St. Ignatius Church, Winnipeg

St. Ignatius Church

Front entrance
St. Ignatius Church
Location in Winnipeg
Coordinates: 49°52′03″N 97°09′40″W / 49.867477°N 97.161212°W / 49.867477; -97.161212
Location 255 Stafford Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3M 2X2
Country Canada
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website StIgnatiusParish.ca
History
Founded 1908 (1908)
Founder(s) Society of Jesus
Dedication Ignatius of Loyola
Dedicated 17 March 1912
Consecrated February 1929
Architecture
Status Active
Functional status Parish church
Administration
Deanery South Winnipeg[1]
Archdiocese Winnipeg

St Ignatius Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was founded in 1908 by the Society of Jesus and went on to found St. Ignatius School. It is situated on the corner of Stafford Street and Croydon Avenue on the south side of the Assiniboine River.

History

In 1908, the Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Adélard Langevin created St. Ignatius Parish and Fr Lewis Drummon SJ was appointed as the first parish priest. On 16 February 1908, the first Mass was celebrated in a rented store at 109 Osborne Street with a congregation of 140 people. Two months later, a site was bought on the corner of McMillan and Nassau streets as well as a Baptist church in the area. In November 1908, Fr John C. Coffee SJ replaced Fr Drummon.[2]

In 1909, the site of the present church was bought. Work on laying the foundations of the church and school started in September 1910. On 9 January 1912, the school opened and on 17 March 1912, Mass was first celebrated in the church basement, while the rest of the church was being completed.[3]

In 1928, the school was extended to accommodate eight rooms. In February 1929, the church was consecrated by the Archbishop of Winnipeg, Arthur Sinnott. In 1946, the population within the parish had grown to such an extent, that Our Lady of Victory Memorial parish was created from St Ignatius'. In 1957, another parish, St John Brebeuf was also created from St Ignatius'. Masses were originally held in the gymnasium of St John Brebeuf School until the church was built in 1968.[2]

Parish

The church hosts six Sunday Masses. From October to June 30th they are at 5:00pm on Saturday evening; 8:00am, 9:30am and 11:00am on Sunday morning; at 3:40pm on Sunday afternoon for a Spanish language Mass and at 9:00pm on Sunday evening. From July 1st to September 30th there are only two Sunday morning Masses 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., the rest of the Masses remaining at the same times. There are weekday Masses at 7:15am on Monday (and an 11:00am Lay Service) and 11:00am from Tuesday to Saturday.[1]

The church has a relationship with St Ignatius School. The school was continually expanded in the 20th-century and after a fire in 2007, was rebuilt. It was staffed by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary from their main school in Winnipeg St. Mary's Academy until the early 1990s.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Parishes from Archdiocese of Winnipeg retrieved 18 March 2014
  2. 1 2 About from StIgnatiusParish.ca retrieved 19 March 2014
  3. 1 2 School history from StIgnatius.mb.ca retrieved 19 March 2014
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