The Reverend Rory Honeyghan
Incumbent
Rev. Rory has begun his tenure with St. Paul’s as of December 4th, 2024. He joined us from Jamaica, and celebrated his first service at our parish on Sunday, December 8th 2024!
A full biography for Rev. Rory will be added to this section in the coming weeks.
Canon Barb Hammond
Honorary Assistant
Canon Barb was born in Hamilton and raised in Burlington to a family that was deeply involved in the United Church. At 7 she sang in the junior choir and at fourteen the senior choir.
In 1969, she graduated from the Hamilton and District School of Medical Technology and worked for the next 23 years in both private and hospital laboratories. She graduated from Trinity College in the University of Toronto with an honours Master of Divinity in 1992, ordained Deacon in the Diocese of Toronto and Priest in 1993 She has served in parishes in Brampton, Mono, Coulson’s Hill, Barrie, Sharon and Newmarket. In 2009 She was installed as an Honourary Canon in the Cathedral of St. James in recognition of service to the Diocese in various appointments, Treasury Board, (first female chair) Planning and Development (chair), Trust committee, York Simcoe Area council and various other occasional committees.
Barb has maintained her interest in hospital ministry serving as the chair of Spiritual Care in Headwaters Health Care Centre for 3 years and as regular patient visitor with the SouthLake Spiritual Care team for the last 10 years. She feels that good ministry to seniors, especially those in senior’s residences and long term care, is an important part of her ministry in St. Paul’s, where she began as an Honourary assistant in 2017.
Barb married Blair, who sings in the choir, in 1970 and they have 2 adult children and 4 grandchildren. She enjoys reading, golf and almost any kind of puzzle in her spare time. She loves good liturgy and preaching.
Jacob Wiens
Organist and Choir Director
Jacob received his formal music training at McGill University where he completed an undergraduate degree in Jazz guitar and a master’s degree in music theory in 2014 and 2017 respectively. As a guitarist, Jacob has performed and recorded with many fine musicians, including pianist/composer Matt Choboter (Vancouver/Copenhagen), trumpet player Simon Millerd (Salt Spring Island), the cooperative ensemble Nomad (Montreal), and pianist/composer Pablo Held (Germany). As a theorist, Jacob’s research focuses on new models for analysing contemporary music, including techniques for analysing the music of Iannis Xenakis, Eliane Radigue, and Alvin Lucier.
In summer of 2022, Jacob’s musical trajectory changed dramatically. He was accepted as organ scholar at the Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto. With the help of music director Thomas Bell and the tutelage of Dr. Aaron James, Jacob has since been immersed in sacred music, especially music of the English choral tradition. After Jacob’s tenure as the Cathedral organ scholar, he became the Music Director and Organist at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Newmarket in September of 2024. He is also continuing his work as an organist and chorister in the Toronto area, while applying his music-theoretical expertise to the composition of new sacred works.
Linda Elming-Freda
Parish Administrator
Linda joined St. Paul’s in March 2018 as Parish Administrator. Linda also owns her own company, Office Time Savers, which provides administrative support to small and medium-sized businesses.
Linda grew up in Aurora and has a varied professional background. She taught Figure Skating for 8 years in Aurora, Bradford and King City, excelled as an Insurance Underwriter, Analyst and Supervisor, is an award-winning certified Medical Lab Technician, worked for a local family doctor as a Medical Administrator and now brings her talents to St. Paul’s.
A life-long learner, Linda enjoys trying new activities. She has competed in Toastmaster’s Speech Contests, volunteered in the ER at Southlake and completed her 1st full Marathon in 2014. During the summer months, Linda loves to explore Ontario’s many, abandoned pioneer “Ghost Towns”, taking photographs and learning the history of our beautiful province.
Sarah Grimes, People’s Warden
Dawn Claxton, Rector’s Warden