page_title: St George's Church (Ottawa)
section_title: Parish life and Catholic Associations
hierarchical_section_title: St George's Church (Ottawa) / Parish life and Catholic Associations
caption_attribution_description: English: Blessing of the Easter Candle, 2015
context_page_description: St George's Church is the parish for the English speaking Catholics in Westboro/West Wellington Village, within the city and archdiocese of Ottawa.The parish of St George was founded in 1923, its territory carved out of St Mary's Parish. It has become the home of Ottawa's growing Eritrean Catholic community.
context_section_description: The Catholic Women's League began a CWL council at St. George's in 1923, which ceased to function in 1998; its records document parish life. The Knights of Columbus set up a council that continued to support parish life, social events, and parish fund-raising. 
  
  Together with the church, St George Catholic School opened in 1923. For the first years, the school used the church basement for classrooms. Later, a large school building was constructed next to the church, between Piccadilly and Mayfair Avenues. This building no longer exists. At present, St George School is using a building further north, formerly known as St Joseph's Middle School.
  St George's hosts Alpha sessions, some of them specially geared towards parents of children preparing for first sacraments. In the recent past, there was a group of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, and regular CCO Faith Studies for (young) adults. St George's Social Justice Committee assists refugees from Eritrea and the Middle East. The parish offers spaces for non-profit groups and social events in the newly renovated St George's Parish Hall. For over ten years, a number of student priests have been living at St George's Rectory while pursuing graduate studies at St Paul University or at Dominican University College. With their part-time ministry, these priests offer a valuable contribution to the life of the parish. One of them is Prosper Balthazar Lyimo, Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Arusha, Tanzania
  The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which belongs to the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, is located on the territory of St George's Parish. The two Catholic communities work together in various ways and join for a grand eucharistic procession every year for the feast of Corpus Christi. In 2016, Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Apostolic Nuncio in Canada, was the main celebrant of the Mass and Procession on Corpus Christi, in 2017 Bishop Steven Lopes, head of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter.
caption: Blessing of the Paschal Candle at the Easter Fire, 2015
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