Donald Stoesz

Rev. Don Stoesz is an ordained Mennonite minister who worked for thirty-five years (1987-2022) as an institutional chaplain in Quebec and Alberta. From 1998- 2007, he was a member of the Bridge Committee, which gave oversight to Calgary community chaplaincy. From 2002-2017, he was part of a Stakeholders Group that guided the establishment of Circles of Support and Accountability in Calgary. Joan Palardy served for seventeen years as a Roman Catholic chaplain at Bowden Institution in Alberta ...See more

Rev. Don Stoesz is an ordained Mennonite minister who worked for thirty-five years (1987-2022) as an institutional chaplain in Quebec and Alberta. From 1998- 2007, he was a member of the Bridge Committee, which gave oversight to Calgary community chaplaincy. From 2002-2017, he was part of a Stakeholders Group that guided the establishment of Circles of Support and Accountability in Calgary. Joan Palardy served for seventeen years as a Roman Catholic chaplain at Bowden Institution in Alberta (1991-2007). She and her husband John volunteered for three months in 2010 with Just Equipping, an overseas restorative justice initiative started by Pierre and Judy Allard. Joan has published a book about her ministry, From the Heart (2018). See less