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After a year and a half of the pandemic some of the lights are coming back on some are not

 

Saint Andrews R/C Church and Urban Abbey on the corner of Red River Road and Algoma Street in the North Core of Thunder Bay.

 

 

St Andrews R/C Church

In 1872, the Jesuits founded the parish of St. Andrew in Port Arthur.[1] It was not until 1882 that it found a permanent location. In 1924, a new church was built and the parish moved there. The old church became the paris hall, until 1981 the Dew Drop Inn. The inn serves a community centre for homeless people in the area.[2]

 

The church was built in 1924 and was designed by G. Emile Tanguay in a Romanesque Revival style. The exterior and the 117 feet high tower remains as it was when it was built. The interior was renovated in 1940 and again after the Second Vatican Council in 1969.[3]

 

Originally, the parish was in the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie. In 1952, the Diocese of Fort William was created and was renamed as the Diocese of Thunder Bay in 1970.

 

In 1997, the Jesuits handed over administration of the church to the Diocese of Thunder Bay who continue to serve the parish.[1]

 

 

Urban Abbey/First Baptist Church

 

Constructed in 1907

 

- Beautiful heritage building on major downtown

intersection.

 

On April 1, 2015, First Baptist Church of Thunder Bay followed Christ in radical sacrifice by offering the enduring gift of their church building to Urban Abbey. On April 12, 2015, through the symbol of a lighted candle, the congregation passedthe responsibility for being a light on the hill in the parish surrounding their building to Urban Abbey.

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