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      A letter from Rev. Michael Robert Mills to Bp. Rémi Gaulin reporting that the Colonel of the local regiment no longer forces the children of his Catholic soldiers to attend Protestant churches. Fr. Mills will forward the deeds for church lots in London and Beechville. As well, he relates the …

     

      Content of letter is Bishop Power instructing Rev. O'Dwyer on some parochial matters such as: dispensations for mixed marriages, payment for support of clergy, hearing confessions of women in his house and divisions of the diocese.

      Pastoral Letter from Bishop Power to the Brethren, regarding a Plenary Indulgence in the form of Jubilee, as proclaimed by Pope Pius IX.

     

      Item is a letter to the Reverend William McIntosh, informing him that he has received $4772 for the erection of a Catholic Church in or near Caledonia, the site of which Rev. McIntosh is directed to select.

      Item is a letter to the Reverend Mr. R. Mills, instructing him not to go to Brantford anymore and to refrain from corresponding with a certain Doyle family. His interference in their affairs was "improper, irregular, censurable and altogether uncalled for," says the Bishop.

      Item is a letter from Bishop Power to an unidentified French Bishop regarding his proposed trip to Europe to recruit clerics. He goes on to make an account of all the clerics under his authority and what positions they hold. Signed Michael, Eveque de Toronto.

      Letter to Rev. Angus Macdonell, in which the Bishop avails himself of Macdonell's offer of assistance by asking him to bring some questions to the attention of some members of Parliament. The first has to do with a bill before the Legislative Assembly in Upper Canada concerning religious societies. The …

      This Ledger offers a unique glimpse into how St. Paul's functioned as a parish in it's earliest years. Along with the usual things one would expect to find in a ledger, the book also contains information that will be of particular interest to family historians. At one time, it was …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers.

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers.

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      Document is a signed copy of Bishop Michael Power's first pastoral letter to the clergy and Faithful of the new Diocese of Toronto.

      Item is a typescript copy, bound and presented to Cardinal McGuigan by Archbishop O'Donnell of Halifax, September 21, 1935. Each letter is signed "Concardat cum originali" T. O'Donnell.

      The baking and breaking of bread has brought people, and communities together around the world for millennia. Aside from being a dietary staple, bread also plays a symbolic role in many religions as well. While each faith community has it's own unique cultural traditions, they also produce their own unique …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      Cover page of Illuminated address presented “To The Most Reverend John Walsh, D.D., Archbishop of Toronto, from the Catholic Laity of Toronto. Presented on Nov. 10th 1892”, the addresses were commissioned to mark the 25th Anniversary of Bishop Walsh's Episcopal Ordination. The addresses are Hand illuminated with the inscription, "Designed …

      Dedication page of Illuminated address presented “To The Most Reverend John Walsh, D.D., Archbishop of Toronto, from the Catholic Laity of Toronto. Presented on Nov. 10th 1892”, the addresses were commissioned to mark the 25th Anniversary of Bishop Walsh's Episcopal Ordination. The addresses are Hand illuminated with the inscription, "Designed …