ST. WILLIBRORD PARISH

351 Willibrord Avenue, Verdun, Québec H4G 2T7 - Tel: (514) 769-9678 - Fax: (514) 761-1717

Pastor

Our pastor, Father Stephen Otvos, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. As a teenager he devoted his time to art, especially drawing and painting. His family moved to Montréal when he was 15. After finishing high school, he enrolled at Dawson College in the creative arts program. During this time at college and working part time in a restaurant, the call from God to the priesthood that he felt as a child was strongly renewed. He entered the seminary in 1996 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2003. He was assistant to Father Peter Sabbath in Laval for four years and then assistant at St. Patrick's basilica for two years. He is the spiritual director of the Challenge Movement and is involved in marriage preparation courses with the diocese. He has also been named director for vocations to the priesthood in Montréal.