Holy Rosary Church (Guelph)

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Holy Rosary Church
Toronto
DioceseHamilton
DeaneryWellington[1]

Holy Rosary Church is a

Society of Jesus
.

History

In January 1852, the Jesuits took charge of the parish at Guelph when the

Our Lady Immaculate Church.[3]

From Guelph, the Jesuit founded Holy Cross Church in Georgetown. In July 1885, the

Oustic to the priests of St Joseph's to administer.[4]

In 1931, the Jesuits left their parishes in the Guelph area. When they left, Fr J. A. O'Reilly became the parish priest, it was during his time there, from 1931 to 1956, two parishes split off from

Church of Our Lady Immaculate, Guelph, St Joseph parish in west Guelph in 1952 and Holy Rosary Church in north Guelph in 1956.[5] In 2001, the Jesuits were asked by the Bishop of Hamilton, Anthony F. Tonnos, to run the Holy Rosary Church and they continue to serve the parish.[6]

Parish

Mass

The parish has three Sunday Masses, they are at 5:00pm on Saturday evening, and at 9:00am and 11:00am on Sunday morning. There are also weekday Masses at 9:00am from Monday to Friday all year round and at 7:00pm Thursdays from September to June.[7]

Ignatius Jesuit Centre

Main article: Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph

In 1913, while the Jesuits were serving the churches in Guelph, they built a novitiate in north Guelph. It was for the training of future Jesuits. It was called the St Stanislaus Novitiate. In 1958, it was renamed as Ignatius College and taught the Classics to Jesuit students. In 1967, studies finished there and in 1998, it was converted into the Orchard Park Office Centre.[8] Also with the centre is the Ignatius farm where beekeeping and ecological farming is carried out and is offered to visitors.[9]

Interior

  • Interior
    Interior
  • Lady chapel
    Lady chapel

See also

References

  1. ^ Parish info from HolyRosaryGuelph.com retrieved 5 July 2014
  2. ^ Holy Rosary Guelph Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 17 March 2014
  3. ^ Our Church Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine from SacredHeartParishGuelph.com retrieved 17 March 2014
  4. ^ Parish History from HolyCrossRC.com retrieved 17 March 2014
  5. Church of Our Lady Immaculate, Guelph
    retrieved 17 March 2014
  6. ^ Chronology Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine from Jesuits in English Canada retrieved 20 March 2014
  7. ^ Parishes from Diocese of Hamilton retrieved 18 March 2014
  8. ^ Milestones Archived 2014-06-28 at the Wayback Machine from IgnatiusGuelph.ca retrieved 18 March 2014
  9. ^ Ignatius Farm Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine from IgnatiusGuelph.ca retrieved 18 March 2014
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