seg ULI EERO eee IE a ee hy ee Sg seme ca eat WHAT'S UP OCTOBER 3, 1990 — Cana. dian Women in Timber, Terrace Branch will hold a general meeting at 8 p.m. in Rm. 2002 at N.W.C.C, All interested please attend. Call Diana at 638-1602 for more info, keke OCTOBER 4, 1990 — Terrace and ‘District Community Ser- vices Society will hold its annual general meeting Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Public Library board room: "tok tk k OCTOBER 5, 1990 —Terrace Bridge Club 1990-91 season starts Thurs. at the Legion. ‘Please register before Oct. I. Call May 635-2875 or Darlene 638-1770 (after 5) New players welcome. -: KKKKK OCTOBER 6, 7, 1990 — The Pastor and. parishioners of Sacied Heart Parish, Terrace, B.C. invite you to join us as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of our parish. Oct. 6 at 8 p.m: Wine and Cheese Social; Oct. 7 at I p.m.: Outdoor Mass; Oct. 7 > at 3 p.m.: Afternoon tea, trekkk OCTOBER 7, 1950 — Terrace Pentecostal Assembly will be . * dedicating the new building on Sun. at 2:30 p.m. at 3511 Eby St., Terrace. Reverend Lester Markham, District Superinten- dent’ will be guest speaker. Reception to follow. keke OCTOBER 9, 1990 — The Pacific Northwest Music Festival Committee general meeting will be held at § p.m. at _ the Northwest Academy of Per- forming Arts, 106-4720 Lakelse Ave. All members are requested to altend and new members will be warmly welcomed. khkkk . OCTOBER 9, 1990 — The Pacific Northwest Music . Festival Committe general ~ meeting will be beld at 8 p.m. at the Northwest Academy of Per- _ forming Arts, 306-4726 Lakelse Ave. All members are requested to altend and new members will be warmly welcomed. kakKK OCTOBER 10, 1890 — Dating Violence Workshop ‘Educa tion for date rape prevention" will be held from 7 - 9 p.m. at “Terrace Public Library - (downstairs), For further info call 635-4042 or 638-0228, Co- sponsored by Terrace Sexual Assault Centre and Terrace * Womens’ Centre. KKKKK OCTOBER 12, 13, 1990 — 3rd annual conference of Northern B.c. Friends & Families of Schizophrenics at the Terrace Inn, sponsored by the Terrace Support group. Topics are The value of support; taking care of ourselves. Invited speakers: Gerry Marshall & Sylvia Trembley from the B,C. branch, Lyan Turnbull, Telkwa branch. For further informa- ‘tion contact Marsha 635-5010 or 638-3325, khkke ‘OCTOBER 1, 1990 — Kitimat Centennial Museum is holding a workshop an Old Forest Growth with Leslie Gottesfeld, Sat. from 9 - 3:30 p.m, at Kitimat Centennial Museum. Program: Slide lecture and feild trip to Hirsch Creek Park. For _ more info. contact the Museum 632-7022, keke OCTOBER 20, 1990 — Rum- mage sale at Knox United Church from $ a.m, to noon. ? Sponsored by the Knox Mission and Outreach Comm. , kkk OCTOBER 25, 1990 — Jcan Rysstad will be reading at the Terrace Public Library on Thurs, at 7:30 p.m. Her stories have been aired as radio dramas en CBC ‘Morningside’. Travelling In, her first book of stories, was recently published. - Admission is free. keene Cont'd on B16 ee The Terrace Standard offers What's Up as a public service to Its readers. and those com- munity organizations in the area. Items for this section are for non-profit organizations and for those evenis In which - there is no cost to gain admission. To meet our produc- “tion deadlines, we ask thai all items be submit. ted by. noon on. .the | ORRIDAY: preceding’. the ‘T- followltig:. week's: issues We also ask that items be typewritten or be printed | Sacred Heart marks 7 Monsigneur Turgeon, Father Jim Jor- dan, Father Tim Coonen and Father Al Noonan will be among the 10 con- celebrants at an outdoor mass to be held Sunday, Oct. 7 at | p.m. Bishop Hubert O'Connor will be the main celebrant and Bishop Fergus O’Grady will give the homily. This weekend the Sacred Heart Church celebrates its 75th anniversary, With in- vitations having been sent out to other parishes across the province, it is hoped many one-time parishioners will be retur- ning to the community to help celebrate the special occasion. The anniversary weekend will begin with an adults-only wine and cheese social in the Veritas school gymnasium at : : : 8 p.m. .on Saturday, Oct. 6. Honoured the unveiling and blessing of a siuined guests will be introduced at this function 8!ass window, created especially for the which is sponsored by the Knights of. 75th anniversay . celebration. The win- Columbus. Immediately following the mass will be dedicated volunteer labour from design to completion, is reputed to be the largest of its kind north of Vancouver. The afternoon tea at approximately 3 p.m, on Sunday will be an opportunity for adults and children, parishioners and visitors to socialize and to reminisce while wandering through Veritas school or looking