About Our Parish

The Rev. Dr. Sony Jabouin

Associate Incumbent

The Reverend Dr. Sony Jabouin is a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, guided by a vocation of service, deep listening, and spiritual transformation. Born in southern Haiti, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2003 and served for over two decades as a parish priest, educator, school principal, and spiritual guide.

In 2008, he came to Canada to pursue graduate studies. He earned a Master's degree in Mission Studies and Interreligious Dialogue from Saint Paul University in Ottawa in 2009, followed by a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa in 2010. He later completed a Doctorate in Education at the University of Ottawa in 2018, focusing on adult education, the professional integration of immigrant teachers, and student success.

From 2010 to 2017, he served as a pastoral animator with the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE) of Ontario. He has also taught part-time at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Education, contributing to the formation of future educators. Since 2017, he teaches at the elementary and intermediate levels with the CECCE.

In May 2025, responding to a profound spiritual call, he was received into the Anglican Church of Canada, continuing his ministry along a path of communion, humility, and deep listening.

Sony is passionate about community-based ministry, everyday spirituality, transformative education, and contextual church life. He describes himself as a Priest of Advent — a watchman of hope and a sower of light, serving the Gospel in a world that is ever-changing.

The Rev. Dr. Caz Ducros

Associate Incumbent

Caroline (Caz) Ducros (they/them/iel) grew up in Montreal to a French-Canadian father from Montreal and an English Canadian mother from Northern Ontario. Their mother tongue is English but their French is strong. They are thrilled to be joining us in the beautiful deanery of West Quebec where they look forward to working with us in the contextual ministry of the church in the community and to fully embrace the unique cultures of Chelsea, Wakefield and Lascelles.

Caz was ordained a vocational deacon in 2016 and ministered at the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre, where they ran a program in the Female Unit, Prison Fellowship telephone ministry to male inmates during the COVID lockdown, the Church of the Ascension (2016–2018) and St John the Evangelist Church (2018–2021) before being ordained a priest in 2021. Since 2021, Caz has been the interim priest in charge of the Parish of St Bernard-de-Clairvaux, the only French speaking parish community in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa.

In addition to their theological training (Bachelor of Theology and Masters of Pastoral Theology), Caz holds a Master of Science in Environmental Science from Stirling University in Scotland where they examined Indigenous Rights to the fishery and the sustainability of Pacific salmon, and a PhD in Environmental Studies from Brighton University in England, examining agricultural policy and the effectiveness of riparian buffer zones in UK agricultural watersheds.

Caz has recently retired from the Government of Canada after almost 25 years of public service, where they worked at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) on the enactment and implementation of the Oceans Act, Species at Risk Act, habitat management, the modernization of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, and the Pacific Integrated Fisheries Initiative. After 10 years with DFO, Caz moved to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, ensuring that nuclear in Canada is safe for the public and the environment and meets international obligations. Their last appointment there was as the Director General of the Directorate on Advanced Reactor Technologies, where they focused on readiness and change management in this innovative area.

Caz has two daughters in their twenties, Molly and Tessa, and a long-term partner, Heather. Caz loves the outdoors and is an avid long-distance runner, and is eager to get on the trails in our deanery! They enjoy paddling and being by the water and allowing themselves to be spiritually uplifted by God's good creation and are hoping to share this love with members of our parish.

Caz expressed delight in joining us in what they described as the beautiful surroundings of Chelsea, Wakefield and Lascelles, on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg Nations. They are a strong believer in diversity, which they believe leads to richer and stronger communities and sees this diversity in our parish in terms of age, backgrounds, cultures, professional and personal lives, and languages, not to mention the transitional vacationer populations.