Pastoral Team

Pastor: Fr. Paul MacNeil

Father Paul MacNeil

I was appointed as pastor of Our Lady of the Scapular parish in November 2015 and I am delighted to be here. Before that, I was pastor of St. Ann's parish in Fenwick Ontario, a small but loving community about 30 minutes from here. I was born and raised in St. Catharines and ordained to the priesthood in 1999. Currently I am Chair of the Niagara Catholic District School Board and I'm working on my PhD in Religious Studies at McMaster University. As your pastor, my first priority is just to listen, to get to know you and understand the best way for me to serve you and to bring you closer to each other and to God through Christ.

Our Lady of the Scapular Roman Catholic Church

6557 Thorold Stone Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario L2J 1B2

Phone: 905-358-7611 | Fax: 905-358-7679

Parish Office Hours:

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

Are you interested in Becoming Catholic?

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Information for 2020-2021 Program

We welcome you!

This year we will receive new Catholics at our Easter Vigil Mass, Saturday, April 3rd, 2021.

All sessions take place on Mondays at 7:30 in the parish hall (Ferrando Room) unless otherwise noted:

Sept. 28: Information session
Oct. 5th - Dec. 14th - Weekly discussions, fall session
Jan. 11 - March 8 - Weekly discussions resume
Full reception into the Church: Saturday, April 3rd at 8:30 pm.
April 12 - May 17 - "Mystagogia" (how to become more integrated into our catholic life).

Our weekly discussions will use the video series Symbolon which is available on our FORMED website.

RCIA candidates will need a sponsor -- a friend or relative who is catholic, to accompany them on their journey. We can help you with this as well.