He returned to Quebec, attending the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville where he completed his undergraduate studies and postgraduate studies in Theology.  A few years after his Ordination to the Priesthood, he and Lorna with their infant son (two other children were born while living in Western Canada) moved to Western Canada. He served in several parishes and dioceses throughout the West, and also worked on several committees both at the National and Provincial levels. In the '70's, he took a two year sabbatical completing a degree in "Administration and Finance" at the
University of Manitoba. He then accepted an appointment as Diocesan Treasurer, and later moving to British Columbia became Dean of Kootenay  during which time he also was appointed as Provincial Treasurer of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia.
Fr. Bob and Lorna returned to Ottawa in the late '80's, and, retiring in 1998, took up residence on Vancouver Island.

The series of books that Fr. Bob has authoured and is presenting here cover a wide range of topics from homosexuality and the church to a 12th century anchoress who presents a challenge to many of our concepts of theology.