Church of St. John the Evangelist (Montreal)
St. John the Evangelist is a parish of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal in the Anglican Church of Canada in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, founded by Father Edmund Wood in 1861; its church is well known in Montreal as the "Red Roof Church", which is also the headquarters of St. Michael's Mission. Its orientation is Anglo-Catholic, and it is the only Anglican locale in Montreal to practise this tradition, known as High Church. Solemn High Mass is celebrated on Sundays and feast days and Solemn Evensong and Benediction several Sundays a year. Mass is said daily, in French on Tuesdays. The parish of Saint-Benoît-de-Nursie, a French-language congregation of the Orthodox Church in America, worships in the Chapel of Our Lady of Walsingham in the church's crypt.
| St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church | |
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.jpg.webp) St. John the Evangelist Church on President Kennedy Avenue | |
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| Location | 137, avenue du Président Kennedy Montreal, Quebec H2X 3P6 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | www.redroof.ca |
| History | |
| Status | active |
| Founded | 1861 |
| Founder(s) | Fr. Edmund Wood |
| Dedicated | 1878 |
| Consecrated | 1905 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Frank Darling, William Tutin Thomas |
| Architectural type | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1877 |
| Completed | 1878 |
| Administration | |
| Deanery | Hochelaga |
| Diocese | Montreal |
| Province | Canada |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Mary Irwin-Gibson |
| Rector | Fr. Keith Schmidt SSC, regional dean |
| Assistant priest(s) | Fr Alain Brosseau |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Federico Andreoni |
The church is part of the Conseil du Patrimoine religieux du Québec.[1]
The building has starred alongside Nick Nolte in the film Affliction, and in the Quebec science-fiction television series 'Dans une galaxie près de chez vous'. The building is located in downtown Montreal, nested within Université du Québec à Montréal buildings, and Quartier des Spectacles, at 137 President Kennedy Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3P6
Notable people
- Brooke Claxton, politician
- Sir Edward Clouston, banker
- Sir George Alexander Drummond, senator
- Heward Grafftey, politician
- Prudence Heward, artist
- John Hamilton, senator
- Sir William Osler, physician
- Frederick George Scott, poet and curate
- Sir Campbell Stuart, newspaper magnate
- Sir William Fenwick Williams, Crimean War general
See also
- List of Anglo-Catholic Churches
References
- Patrimoine-religieux Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
- "Centenary Book of the Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal, 1861-1961" by St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Montreal, Quebec Call Number 365.2.J.03.0
External links
- St. John the Evangelist official site
- Quartier des Spectacles article