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Lisieux Ste. Therese Roman Catholic Church Earlier YearsOn May 29, 1916 a mission was established under the name of St. Joseph des Poissons.
The small original chapel was built at Joeville. Fr. Rahard was the first priest.
Between 1919 and 1921 a farmer priest, Fr. F.M. Gendron came from his ranch in the region to dispense religious services. In 1926 the parish was renamed, Ste. Therese de l'Enfant Jesus. In the same year the CPR named the station Lisieux and the Postal Department agreed to give the same name to the former Joeville Post Office. In the fall the village moved closer to the railway station and so too was the chapel moved. A proper church was built in late 1926. A fire struck in 1939. Rebuilding was started (due to the generous donation of 4000 bushels of wheat by local farmers) and the church was consecrated July 1, 1941.
It was destroyed by a fire once again in 1990.
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Lisieux Ste. Therese Roman Catholic Church Present Day.1990
Lisieux, Saskatchewan
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Lisieux Ste. Therese Roman Catholic Church Present DayThe church was rebuilt and included a community hall.
The celebration of the 75th Anniversary of annual pilgrimage was celebrated in 2005. It is presently serviced from Rockglen.
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Mazenod Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church1915
Mazenod, Saskatchewan
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Mazenod Sacred Heart Roman Catholic ChurchFrom July 1912, Father L.P. Gravel of Gravelbourg, ever prominent in this vast area, came every first and third Sunday of the month to celebrate mass. These were held in the Budweis School. Eventually the need of a church was evident with the ever growing parochial unit.
The parish of Mazenod was taken from the eastern portion of the Gravelbourg Parish and in 1915 construction of the Sacred Heart Church began. The farmers dug and made the basement.
Fr. A. Gravel of Montreal, cousin of the above priest, was the first resident priest. Palmer and Mossbank were mission points until 1940.
The parishioners were diligent to meet the obligation springing from church and priest support. In 1919 still in the horse and buggy days, a bazaar brought in $1,745.30.
Renovations took place in the 1950s and a steeple with chimes was installed.
The church closed in 1981, was next used for storage, and later sold.
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Maxstone St Mary's Roman Catholic1917
Maxstone, Saskatchewan
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Maxstone St. Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchMost parishioners were of Austrian decent, attending irregular services at the home of Ed Lolacher Sr., with priests from Willow Bunch, Assiniboia, St. Victor, and traveling missionary Fr. Wilhem.
Construction of the church began in the spring of 1917, by Ed Lolacher (a stone mason and church builder), Anton Kwasnicki and John Pilsner (both carpenters trained in the old country). With a foundation made of field stone and lumber from Assiniboia, the church was built on land donated by Ed Lolacher.
Due to a shortage of priests the mission was closed in 1969. Services and fellowship are held at least once a year, on Father's Day with many former members and friends.
Parishioners now participate at Assiniboia and Lisieux. The building has now become a church museum.
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Meyronne Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic1910
Meyronne, Saskatchewan
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Meyronne Our Lady of Lourdes ParishThe parish was born on July 12, 1909 with the arrival of Fr. Jules Bois from Poitiers, France. Fr. Bois settled on NW 32-8-7 W3rd. The first services were in the Le Gentil's Inn. The church was built in 1910.
Meyronne moved closer to the new CPR rail line approximately 3km (two miles) north and eventually plans were made to have the church moved also. It took three tractors to haul the building over a mud flat. That Sunday the service was held while the building was on blocks.
August 27th, 1913 it was ready for the consecration at the new site. The church was enlarged but was consumed by fire in 1917.
August 16th, 1920 the first service was held in the basement for the incomplete second building which is still in use today. It is now a mission point from Gravelbourg.
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Mossbank St Louis Roman Catholic1917
Mossbank, Saskatchewan
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Mossbank St. Louis Roman Catholic ChurchThe St. Louis Parish, always a mission, was organized by Fr. Gravel in 1917. The church was built in Mossbank, halfway between Mazenod and Expanse at the cost of $2,000.00. Until then the church point had been at Expanse served by Moose Jaw. This cut into the Expanse parish numbers and St. Louis's few members had a large debt. Fr. Paquette of Moose Jaw had charge of the Mossbank Mission until 1920. Services were held only once a month, then in 1922 twice a month. In the 1930's, when an assistant priest came to Mazenod, a weekly service was established.
The St. Louis Mission has the distinction of being the only mission served by its bishop, Mgr. Lemieux from 1942 to 1945.
In the 1940's stained glass windows were installed through the generous donation of Herman Lambertus, Hal Brodin and Alfred Voisin.
Fr. Branch, a chaplain at the Mossbank airbase, also served here in the 1940's.
The mortgage burning took place in 1966. The renovations took place in 1977-78 by volunteers. It is presently serviced by the resident priest from Assiniboia, three Sundays a month and the fourth Sunday is a lay service.
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Palmer St Oliver's Roman Catholic1916
Palmer, Saskatchewan
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Palmer St. Oliver's Roman Catholic ChurchThe first mass was celebrated in the territory then covered by St. Oliver's Church of Palmer, was held by Father Gravel on May 17, 1914, at the home of Mr. Bonneau. One of the extraordinary facts worth mentioning is that one family came to Mass using a two-horse road fresno (scraper) as a vehicle.
St. Oliver's Church was built in the fall of 1916. The cost of the building was $4,200.00 of which the sum of $2,400.00 had been raised at the time of the construction.
From 1917 until 1920 efforts to have a resident priest were difficult, and it remained a mission out from Mazenod, served by Fr. Albert Gravel and Fr. Knauff until 1950. At this time the parish was now separated from Mazenod.
Fr. Laprise was the last parish priest until the closing of the church in 1970 when the mission was attached to Gravelbourg and the building sold.
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Rockglen St. John Evangelist 1st Church1926
Rockglen, Saskatchewan
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