Exactly 50 years ago today, St. Matthias’ welcomed the newest – and largest – member of its pastoral team: a gorgeous tracker organ built by German organ-maker Karl Wilhelm…
Read MoreOne of the delights of our archives is just how many stories are contained even in non-narrative documents. Today, we dive deeply into the first seventy-five years of insurance…
Read MoreIt took a lot of people a lot of dreaming to get to this moment in 1910. The original church, built in 1875, was no longer big enough to fit the approximately 80 families who were members of the church by 1892, nor did it have electric lights or a suitable organ…
Read MoreAs January progresses, the St. Matthias' office is always focused on one big project: reconciling the finances of the previous year. In 2023, our wonderful accounting department works primarily on computer, but not so in the 1890s…
Read MoreOur first installment is a beautiful watercolour painting of the original church building, painted by Mrs. A.M. Sweeny in 1897. Westmount was quite different in the 1870s…
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