Rabbi Roger Pavey, St. Thomas More, sits at his desk.

Bio/Historical Note: Image appears in 2 Oct. 1998 issue of OCN.

Bio/Historical Note: Roger Victor Pavey was born in Kidderminster, England in 1939. He was educated at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (BA, BD Honors), Yeshivah and Leo Baeck College, London. Ordained as Rabbi, 1967, he served Synagogues in London and Southend on Sea, Essex. He came with his young family to Canada in 1980, and was Rabbi in Saint John, NB, and Sarnia/Kitchener-Waterloo, ON. In 1988 Pavey was called to serve as Rabbi of Congregation Agudas Israel in Saskatoon. After his retirement he was made Rabbi Emeritus in 2008. He has taught Jewish Studies and Hebrew at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan. He earned an STM degree from St. Andrews College, Saskatoon, and was made a Fellow Leo Baeck College in 2008. Pavey died in Saskatoon in October 2009.