaconate.

At Grace Church, Marlene is a member of the Cariboo Group, and is chair of the Pastoral Care Committee. She also holds services at Christie Gardens.

Marlene has four adult children and seven grandchildren. She likes to garden, read, listen to music, go birding, and spend time with her grandchildren.

Michael Deck ,
Honorary Assistant

MICHAEL DECK is a Managing Director of Ethidex Inc., provider of Canada's premier compliance and risk management solution for financial institutions and the securities industry.

Aside from his full-time work and his participation in the life of Grace Church on-the-Hill, Michael is Past President of the University of Toronto Alumni Association.

Peeling back the layered wrecks of time: Michael worked for Pricewaterhouse Coopers from 1999 to 2004, where he was a director in the Global Risk Management Solutions practice, focusing on web-based services for the financial sector, helping clients maintain and demonstrate legal and regulatory compliance. He headed the Ethics & Integrity practice for KPMG from 1996 to 1999. From the time he finished his MBA at U of T in 1990 until 1996, Michael served as Executive Director of the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics at the Rotman School of Management and, as an adjunct assistant professor, taught the Business Ethics course for the MBA Program.

Upon completion of his M.Div. at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Berkeley, California) in 1976, Michael was ordained Deacon for the Diocese of New Westminster and moved to Chilliwack, BC, to begin parish ministry in that Diocese. Michael was ordained Priest November 30, 1976 in Vancouver. He is married to Jane and has three daughters: Rosemary, Teresa, and Miriam, and has one beautiful granddaughter.

CATHERINE SIDER HAMILTON was ordained priest in 1994 while serving as Assistant Curate at Grace Church. She has also been chaplain at Havergal College and Associate Priest at The Church of St. John the Baptist, Norway (Toronto). She is currently a full-time doctoral student in New Testament Studies at Wycliffe College in the Toronto School of Theology. Her previous studies include a B.A. (Honours) in English and Latin from Trinity College, University of Toronto, an M.A. in Classics from Queen's University, Kingston, studies at Yale Divinity School and an MDiv from Trinity College.

Catherine enjoys writing, especially on church-related issues. She has been published in Best Sermons 5 (Harper/Collins 1992) and is the editor of The Homosexuality Debate: Faith Seeking Understanding (ABC Publishing, 2003). She also enjoys music -- she was a serious violinist and pianist and now delights in playing jazz duets on the piano and the Bach Double Violin Concerto with her son Robbie (12); she has sung with the Tallis Choir of Toronto and sings (along with 3 of her 4 children) in the choirs of Grace Church.
    

Catherine is an avid (if very amateur) tennis player and prefers walking, running, or cycling to planes, trains, and automobiles any day. She lives in Toronto's Greektown with her husband David and their four children: Caitlin, Nicholas, Sarah, and Robbie.

Administrative and Property Staff

	Osvaldo Carrera, Verger   picture not available
Property Manager To Be Announced

Top left - Accounting: Martha Balanyi
Top right - Verger: Osvaldo Carrera

Middle left - Property Manager

Middle right - Warden's Clerk: Ritchie Lawrence

Bottom left - Sunday School Director: Francesca Mallin-Parker

Bottom right - Administrative Assistant: Christine Quinn

For the Music staff, please see the Choirs page in the music section.