More Than Fifty Years of Faith and Family

From our first Mass in the basement of St. Pius X School in September of 1955, to the standing-room-only services which marked the ordination of one of our own, Fr. Neil Osiowy in 2004, the parish of Christ the King has come a long way on it's pilgrim journey.

In 1955, Archbishop M.C. O'Neill appointed Fr, Emmett Mooney to serve the 250 families of the rapidly growing Lakeview area south of Wascana Creek. Under Fr. Mooney's leadership, and through the energetic work of the first Building Committee, the families of Christ the King Parish broke Bread together in their new church for Midnight Mass on December 24, 1956.

The first years were busy ones, as the rapidly growing parish added its now well-known tower to the front of the building and celebrated the opening of the parish hall in October of 1958.

In August of 1971 Fr. Micheal Hogan came to the parish. Under his guidance, the parish council became a key part of parish life, from social events to the planning of liturgies as well as carrying on Fr. Mooney's legacy of generosity to missions both at home and abroad.

Father Charles Gibney came to the parish in 1980. His love of liturgical music was a great gift the parish. His own musical arrangement of the Lord's Prayer is still sung at many of our liturgical celebrations today.

In 1987, Fr. Ken Koep came to Christ the King heralding in a ten-year 'era of building' which saw the construction of the Parish Centre between the Church and the Hall as well as major renovations of the rectory.

With Fr. Koep's departure in 1997 the parish said goodbye to one dear shepherd and welcomed another, Fr. Tonny Dizy. Fr. Tonny continues to encourage parish ministries and to build a strong, faith-filled, Christ-centered community. From Sunday parish breakfasts and monthly coffee Sundays to our Friday morning 'pot-luck' breakfast, his gentle influence is felt everywhere at Christ the King.

In these most recent years our parish community has been in the midst of transition as our elders, our founders, age and move on, and new, young families settle in to carry on the traditions set before them, and create new ones to hand on to future generations. It is a future built on the firm foundations set by those who have gone before us, a future of growth in faith, hope and charity as we journey together, one family bound forever by the love of Christ, our servant king.