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Parish Nurse

Lily Cugliari-Kobayashi

parishnurse@yorkminsterpark.com

Lily graduated from the Toronto Western Hospital School of Nursing Diploma Program, Class of '78. After 2 years of nursing in General Paediatrics, she received a bursary from SickKids, to attend the McMaster University School of Nursing, Primary Care/Nurse Practitioner Diploma Program. She then returned to Sickkids and over a span of almost 40 years worked in various divisions, including Adolescent Medicine and Psychiatry, Orthopaedic and Pre-Anaesthesia Clinics.

In 2018, Lily retired from SickKids, but not from Nursing. As a strong believer in lifelong learning and continuing education, Lily enrolled in the Parish Nurse Program, St. Peter's Seminary in London Ontario, in collaboration with Dayton University in Ohio. After completing the first part of this certificate program, she became so inspired that she enrolled in the Foundations Plus Program at St. Peter’s and is looking forward to graduating this summer at end of August 2022.

Lily feels blessed to be on staff, part time at YPBC, Health and Wellness, Parish Nurse Ministry. As well, she sits on the Pastoral Care Committee and is an active volunteer in the community. She is a member @ Holy Rosary Catholic Church and involved with the Out of the Cold and St. Clare Circle ministries. One of Lily's most valued beliefs is the following quote by Deborah L. Patterson, "Parish Nursing is a ministry of the congregation, not of the individual performing ministry." She has found this to be of utmost truth within the YPBC Community.