Holding the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the University of British Columbia | Okanagan (2010), the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario (2013), and the Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S., 2023) and Master of Theology (Th.M., 2016) degrees from Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Fr. Matt is the 21st Rector of St. John the Baptist, Sardis (Chilliwack), BC. He is also a Fellow of the Guild of Musicians and Singers (FGMS) as well as a member of the Corpus Christi Chapter of the Society of Catholic Priests (SCP).
In addition to this work, he is also an instructor in the Licentiate of Theology program at Huron, a member of the tenor section of Belle Voci, an acapella ensemble in the Fraser Valley and he continues his work as a Civilian Instructor with 349 Chilliwack Sea Cadets and within the Canadian Cadet Organization at large.
From 2017-2024, he served as the Rector of St Mary, Virden; St Mark, Elkhorn; Christ Church, Melita; and St John, Reston (the Tri-Valley Parish). He was also the Secretary of Synod and the Editor of the Mustard Seed of the Diocese of Brandon. He also served in the Virden community as the Chaplain to the Legion, as the Board Chair of the Association for Community Living, as a member of the Virden Aud Theatre Board, as the Chaplain to the Wallace District Fire Department, and as a Civilian Instructor with the 2528 XII Manitoba Dragoons Cadet Corps.
In the summer of 2023, he also served as the Chaplain to the Brandon Cadet Training Centre, where he was part of a team charged with the welfare and morale (and for him specifically, the spiritual needs) of approximately 110 souls on site.
He completed two basic units of clinical pastoral education at Parkwood Hospital, London, ON (2012), and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON (2015), and from 2017-2024 served as an on-call chaplain at Brandon Regional Health Centre.
