Staff Bios

The Reverend Angus Stuart

Rector

Angus Stuart arrived in Canada from England in February 2005 with his wife, Christine, and children, Aaron (born 1990) and Anna Mae (born 1993) to become Rector at St Francis.

For the previous nine years he was Senior Anglican Chaplain at the University of Bristol and before that was Curate at St Mary-the-Virgin, Twickenham in the Diocese of London. He trained at Cranmer Hall in St John's College, University of Durham. He holds Bachelor Degrees in Geography and Theology and a PhD in which he studied people's experiences of ageing and environment.

For a number of years Angus has been involved in the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland (www.thomasmertonsociety.org) and is currently a member of the Thomas Merton Society of Canada (www.merton.ca). He has organized conferences and presented papers in the UK and Canada and has edited two volumes of papers from the UK Merton conferences.

Other interests include a passion for jazz and blues music (check out www.kplu.org), Jack Kerouac and the Beats, all things Vespa and hiking in vast empty places.

therector@telus.net

Caitlin Bradley

Music Director

A recent graduate of the University of British Columbia, Caitlin studied voice and choral conducting with well known conductor and vocal clinician, Bruce Pullan. Caitlin was the director of the UBC Vocal Jazz Ensemble, sang with many ensembles including the UBC University Singers with whom she traveled to Ireland in 2004 to compete in the Cork International Choral Competition, and Austria in 2006 to celebrate Mozart's 250th.

In June 2006 Caitlin was seen in her first operatic role as Amore, angel of love, in Gluck's Italian opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" produced by Magi.

Caitlin began her professional vocal career singing with the Vancouver Cantata Singers in August of 2003 at which time she also sang as the soprano section leader and member of the solo quartet at Holy Rosary Cathedral.

In September 2005, Caitlin began singing with the prestigious Vancouver Chamber Choir directed by Jon Washburn.

Currently Caitlin is singing with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and the Vancouver Cantata Singers. She has been the musical director at the Capilano Suspension Bridge, and she is the music director for the UBC Gilbert & Sullivan's February 2007 performance of Iolanthe.

Prior to attending UBC, Caitlin was a student at the Jennings Institute for Performing Artists directed by Marnie Jennings. Here she studied piano, voice, acting, music history and theory, and dance (ballet, jazz, tap, Irish, hip-hop, modern).

musicdirector@telus.net

Phil Colvin

Youth Director

Phil Colvin came to St. Francis from England in October 2006 at the end of a world tour which saw him work and travel in almost a dozen countries over the course of a year. Before that, he spent two years working as the Chaplaincy Assistant and a Pastoral Tutor at the University of Bristol. He graduated from the University of East Anglia in 2003 where, as well as studying for a degree in English and Creative Writing, he served as a committee member for the Christian Union and worked as the film editor on the university's student newspaper.

Phil has worked with youth around the word, from placements in an orphanage in Bulgaria to a favella school in Brazil and a drug rehabilitation centre for Tibetan youths in northern India. He has also worked as a counselor and program director at summer camps in the United States.

Since September 2008 Phil has also been working as the Diocesan Youth Coordinator for New Westminster. When he's not doing either of his jobs (and sometimes when he is) Phil will be catching up with all the books and movies he believes he has missed, hiking and skiing around the world with his camera and writing the occassional essay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

youthworker@telus.net

Lynn Coules

Parish Administrator

In 1970 Lynn left Liverpool, England and followed Keith to Vancouver where they married in 1973. Shortly after moving to West Vancouver in 1981, they became members of St. Francis-in-the-Wood. Son Jeffrey (born 1982) and daughter Alexandra (born 1985) were both baptized in St. Francis.

Lynn's primary career as a para-legal lasted over 20 years. While recovering from an injury during training as a Vancouver Police Officer, she decided to pursue a different career in travel. Working as a travel consultant on and off for 15 years allowed her the opportunity to travel far and wide. Some of Lynn's favourite destinations are South Africa, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Australia.

Over the years Lynn has been an active community volunteer for numerous non-profit organizations. After completing many courses at the Pacific Marine Training Institute, she has been a volunteer for 16 years in the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, and a crew member on the search and rescue vessel in Fishermen's Cove.

In her spare time, Lynn likes to participate in outdoor recreational activities, including sailing with her husband Keith on their 32' C & C yacht. Lynn really enjoys the variety of work in her position at St. Francis and the people she works with - in fact she doesn't consider it work at all!

stfrancis@telus.net

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