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- Rev. Wallace R. Chisholm, SFM
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Born on August 22, 1929, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wallace entered the Society’s St. Francis Xavier Seminary in 1948 and was ordained for Scarboro Missions Deember 8, 1954. His first assignment was to the Guyana mission in September of 1955 where he served in Berbice and Georgetown.
In 1961, he returned to Canada and was appointed to teach at the seminary. During the late 60s he assisted at parishes east of Toronto, St. Francis de Sales in Pickering and Our Lady of the People in Oshawa. He continued to serve at our central house in Canada for the remainder of his missionary life, working, as director, in the department of communications (later known as the mission information department); as associate editor of the magazine, and until 1982, as editor of the Society’s newsletter. For a time he also looked after passports and visas and responded to the needs of overseas missionaries as they were received.
A prolific writer, he was appointed in 1962 to write the history of the Society and was called upon several times over the years for a variety of writing assignments. In 1993, up to the time of his death, he was again asked to work on the Society Newsletter as interim editor. He had also been a resource to Scarboro Missions magazine as it attempted to document the past 75 years of the Society’s journey in mission.
Fr. Wallace Chisholm died on June 9, 1993 at Scarborough General Hospital. He had been admitted a few days prior after suffering a severe heart attack from which he did not recover. A wake was held on Friday, June 11, 1993 at the Scarboro Missions Chapel and the funeral took place on Saturday, June 12 at 10:00 a.m. The homilist was Scarboro Missions Superior General, Fr. Brian Swords. He is buried at St. Augustine's cemetery in Scarborough.
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Created by F Rousselle Feb 26, 2025
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Adapted from the Scarboro Missions "Book of Life".