over the memorabilia to be on permanent display in the church. Transportation to and from all events can be arranged for those who need it. If Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 3, 1990 — Page B1 Palahicky at 635-2582, ine Seating will be available in the tent during the mass for seniors and han- dicapped people,. Phone the church at 635-2313 and let somebody know if: you require a seat or know of someone who oes. Souvenirs of this event such as lapel - pins, collectors’ spoons and notecards will be available during the anniversary weekend. Sacred Heart Parish invites one and all to participate in this celebration Memories In preparing for its anniversary celebrations, the Sacred Heart parish invited figures from its past to share some af their memories, Below, afew of the many responses it receiv- ed. “Jack” of Chemainus was stationed in Terrace during World War II and recalled ‘'] was not a Catholic and not at all religious and [ resented being marched off every Sunday to the drill hall. Among us, there was a group of Catholics, mostly French Canadian. Every Sunday the sergeant-major would use some ‘not nice remark’ and fall them and march the rest of us off to the drill hall. ‘I thought the Catholics would go back to bed but, no, they walked down to the Sacred Heart church. I could not understand it:..so one dark night 1 knocked on his (Reverend Father Fabre’s) door, Father asked me what I wanted. My knees were shaking and I blurted out, ‘I want to become a Catholic.’ His answer, ‘What do you want to do? Marry a Catholic girl?’ I said, no and he invited me in. later 1 was confirmed at Sacred Heart. Father Fabre and I kept in touch until he passed away,” kkekkk Father Lawrence Turgeon was assistant parish priest from 1955 to 1960, during the time the Veritas school came into be- ing. During the first year of operation, Father Turgeon taught grades five and six. In 1960 he was posted to Dawson Creek, but returned in 1968 when “with the help of a number of good people in Ter- race, some still there today, I established the first parish coun- cil witha. constitution. and the first school board, both also being the first in the (Prince.George) diocese.’ ; Father Bob Dalton, assistant to father Turgeon from 1968 to £970 recalled: ‘all the ladies of the ‘Catholic Women’s League who did so much (and) the Knights of Columbus and what great work they did for the parish.” ne PC aa. oo 2 2 ace ee acs Bili Sweeney wrote of his years at Sacred Heart, ‘‘Among my memories I would have to include the relocation of the parish school and complex, the building of the church and auditorium — and how the memories flood into my mind. The day we had the roof fall in on us, the time the city cut our water off, my fight with city council after which they invited me to run for office because they were so impressed. with my performance. The smoke-filled hotel rooms with the developers who thought they could ply me with liquor but ended up under the table themselves. “I don’t believe there was ever a parish that had more fun socials than were experienced during those years. 1 will never forget Ann being dared to lift up one of the Pipe Band member’s kilt just to check. She did and her face is probably still red to this day. “But most of all it was the celebrations of life with people. The marrying and burying and baptizing, the love and the laughter, the joys and the sorrow and just being there for one another. And the children. “Yes, I have my share of memories. People -- how precious they are, how unique, how very special. And there were moments I will cherish in my heart until the day I die and beyond,’’ . wkkae Newly-ordained Father Tim Coonen came to Terrace as assistant to Father Jim Jordan in 1983 and “‘thus began a pretty special three years. 1 have been told that every priest falls in love with his first parish and spends the rest of his life comparing his present assignment to that first, ideal situation. And Terrace was ideal for me.” Father Tim particularly remembered *‘working with adults, especially marriage preparation and the RCLA with its groups of people seriously seeking a. new way. of life within the Catholic church...the Easter vigil celebrations...being invited into someone’s life in a deep and meaningful way at impor- tant times of celebration or tragedy is the deepest form of al- firmation, ‘Becoming the pastor and only priest (in 1986) in such a busy and vibrant parish while also looking after Stewart and Hyder one weekend a month was a challenge that never left me bored, It was the best any. young, newly-ordained priest could ever want.” . dow, which too more than 400 hours of you neéed assistance, phone . Pat and hopes you will be able to join them. bear i ~ Early records Indicate