As Chair of Council, (an elected volunteer position), Pat is the lay leader of our congregation, and presides over the meetings of the Bloordale United Church Council as well as taking an active interest in all of the work of our congregation.

Pat was introduced  to Bloordale United Church several years ago  by our pastoral care minister Rev. Nelsona Dundas, who  was Zone Chaplain in the Royal Canadian Legion at the time that Pat became Zone Commander of Royal Candian Legion Zone D-1 .

A Montrealer by birth and schooling, Pat worked in the insurance industry, including some years in Calgary.

In the last several  years at Bloordale, Pat has been and continues  to be Co-Chair of the Congregational Life Committee and Co-Chair of the  Ministry and Personnel Committee. In addition,  Pat is on the ushering team, is a member of the Revitalization Task Group and its Property Options sub-group, and is a member of  the Bloordale UC 60th Anniversary Committee. Also, she has recently been  Co-Chair of the Pancake Supper and of the first Bloordale UC Tenants’ Pot Luck Dinner.