Holy Trinity Parish – Calmar Town

Holy Trinity Parish in Calmar began as a response to the needs of Ukrainian Catholic families who had moved from the farm area into town. The land in Calmar was donated by Ivan Vorkun, and Ivan Ivanykha organized the idea of the parish. The founding meeting was held on March 14, 1948, and the church was built in 1947–1949, about 50 km southwest of Edmonton.

The parish originally had about 30 families and kept a cemetery of 1.47 acres located 1.6 km south of the church. Parish life also included a Ukrainian Catholic National Hall built across the road in 1939 with support from the Ukrainian Catholic communities of Calmar and Leduc; it later became home to the local Ukrainian Zirka dance group in 2004. The parish was active in UCWL, BUCC, and UCYC, and in 1979, the majority of parishioners decided to use the Gregorian calendar instead of the Julian calendar.