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Parish aims to be Strathmore��Ƶapp ‘beating heart’

qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 08:46:29 -0500

Fr. Cristino Bouvette knew the first guided tour of the future Sacred Heart Parish would be a profoundly stirring experience for his congregation.

Donor pledging to save Nova Scotia parish disappears

qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0400

The anonymous donor who emerged from nowhere in April to present an offer of $10 million to save and restore the historic 118-year-old Église Sainte-Marie Catholic Church in Church Point, N.S., has seemingly vanished into thin air.

Organ restoration latest phase in Assumption renos

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0400

The latest phase in the restoration of historic Our Lady of the Assumption Church here includes the dismantling of the 104-year-old pipe organ.

A parish reborn

qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:48:38 -0400

Alberta town innovates by re-purposing IGA as its new spiritual home

Edmonton vows to restore historic Indigenous parish

canadiancatholicnews@catholicregister.org (Canadian Catholic News) — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:31:25 -0400

EDMONTON -- The Archdiocese of Edmonton says it will do whatever it takes to restore Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples after a devastating fire Aug. 30 tore through the rear of the building.

New life for parish after devastating fire

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 07:00:00 -0400

ST. ISIDORE, ONT. -- When the historic church in St. Isidore, built in 1879, was destroyed by fire after a lightning storm in 2016, the community vowed off that the spiritual centre of the small French-Canadian community in eastern Ontario would rise again.

Assumption reno counts on fresh flow of cash

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 07:00:00 -0500

WINDSOR, Ont. -- With phase one of renovations complete church officials are now moving ahead with the next phase of repairs to 177-year-old Our Lady of Assumption Church — but they’ll need to dig into some deeper pockets to complete it.

Parish bucks the trend with expansion

Sat, 26 Oct 2019 13:15:00 -0400

At a time when church attendance is declining, parishioners of St. Mark��Ƶapp parish faced a good problem — their church was too small.

Parish builds plans for historic church

mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:55:00 -0400

For St. Andrew��Ƶapp Parish in Oakville, Ont., the Diocese of Hamilton��Ƶapp ambitious One Heart One Soul Campaign arrives at just the right time.

Grand re-opening was … well, grand

mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0400

When Fr. Maurice Restivo looked out upon a packed congregation — about double Our Lady of Assumption Church��Ƶapp capacity — he knew the historic parish was back.