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Rev. John Joseph Mastandrea

Rev. MastandreaRev. MastandreaThe Rev. John Joseph Mastandrea became minister of spiritual growth and pastoral care development at Metropolitan United in 2000. John Joseph cut his teeth in the Etobicoke area of Toronto and now resides in Toronto, his "connection with the urban landscape, with the internal and eternal song."

 

He has Bachelor of Science, Master of Divinity and Master of Religious Education degrees, all from the University of Toronto, and graduated from the Master of Ministry of Arts and Spirituality program at Regis College in 2004. John Joseph is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Ministry program at Chicago Theological Seminary. Ordained in 1989, he is a certified Spiritual Director following in the footsteps of Ignatius Loyola and Teresa of Avila. He has served congregations from the Maritimes, Saskatchewan, northern Ontario and rural Quebec to urban and suburban parts of the Greater Toronto Area.

 

John Joseph's volunteer work for the church and community includes membership of the Executive of the Hymn Society of Canada and the U.S. and member of the Executive of the Emmanuel College Alumni Association. Volunteer ministry has included positions as chairperson of the Worship and Liturgy Committee of Toronto Conference for four years, chairperson of the Mission Committee of Toronto South Presbytery, chairperson of the Planning and Development Committee and co-chairperson of the Christian Development Committee in York Presbytery north of Toronto, chairperson of the AIDS Committee of York Region since 1998, and member of the Pastoral Care Committee of York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill. He represented Canada as a delegate to the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, in February 1990.

 

"We encounter God through the word that is spoken, by prayer that is action, and with hands that are healing," says John Joseph. "We are the church -- the many moments of illumination, the many people who come to quest for God and peace and to be the sanctuary." We are called to a ministry of Caris, "the love of the other for the sake of God". Peace.


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