Who We Are

The Dalhousie Multifaith Centre has a team of eleven chaplains who represent eleven different faith communities, reflecting five of the world's major faiths. Details on each of these eleven chaplains follow.

The Dalhousie Chaplains

Buddhist — Shambhala
Timothy Addison
Phone: 494.2287
Shambhala Buddhist Community
E-mail lodro.gyatso@gmail.com

Christian — Anglican
Rev. Dr. Gary Thorne
Address: 1321 Edward Street
Phone: 422.1271 (Ext. 140) Cell: 440.0251
Priest-in-Charge of the Chapel at King's College
E-mail gthorne@eastlink.ca
Homepage www.kingschapel.ca

Christian — Baptist
Lic. John Dalton
Address: 1321 Edward Street
Phone: 492.0064
First Baptist Church, Halifax
E-mail jddalton@eastlink.ca

Christian — Christian Reformed
TBA

Christian — Lutheran
Clement Mehlman
Address: 1321 Edward Street
Phone: 494.2287 (Office) 475.1852 (Residence)
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
E-mail cmehlman@dal.ca
Homepage www.lutheranstudentsatlantic.com

Christian — Roman Catholic
Fr. Daren Bryk
Address: 6345 Coburg Road
Phone: 422.8265 or 494.2287
Archdiocese of Halifax
E-mail frdbryk@gmail.com
Homepage www.dal.ca/sjnc

Christian — United Church of Canada
Martha Martin
Address: 1321 Edward Street
Phone: 494.2287
E-mail MarthaMartin@dal.ca
Blog http://marthaemartin.blogspot.com/

Hindu
Dr. S. Swaminathan
Address: 1321 Edward Street
Phone: O:494.3864 H: 423.4350
A priest at the Hindu Temple
E-mail swami@mathstat.dal.ca
Homepage www.mathstat.dal.ca/~swami/

Associate Chaplains

Baha'i
Dr. Joanne Langley
Phone: 425.8188
Baha'i Community
E-mail jmlangle@dal.ca

Buddhist — Soto Zen
Rev. Anzan Tesshin James Smith
Phone: 852.4323
Atlantic Soto Zen Buddhist Community
E-mail tesshin@atlanticsotozencenter.com
Website atlanticsotozencenter.com

Jewish — Conservative
Ari Isenberg
Address: 1981 Oxford Street
Phone: Office 423.5848 Cell 404.1149 and 444.7798
Spiritual Leader of Shaar Shalom Congregation
E-mail cantor_ari@ns.sympatico.ca
Website theshaar.ca

Jewish — Orthodox
Rabbi Ari Sherbill
Address: 1480 Oxford Street
Phone: 422.1302
Rabbi at Beth Israel Synagogue
E-mail rabbi@thebethisrael.com
Website thebethisrael.com

Muslim — Shi'a
Imam Syed Mohammad Shah
Phone: 405.0164
Al Rasool Islamic Society
E-mail syedaqeel@hotmail.com

Muslim — Sunni
Imam Dr. Jamal Badawi
Phone: 445.2494
E-mail jamalbadawi@hotmail.com