The Church of Saint Andrew and St Paul is a Presbyterian

Presbyterian Church in Canada

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 church in downtown Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located at 3415 Redpath Street, on the corner of Sherbrooke Street

Sherbrooke Street

Sherbrooke Street is a major east-west artery and at in length, is the second longest street on the Island of Montreal. The street begins in the town of Montreal West and ends on the extreme tip of the island in Pointe-aux-Trembles, intersecting Gouin Boulevard and joining up with Notre-Dame...

 (Route 138

Quebec route 138

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). It is in close proximity to the Golden Square Mile

Golden Square Mile

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, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

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, Concordia University (Sir George Williams Campus) as well as the Guy-Concordia Metro

Guy-Concordia (Montreal Metro)

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 station.

It is the regimental church of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

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This congregation is the 1918 merger of two congregations, both formed in the early years of the nineteenth century.

St. Andrew's Church

The congregation formed in 1802 and were originally located on Notre-Dame Street

Notre-Dame Street

Notre-Dame Street is a historic east-west street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs parallel to the Saint Lawrence River, from the eastern tip of the island to Lachine . In French, it is known as rue Notre-Dame....

. It was the second Presbyterian congregation in Montreal, the first having been the Scots Presbyterian Congregation of St. Gabriel Street Church, founded in 1787.

In 1809, The first St. Andrew's Church was built on Saint Peter Street in Old Montreal

Old Montreal

Old Montreal is the oldest area in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dating back to New France. Located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the area is bordered on the west by McGill St., on the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, on the east by Berri St. and on the south by the Saint Lawrence River...

 and was also known as St. Peter's Street Church at the time. In 1820, became closer connected with the Church of Scotland

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

. The new Saint Andrew's Church building was built in 1851 on Beaver Hall Hill, at the corner of De la Gauchetière Street

De la Gauchetière Street

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. It was inspired by the plans for the Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral

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, and was known as the Scottish Cathedral. The cathedral burned to the ground in 1869 and was quickly rebuilt on the same location.

In 1875, St. Andrew's remained out of the merger that joined Canadian Presbyterians; instead, remaining with the Church of Scotland until their merger with St. Paul's Church in 1918. In 1927, the former church was demolished to make place for the head office of Bell Canada

Bell Canada

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 on Beaver Hall Hill.

St. Paul's Church

St. Paul's Church was formed in 1832, as a result of another conflict at the pioneer St. Gabriel Street Church, over the successor to Reverend James Somerville; between either Reverend Robert Easton, or Reverend Edward Black (both assistants to Sommerville). The conflict went over to Scotland, where it was encouraged that the Canadian Church of Scotland congregations form their own Synod

Synod

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 to handle such matters. The result of this, in 1831, was to form a new congregation in Montreal and St. Paul's, under the leadership of Black was composed of the minority from St. Gabriel's. St. Gabriel's Church was placed under the leadership of Easton. In 1834, a separate building for St. Paul's was constructed on Rue Sainte-Hélène, and was located on property owned by John Redpath

John Redpath

John Redpath was a Scots-Quebecer businessman and philanthropist who helped pioneer the industrial movement that made Montreal, Quebec the largest and most prosperous city in Canada....

 and Peter McGill

Peter McGill

Peter McGill was a Scots-Quebecer businessman who served as the second mayor of Montreal, Canada East from 1840 to 1842.- Biography :...

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In 1867, St. Paul's Church was rebuilt on Dorchester Boulevard (now René-Lévesque Boulevard) at the corner of Saint-Monique Street, where Place Ville-Marie

Place Ville-Marie

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 and Central Station are located.

In 1870, this building served as the meeting place for the delegates from the 4 Canadian Presbyterian groups, that eventually merged in 1875. St Paul's gained a few St. Andrew's families who were supportive towards the Presbyterian Church in Canada

Presbyterian Church in Canada

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In 1931, St. Paul's Church was slated to be demolished to make way for the construction of Central Station. It was saved from demolition by the Pères de Sainte-Croix who purchased the building for the symbolic sum of $1. Over sixty days it was dismantled stone by stone and moved to the grounds of the Collège Saint-Laurent

Cégep de Saint-Laurent

Cégep de Saint-Laurent is a Cégep located in the Saint-Laurent borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is a few doors south of Vanier College, another Cégep.-History:...

. It was reassembled by architect Lucien Parent

Lucien Parent

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 who modified the church slightly for its new role as a Roman Catholic church. It was also raised by one floor to allow for a theatre, Salle Émile-Legault to be built underneath. The theatre was home to the well-known Compagnons de Saint-Laurent French-language

French language

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 theatre troupe. It became vacant following the secularization of the institution, and was converted into a museum in 1979. The Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec is today located in what was originally St. Paul's Church.

St. Andrew and St Paul

The present building was constructed on Sherbrooke Street at the corner of Redpath, and opened in 1932. The idea to build this church came about in 1918 following the merger of two separate Presbyterian congregations formed in the 19th century.

