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Edmonton's immigrant Catholic national parishes have operated out of Sacred Heart over the years, while gathering resources to build their own churches. These include Italian (Santa Maria Goretti), Spanish (Our Lady of Guadalupe), Portuguese (Our Lady of Fatima), and Croatian (Nativity of
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Canadian West caused a rapid expansion of the Catholic Church in the region. Immaculate Conception Parish, the antecedent of Sacred Heart, was established in 1906 to accommodate immigrants to Edmonton. By 1911, Immaculate Conception was also over
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On August 30, 2020, Sacred Heart suffered a fire after smudging materials that had been discarded after a ceremony ignited on the ground floor of the building and spread to the walls and ceiling. The fire started shortly after 2 p.m. inside the church on the rear east side. The church was empty and
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Indigenous Canadians, Sacred Heart began to accrue more and more social responsibilities. An annual volunteer-run free Christmas dinner began in 1971, and a food bank started operating out of the church basement in 1980. At the same time, an aging congregation led to declining
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Sacred Heart announced a fundraising effort to rebuild the church, with a $ 2 million goal. The rebuild was completed just in time for Pope
Francis' Penitential Pilgrimage of Reconciliation. On Monday July 25, 2022, Pope Francis visited Sacred Heart Church of the First People, repeating and
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September 2017, Holland was succeeded by Fr. Susai Jesu, OMI, a Cree-speaking missionary Oblate from originally from India. Susai had learned to speak Cree during his prior Canadian assignments with Indigenous communities in Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan.
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The poorest
Catholic parish in Edmonton, Sacred Heart's outreach ministries are an important part of downtown Edmonton's network of social services. Holding free community meals on a monthly basis, the church also serves as the epicenter of a
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capacity. The solution was to reserve
Immaculate Conception for Francophone Catholics, erecting under the same boundaries a new Sacred Heart Parish for all others. Sacred Heart opened on December 25, 1913, in what is today the historic
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in 1913 to serve the city's rapidly growing population, Sacred Heart has been a historic "nursery" for many of
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neighbourhood. The building was designed by architect David Hardie. A fire destroyed much of the church on November 16, 1966, but was used as an opportunity to remodel the building around the updated liturgy of the
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