March 4, 1917 - Mission All Saints, 1207 Wyandotte Street East

March, 1919 - St. George's Memorial Chapel at the corner of Moy and Niagara

September, 1922 - St. George's Church became a separate Parish with Reverend M.C. Davies appointed Incumbant

November 1, 1925 - Moved to St. Mary's Memorial Hall, 1949 Devonshire Court

April 23, 1954 - Turning of the First Sod for the New St. George's, Devonshire Court

February 7, 1955 - Laying of the Foundation Stone

September 17, 1955 - Dedication Service of the New Church

October 10, 1965 Consecration of St. George's Church, Walkerville

St. George's is a conservative Anglican church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. We are named in honour of St. George, an early 4th century martyr for the Christian faith.

St. George's Church was the first Anglican church in the Diocese of Huron to use altar lights and vestments, to establish a Server's guild, to celebrate a weekly Sunday Eucharist, and to have a midnight Christmas Mass. It remains one of only two Anglo-Catholic churches in the Diocese.

PAST RECTORS OF THE PARISH

Venerable M.C. Davies

Reverend Dr. W. Kenneth Jaggs

Reverend Father Stanley R. Smith

Reverend Father Percy C. Dodd

Reverend Father William Foote

Reverend Canon Dr. B.A. Silcox (Priest-in-charge)

Reverend Dr. W. K. Jaggs. SSC (Priest-in-charge)

...and a number of other priests who have served this Parish in various capacities.

FURNISHINGS AND DECORATIONS:

The present St. George’s church was built in 1954-55 and solemnly consecrated and dedicated on 10 October 1955.

St. George’s combined traditional Church design with modern methods and materials in general use - laminated wood, steel, concrete block, brick, stone and glass. Many of the sanctuary furnishings (e.g. the seats for the clergy) were from the old St. George’s church, which is now the Parish Hall.

The ceramic plague inset in the outer porch wall, adjacent to the main entrance, is of St. George and the Dragon and was designed and made by Valentin Shabaeff of Montreal. It was a gift of the Church Women’s aid.

The stained glass roundel hanging in the narthex contains the symbol of the Holy Spirit, the dove, set against a golden cross and surrounded by seven tongues of flame to represent the seven gifts of the Spirit. It was designed by Christopher Wallis of Grand Bend, Ontario.

The north and south nave walls, designed in rectangular patterns of coloured glass set in steel frames, are supported by concrete piers at seven-foot intervals. Each glass wall area is 37’ high.

The floor of the nave aisles is of “Granwood”, an English composition wood block which is sound absorbing, heat and water resistant and ideally suited to heavy traffic. The stone floors of the narthex and porch are of natural Indiana slate. The terrazzo floor of the sanctuary and chancel is in the form of a cross and was the gift of the Italian community of Windsor. Four vari-coloured corner mosaics represent various Christian symbols.

The singers and organ are located in a West gallery, leaving the sanctuary free for its essential function as the centre of worship.

The crucifix on the East wall above the altar has a corpus cast in aluminum and modeled by an Italian sculptor in Montreal. The cross itself is made of teak.

The baptistry has a pair of mosaics (St. Joseph and the Madonna and Child) on the baptistry walls which were designed by Sydney Watson of Toronto. The font, designed by Kenneth Saltmarche, marks a departure from accepted form. The font basin, a shallow enamel on copper bowl eighteen inches in diameter, was made by Francoise Desroches-Drolet of Montreal. The inner surface is of iridescent gold with fish symbols in white crackle glaze. The underside is of blue enamel. The trefoil base of walnut symbolizes the Trinity and was made by Percy T. Graham of Sandwich East.

The Lady Chapel is paneled in Philippine mahogany and has an oak block inlay floor. The chapel chairs are memorial gifts of individual members of the parish.

The three icons in the chapel (Archangel Gabriel, Archangel Michael, and St. George) were painted by iconographer Charlene Palmer of Flint, Michigan.

The chimes were a memorial gift of Archdeacon M.C. Davies and his wife.