The first Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church near the community of Caliento, in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn, was built between 1913 and 1915, on land donated by Dymytro and Tena Sopiwnyk. Destroyed by fire on Christmas Day 1924, the present church building was constructed in 1925 with icongraphy by artist Hnat Sych. The first burial in the associated cemetery occurred in 1908.
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church (February 2016)
Source: George Penner
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church (October 2016)
Source: Desirée Rolfe
Interior of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church (March 2016)
Source: George Penner
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (February 2016)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.17864, W96.45211
denoted by symbol on the map above
A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.
Ukrainian Catholic Churches of Winnipeg Archeparchy by Anna Maria Kowcz-Baran, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1991.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Desirée Rolfe, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 February 2021
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