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Saint Paul’s Anglican Church

200th Anniversary

The season of Advent is always a festive time during
the Christian church calendar. This year is extra special at
Saint Paul’s Anglican Church in Bushville, Miramichi. It
will be celebrating 200 years of service on December 25th,
2023.
Construction of Saint Paul’s began in 1822 and was
completed in 1823 with its first call to service on
Christmas Day of the same year. The church was
constructed by local master builder, William Murray and
was one of only a few structures that survived the Great
Miramichi Fire of 1825.
John Jackson was the church's first sexton, and along
with other parishioners, was instrumental in saving the
church from one of New Brunswick’s worst forest fires on
record. The adjoining cemetery has historical significance
as one of the Fathers of Confederation, John Mercer
Johnson, is buried there. In 1847 Dr. John Vondy, a young
physician was interred at Saint Paul’s Cemetery, after
succumbing to the same illness (Typhus and Scarlet
Fever), the passengers from the Irish famine relief ship,
the Looshtauk, had contacted.
On Christmas Eve, December 24th at 4 pm, Saint
Paul’s will be celebrating Holy Eucharist with the present
rector, Archdeacon Perry Cooper. The Most Reverend
David Edwards of the Anglican Diocese of Fredericton
will be in attendance.
For more information on services and events visit the
Anglican Parish of Chatham website at www.apocm.org

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