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Catholic Church. Parish of St.Gabriel (Athabasca) fonds
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10 photographs and other material
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In 1891 the Roman Catholic missionaries built a dwelling house/storage shed at Athabasca Landing to serve their missions at Grouard and elsewhere. Bishops Clut, Grouard and Breynat all passed through Athabasca Landing. In Sept. 1905 Rev.Father Patrick Beaudry, OMI, was placed in charge of the mission. Ten lots were purchased from the Hudson's Bay Co. and a 48x26 ft. church was erected in 1906 named St.Gabriel's. Rev.Father A.Desmarais succeeded Father Beaudry in 1909 and doubled the size of the church building. He divided his time between the town and the surrounding district including St.Bruno's Church east of Colinton, built in 1912; St.Catherine's Church built in Colinton in 1935 and St.Anthony's Church built in the Grosmont-Lahaieville district in 1939. He retired in 1936. St.Gabriel's Church burned in the spring of 1953 and was rebuilt in less than six months. This parish was in the St. Albert diocese until Nov. 30, 1920 when the St. Albert diocese was incorporated into the Edmonton diocese. The Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) served the parish. In 1941 the Athabasca Parish was transfered to the new Diocese of St.Paul and was served by the Redemptorist priests.
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The fonds consists of photographs of Father Patrick Beaudry, Dr.Joseph Boulanger; the 1st St.Gabriel's Church and the Lafferty residence:both copied from the PAA collection; the 1934 program for Father Desmarais' golden jubilee in the priesthood (94.42); 7 photographs of the building of the new St.Gabriel's in 1953; a ca. 1870 map showing Catholic and Protestant missions and Hudson's Bay Company posts in the Canadian north-west and British Columbia; and 2 chalice covers from St.Bruno's Church. There is also the 1949 program for the Catholic Youth Organization's production of "My Beautiful Irish Rose". There is a list of Athabasca parish priests and missions from 1921 to 1981, including those serving the Ukrainian Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1952-1981.
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The other materials include: 1 map, 1 artifact and .8 cm of textual records.
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85.350 (photo# 487) was donated by Father Beaudry's niece, Elizabeth (Babes Bellerose) Loiselle, 88.12 was donated by Deane Toews, 92.06 was donated by Moe and Josephine Breckenridge, 94.42 was donated by Rock Patry, 06.11 was donated by Betty Sale.
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Sacred Heart Hospital fonds
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William Toews of Grande Prairie, AB worked on the church construction in 1953. Father Beaudry's sister, Justine, married Pierre Bellerose.<br><br>Record No. 85.44, 85.263(Artifact #15), 85.350(photo# 487), 86.08(Map# 80), 88.12(photo# 2683-2689), 92.06;94.42(photo# 11662, 11663);06.11<br><br>