St. Patrick Roman Catholic Parish, Lucan, ON

St. Patrick Parish was formed in the mid-1800s to serve the needs of Roman Catholic families in the Biddulph area. Many of our original parishoners were Irish who had escaped The Great Potato Famine and crossed the Atlantic, only to discover that life in Ontario brought its own share of challenges. Still, these intrepid souls cleared forests, raised children and, in 1859/60, built our present day church. After World War II, Biddulph enjoyed another wave of immigrants, this time from the Netherlands. Scores of Dutch families made the difficult decision to leave their ravaged homeland and immigrate to Canada, in the hopes of starting new lives. Many established successful farms and became part of the St. Patrick family.