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ROGERSVILLE
Saint-François-de-Sales
Saint Benoît Pastoral UnitFrench-speaking
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Priest in charge
B
BERNADIN, P. Saint-Julaire
Prêtre
ROGERSVILLE
Saint-François-de-Sales
Saint Benoît Pastoral UnitFrench-speaking
Contact
Mass times
- Sunday10:30 AM
- Tuesday9:00 AM
- Friday10:30 AM
- Saturday4:00 PM
Office hours
Monday and Wednesday
9 a.m. to noon
1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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History
Established in 1869
First church built in 1878
First parish priest: 1880
Rogersville, founded in 1869, is located at the southern tip of Northumberland County and on the border with Kent County. It owes its existence to the workers who came to build the Intercolonial Railway, which connects Halifax to Montreal. It was named by Monsignor Marcel-François Richard, then parish priest of Saint-Louis-de-Kent, in honour of the Bishop of Chatham, Bishop Rogers.
About ten men had come to start a lumber business deep in the virgin forest. With the arrival of Bishop Richard, the settlement grew and the workers became landowners.
The Saint-François-de-Sales parish in Rogersville is closely linked to the life of Bishop Marcel-François Richard. A great patriot, he was the driving force behind the adoption of the tricolour with a star as the Acadian flag, and Ave Maris Stella as the national anthem. He went to Rome to request the appointment of an Acadian bishop and ultimately had the Assumption Monument erected in Rogersville in 1912. He also completed the current church, the construction of which had begun in 1888. An earlier church had existed between 1878 and 1888.
Mission churches were added to the mother parish: Rosaireville in 1905, Kent Junction in 1908, Marcelville in 1913, and Collette in 1914. The latter became a parish in 1954.
Bishop Richard died on June 18, 1915. His remains rest at the Monument under the care of Our Lady of the Assumption.
It was in 1902, at Bishop Richard's invitation, that the Trappists came from Bonnecombe, France, to establish the abbey. Our Lady of Calvary in Rogersville. It was also in this way that Our Lady of the Assumption Abbey was founded in 1904 by the Trappistine nuns, who were forced to abandon their monastery in Lyon, France.
The Eudist Fathers, the Daughters of Jesus, and the Brothers of Christian Instruction have contributed, at various times, to the education of the parish's youth.
First church built in 1878
First parish priest: 1880
Rogersville, founded in 1869, is located at the southern tip of Northumberland County and on the border with Kent County. It owes its existence to the workers who came to build the Intercolonial Railway, which connects Halifax to Montreal. It was named by Monsignor Marcel-François Richard, then parish priest of Saint-Louis-de-Kent, in honour of the Bishop of Chatham, Bishop Rogers.
About ten men had come to start a lumber business deep in the virgin forest. With the arrival of Bishop Richard, the settlement grew and the workers became landowners.
The Saint-François-de-Sales parish in Rogersville is closely linked to the life of Bishop Marcel-François Richard. A great patriot, he was the driving force behind the adoption of the tricolour with a star as the Acadian flag, and Ave Maris Stella as the national anthem. He went to Rome to request the appointment of an Acadian bishop and ultimately had the Assumption Monument erected in Rogersville in 1912. He also completed the current church, the construction of which had begun in 1888. An earlier church had existed between 1878 and 1888.
Mission churches were added to the mother parish: Rosaireville in 1905, Kent Junction in 1908, Marcelville in 1913, and Collette in 1914. The latter became a parish in 1954.
Bishop Richard died on June 18, 1915. His remains rest at the Monument under the care of Our Lady of the Assumption.
It was in 1902, at Bishop Richard's invitation, that the Trappists came from Bonnecombe, France, to establish the abbey. Our Lady of Calvary in Rogersville. It was also in this way that Our Lady of the Assumption Abbey was founded in 1904 by the Trappistine nuns, who were forced to abandon their monastery in Lyon, France.
The Eudist Fathers, the Daughters of Jesus, and the Brothers of Christian Instruction have contributed, at various times, to the education of the parish's youth.
