The Clergy



Karen Chalk
Karen L. Chalk
The Rev. Karen L. Chalk was appointed to serve the parish of St. Andrew and St. Mark beginning January 2005. She grew up on the West Island of Montreal, and then left to explore other parts of the world. She did her university education in Kingston, Ontario, at Queen’s University, continuing at Simon Fraser for a M.Sc. She married and lived in Vancouver, Minnesota and Oxford England, before returning to Montreal in 1991. She returned to McGill and the Montreal Diocesan Theological College to do her preparation for ministry in 1999, graduating in 2003 with a B.Th, STM and M.Div. Prior to St. Andrew and St. Mark’s, she served in the parish of St. Paul’s, Lachine for three years, first as a student, and subsequently as a curate, being ordained to the deaconate in September 2003, and to the priesthood in June 2004.

She is married to Colin Chalk, who does clinical work in neurology and teaches at McGill, and together they have four children, who range in age from 16 to 23.


Alan Evans
The Reverend Alan Evans was educated at Queen's University, Kingston and graduated with a B.A. in 1975. A Master of Divinity was awarded to him from Queen's & Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax in 1980.

He was first ordained as Deacon in June 1980 by the Bishop of Ontario. He became a priest in January 1981 and served first as an Assistant at St. George's Trenton, Ontario from May 1982 to August 1985. He then, moved to the Parish of Augusta Ontario until 1988. Then he went on to serve at St. Paul's, Lachine until June 1993. Alan left St. Paul's to return to university where he obtained a teaching degree. Alan has since become a high school teacher and is currently teaching at Lakeside Academy. He has been an Honorary Assistant at St. Mark's since June of 1993.


Donald Meloche
The Reverend Canon Dr. Donald Meloche holds degrees from the Universities of Ottawa (BA 1964), Toronto (H.S. Teacher's Dip. 1966), Université de Montréal (Diplome de traduction 1972), McGill (MA Fr. Lit. 1975), Montreal Diocesan Theological College (LTH, Dip. Min. 1984), and The Graduate Theological Foundation at Notre Dame where he earned his doctorate in Pastoral Counselling (D. Min. 1989). He has also done doctoral studies in Linguistics at McGill University. He spent many years working as an educator, linguist and later priest among the Cree and Algonquins of Quebec.

Ordained Deacon in June 1984 and Priest in Sept. 1984, Don ministered among Cree people in Mistassini Lake and surrounding area until 1989. He has been Director of Pastoral Services at The Montreal Children Hospital since July 1989.

Don also serves as a member of the Diocesan Ethics Commission.  At the Montreal Children's he is a member of the Research Ethics Committee (IRB), the Child Protection Committee, and the Committee against Violence and Abuse in the workplace. He has been funded by the Montreal Children's for further training in Palliative Care, Bereavement Counselling and counselling victims of PTSD. In 1991, he was awarded the MCH Interculturalism Prize for his work with Native People. Don has been an Honorary Assistant at St. Mark’s since 1995.


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