Toronto’s Italians and their Places of Worship
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Toronto, Italian- Canadians, religious worshipAbstract
In 1908, the old parish of St. Patrick, built in 1869 for Irish immigrants, was re-consecrated Madonna del Carmine, to become Toronto’s first Italian parish. Over the years Italian churches replicated the sites where Methodist and Presbyterian missions had been instituted for the conversion of Italians. After WW II and new flows of immigration, Italians, with their rituals and processions, changed the religious landscape of Toronto, transforming a Protestant city into a lively multicultural enclave of religious practices.
Gli italiani di Toronto e i loro luoghi di culto
Nel 1908, la vecchia parrocchia di San Patrizio, costruita nel 1869 per gli immigrati irlandesi, fu riconsacrata Madonna del Carmine, per diventare la prima parrocchia italiana di Toronto. Nel corso degli anni si è sviluppata la strategia di sostituire con chiese cattoliche italiane i siti dove prima erano state istituite missioni metodiste e presbiteriane per la conversione degli immigranti. Dopo la seconda guerra mondiale e i nuovi flussi di immigrazione, gli italiani, con i loro rituali e le loro processioni, hanno cambiato il panorama religioso di Toronto, trasformando una città protestante in una vivace enclave multiculturale di pratiche religiose.
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