
BRIEF HISTORY OF 3 PARISHES
St. Catherine of Siena Parish
St. Catherine of Siena Parish was established on June 28, 2017 by Bishop Douglas Crosby, as the union of two parishes. These were Corpus Christi Parish and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
This is the newest Roman Catholic Parish in the Diocese of Hamilton. The name was selected with reference to St. Catherine as a bridge builder between communities. Fr. Mark Gatto was assigned as first Pastor along with Fr. David Reitzel as Associate Pastor.
The new church is on the south corner of Rymal Road and Sherman Road. It is the main Catholic Church serving the Catholic community south of Lincoln Alexander Expressway on Hamilton Mountain.
While the new church was being built, two previous parishes (Corpus Christi and Our Lady of Lourdes) continued as Sites for the parish. A Building Committee was created in November 2017 with Deacon Tom Vert as Chair. Achim Klaas of Klaas Design was hired as Liturgical Consultant and Micheal Biljetina of ATA Architects Inc. was selected as Architect. Plans and Designs for the new church building were done.
When construction was finished, the two previous sites were closed.
Below are two videos showing an interior and external view of the new church.

