ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE SCHOOL - Key Persons
Fr. Andrew Leung, CSB was born in Calgary, and completed his Bachelor of Education in Physical Science and Biology at the University of Alberta, Master of Divinity at the University of St. Michael's College, and Master of Education at the University of Toronto.
He completed his principal papers through the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and has served as a teacher in Edmonton, Hong Kong, and Toronto.
He was ordained to the priesthood in 2008 for the Congregation of St. Basil (Basilian Fathers) and had been posted to St. Basil's Parish in Toronto, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong, St. Michael's College School in Toronto, and St. Alphonsus and St. Clare Parishes in Edmonton.
During Fr. Leung's time at St. Michael's College School (2001-02, 2006-07 and 2013-16), he taught General Science, Physics, and Math and coached the Badminton team. He also served as the school's Director of Spiritual Life (2015-16).
Fr. Leung also served the Basilian community as the Basilian Associate coordinator (2011-2013). In 2018, the Archbishop of Edmonton appointed Fr. Andrew as the Archbishop's Delegate for Catholic Education. In 2019, Fr. Leung was appointed as a member of the University of St. Michael's College Collegium in Toronto by the Superior General of the Congregation of St. Basil. He was also appointed as a director for the Detroit Catholic Central High School board in Novi, Michigan.
On November 22, 2018, Fr. Leung was named Interim President of St. Michael's College School, a position he held until October 10, 2019, when he was appointed to the permanent role of President.
Fr. Ed Ronan, CSB, used Judge Couture's property to offer St. Michael's College School and Henry Carr Secondary School students an outdoor educational environment and to teach them the skills needed to build a house.
Fr. Glenn McDonald is from Airdrie, AB, and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Alberta. He met the Basilian Fathers at St. Joseph's College, the Catholic College at the U of A. In 2001, he entered the Basilian novitiate in Tehuacán, Mexico.
After professing temporary vows, he studied theology at the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto. During his final year of theological studies, he taught Grade 10 math at St. Michael's College School.
Fr. Glenn's life with the Basilian Fathers has taken him to several places: Christ the King Parish in Rochester, N.Y.; St. Joseph's College, Edmonton; and St. Basil's Parish, Toronto.
He currently serves as pastor of the parishes of St. Alphonsus and St. Clare, Edmonton, and is a Division Chaplain with Edmonton Catholic School Division. He is also a board member of L'Arche Edmonton.
Located in Beeton, Ontario, Fr. Henry Carr Farm is an extension of our campus, providing students and staff with a place for outdoor education and retreat.
Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, Fr. Morgan Rice, CSB studied mechanical engineering at the University of Virginia and later worked for six years in the engineering field in Houston, Texas. It was there that he met the Basilian Fathers at St. Anne Parish and began to discern seriously the priesthood and religious life.
His Basilian journey brought him to Detroit where he taught algebra and physics for a year and then to Toronto where he completed a Master of Divinity degree at the Faculty of Theology at the University of St. Michael's College.
Ordained in November 2009, Fr. Morgan served as an associate pastor at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Rochester, N.Y., and then moved to Toronto in June 2017 to begin his term as Pastor at St. Basil's Parish.
In July 2014, Fr. Rice was elected to a four-year term on the General Council of the Basilian Fathers. He was re-elected to a subsequent four-year term in 2018.
In 2022, Fr. Rice was re-elected to a four-year term with the General Council of the Basilian Fathers.
Fr. Warren Schmidt, CSB, is from Edmonton, AB. In 2004, he graduated from the University of Alberta's Faculté Saint-Jean with a BSc, majoring in biological sciences. Fr. Warren met the Basilians while working as a technologist in an environmental microbiology lab in Edmonton, studying philosophy and being actively involved in Catholic student groups at St. Joseph's College at the University of Alberta. In 2009, he professed first vows as a Basilian and was ordained a priest in 2014.
Fr. Warren taught high school French and English as a Basilian at Instituto Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (INSA) in Cali, Colombia. His Basilian life has brought him to Cali and Santa Marta, Colombia; Windsor, Ontario, as a novice; Toronto for theological studies at the University of St. Michael's College; St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Rochester, NY; Paris, France, where he earned his PhD in sacramental theology from the l'Institut Catholique de Paris; and now full-circle back to Edmonton, where he currently teaches theology at St. Joseph's College.
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- Vice Principal - Dean of Students / Administration
After obtaining a BA and an MA from St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto, Hugh McDougall began teaching at St. Michael's College School in 1961, marking the beginning of his 25-year career at the school, where he served as teacher, vice principal, coach, counsellor, and staff mentor.
