The Archdiocese of Kingston has engaged Terry White, Partner at +VG Architects, to prepare a design for the St. Dismas Archives at the Church of the Good Thief. Terry and his team are thrilled to present their preliminary design for the proposed archives housed within the iconic church. Their design transforms the space into a...
This tribute to St. Dismas is attributed to Fr. W.T. Kingsley, third pastor of Good Thief Parish. From Celebrating the Centennial: The Church of the Good Thief, 1989-1994. A Souvenir of the First 100 Years Compiled by Lenore Majoros. The St. Dismas story is a true, religious tale – mysterious, contradictory, and intriguing as the...
Church of the Good Thief (St. Dismas), located in the historic Portsmouth Village, is the second oldest Roman Catholic church in Kingston, after St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Plans for church and rectory were prepared by the Toronto architect Joseph Connolly and the church was built, beginning in 1892, from limestone quarried, cut and carried to...
By Veronica Stienburg – Archivist, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston Archives are the storehouses of history that preserve the documentary evidence of past activities, institutions and individuals. There is a pressing need to preserve and make accessible the religious history of Kingston and Eastern Ontario and the St. Dismas Archives is...
