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The Ontario Minister of Energy will help celebrate the opening of St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church, Canada’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified church, on Wednesday, September 20th at 1:30 pm.  LEED recognizes leading edge buildings that incorporate design, construction and operational practices that combine healthy, high-quality and high-performance advantages with reduced environmental impacts.

Peter Love will officially announce Greening Sacred Spaces, a program that offers faith communities a variety of ways to promote energy conservation.  The Greening Sacred Spaces program will be operated by Faith & the Common Good, and has received funding from the Ontario Power Authority’s Conservation Fund and the Toronto Atmospheric Fund.

Immediately after these announcements, Father Paul Cusack and Roberto Chiotti will conduct a tour of the new St. Gabriel’s Church and identify the ‘green’ features.


WHEN:

Wednesday, September 20th, 1:30 pm


WHO:

Hon. Dwight Duncan - Minister of Energy

Father Paul Cusack - Pastor of St Gabriel’s Parish

Philip Jessup - Toronto Atmospheric Fund

Peter Love - Chief Energy Conservation Officer

Roberto Chiotti - President, Larkin Architects

Ted Reeve - Faith & the Common Good

Azba Hathiyani - The Islamic Foundation


WHERE:

St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church
670 Sheppard Ave. East, Toronto (East of Bayview, north side)

Other guests and speakers are welcome to avail themselves of the refreshments and review the Faith and the Common Good information table in the Gathering Space of the church.


For more information, contact:

Rory O'Brien, Coordinator - Greening Sacred Spaces, Faith and the Common Good,
416-978-5306  

Steven Erwin, Minister’s Office, 416-327-3546

Kathryn Chopp, Ontario Power Authority/Conservation Bureau, 416-969-6081