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This is Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. This Gothic Revival church was built in 1867 when it was called St Patrick's Church and it served a mainly Irish congregation. In 1908 a new St Patrick's Church was built around the corner and this one was renamed Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the parish was mostly Italian. Through the years the congregation changed to Portuguese, then Korean and since 1970 it has been a Chinese church with many services for the Chinese community in the area, such as day care etc. The building is the 5th oldest Catholic church in the city.
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Gothic Revival may be tricky, but they got this church quite well... You too!
ReplyDeleteGothic Revival may be tricky, but they got this church quite well... You too!
ReplyDeleteNice shot of the steeple. This is just another confirmation that the City Of Toronto is made up of many different cultures.
ReplyDeleteneat how it has seen so many cultures worship!
ReplyDeleteSuper shot Pat, tricky to get it all in. What a long and varied history this old church has.
ReplyDeleteVery nice Pat!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful old building with quite a changing history.
ReplyDeleteLove the building and he fact that it has become home for different ethnic groups. There's a lot to like in Toronto.`
ReplyDeleteClassical looking Catholic church serving different waves of immigrants. Didn't realize there were large numbers of Chinese Catholics.
ReplyDeleteEs muy bella, me gustaría verla en persona.
ReplyDeleteUn abrazo y gracias por tanto arte.
Go gothic! :-)
ReplyDeleteExcellent perspective for this shot!
ReplyDeleteIn a changing neighborhood I'd say.Ton The Backroads Traveller
ReplyDeleteThis church has certainly had an interesting history!
ReplyDeleteYou captured the full view of the church nicely!
ReplyDeletewhat a beauty. i love it. awesome spire. enjoy all the arches. way cool. ( :
ReplyDeleteBeautiful church.
ReplyDeletea living history of Toronto. Very cool
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu,
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Nice warm yellow brick.
ReplyDeleteDiana
The people may have changed, but sounds like there are still good things going on here!
ReplyDeleteNice church Pat, you will hav eto show inside now
ReplyDeleteFascinating that the congregation has changed so many times, reflecting the changing neighbourhoods in Toronto.
ReplyDeleteWow, that spells out history as so many changes happened in one building. I like how it looks, very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat is an interesting history. In Hartford I see some churches that have had one or two transformations as the neighborhoods changed, but this has had more and faster.
ReplyDeleteThe architecture is wonderful!
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