St. Teresa’s Parish Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary
On October 6, 2024, the Most Reverend Francis Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto traveled to Etobicoke, Ont. to celebrate Mass at St. Teresa’s Parish on the occasion of their 100th anniversary.
According to the parish’s website, Saint Teresa’s Parish in Etobicoke was established in 1924 to provide pastoral care for the local Catholics. Soon after, Irish immigrants found this church to be their spiritual home. Other ethnic groups have followed and therefore, the parish is a mosaic of Canadian multiculturalism. It is a place where people of all age groups and cultural backgrounds gather to celebrate the Eucharist. They currently have a large Polish community thus Masses are celebrated in English as well as in Polish languages.
The parish provides various pastoral and sacramental ministries such as preparations for sacraments of Baptism, First Reconciliation, First Communion and Confirmation, services for the elderly at Lakeshore Lodge, a ministry for children and youth at Holy Trinity Elementary School, Fr. John Redmond High School, and a Polish heritage school which offers language classes to elementary school children at Saint Josaphat School. It is also home to the following groups: scouts, a dancing group “Podhale”, children choir “Oasis”, the musical band “Gethsemane” and a Filipino choir.
The latest renovation of the interior building was done in the late 1990’s as a testimony of faith and dedication to the growing number of parishioners. New stained-glass windows in the form of a triptych was designed to depict the themes of Jesus’ Last Supper, Death, and Resurrection.
In 2002 the pastoral care of Saint Teresa’s Parish was entrusted to the Michaelite Fathers. Father Jozef Morawski CSMA, the present pastor, serves over 2000 families who make this parish a growing and thriving community through the intercession of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus, the patron of the parish.
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