SASKATOON — This has been a momentous year at Christ Church, Saskatoon. This year the parish celebrates the 70th anniversary of the laying of the church cornerstone of the new church by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1954, upon a stone and concrete foundation that had been use as the church for more than 50 years.
This spring, as well, the parish decided to replace the entire church roof that had been leaking badly in several areas. This decision to proceed was made in spite of a source for most of the funding required not being in sight. The congregation committed to a year of intensive fundraising; by the fall of this year sufficient funds had been collected to pay off the $85,000 cost of the completed new roof.
On Sept. 22, the parish celebrated the 70th anniversary of the cornerstone laying with a banquet and Eucharist service attended by both bishops Morgan and Andrews as well as a former mayor of Saskatoon, Don Atchison, and a festive crowd of close to 100. During the service, the invoice for the roof repair was torn up by the rector’s warden, Judy Anderson, and special recognition was also given to Tom and Rose Rogers, executors for the estates of Jim Komar and John Irwin and the wardens of St. George’s Parish, both having made significant bequests to the church during the year as well.
