The Rev. Canon Gregory Carpenter (second from right), incumbent of St. Jude, Wexford receives the King Charles III Coronation Medal from MP Salma Zahid at a civic ceremony in January. The award is for exemplary service to the community. Canon Carpenter has been a member of the Interfaith Council for Scarborough Centre since 2016, co-hosting multiple Iftar dinners during Ramadan. His focus on outreach has expanded the scope of the church’s food bank, and St. Jude’s hosted vaccination clinics during the pandemic. With Canon Carpenter and Ms. Zahid are, from left, churchwardens Sharon Fiennes-Clinton and Hugo McIntosh, Canon Carpenter’s mother Bev Carpenter, and churchwarden Monique Hodge.
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