Saturday, July 25, 2015

inSPIREd Sunday

Sally and Beth host inSPIREd Sunday!


July 2015 - Toronto ON

St. Patrick's Catholic Church - National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help


I went to the AGO on Friday, click here for some photos.  St. Patrick is near by. 
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.












6 comments:

  1. I'm always impressed with church architecture.

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  2. what gorgeous amazing architecture!! ( :

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  3. Such lovely details. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  4. It always strikes me as funny that St Patrick's is a German congregation!

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  5. Nicely done. I love seeing detail shots as well as an overall view.

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  6. The church and the rectory are beautiful... a lot of character to them.

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