Montreal, Quebec (QC)
Archivist:
Nick Tullius
Memories of Montreal, remembered by our
Donauschwaben
| | 1946,
published in 1968 Donauschwaben
Kalender.
"The interior of the German-Catholic
St. Bonifatius Church in
Montreal/Canada. This church is
located at the corner of City Hall
Street and Pine Avenue; it was built
in 1946 by predominantly Danube
Swabians who had settled in Montreal
before WW2. Every Sunday the church
becomes a meeting place of
Danube-Swabian people, for the
German Mass between 9:00 and 11:00
o'clock."
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| | 1966, published in
1968 Donauschwaben Kalender. "Procession of the Danube-Swabian
Kirchweih couples in Montreal/Canada
on the occasion of the 20th
anniversary of the St. Bonifatius
parish on October 2, 1966."
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| | German House Montreal built 1967
by the "Swabian Corporation" |
| | First Kirchweih Sankt
Bonifactius Parish Montreal
November 1934 "Canada's Danube Swabians" by F.
Wieden & M. Benzinger, St.Michael's
Church Windsor, 1992
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| | German-Catholic St. Bonifatius
Church founded in Montreal, 1930 |
| | German-Catholic St. Bonifatius
Church Music "The Danube Swabians" by Katherine
Stenger Frey, Mika Publishing, 1982
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Johann Jobba
(father of Rudy) and Louise (Rudy’s
youngest daughter) doing
the “Strauss Tanz” (bouquet dance) at the
Kirchwei
o the St. Bonifatius parish (early
1970s) [Rudy Jobba, 14 Jan 2009] |
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Mass at the St. Bonifatius Church on
Kirchwei
Sunday [Rudy Jobba, 14 Jan 2009] |
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Johann Jobba Butcher Shop, Montreal
- From
left to right side: Fritz Schmelzle
a native of Leibling - Mike Bischof
from Rekasch - my Mother Elizabetha
- my Father Johann - Erne Danchak &
Mike Molnar both of Hungarian
Heritage. [Rudy Jobba 26 Jan 09] |
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First
home of the German-speaking RC
parish in Montreal, namely the
“lower church” (church basement?) of
the St. Louis de France church. [Rudy Jobba 26 Jan 09]
(N. Tullius note: the German word "Kapelle"
(not "Kapella"
or "Kappela")
simply means "chapel" in English.
They could not
call it a "church" as it was only
the lower floor of a church, so they
called it a "Kapelle." |
| | Joseph Pharr touring Montreal, 1990 |
| | Joseph Pharr touring Montreal, 1990 |
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