In 1974, Hugh relocated to Lausanne, Switzerland to take the position of Headmaster at the Canadian Junior College. This move turned out to be a life-changing experience for him and his wife, Eleanor, and their four children Elizabeth, Mary Anne, Brian '84, and Peter '87.
In 1996, Hugh retired after serving 10 years as Vice Principal of Fr. John Redmond High School, a new school proudly named after a renowned Basilian educator.
Throughout these experiences, Hugh never lost touch with his St. Michael's colleagues. He continues to be a presence at sporting events, golf tournaments, and the annual Turkey Roll.
Despite many professional accomplishments, his family, which has grown to nine grandchildren, remains his greatest achievement, thanks mainly to Eleanor to whom he says he owes everything.
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- Director
- Appointed Fellow of the Caux Round Table
- Founding Director of the Centre for Ethical Orientation
Mr. John Dalla Costa, Director Mr. Patrick Fradley-Davis '77, Director Ms. Susan Grundy, Director Fr. Glenn McDonald, CSB, Director Fr. Morgan Rice, CSB, Director Fr. Warren Schmidt, CSB, Director Mr. Peter E. Sweeney '82, Director
Mr. John Dalla Costa is the founding director of the Centre for Ethical Orientation. He has provided ethics and governance consulting internationally to organizations in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
An original faculty member of the Directors College, for ten years he also taught business ethics and social responsibility at the Schulich School of Business.
He has authored five books including most recently, ‘Magnificence at Work: Living Faith in Business', and bestselling, ‘Working Wisdom: The Ultimate Value in the New Economy'.
A newly appointed Fellow of the Caux Round Table, Mr. Dalla Costa is working with an international network of business leaders and the Vatican to foster the moral principles for ‘Inclusive Capitalism'. He is also part of an interdisciplinary task-force at the Pontifical University of Thomas Aquinas that is developing a framework for the integral economy based on the Apostolic Exhortations and Encyclicals of Pope Francis.
Mr. Dalla Costa holds a BA in literature from Dominican University, as well as a BA in Sacred Theology and a Master of Divinity from Regis College.
Louis ‘Bud" Odette is a well-known and successful businessman. His company, Eastern Construction is known for its mega-projects and for its quality of work. There are other construction companies that could make similar claims. However, ‘Bud' Odette as Christian humanist, philanthropist and patron of the Arts and Education is apart from others. He stands for the ideals which St. Michael's College School teachers. He has consistently urged St. Michael's College School to academic and cultural excellence. We appreciate his collaboration in our renewal. With great joy, we honour him with The Order of St. Michael.
Mr. Max Ciccolini became involved with St. Michael's in 1992 when his son Robert enrolled. Max had two sons graduate from St. Michael's, Robert '97 and Anthony '01.
Max was a very active parent at St. Michael's becoming involved in the Building Fund Campaign from the very beginning. He was secretary/treasurer of the Parent's Guild for years, he helped organize and was a major contributor to the annual Dinner Dance fundraiser, he helped organize the Fashion Show and he was an Executive Committee member for the 150th Anniversary Gala Dinner.
Max did not graduate from St. Michael's College School but has a love and concern for St. Michael's which equals that of those who did attend.
Job Titles:
- Principal
- Position of Superintendent of Education for Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board
- Principal / Administration
Mr. Patrick (Pat) Daly is a Catholic school graduate, and a Catholic education professional of 33 years, with more than 22 years of diverse leadership experience.
He began his career in 1989 as a secondary school teacher with Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB), and for the next 25 years, he was promoted to a variety of roles of progressive responsibility, including department head, secondary school vice principal, and secondary school principal.
In 2015, Mr. Daly was appointed to the position of Superintendent of Education for Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board, assuming a portfolio that included responsibilities for Secondary Schools, Human Resources, Student Achievement, and Continuing Education.
Mr. Daly returned to the Halton Catholic District School Board in 2018 as Director of Education. Over the last four years, he led a dynamic team of more than 4700 staff, serving almost 37,000 students enrolled in 56 Catholic schools across the four municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville.
In April 2022, Mr. Daly was announced as the 31st Principal of St. Michael's College School.
Patrick graduated from St. Michael's College School in 1977.
He is a retired human resources professional with 32 years of experience at Ontario Hydro/Ontario Power Generation. His work experience within human resources has covered many facets including, health and safety, wellness, compensation and benefits, disability management, operational audit, and training.
