Sally and Beth host inSPIREd Sunday!
July 2015 - Toronto ON
St. Patrick's Catholic Church - National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Check back tomorrow to see what's across the street from the church.
St. Patrick's began as a mission from St. Michael's, but was given its own parish boundaries in 1861. After the Redemptorists preached a mission at St. Michael's in 1880, they were invited to take charge of St. Patrick's. This they did in 1881. St. Patrick's became a center for many ministries: Germans and other immigrants, parish missions and retreats, confessions of religious, hospital chaplaincies, devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. As the headquarters for the Vice-province and Province when these were established, it was also the scene of much administration and the works that flowed from that. In many ways, it was the Province's "mother house". The present rectory on McCaul was built in 1886; the present church in 1908.
I'm always impressed with church architecture.
ReplyDeletewhat gorgeous amazing architecture!! ( :
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely details. Tom The Backroads Traveller
ReplyDeleteIt always strikes me as funny that St Patrick's is a German congregation!
ReplyDeleteNicely done. I love seeing detail shots as well as an overall view.
ReplyDeleteThe church and the rectory are beautiful... a lot of character to them.
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