Who we are - St. Aloysius Gonzaga and St. Columban churches

Pastors

Rev. Gyanprakash Topno

Rev. Gyanprakash Topno is the eldest of six children and son of Felix and Christina. He hails from the diocese of Jamshedpur in Eastern India where he was ordained in 1988. Over the next 19 years in India, he worked with leprosy patients for five years, spent seven years as a pastor in a rural Indian village and most recently taught minor seminarians.

Having arrived in Canada in the summer of 2007, he has moved to the Gatineau diocese and settled in the Gatineau sector where he currently serves the four parishes of Our Lady of Victory & St. Malachy, St. Aloysius & St. Columban.

Joint Pastoral Team

• Chairperson - Caroline Cook
• Vice-Chairperson - Julie McCann
• Father Gyan Topno
• Barbara Morey
• Geoffrey Guitard
• Joanne Lambert
• George Lemieux
• Gabrielle McCann
• Marie Cook
• John Cook
• Amanda Foley (St. Columban)
• Diana Foley (St. Columban)

Warden's Board

St. Aloysius

• Chairperson - Michael McCann
• Pastor - Fr. Gyan Topno
• Finance - John O'Farrell
• Public Relations - Julie McCann
• Warden Secretary - Pauline Leduc
• Social - Susan Arnold
• Maintenance - Joe McCarthy
• Hall Rental - Dan Ford

St. Columban

• Chairperson - Kathryn Amyot
• Pastor - Fr. Gyan Topno
• Warden - Martin Burns
• Warden - Maynard Robinson
• Warden - Gregg Cybulski