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rfmcdonaldThis begins an irregular series of brief photo posts on places of worship I see around me in my day to day life. Call it the "Houses of God" series, for want of a better title. I'm open to suggestions for a replacement category.
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Santa Cruz Church lies at 142 Argyle Street, near the intersection of that street with Dovercourt, in an area just west of Trinity-Bellwoods Park with its Bolivar statue. I took the below photo from the east on Argyle.
The parish was founded in 1974, in large part to service the religious needs of the many Portuguese-Canadians who live in that general region of Toronto. Santa Cruz Church is also associated with the Senhor Santo Cristo Catholic School, a publically-funded school teaching children from kindergarten to Grade 8. In addition, this Portuguese-language webpage describes what seems to be a religous custom of symbolic pilgrimage originating in the Azores centered on that church.
Thus, transplanted tradition reproduces itself.
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Santa Cruz Church lies at 142 Argyle Street, near the intersection of that street with Dovercourt, in an area just west of Trinity-Bellwoods Park with its Bolivar statue. I took the below photo from the east on Argyle.
The parish was founded in 1974, in large part to service the religious needs of the many Portuguese-Canadians who live in that general region of Toronto. Santa Cruz Church is also associated with the Senhor Santo Cristo Catholic School, a publically-funded school teaching children from kindergarten to Grade 8. In addition, this Portuguese-language webpage describes what seems to be a religous custom of symbolic pilgrimage originating in the Azores centered on that church.
Thus, transplanted tradition reproduces itself.
