Fr.
Wilson Andrade C.S.C.
Pastor
Fr. Wilson Andrade, CSC is a Religious
Priest of the Congregation of Holy
Cross. He was born and brought up in a
religious family of nine children, in
the southern part of India. He joined
Holy Cross at the age of 15 years,
completed his initial formation in
India, along with the missionary work in
the North East of India. He was asked to
come to Canada and completed his
theological studies at Regis College
under Toronto School of Theology,
University of Toronto.
In December, 2010, he was ordained and
began his ministry at St. Ann, St.
Joseph and Native Mission in Toronto. In
2014, he became the Pastor of St. Ann
parish and Administrator of St. Joseph
Parish and Native Peoples’ Mission.
Along with the pastoral duties, he
served as the Vocation Promoter for the
Region of English Canada from 2012 to
2018. From 2015 to 2018, he served as
the Zone Chair for the Downtown Central
Region of the Archdiocese of Toronto. In
2018, he became the first National
Director of the Holy Cross Family
Ministries – Canada that helps to
promote Family Rosary and the family
ministry. He serves as the chair of
Archdiocese of Toronto Vocation
Directors Association and Board member
of National Vocation and Formation
Directors Association.
He enjoys his ministry of visiting the
sick in the downtown hospitals and
working in the food distribution at St.
Ann Food Bank for the last 15 years. He
has coordinated many youth activities
including 2 international Youth Mission
work of building houses in Jamaica and
has helped to resettle in Canada 2
families from Syria. He has preached
many retreats, and enjoys writing
sermons that are published in the Faith
Alive Series of the Archdiocese of
Toronto.
He has an extensive collection of
Stamps based on Bible and Nature. He is
passionate about pastoral and liturgical
work and has written 12 plays on the
life of Saints and Bible, and 3 Novena
prayer booklets. He has led 4
International Pilgrimages as he visited
21 countries.
The Canadian Government has honored him
with a Community Service Award for his
leadership, care and compassionate
service to the poor in his community. He
is also honored by the Native Elders in
Toronto with the Feather, Shell and
Shaker to continue the Healing ministry
among the Indigenous people of Canada.
Father Wilson began his role as Pastor
of St. Raphael Parish, Burlington, on
August 1, 2022.
E-Mail: wandrade@hamiltondiocese.com
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