St. Patrick Parish (Veteran, Alta.)

As early as 1911 Veteran was a mission served by the Priests of Our Lady of Tinchebray who resided in Castor. In the 1912 report by Rev. J. Leconte 38 Catholics are accounted for in the area. In 1921 Archbishop O’Leary visited Veteran with Father Leconte and promised the people a church of their own. Later that year the Catholic Church Extension Society in Toronto forwarded $500.00 to Archbishop O’Leary to build a memorial chapel. Two lots of land were purchase from the CPR in late 1921 and in the spring of 1922 construction began. Unfortunately funds were insufficient and the parishioners celebrated mass in the basement while they waited to raise money to complete the chapel. By 1928 the church was dedicated to St. Patrick (unfortunately the exact date of the blessing is unknown), as the construction had finally been completed.
Veteran was served from Castor (1911-1921, 1965-1967), Consort (1921-1962, 1967-1968), Coronation (1962-1965, 1968-1995), Stettler (1995-1999). Masses were ended in 1999 and the parish was closed and merged with Settler. In 2003 the church building was sold to the United Church of Canada.