Hawkesbury has had a Catholic parish since the founding of St. Alphonsus Liguori parish in 1883, but English-speaking Catholics longed to hear English sermons, receive sacraments, and worship in their native tongue.  Six businessmen grouped to accomplish this task.  One of the six, a young lawyer named Edmond Woods, had married a woman who spoke no French and had promised her that there would indeed be an English parish in this town.

After many years of petitioning and fund raising ground was broken on 7 May 1959 by our first Parish Priest, Fr. Peter Garland.  After construction was completed, the first Mass was held on 13 December 1959.

The success of our parish can be attributed to the constant work of our Parish Priests, the Parish Pastoral Council, the Ladies' Association, and various ministries.

Our humble little parish of 200 (now 80) registered families welcomes everyone to prayer.  Our parish vision is to be firmly committed in doing our part in fulfilling the mission given by Jesus Christ to his Church to go to people everywhere and make them his disciples (Page 186, "A Brief History and Parishes of the Archdiocese of Ottawa," Strasbourg:  Éditions du Signe, 2010).