In his post-retirement, Patrick has taught human resources and occupational health and safety at George Brown College and Sheridan College.
Patrick is currently a certified workplace investigator for a small law firm. He investigates harassment and discrimination claims under the Occupational Health and Safety act.
He has maintained close ties to his community by volunteering on local committees and community projects. Patrick's board experience includes being the current board Chair for the Canadian Mental Health Association in Peel/Dufferin. An organization that offers grassroots mental health support to the communities in Peel Region and Dufferin county.
Patrick is also the Co-chair of the Working Committee for the Hills of Headwaters Ontario Health Team. A local, regional team assembled to provide integrated health services to Orangeville, Caledon, and surrounding communities.
Peter recently founded Green Emerald Real Estate Group, a Canadian real estate investment group that is focused on Canadian based income producing assets that include retail shopping centres, industrial and warehouse facilities and commercial office buildings, which provide constituent investors with stable, safe, and secure returns over the long term.
Prior to establishing Green Emerald, Peter was the Chief Financial Officer of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), one of Canada's largest fully integrated REITs specializing in retail and mixed-use real estate.
Prior to joining SmartCentres REIT in 2014, Peter served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Allied Properties from 2010-2014. From 1996-2010, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at DTZ Barnicke, a leading real estate brokerage and advisory firm. Peter has been a Chartered Accountant since 1988 and he is a graduate of Ryerson University in 1986 and St. Michael's College School (SMCS) in 1982.
His five sons all graduated from SMCS: Robert '06, Peter Jr. '07, Patrick '08, Niall '11, and Declan '13.
Peter served an instrumental fundraising role for both the SMCS Centre for the Arts and the Basilian Fathers' Presentation Manor retirement residence project. In addition, Peter has spent the last 20 years as a member of the Southdown Board of Directors, a charitable organization that provides preventative and restorative care to clergy and vowed religious.
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- Weight Room Supervisor / Athletics
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- IT Helpdesk Support Team Supervisor / Information Technology
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- Plant Operator / Facilities
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- Payroll Specialist / Accounting Assistant / Finance
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- Communications Specialist / Communications
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- Student Wellness Officer / Student Wellness Office
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- Director
- Retired Partner of Blake
Susan Grundy is a retired partner of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, where she practiced business restructuring and insolvency law for many years. Most recently she was a member of the firm's senior management team as the firm's General Counsel.
She has served on the boards of a number of professional and non-profit organizations and is currently a member of the boards of VHA Home Healthcare and Toronto Botanical Garden.
Susan has an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, is a Fellow of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and is a graduate of Queen's University and University of Toronto Law School.
Susan is married with three adult children.
Regis Quinn, fondly known at St. Michael's as Reg, is a businessman who spent many years serving St. Michael's College School as a member of the Board of Directors. Quinn was largely instrumental in the early success of the school's re-entry into Major Junior hockey.
Quinn started working at a very young age to help his family financially. It all started with his first two summers at Atlas Steele in Welland. He then went on to study and become a barber and a hairdresser, but quickly abandoned that to join Litton Industries selling computers in the early 60s. At the age of 24, Regis became the youngest Canadian Tire Dealer in history and he soon came to Toronto to run one of the largest Canadian Tire Stores in the country.
Ownership in hockey soon followed with the purchase of the Young Nats organization. He also became a sponsor of St. Michael's Buzzers, which included buying a Zamboni for the St. Mike's Arena. Quinn then bought the Niagara Falls Flyers of the OHL. He worked with Fr. McLean, CSB and Fr. Fitzpatrick, CSB, who was the principal of St. Mike's at that time, to try to bring Major Junior A Hockey back to St. Michael's School.
Quinn was asked to meet with Fr. Mohan, CSB for the first time, when St. Michael's was again trying to acquire a Major Junior A hockey team. Fr. Mohan asked Regis to assume a leadership role in the school's expansion project in the late 90s, to serve on the school's Board, and to head up the Financial Committee. Quinn also served on the Investment Committee under the watch of Fr. Redican, CSB, and worked with Fr. Redican on the committee to open Holy Name of Mary College School, which was supported by the Basilian Fathers.
In the late 90s, Regis sold his Canadian Tire store and started Protect Air with his brother. Protect Air is a vehicle emissions company that runs emissions programmes in many states and provinces throughout North America. This business grew substantially in a very short period of time and was sold off. In 2001, Regis opened his first BMW store and over time opened seven more dealerships.
In closing, one of Regis' favourite past times, that he still enjoys to this day, is playing hockey with St. Michael's Oldtimers.