The church is also known in the community as St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. The first Ukrainians came to the locality from the district of Yaroslav, Halychyna, in the early 1900’s. The first services were celebrated by Fr. Matthew Hura, OSBM, in 1907. The first church was built in 1912. Later the community grew stronger, so the old church was dismantled. The building material was used to build the new church in 1938 (cost $6,000.00).
The building committee members were A. Pidhirnyi, V. Sereda, B. Manchak and I. Sikora. The new church was built by Nykyfor and Ivan Kozak, supported by the parishioners. On the side of the church, you find a tall brick structure, the bell tower. There were about 30 founding families with 200 children; in 1953 there were 40 families, and in 1968 28 families. The church is approximately 55 km. from Edmonton. The Gregorian calendar has been in use from 1945.
The parish cemetery is 400 m. from the church.
Play Memory Eternal Chant
Visit this Cemetery
GPS Co-ordinates: 53.293806, -113.926991
Cemetery Co-ordinates: 53.293947, -113.925510
Affiliation: Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
