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When the parishes are sharing the same space and there is one secretary, I need to check in which language the service is to be held. It keeps me on my toes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The two parishes stand side-by-side in Montreal, Quebec and prior to Father Scott\u2019s appointment, neither had a permanent pastor. Auxiliary Bishop Alain Faubert approached him about serving as pastor of both communities, and with the consent of the General Council, he was appointed with a four-year mandate.<\/p>\n<p>In September, parishioners of St. Gabriel\u2019s were notified that their church would need to close due to structural issues with renovations to be undertaken in the spring. In the meantime, both parishes are celebrating Mass at St-Charles. \u201cThe English-speaking St. Gabriel\u2019s community is a guest of St-Charles in this arrangement,\u201d said Father Scott. St. Gabriel celebrates Mass at 5 p.m. on Saturday in English and St-Charles celebrates in French at 11 a.m. on Sunday. This allows for enough time in between to sanitize the pews due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>When stepping into this role, one of the first things to do was to combine the food banks into a single service for people in the neighbourhood. \u201cBoth communities have had a long history of service to the poor,\u201d he said. The combined food bank serves 200 families and plans are being made to distribute Christmas coupons to be exchanged for food hampers for about 400 families in the community. Pointe St-Charles is a working-class district of Montreal with a significant immigrant population, so the needs are very great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 1, Father Timothy Scott, CSB officially assumed responsibility as pastor of the English-language St. Gabriel\u2019s Catholic Church and of the French-language \u00c9glise St-Charles. 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