Category: | Point of interest, Establishment, Place of worship, |
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Address: | 61 Fairfax Crescent #124, Scarborough, ON M1L 1Z7, Canada |
Postal code: | M1L 1Z7 |
Phone: | (416) 261-7135 |
Website: | https://www.scarboromissions.ca/ |
The Society of Foreign Missions from Scarboro was founded in 1918 by Father John Mary Fraser, and in 1902 he set off on a journey to China for the first time. He sailed to Shanghai on December 21, 1902 and was the first English-speaking priest in China (Diocese of Ningpo).
While in Fenghua, he helped to build the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
In 1918 he founded the seminary of St. Francis Xavier in Almonte and in 1921 he moved to Scarboro.
In May 1950 he went to Japan.