St. Patrick's Kindergarten

Various courses✚Bible study class
Saturday Course (1st & 3rd Sat) from 2:00 pm
Thursday Course (2nd & 4th Thu) From 10:00 am(Contents are the same for both days)
Believers or Non-believers canparticipate regarless of church affiliation.

✚Introductory course
It is a course for baptism applicants.
If you are interested please consult
the priest for detailed information.
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Jan 1 Solemnity of Mary,
Mother of God
Aug 15 Assumption of theBlessed Virgin MaryNov 2 All Soul's Day
Dec 25 Christmas Day

St. Patrick's Church
Toshima Catholic ChurchKindergarten

Liturgical Year
✚ Fixed Holidays

It was established in Oct. 1949 by the St. Colomban
Association, and childcare practice has been handled
by Sisters of "Shofaiyu no Osanaki Iezusu Shudokai"
which has a long tradition and excellent achievementin early childhood education. Newly constructed inMarch 1967, in April 1984 the establishment waschanged from the religious corporation St. Columban
to Religious Corporation of Archdiocese of Tokyo.

✚Movable
Feast

AccessApril Easter
June First Communion
Dec The Holy Family

St. Patrick's Church Events
Jan New Adult Blessing
Ceremony
Feb Parishioners GeneralAssembly
Mar St. Patrick's Day
Aug Church School Camp
Sept International Mass
Oct Church Bazaar
Nov Shichi-Go-San Blessing
Ceremony
A Joint Grave Visit
Dec Christmas Celebration

Seibu Ikebukuro Line"Shiinamachi Station North Exit" 5 minutes walk

Christmas Manger

Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line/FukutoshinLine
5 minutes walk from Exit 4 of Kanamecho Station

1-28-22 Nagasaki
Tokyo-To Toshimaku, Japan
171- 0051 (Zip Code)TEL 03-3957-2540
FAX 03-3957-2081
http://catholic-toshima.jp/

Priest's Foreword
Welcome toSt. Patrick's Church
Toshima Church was established in 1948 by the
missionary of the St. Columban Ireland Association, andin June 1956 the present church was consecrated. "St.
Patrick" on stained glass window is set in front of thechurch as the Patron Saint of Toshima church. Since
April 2003, the in-charge priest moved from themissionary of the St. Columban Association and thechurch became a Parish of Archdiocese of Tokyo.

Welcome to Catholic Toshima Church
Our Church is dedicated to God.
Anyone who wish to pray iswelcome even Non-Catholics.
Believers in far away places cancome and visit the church as well.
And for those who do not evenhold the faith of Christ, thechurch is always open as a placeof encounter with God, for those Fr. Noboru Tanaka
who have worries and sufferings
Parish Priestand those who are unable to findthe meaning and purpose of
their lives. Jesus awaits you tocome to Him. Of course, as partof a community, the church
warmly welcomes you.

Mass Schedules
Altar with a canopy

Church Tower

Saint Patrick

St. Patrick's Statue

Saint Patrick is the Apostle andpatron saint of Ireland. Born in
Scotland in 389 and died inabout 461 years. He was a
Christian missionary given
credited with convertingIreland to Christianity. The
holiday is March 17th,celebrated internationally, andwe celebrate St. Patrick, apatron saint in our church. The
small three-leaf Shamrock was
the tool reputedly used by SaintPatrick to illustrate the Holy
Trinity. This statue was donatedby the Ambassador of Ireland.

The Mass is the central liturgical service of theEucharist in the Catholic Church. Everyone iswelcome in the church regardless of faith ordenomination. It takes about 1 hour on Sundays
and about 30 minutes on weekdays.

SundayThe Church
Toshima church was constructed and designed by theArchitect Antonin Raymond. He was born in Czech
Republic. He came to Japan in 1919 and employedwith Frank Lloyd Wright, and worked together on theImperial Hotel. He spent a long time in Japan, where
he achieved many of his works. The art andarchitecture of Toshima church are the concrete
walled structure in a folded plate configuration, setof stained glass windows lining the walls, bringing
light, color and beauty. The bench, equipment
fittings, door knobs of the church etc are designed byNoemi.

Antonin Raymond (1888-1976)
Noemi Raymond (1889-1980)(Couple)Statue of the Virgin Mary

9:30 AM(Japanese
12:00 Noon (English)

Weekdays 7:30 AM (Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat.)The English Mass started in January 1989 inToshima church. It is offered every Sunday withcooperating priest, Father John Joseph
Puthenkalam, a Jesuit priest. Foreigners from 10
countries are coming to join the mass.

Sculptured by
Yasutake Funakoshi(1912-2002)

Yasutake Funakoshi was born in
Iwate Prefecture in 1912 andaspired to Rodin to be a sculptor.
The statue is made out of amixture of marble and sandstone,
but since 1950, a unique style has
been established for works ofreligious themes supported byCatholic faith. One of the works
representing Japanese sculptures
after the war is the 26 martyr
monument built in Nagasaki City.
The statue of Mary was erected in
Toshima church in 1959.

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