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In 1958, the need for Catholic trustee representation at the national level became quite evident. Bernard Kane, President of the Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association, traveled from coast to coast urging Catholic trustees to attend the Canadian School Trustees’ Association Convention in Victoria. It was hoped that, as members of CSTA, Catholic trustees would have at least some representation on the Association’s Board of Directors. Yet it did not happen.

Catholic trustees responded. Father Clement Kindervater, OMI, Executive Director for the Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association , crossed the country to drum up support for a national Catholic trustees association. In 1960, with the blessing of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, twenty-eight trustees passed a resolution effectively beginning the Canadian Catholic Trustees’ Association (the word “School” would be added later). A new era in Catholic education in Canada had begun.

The Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association can take great pride in it accomplishments over the past fifty years. From the earliest thoughts of possibly forming a national organization for Catholic trustees through to 2010, there have been challenges, setbacks and successes, as in the life of any group. Amid triumphs and defeats one constant has remained – trustees across this great land have stood in unison to proclaim and protect Catholic education so that students might have the opportunity to learn within their faith. This has not always been an easy road to take, but that is the nature of sacrifice and dedication.

Today the Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association is a national organization promoting excellence in Catholic education throughout Canada. The CCSTA works in communion with the Catholic Church through: collaborating with the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops; dialogue with Catholic education organizations throughout the world; working in solidarity with Catholic School Trustees’ Associations and other partners in Catholic education throughout Canada; providing opportunities for faith formation and professional development of trustees; providing leadership and service by promoting and protecting the right to a Catholic education among the relevant government agencies within Canada;
and promoting excellence in Catholic education throughout Canada.

For more information visit http://www.ccsta.ca/en/

The Carmelite Nuns requested to move convent from Macau to Edmonton as they were concerned about their religious freedom with the pending return of Hong Kong from British to Chinese control in the early 1990s. On September 25, 1989 the sisters sent formal invitation from AB MacNeil to come to Edmonton. Four years later on May 31, 1993 they celebrated the blessing and foundation of monastery in Devon.

In the early 1900’s settlers came from Eastern Canada, the United States and Europe to live in the settlement called Sparling, on the banks of Stoney Creek.

They went to Mass at St.Thomas Church in Duhamel where Father H. Beillevaire had his mission. The first mass in Sparling was celebrated by him, in a home, in 1906.

Thereafter, Fr. Van Wetten came from Wetaskiwin whenever he could. Mass was celebrated in a home or office or sometimes in the Town Hall. In Dec. 2. 1909, the first church was blessed by Bishop Emile Legal, OMI and dedicated to St. Francis Xavier. Father Van Wetten came every 2nd and 4th Sunday, until 1915.

On October 27, 1913, a bell was installed and blessed by Bishop E. Legal, OMI.

To serve an ever-growing parish, it was decided in 1927 to build a new church. It was completed in 1928 and blessed on June 17th by Archbishop O’Leary.
The old church was sold to the Grace Lutheran congregation.

In 1962, the church was demolished to make way for an even larger church. Construction of the third church began on the same site in November 1962, and completed in July 1963. In the meantime, Sunday liturgies were conducted at St. Patrick’s School. The new church was dedicated and officially blessed on July 17, 1963 by Coadjutor-Archbishop Anthony Jordan, OMI.

The first priests to serve Wainwright and surrounding areas came from France at the request of Bishop Emile Legal, OMI. These priests belonged to the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. They arrived in Wainwright on July 27, 1910. There were only 15 Catholic families in the district at the time and mass was said in the Beaudry General Store. A house-chapel was built in November 1910 and regular services have been held in the area ever since.

On April 5, 1915 Archbishop Emile Legal, OMI declared Wainwright canonically erected as a parish, with St. Luke as titular patron saint. The parish included the missions of Irma, Kinsella, heath and Edgerton.

On June 16, 1932 Fr. Doyle left for the States to collect enough money to build a church so that the old church could be used as a school auditorium. Sod-turning for the church took place in Sunday, Aug.7 1932.

Archbishop H.J. O’Leary blessed the new church on Sunday, Sep. 25, 1932 dedicating it to the Blessed Sacrament.

Wainwright church dedicated to St. Luke was sold to Wainwright Medical Centre on Oct. 29, 1968.
Fr. Francis Stempfle was instrumental in the planning and building of the present church. The first sod was turned in April of 1968. Work commenced on April 22nd. On Sunday December 22, 1968, Archbishop Anthony Jordan, OMI blessed the new Blessed Sacrament Church.

Between 1910 and 1932 the parish in Wainwright was known as St. Luke. With the completion of the church in 1932 the name was changed to Blessed Sacrament.

Originally formed in 2004 with the dissolution of the Archdiocesan Commission system the Office of Pastoral and Parish Services has had several name and function changes in the past decade. Between 2004-2009 it was known as the Department of Pastoral Services. Between 2009-2014 it was known as the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis. In 2014, based on feedback from the Archdiocesan operational review it was renamed the Department of Pastoral and Parish Services (DPPS).

With each name change has also come significant re-organization and operational changes. When it was operating as the Office of Pastoral Services the following offices existed: Office of Liturgy, Office of Social Justice, Office of Religious Education (previously the Adult Education Committee), Office of Youth and Young Adult, Office of Family Life and Health Care, Office of Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations and the Missions Council. With the retirement of Rose Marie Fowler the RCIA initiative was closed and became the Office of Catechesis, and the Liturgy Office was moved out of Pastoral Services to be closer to the Office of the Archbishop.

During the time it was called the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, it was overseeing the following offices: Office of Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Office of Missions,Office of Catechesis, Office of New Evangelization Initiatives (which was responsible for Nothing More Beautiful, Stewardship, and Together in Ministry programs), Office of Youth Evangelization. Later the Office of Pastoral Care and the Office of Social Justice were added. As an additional result of the creation of the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis Paul Quist was hired to manage marriage preparation for the Archdiocese. The Office of Family and Life was temporarily split, with Paul Quist being responsible for Family and John MacDonald being responsible for Pastoral Care and Life. When they left in 2010 the Office of Family once again absorbed "life issues" however this was as part of the Department of Canonical Services.

In 2014 the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis was renamed the Department of Pastoral and Parish Services consisting of the following offices: Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations, Office of Life and Family (returning from its five year sojourn with Canonical Services), Office of Pastoral Care, Office of Social Justice (closed in 2015), Missions Office, Office of Catechesis, Office of Youth Evangelization, Archdiocesan Camps, Office of the Lay Apostolate, and the Sacramental Education Initiative.

Bishop Vital Grandin started the minor seminary in Saint-Albert in 1885 to promote vocations. In 1900, he inaugurated the Holy Family Minor Seminary. It was entrusted to the care of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1911. In 1913 it was closed and transferred to Edmonton.

Fr. Henri Grandin, omi was director from 1875-1880. Fr. Victor Le Goff, omi taught at the seminary from 1901-1902.

Fr. Henry Becs was born in Latvia on January 28, 1915. He was ordained in Latvia on March 25, 1943. He came to Alberta in 1952 and was appointed Assistant in Barrhead. He came to Archdiocese of Edmonton in June 1959 and was appointed Assistant in Vegreville. He retired in Red Deer where he died on May 3, 1999, and was buried in the Innisfail cemetery.