A small church was built on this site in 1907 and then replaced by the current building, built in 1934-35. This makes it the oldest Polish parish in Alberta.
Although the paint and the steeple need some work, it seems to me this building stands tall and proud.
These days, mass and grave blessings are celebrated once a year here.
I drove to Kananaskis from Calgary in the morning and just after 8:30 was parked and on the way towards the summit of Lusk Creek Ridge, my main goal for the day. At this point in the hike, I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into and my plans were grand: to nab…
After a small chapel was built on this land in 1914, work on the present church began in 1918 and was completed eight years later in 1926. The full name of the church when it was incorporated was “Ruthenian Greek Catholic Parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Leeshore”. The church bell…
After arriving in the Wostok area in 1896 Polish settlers began work on a log chapel in 1900, completing it in 1905. A few years later a church bell was purchased and a belfry built to house it. Work started on a new church in 1914 and was completed the next year. And in a…
Without the Orthodox cross mounted high on the steeple of this church, this church could pass for a United Church. That’s because it originally was a United Church. As the “Lamont County’s Self-Guided Church Tours” booklet explains, a number of local people became disenchanted with the Catholic Church I the area and in 1925 started…
St. Mary’s Holy Dormition Russo-Greek Orthodox Catholic Church (Shishkovitzy) is located on Range Road 182, near Township Road 540, 13 km west and 2 km north of Mundare, AB. “Shishkovitzy” is front and center on the tasteful gate of the church entrance and is “derived from the village of Shyshkivtsi, Bukowina, in Western Ukraine, where…
“If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.” ― Stuart Hill, The Cry of the Icemark I’d say the four guys who made it to Grizzly Ridge Tower on Sawridge Hill southwest of Slave Lake today weren’t exactly reaching for the stars; we were all out to experience the terrain…
I don’t know how to get hold of Grant Wilson but I would like to request permission to reproduce the picture of Precious Blood Church in my forthcoming book in Polish historical sites
Hi Ewa,
You just contacted him! Of course I’d be happy to contribute in any way I can. I’ll private message you to follow up.
Take care!