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1965-2003 (Creation)
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- Our Lady of Peace Parish (Big Valley, Alta.)
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5cm of textual records.
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Administrative history
The mission of Big Valley was founded in 1916 by the Priests of St. Marie de Tinchebray. In 1917 the church was built and it was blessed and dedicated to Our Lady of Peace by Archbishop Legal on June 30, 1918. In the first years of the mission, monthly trips to this mission where made by Father Leconte, Father Renut, and Father Bazin. Between 1917 and 1924 Father Anciaux was the resident priests at Big Valley, however in 1924 Big Valley became a mission served from Stettler and remained a mission until 1928 when it, once again had a resident priest. Father Joseph Aherne served until 1956 when Big Valley once again became a mission of Stettler.
In 1967 the old church was replaced with a modern one and was blessed by Archbishop Jordan on July 26 1967. In 1995 Big Valley became a mission of Trochu. Mass continued until 1999 when the parish was closed.
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Fonds consists of operational records for the Big Valley Parish and includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, cemetery licences, membership lists of parishioners, directories, parish bulletins, and other miscellaneous records which document the parish activities. Fonds is arranged into a single series which consists of the following files:
1-1 : Correspondence (1985-2003)
1-2 : Parish Council Meeting Minutes (1966-1982)
1-3 : Cemetery license (1965-1971)
1-4 : Miscellaneous records (ca.1960-1970)
1-5 : Parish bulletins (1991-1992)
1-6 : Parish photo directories (1988, 1993)
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Received from Stettler Parish Council in 2007.
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Records of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL) active at Big Valley Parish were transferred to the Provincial Archives of Alberta into the care of Claude Roberto in December 2011. Addition records may also be found in the Archdiocese parish files.
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