It was Constructed in the Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

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 architecture style by Montreal architect Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh

Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh

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. The materials used in construction were steel

Steel

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 and reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete

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, although the interior is made entirely of stone. Built in the style of a cathedral, the interior of the church has three aisles. A large stained glass

Stained glass

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 window overlooks the main communion table. There are also two windows made by William Morris

William Morris

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 who was associated with the English

England

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 Arts and Crafts Movement

Arts and Crafts movement

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. The wrought iron screen located in one of the chapels won an award for the architect, Fetherstonhaugh. Many of the commemorative stained glass windows within the church originated from the former St. Paul Church.

The church's organ was built in 1932 by Casavant Frères

Casavant Frères

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, and is the largest in Montreal with 7000 organ pipes.

The building is 67 meters (220 feet) long, and the exterior tower is 41 metres (135 feet) high.

St. Andrew's (1803-1918)

• • Rev. John Forrest (1803)
  • Rev. Robert Easton (1804–1824)
  • Rev. John Burns (1824–1826)
  • Rev. Alexander Mathieson, DD (1826–1870, 1837-38 leave)
  • Rev. Gavin Lang (1870–1882)
  • Rev. J. Edgar Hill, DD (1882–1911)
  • Rev. George Duncan, DD (1914–1918)

St. Paul's (1832-1918)

• • Rev. Edward Black, DD (1832–1845)+
  • Rev. Robert McGill, DD (1845–1856)+
  • Rev. William Snodgrass, DD (1856–1864), appointed Principal of Queen's College
    Queen's University
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    , Kingston, Ontario
    Kingston, Ontario
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    .
  • Rev. John Jenkins, DD, LLD (1865–1881)
  • Rev. James Barclay (1882–1910)
  • Rev. R. Bruce Taylor (1911–1917)

St.Andrew's and St. Paul's (1918-present)

• • Rev. George Duncan, DD, (1918–1924)
  • Rev. George Donald, DD, (1925–1945)
  • Rev. R. J. Berlis, DD, (1946–1973)
  • Rev. William Russell, (1973–1982)
  • Rev. J.S.S. Armour, DD, (1983-1998—presently Minister Emeritus)
  • Rev. Richard Topping, Ph.D (Assistant Minister 1997-2000, Senior Minister February 2000-June 2009), appointed to the St. Andrew's Hall Chair of Studies in the Reformed Tradition, St. Andrew's Hall, Vancouver School of Theology, University of British Columbia, July 2009
  • Rev. Jeffrey Veenstra, (Inducted September 12, 2010 – present)

Assistant and Associate Ministers

Since 1825, there have been many assistant and associate ministers connected with these congregations, as well as Presbyterian College

The Presbyterian College, Montreal

The Presbyterian College/Le Collège Presbytérien, 3495 University Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, is a Theological College of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and is affiliated with McGill University through their Faculty of Religious Studies...

students:
On October 29, 2006, Rev. Steve Filyk was ordained and Inducted to this position; he had also served in this congregation as a student at Presbyterian College. In 2008, he was called to Kerrisdale Church in Vancouver.

• • Rev. Robert Dobie, St. Andrew's (1852–1853)
  • Rev. R. Herbert Story, St. Andrew's (1859–1860)
  • Rev. James Kerr, St. Andrew's (1861–1862)
  • Rev. W.M. Inglis, St. Andrew's (1862–1863)
  • Rev. Andrew Paton, St. Andrew's (1864–1869)
  • Rev. Robert Laing, St. Paul's (1873–1878)
  • Rev. W. R. Cruickshank, St. Paul's (1878–1879)
  • Rev. James Mackie, St. Paul's (1879–1880)
  • Rev. W.T. Herridge, St. Paul's (1880–1883)
  • Rev. F. Scott. MacKenzie, Th D., St. Andrew's and St. Paul's (1918–1920) (later Principal of Presbyterian College)
  • Rev. John L. McInnis (1920–1922)
  • Rev. A.M. Gordon, DD (1923–1925)
  • Rev. W. Scott Taylor (1925–1927)
  • Rev. A. Rudolph Uren, PhD (1921–1929)
  • Rev. Donald S. Traill (1929–1930)
  • Rev. Thomas Helm (1931–33)
  • Rev. Hadden M. Gilmour (1933–1935)
  • Rev. Allan Macleod (1935–1937)
  • Rev. W. Oliver Nugent (1937–1939)
  • Rev. R. J. Berlis (1939–1940)
  • Rev. Gordon R. Taylor (1940–1941)
  • Rev. Robert W Manning (1943–1944)
  • Rev. John A. Simms (1952–1957)
  • Rev. James Peter Jones (1961–1964)
  • Rev. Stephen A. Hayes (1965–1972)
  • Rev. Alfred Burgermeister (1975–1977)
  • Rev. Alison Stewart-Patterson (1977–1979)
  • Rev. Donald A. Burns (1980–1984)
  • Rev. M. Raymond Drennan (1985–1986)
  • Rev. Hugh N. Jack (1987–1989)
  • Rev. J. Andrew Fullerton, PhD (1993–1996)
  • Rev. Richard Topping (1998–2000)
  • Rev. Ruth Y. Draffin (2000–2003)
  • Rev. Steve Filyk (2006–2008)

+ -died in office

External links

• St. Andrew and St. Paul Church homepage