Fall 1993 - Rene and Thelma Ongcangco attended ME #5 sponsored by BLD Toronto.
1994 - Ongcangcos sponsored Art and Fe Edralin and Tony and Glo Ugarte to join Toronto’s ME #6. As often as they could, they attended Toronto’s praise and worship held at that time on Thursday nights. Soon, they started meeting in their homes, adopting the “ACTS” prayer format and singing the songs they learned from their respective Class reunions. Family and friends came to join them and as the prayer group started to grow, it became apparent they needed to have a bigger venue for their prayer meetings.
1995 – Permission was obtained from the pastor of St. Catherines of Alexandria Cathedral to use the Cathedral parish hall for their prayer meetings. After a year of regular use and an increasing number of people coming, St. Catherines of Alexandria Cathedral became the permanent venue of the prayer group.
1996 - By this time, St. Catharines felt the need for a more structured organization for its prayer group. They started to participate in a whirlwind of teachings in the Christian Discipleship Formation Program given by the Toronto District, given mostly on weekends and on occasional weeknights.
1996 - Jules and Ely Misa were appointed as the first “Community Shepherds” by Toronto District to oversee and guide the growth of the community. Ministries formed included Service, Praise, Liturgy, Secretariat, Treasury, Intercessory, MLA & LSA
February 6, 1997 - the Bishop of Niagara approved the establishment of St. Catharines as an Outreach of BLD Toronto.
May 23-25, 1997 - St. Catharines teamed up with BLD Rochester in sponsoring ME #1, held at Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua, NY. With St. Catharines officially becoming the first BLD “Outreach”, Jules and Ely Misa stayed on as Community Shepherds and the three “founders” who attended Toronto’s Aspirants Retreat - Rene/Thelma Ongcango, Art/Fe Edralin and Tony/Glo Ugarte – were appointed as “Core Leaders” of Management, Evangelization and Formation respectively.
1997 - St. Catharines sponsored its first LSS later in the year.
1998 - Another joint sponsorship of St. Catharines Outreach and Rochester Outreach of ME #2 in the same venue in Canandaigua, NY. This is the last ME they sponsored together and would thereafter put on their own ME weekend independently.
1999 - Tony and Glo Ugarte requested to be relieved as Core Leaders, Formation and Romy and Minda Panday were appointed to the post they vacated.
2000 – Commenced the celebration of healing mass every last Friday of the month.
2001 - Core Leaders were renamed as “District Council of Stewards” (“DCS”). And the Outreach became a “District in Process” (“DIP”). Jules and Ely Misa were renamed “District Shepherds”. Thirteen members participated in Toronto’s Aspirants Retreat.
2003 – Rene and Thelma Ongcangco were appointed by Toronto District to take over from Jules and Ely Misa as District Shepherds. Danny and Myrna Zapata assumed position vacated by the Ongcangcos as DCS, Management.
2005 - Fr. Manuel Serranilla appointed as Spiritual Director of St. Catharines District In Process (DIP).
October 2006 - Olie and Menchu Ealdama were appointed by the Toronto Administering as District Shepherds.
January 2008 - New set of DCS emerged and installed as heads of 4 Apostolates - Management (Poch/Avic Robles), Evangelization (Romy/Minda Panday), Formation – Roy/Carmen Mitra and Pastoral (Cip/Emmy Tabios).
March 2008 - Local Bishop installed all DLCs including those for new ministries created - Mark 10, Mission, Word and Teaching for a total of 13 Ministries.
January 2009 - Youth Group and Solo Parents Ministry were formed.
September 4, 2009 - Olie & Menchu Ealdama reinstated as District Shepherds for another term.
June 4, 2010 - Toronto Mission DCS announced at DLC General Assembly that St. Catharines DIP has potential to become a Full-Fledged District status.
June 2011 - Fr. Don Lizzotti was appointed as the next Spiritual Director of St. Catharines DIP. While the following year, after the 6 years service of Olie and Menchu Eadama, in August 2012, Jess and Marilen Angeles were appointed as District Shepherds.
October 1st, 2012 - While plans for transition were being done for the Community, an Interim DCS were appointed to head the four apostolates: the Evangelization (Romy and Minda Panday), Formation (Val and Lina Ayroso), Management (Poch and Avic Robles), and Pastoral (Cip and Emmy Tabios).
December 8, 2013 - BLD St. Catharines was elevated to a Full-Fledged District Status.
February 2014 - there was a "Special Emergence" which brought about a new set of DCS and installed as heads of the 5 Apostolates - Evangelization (Romy and Minda Panday), Formation (Val and Lina Ayroso), Management (Poch and Avic Robles), Mission (Dan and Myrna Zapata), and Pastoral (Cip and Emmy Tabios).
July 2015-2018 reinstallation of the current 5 couple-DCS and maintained their apostolate during the emergence
July of 2018 – emergence of three new couple DCS and joined the two former DCS as they were installed as heads of the 5 Apostolates: the Evangelization (Gener and Corrie Bajao), Formation (Tho and Magie Respicio), Management (Poch and Avic Robles), Mission (Ante and Lorna Martires), and the Pastoral (Cip and Emmy Tabios).
September of 2018 - installation of the 13 new Ministry Coordinators took place at the Healing Mass officiated by Fr. Greg Schmidt. Also present were Tony and Angie Ng, the Cluster Shepherds of BLD St. Catharines Community.
July 2021 - a new set of DCS emerged and were installed in August 2021 as heads of the 5 Apostolates - Evangelization (Gener and Corrie Bajao), Formation (Val and Lina Ayroso), Management (Tho and Magie Respicio), Mission (Ken and Norma Kehoe), and the Pastoral (Romy and Minda Panday).
September of 2021 - installation of the new Ministry Coordinators took place at the Healing mass officiated by Fr. Don Lizzotti. Tony and Angie Ng re-emerged as the Cluster Shepherds. Currently, there are 5 apostolates and 16 ministries in the community. The 17th ministry, Social Media and Communications, was established but the ministry coordinator position is currently vacant.