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organ in the Church, and began to retire the $ 100,000 debt of the parish. During the 38 years that
Monsignor Kirby was pastor, the parish became one of the strong centres for the church in Toronto. The societies of the parish flourished, the school grew, the sports programmes sponsored by the parish
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During the first sixteen years, the parish had no rectory and Father
Minehan lived first in the large apartment next door; later, he took an apartment at 266 Roncesvalles Avenue. The present location of the rectory was a tennis court which was the center of much of the social life of the parish. The
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Bathurst Street. was already under that patronage. It was then decided that the parish would be named after the Apostle of Charity, St Vincent de Paul. The parish was established under Fr Launcelot Minehan in 1914 with the first Mass being celebrated on September 27, 1914. In the early days, the
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blessing the cornerstone on August 15 and dedicating the original basement church on
October 24 of the same year. Due to the First World War and the accompanying financial hardships, the basement church would serve the social and religious needs of the parish for the next seven years.
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parish operated out of a store front on
Roncesvalles Avenue, which operated as a church, school, and parish hall as needed. In early 1915, plans were drawn up for the new church building. Designed by Mr James Michael Cowan, the plans adopted elements from the
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involved many people; and from this vibrant community came many religious vocations and vocations to the priesthood. As a sign of gratitude to the great leadership of
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were asked to take the parish in 1985 and at the same time use the facilities to minister to the Native
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