Rolph Fernandes began his Siddha Yoga practice in 1982 in Montreal. He has offered seva in the kitchen and gardens at Shree Muktananda Ashram and as a satsang host at the Siddha Yoga Meditation Center in Montreal. A former Franciscan monk, Brother Rolph was the Franciscans’ interfaith representative in Canada for ten years, until 1999. He is currently an interfaith minister in Montreal. He studied at the All Faiths Seminary International in New York and was ordained at the Church of the Epiphany, also in New York.