CCRSO BOARD MEMBERS

CCRSO Board of Directors

Fr. Ben St. Croix, Companions of the Cross
Spiritual Director

Fr Ben is a priest with the "Companions of the Cross" community and has a heart for evangelization. Born and raised in Kenora, Ontario, he joined the Companions of the Cross community in 1993 and has completed degrees in Philosophy and Theology at Dominican College and St. Paul's University in Ottawa. Fr Ben was ordained in Ottawa in 2001, and has over the past 13 years spent time in campus ministry, parish work, itinerant preaching and at an evangelization centre in Houston, TX. He is also helping establish a new community of religious sisters in Ottawa, the Queenship of Mary Community. Recently he has been invited to support CCRSO as the spiritual director and he also serves as the liaison for Cardinal Collins for the Archdioceses of Toronto.

Brian Sullivan
President

Brian Sullivan has been involved in various aspects of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for more than 29 years. He serves as Bishop's Liaison to the Charismatic Renewal for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. He is also President of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services of Ontario.
At the local level Brian serves on a leadership team offering ChristLife to the four Catholic parishes in the North Bay region. Over the past two years they have lead over 500 participants to receive the grace of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Brian co-founded, with his late wife, Cindy-Lee, Sacred Way Ministries that serves to evangelize children, youth and adults. Brian is a retired vice-principal of a Catholic high school. He has been blessed with nine children and 30 grandchildren – so far!

Mary Cruz
Vice President

Mary Cruz had her first encounter with the Lord in the Hispanic CCR soon after her arrival in Toronto in 1982. Married for 33 years to Luis Cruz and together they have 2 lovely daughters. Her journey with the Lord began in her youth and she has been actively serving in Our Dioceses of Toronto and now at the Provincial level. She has a heart for evangelization and a passion for bringing Baptism in the Holy Spirit to many people. She is presently a full-time layperson, in the Catholic Church, a wife, mom and for the first time a grandmother and active servant of the Lord.

She is also a Board member of the Hispanic National Service Committee for CCR USA and Canada. Works for over 18 years in the Advertising Industry and is a living testimony of God’s love and mercy.

Len Lanthier
Treasurer.

Len and his wife Jeanette are the parents of five, and grandparents of four. He is a general manager of a construction company and serves many Catholic organizations with his amazing administration skills. He has been involved with Sacred Way Ministries since 2003.

Sandi Debesys
Secretary

Sandi Debesys is a member of the Parish Council at St. Dominic’s Parish in Thunder Bay, as well as Eucharistic Minister and being involved in Alpha. Her late husband was a Deacon and because of this she was mandated by the Bishop as a Minister of Service in the Diocese. She is on the core team of the “Bind us Together” Prayer Group at St. Agnes’ Parish and has been involved in the Charismatic Renewal since the 70”s. She is the Liaison to the Bishop in the Diocese of Thunder Bay and is facilitating in the Life of the Spirit Seminars and the Gifts Workshop being held this year and the Diocesan Rep. for Charis.

Isobel Bolt
Board Member

Isobel Bolt has served the renewal for many years as prayer group leader, conference team planner, praise and worship leader, and “life in the Spirit” facilitator. She was chair of the Hamilton Diocese prayer groups. She and her husband Brian are active members of Regina Mundi Parish in Hamilton as extraordinary ministers, teachers and prayer leaders for “Unbound freedom in Christ” ministry and
coordinators of the Alfa program. They are team members of the “St. Theresa of Lisieux” healing and delivery ministry for the Diocese of Hamilton.

Ina Caplette
Event Coordinator

Ina and husband John are parishioners at St. James in Oakville, and serves in the
Inner Healing Prayer Ministry as well as the Christian Healing Formation Training offered by Henri Lemay in co-operation with the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario.

Sandra Brum

Board Member

Sandra uses creative ways to reach the people that the Lord places in her path including family, business, and ministry. Her involvement in the renewal began by planting seeds of faith as a young youth coordinator, children's ministry leader, CCRC councillor, a core member for CCRC prayer groups, and as a CCRC board member for 5yrs. Sandra is currently the new CCRC President for the Archdiocese of Toronto. Sandra also has been involved as a faith ambassador between the school board and the church as a member of her parish council. Sandra, husband of 18 years, and her son run a ministry based small business to help plant seeds of faith, called The Cup of Blessings, where they evangelize by selling everyday items such as coffee cups, t-shirts and pilgrimage bandanas, to name a few.

Liaison to Association of Catholic Bishops of Ontario (A.C.B.O.)

MOST REV. SCOTT MCCAIG, CC