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Pastor - Fr. Nick DefinaOffice Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm(closed for lunch 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm) Office Phone: 905-936-4266 Fax: 905-936-9266 Priest's Residence 905-936-2020 (emergency only) St. James Parish Community is a Roman Catholic parish, located about 60 km north of downtown Toronto, in south Simcoe County, Ontario<!-- Summer Schedule - Effective July 3 - August 28,

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Sunday Mass ScheduleSaturday 5:30pm St. Francis Xavier Church, TottenhamSunday 8:30am St. Francis Xavier Church, TottenhamSunday 9:00am St. Mary's Church, AchillSunday 10:30am St. James Church, ColganSunday 12 Noon St. James Church, Colgan

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Pioneer Times An excerpt from South Adjala 1825-1965, by George Keogh, Nobleton Press, 1965. Adjala Early in the nineteenth century the trickle of immigration to this part of the country began to widen into a steadily-flowing stream. It was still called Canada West when they came, -- a wilderness -- beautiful but cruel. Free land was the magnet and famine the spur when our forefathers left their

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St. James SchoolColgan 905-936-4191Fr. F.X. O'Reilly SchoolTottenham905-936-3364Monsignor Ronan School Beeton 905-729-3473St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary SchoolTottenham 905-936-4743Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board46 Alliance Blvd.,Barrie, Ontario L4M 5K3705-722-3555

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THE HISTORY OF ST. JAMES CHURCH, COLGAN St. James, in Colgan, is recognized as the second oldest parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. It was established as a parish in 1830. This date, however, does not mark the beginning of the Catholic faith in the township. With the earliest Irish settlers, who came to Adjala in the early 1820's, came their Catholic faith. At first it may seem

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VOCATIONS FROM ST. JAMES PARISH A notable honour that St. James Parish holds in the archdiocese is the many vocations that it has contributed to the religious life. As an endearment, and not without some truth, St. James Parish has been called "The Holy Land." Twenty-eight priests, three brothers and thirty-nine sisters have come from this area to work in the Fields of the Lord.As well the humble

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St. Francis Xavier Church, TottenhamAn excerpt from South Adjala 1825-1965, by George Keogh, Nobleton Press, 1965.) Tottenham is situated about midway between St. James Church, Colgan and St. Margaret's Church, Tecumseth. This location, while fortunate for commerce, was unfortunate for the Catholics of the Village, because it meant they went without a church of their own until 1885. In that year,

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St. Mary's Church, Achill An excerpt from South Adjala 1825-1965, by George Keogh, Nobleton Press, 1965. The south-central portion of Adjala Township became known as Achill, named after an Island of the same name near the west coast of Ireland. No doubt some of the early immigrants came from this island. So concentrated was the population around Achill that a frame church dedicated to the Virgin

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THE CEMETERY AT ST. JAMES The cemetery at St. James, a special and holy place, has served as the burial ground for the Catholics in this area for many generations. It is a large cemetery located behind the church and is comprised of four sections, named in honour of certain pastors. The Father Edward Gordon Section contains the graves of the earliest settlers. The first interments are reputed to

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Perpetual AdorationEucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Francis Xavier Church, Tottenham 24 hours a day, 365 days a yearThere is a regular schedule of adorers who come in each hour. Please contact the parish for more information on available hours.

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