St. Andrew's Parish




St. Andrew's communicants Spring 1957. l-r: Greg Morrison, Carmel MacNeil, Laureen (Morrison) MacDonald, Nancy (MacSween) , Rod MacKinnon

St. Andrew's Church Stone Mason's circa early 1930's. We understood that this crew was from Quebec. They used local volunteer and contracted help. Local granite was used.

In early 2020, a local stone mason, Ryan Eavis was employed to ready the church for the removal of the temporary roof that had been put around the front of St. Andrew's Church. Here he is rebuilding a stone window frame that had been used to convey the temporary ramp to the upstairs hall. Ryan brought it to our attention that the stones in the frame followed a very discreet colour pattern. 

St. Andrew's altar servers late 1950's. front row l-r Ronald MacDonald, Joey MacMullin, Johnny Peter Steele, Rod MacKinnon, ?, Greg Morrison, Norman MacMullin, Mike Collins. Second row; Leon O'Handley, Roy O'Handley, ?, ?, James MacKinnon,, ?. Third row; James O'Handley, ?, Jimmy MacMullin, ?, ?, Malcolm Morrison, ?.

Our parish priest; Fr. Michael Gillis in the 20's, 30,s 40,s into the 1950's had been a CEF chaplin in WWI.

St. Andrew's altar servers front row l-r: Joe Collins, Roy O'Handley, Jimmy MacMullin, Malcolm Morrison, James MacKinnon, Joe MacLean, John O'Handley. Second row l-r: Blaise MacMullin, John Joe O'Handley, James O'Handley, Ronnie MacLean, Bert Morrison, Dan Hughy MacDonald. Third Row l-r: John Malcolm MacNeil, ?, John MacMullin, Norman MacIntyre, John Jim Morrison, Stephen O'Handley, circa mid 1950's

St. Andrew's Church celebrating the Scottish Catholic Society. That same weekend the Beaver Cove Pioneer Monument was dedicated. August 1934

Group gathered in front of St. Andrew's Church  l-r: Alex Peter MacDonald, Martin MacKinnon, Joe Gillis, ?, Joe Allan MacMullin, ?, ?, ?, ?, Duncan O'Handley, ?, Donald MacLean, ?, ?, ?, ?, Johnny MacIsaac. circa mid 1950's

Altar servers, St. Andrew's  Church Roddie MacIsaac, Martin MacKinnon, David MacMullin, Gerald O'Handley

St. Andrew's Glebehouse circa 1960: Fr. AA Ross, Bishop Power, Fr. John Webb

History of priests in St. Andrew's Parish


Fr. Dan MacNeil, a missionary from Ironville speaks with Fr. Webb August 1981


Rod A. MacKinnon funeral Sept 1949

2 Altar servers; Blaine and Rod MacKinnon Sept. 1960

St. Andrew's Church prior to significant renovations

St. Andrew's Church, Hall, and Glebe circa1935.
 Note the telephone lines along the Old Post Road

The caption on the Beaver Cove Pioneer Monument erected in 1934


Norman MacMullin, John R. MacDonald, Mike MacIntyre,
Joey MacMullin, Mike Collins, Blaine MacKinnon
in front of St. Andrew's Church circa 1963 




Michael, Betty, Gregory MacMullin
with Fr. John H. MacInnis. circa 1955

Fr. Michael Gill



Former Glebe

Anna (Collins) Bennett wedding






St. Andrew's Church, Boisdale circa mid 1930's
Boisdale Church under construction circ.1930

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