# St. Mary Immaculate Catholic Church

Roman Catholic church in Elora, Ontario.

Source: https://elora.church/churches/st-mary-immaculate-catholic/
Last verified: 2026-09-16

## Mass times
- Sunday 11:00 a.m. (Mass)
- Monday 9:00 a.m. (Weekday Mass (usually))
- Tuesday 9:00 a.m. (Weekday Mass (usually))
- Wednesday 9:00 a.m. (Weekday Mass (usually))
- Thursday 9:00 a.m. (Weekday Mass (usually))
- Friday 9:00 a.m. (Weekday Mass (usually))
- Saturday 5:00 p.m. (Vigil Mass)

The 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass is celebrated at the twinned parish, St. Martin of Tours in Drayton, not in Elora. Weekday Mass is usually 9:00 a.m. Monday to Friday; check the bulletin for exceptions. Reconciliation is Saturdays 4:15–4:45 p.m. and the first Thursday of the month 6:40–7:00 p.m.; Eucharistic Adoration is the first Thursday of the month, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

## Address
267 Geddes Street, Elora, ON N0B 1S0

## Contact
- Phone: 519-846-5093
- Website: https://stmaryimmaculate.com
- Email: stmeloffice@wightman.ca
- Affiliation: Diocese of Hamilton

## What they believe
St. Mary Immaculate is a Roman Catholic parish of the Diocese of Hamilton, twinned since 2016 with St. Martin of Tours in Drayton. The parish describes itself as a place where everyone is seen and treated as a member of one big family of God, gathered around the Mass, Reconciliation and Eucharistic Adoration.

## About this congregation
Catholic worship in the Elora area began with Jesuit missionaries walking from Guelph, and the parish's own history records a church built in 1840 at Thorpville, halfway between Guelph and Elora, followed in 1860 by a church on the south side of the Grand River at the eastern end of McNab Street. The cornerstone of the present church on Geddes Street was laid in late May 1870 by Rev. E. J. Gordon, Vicar General of Hamilton, and the English Gothic building, with a spire designed to rise 134 feet, was completed in late 1871. It is the second oldest of Elora's major church buildings; only the Methodist (now United) church of 1862–63 is older. Construction was paid for through donations, bazaars, raffles and lectures, with a local Lutheran brickyard owner donating ten thousand bricks.

The church was renovated in 1921 (sacristy and stained-glass windows), 1947, and 1975 (to meet the requirements of Vatican II), and in the 2000s the brickwork, roof and windows were restored over two years. Fr. Hayden Starczala, ordained in 2020, is the twentieth priest to serve the parish, which was twinned with St. Martin of Tours, Drayton, in 2016 and shares its Sunday schedule with that parish. St. Mary's School is associated with the parish.

## About this listing
Part of Elora.church. These listings cover every congregation in Elora and Salem.
Checked against: stmaryimmaculate.com (retrieved 2026-09-16); centrewellington.ca (retrieved 2026-09-16); wellingtonadvertiser.com (retrieved 2026-09-16).
What Roman Catholic churches believe: https://elora.church/denominations/catholic/