the parish was established in 1915, however the exact location of the original church is unknown. Letters dating from Aug. 4, 1915 refer to Terrace’s assembl- ing Catholics as a ‘‘poor mis- sion’' and the Women’s Aux- iliary of Extension Toronto sent $500 towards the cost of the church structure, vestments, linen and an altar for “the poor seitlers of that mission.” An excerpt from Bishop Bunoz's chronicles, dated Nov. 1915, reads: ‘“(I) remained in Prince Rupert till November 6, 1915 when I went to Terrace to bless .the church. It was dedicated under the title of Sacred Heart at the demand of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of Exten- sion Toronto,,,the service was well attended especially by non- Catholics, Things had been prepared by. Father Allard who succeeded In having even a little Stories appearing on this page were contributed by the Sacred Heart Parish. Artwork of the church then and now was done by Marianne Brorup- Weston. eine oxy fill a ee Ls bate ll ta gH EN cyl! : ey get spent Fy ‘J at ina iw Daft Pe ne Anca ag a i peo a Pete ae Me pene enn me Ee ee ee eC See? “a ws cemenccneneeth poh AR RM Ae A al et choir. At 3730 p.m. Mrs. Roberge and Pearl Lathulype were confirmed.” In 1916, two lots on Lakelse Avenue — the site is now the west end of the Skeena Mall parking lot — were donated by a Mr. Besner, a member of the Catholic Church in Prince Rupert, and a new church was erected the following year. Father Rivet O.M.I. was pastor. In 1923, under the direction - of Father Allard 0.M.L, the bell tower was erected, The parish grew quickly through the years and in 1923 Mr. Besner donated flve more acres of Jand, In 1936 Father Champagne O.M.I. built a small school next to the church (it was later con- -verted to a rectory for the priests). A newspaper clipping dated Jan. 8, 1948 reads: ‘'The local Catholic Church was the scene of a fire early on Sunday morn- ing. The brigade answered the summons at 6.30 a.m., finding the basement full of smoke - the fire evidently smouldering for hours before it broke into flames, which was brought under control, but not before considerable damage had been done {o the floor above, a wail and a pillar post. One of the supports was badly burned allowing the floor to sag around 18 inches,’” The parish continued meeting in Father Raceite's basement until the church was rebuilt. By 1951 the original ‘poor mission”? had grown large enough for a forty foot exten- sion to be added onto the “Original bullding and another extension would follow a few years later, A -1957. newspaper article _-peads: ‘“New buildings are being constructed frequently in our community, It is felt this par- dicular constructure will play a central part in the coming years. Therefore, it is with keen in- terest that the construction pro- gress ..of the Sacred Heart auditorium Is being watched." The school auditorium was completed in 1958 and an eight classroom. school opened in the Falof B59 The Sisters of St. Joseph of i aie > *~ ih an A el tks oA aan Church history recounted Toronto arrived to iake charge of the new school and a convent was built in 1960. As the population of Terrace grew and the downtown core evolved, the Sacred Heart parish expanded. In 1972 the church property was sold and Veritas school and the convent were relocated from busy Lakelse Ave. to their present location on Straume Ave. The convent was moved ‘‘as is’ on a truck flatbed rather than the contents and fur- nishings being packed up in the usual way, It was noted at the time that “not even a teacup was broken.’* “The local Catholic Church was the scene of a fire early on Sunday morning. The brigade answered the summons at 6:30 a.m., finding the basement full of smoke.” The new church was dedicated on Dec. 15, 1974 by Bishop Fergus O'Grady O.M.I. who referred to Sacred Heart as “the finest parish complex of any denomination in the whole of the Pacific Northwest.” Today, Sacred Heart is an in- tegral part of the community and also reaches out to those far away. In Peru, the parish spon- sors a young man furthering his studies as a seminarlan and the training of people for lay leadership. It also supports Sister Maria Raposo's work ina Brazilian orphanage ~~ Sacred Heart's parayer group donates the money needed to provide the children with milk. Sacred Heart is flourishing under the direction of Father Allan Noonan 0O.M.1. Veritas school is a full, active centre for families desiring a quality Christian ‘education and the convent is now Saint Joseph's Centre for Spiritual Growth, a multi-denominational retreat for ihe northwest. The ‘poor settlers of that mission’? have come along way in 75 years. Se Vr spthen Yh -aes Bact se'f cle ot Maia Masha _bidth ai’. euata Aetess sv ab i wah ‘xncfadeth ‘beak o