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- The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in Marmora, Ontario, is a Roman Catholic church established in 1894. It is part of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston and serves the local community with a rich history.
- Situated at 38 Bursthall Street, this church is the third Catholic Church in Marmora. The first was St. Matilda's RC first built in 1828 from local limestone and replaced by a red brick church in 1875.
- In 1903 the beautiful brick church in Marmora, recently cleared of debt, was hit by lightning and burned with all its contents.
- In 1904 Father Murtagh directed his courageous flock in building the stone church that now stands. The foundation was built by Richard Sheehy of Peterborough, for $1300; the superstructure by Caspar Speagle of Westport, for $11,460.
- Archbishop Gauthier laid the cornerstone on May 8, 1904, and blessed the completed church on November 20, 1904 when the first mass was held.
- The Stations of the Cross were erected that evening; the church bell, christened Hugo Bernard, was installed the next morning. The bell was from the McShane Foundry in Missouri, USA.
- Father Thomas Davis was the first priest who was born and ordained in Kingston. He laboured and was beloved in this district for 30 years.
- It was he who built the magnificent red brick church in Marmora in 1875-76, at a cost of $4200, to replace St. Matilda’s, the humble and picturesque stone one of 1828 on the west side of the river.
- Father Murtagh died in February 1920, and was buried in the parish cemetery close by the church he had built. In his 26 years in Marmora he had become a living legend.
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