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      The parish of St. Joseph's, Toronto, was officially created in 1878.The church itself was erected in 1884 and was opened in 1886 by Bishop Mahoney. Disaster would befall the parish in 1907 when fire destroyed the church. It would take two years of renovations before the new church was finally …

      The first St. Mary Immaculate church was opened by Fr. John McNulty on September 20, 1857. Between 1871-75, Fr. J.P. Cassidy undertook some refurbishments and the building was enlarged. By 1894, a new, brick church, stood on the site of original one, thanks to the efforts of Fr. Patrick McMahon. …

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

      Decreed at the IV Lateran Council in 1215 and enshrined in Canon Law 51, the original intention of banns was to prevent clandestine marriages. By the Council of Trent in 1563, the provisions governing marriage banns was made more precise. The names of the contracting parties were now announced publicly …

     

     

      In what was then known as the Village of Brockton, the first church was erected by the villagers in 1871 and completed in 1872. According to one Mary F. Mallon, "All the children from the Separate School turned out to dig the foundation of St. Helen's Church. The Parishioners brought …

      The cornerstone for the first church, containing a piece of rock from Lourdes, was laid on Sunday, May 10th 1874, by Archbishop Lynch. He also consecrated the new cemetery that same day. The church, which was Gothic in style, was completed in 1875. On St. Patrick's Day, 1978, the final …