Music Ministry at St. Mary's

Since the founding of our parish, music ministry has been an integral part of parish life, and has been served by several dedicated musicians, both singers and instrumentalists alike.

Each respective choir at St. Mary’s has grown continuously over the years and currently, as a whole boasts over 100 members, including choristers and instrumentalists. In conjunction with the organ and piano, other instrumentalists include flute, trumpet, percussion and violin.

In addition to enhancing the Masses on the weekend, we have many other musical endeavours and liturgical celebrations including; Taizé Prayer, an annual Parish-School Community Christmas Concert raising funds for local charity, Divine Mercy Sunday, live re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross accompanied by our Youth, and many others. Since 2014, the music ministry and parish choirs have been under the direction of Shannon Barks.

Music for the Sunday liturgies is supported as follows:

Saturday 5:00pm - Folk Band with piano and guitar

Sunday 8:00am - Folk Choir with piano and guitar

10:00am - Traditional Choir with organ and piano

12:00pm - Contemporary Quartet with guitar

4:00pm - Youth Band with piano, guitar and percussion

A picture of St. Mary's Choir during Cardinal Leo's visit to our parish

For more information on how to become involved in our music ministry or any of these choirs, please contact our music director Shannon Barks:

(705) 229-7426 or email: shannonbarks@hotmail.com

Clip art colourful image of music notes inviting new choir members