St. Teresa Roman Catholic Church, New Toronto

St Teresa Roman Catholic Church
43°35′56″N 79°30′34″W / 43.59889°N 79.50944°W / 43.59889; -79.50944
Location New Toronto, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario
Country Canada
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website
History
Founded 1925
Dedication St Thérèse
Administration
Diocese Archdiocese of Toronto
Clergy
Pastor(s) Fr Adam Gabriel

St. Teresa Roman Catholic Church is in the former town of New Toronto in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario and a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. It serves the local Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School.

History

St. Teresa Church was formed out of St. Leo's, Mimico 1924[1] to serve the Town of New Toronto. The congregation worshipped in the Century Hall (on Sixth Street) until the old church on Tenth Street was finished the next year, 1925.[2] The first pastor, Fr. Clancy who chose the dedication for the parish (St. Theresa), was succeeded by Fr. Carroll as the Second World War began in 1939, bringing in a period of many changes for the parish. Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, Long Branch was formed out of St. Theresa's in 1939 to serve the growing village (former sea side resort) to the west. With the end of the war, many Polish families began to move into the area from war-torn Europe, taking work at local industries; this led to the 1957 founding of St. Teresa Catholic Elementary School beside the church. After liturgical changes in the Latin Rite, a new, modernist style church was built on Eleventh Street in 1967; the old church was demolished. The local Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School, which serves all the southern Etobicoke parishes, recently moved from the Alderwood area into the nearby former Mimico Asylum grounds which is in St Teresa's Parish.

Original St Theresa's Church in 1937

Pastors

Notes

  1. ↑ "Etobicoke Remembered" by Robert A Given, Pro Familia Publishing, Toronto, Ont., Canada, 2007; ISBN 978-1-896596-14-3
  2. ↑ http://www.newtorontohistorical.com/Religion.htm

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