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St. Joseph's College School (St. Joseph's College, SJCS, or St. Joe's, more colloquially known as St. Joe's Wellesley), originally known as St. Joseph's Academy for Young Ladies is a girls' Catholic high school in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto Catholic District School Board, formerly the Metropolitan Separate School Board in which the school is a member since 1987.
Congregation Location Dates Notes Image St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto) Kensington Market: 1926 [note 13] 1935 [note 14] 1948 [note 15]. 1951 The church was chosen as the see for the ruling Archbishop of Toronto and Eastern Canada, and was elevated to the rank of a Cathedral.
Sketch of the second church building from Landmarks of Toronto (1904) The Church of St. John the Evangelist, also known as St. John's Garrison Church or the Garrison Church, was an Anglican church in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1844, the congregation had three church buildings before being disbanded in 1985.
The Sisters of Life have two convents in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and several convents in New York, United States: St. Paul the Apostle Convent, Sacred Heart of Jesus Convent, St. Barnabas Convent and St. Frances de Chantal Convent, where over 120 sisters live in community.
Poles Convent, Ware, Hertfordshire (closed in 1986; merged with St Edmund's College) St Joseph's Convent, Hartlepool (now English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College) Upton Hall School, Upton, Merseyside; Hollies Convent FCJ School, Manchester. Founded 1853, closed in 1985. Stella Maris Convent, Broadstairs; St. Victoire's Convent, Hackney ...
In 1987 management of the school was turned over to the Toronto Catholic District School Board. [14] The Sisters also founded Loretto College School on Brunswick Avenue in 1915 and started a college and residence for women at St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto .
The Abbey also fundraises every year for Loretto schools overseas and for charities in need. In 2007, for instance, $25,000 was raised for Loreto St. Vincent's Primary School in Darjeeling. $10,000 was raised for the new Loreto school is South Sudan in 2012. Proceeds from events like dances and civies day go towards the annual charity. [8]
The school is operated by the Toronto Catholic District School Board, formerly the Metropolitan Separate School Board. The institution was founded by the Loretto Sisters ( Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary ) in 1915, whose founder (Blessed Mary Ward ) advocated for excellent education for young women so that they might "do great things".