Dedication Ceremony

On July 10, 2004, a mass was celebrated and the newly restored Elmbank Cemetery was blessed at the new site in Assumption Cemetery in Mississauga. Msgr. John Murphy, Chancellor for Spiritual Affairs of the Archdiocese of Toronto, was the main celebrant, joined by Father Mike Doyle, C.S.Sp., Father John Cotter from Michigan and Deacon Bert Sandford.

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"A Cemetery is all about things that last.  Today we are here to re-dedicate a cemetery that was established some two centuries ago.  It contains the mortal remains and memorializes the lives of the ancestors of many who are here."

Excerpt from Monsignor Murphy's Homily