# St. Timothy Catholic Church

Roman Catholic church in Orangeville, Ontario.

Source: https://orangevilles.church/churches/st-timothy-catholic/
Last verified: 2026-10-18

## Mass times
- Sunday 9:00 a.m. (Mass)
- Sunday 11:00 a.m. (Mass)
- Tuesday 7:00 p.m. (Mass)
- Wednesday 7:00 p.m. (Mass)
- Thursday 9:00 a.m. (Mass)
- Friday 9:15 a.m. (Mass)
- Saturday 9:00 a.m. (First Saturday Mass, monthly)
- Saturday 5:00 p.m. (Vigil Mass)

Mass is also said at 9:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month (it was at 10:00 a.m. until September 2026). The Rosary is prayed 20 minutes before every Mass, and all Masses are in English. Confessions are heard on Thursdays after the 9:00 a.m. Mass, on Saturdays from 4:00 to 4:45 p.m., and by appointment with the pastor, and the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration on Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The parish also takes a monthly Mass or Communion service to four Orangeville retirement and nursing homes on Wednesday mornings. Parking is limited: take a marked space before parking along the lane, keep the lane nearest the front doors clear for emergency vehicles, and use the lot by the rectory if you need to leave promptly after Mass.

## Address
42 Dawson Road, Orangeville, ON L9W 2W3

## Contact
- Phone: 519-941-2424
- Website: https://sttimothyor.archtoronto.org
- Email: sttimothyor@archtoronto.org
- Affiliation: Archdiocese of Toronto

## What they believe
St. Timothy is a Roman Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Catholics confess the Nicene Creed, receive the seven sacraments, and hold that the bread and wine of the Mass become the body and blood of Christ; the parish's pages, quoting Cardinal Collins, describe Holy Communion not as bread that merely reminds us of Jesus but as 'Jesus, sacramentally present to be with us on our journey.'

## About this congregation
St. Timothy is Orangeville's Roman Catholic parish, in the Archdiocese of Toronto. Its church stands on a triangular lot between Dawson Road and Centre Street, and the parish office is in the church vestibule. Fr. Donatello Iocco is the pastor.

The parish history traces Catholic worship in the area to the Mono Township farmhouse of Patrick Ryan, where visiting priests such as Father McSpiritt said Mass. By 1873 Orangeville was a mission served every second Sunday from Caledon, and St. Peter's Church was built on John Street, facing the railway station: Archbishop Lynch of Toronto laid its cornerstone on 1 August 1875 and blessed it on 1 January 1876. Orangeville became a parish in its own right in 1885. As the congregation grew after the Second World War, land for a new church was bought in 1961, and construction to plans by the architect William Saccoccio began in August 1968. The new church opened in June 1969 and was blessed by Archbishop Philip Pocock on 24 August 1969; it took the name St. Timothy from a bequest by Sir Charles John Gillooly in memory of his father, and old St. Peter's was sold. The pastor of the day, Father Edward J. Mahoney, put much thought into its modern design: the interior is laid out as a triangle to represent the three Persons of the Trinity, and the church was built to seat about 450.

Weekend Masses are on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and Sunday at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., with weekday Masses on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at seven and on Thursday and Friday mornings. Confessions are heard on Thursday mornings and Saturday afternoons, and the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration on Thursdays until 1:00 p.m. Parish groups include the Catholic Women's League, Knights of Columbus Council 8851, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, adult and youth choirs, and EDGE nights for students in Grades 6 to 8.

## About this listing
Part of Orangevilles.church. These listings cover a growing selection of congregations in Orangeville; they are not yet exhaustive.
Checked against: sttimothyor.archtoronto.org (retrieved 2026-10-18); archtoronto.org (retrieved 2026-10-18).
What Roman Catholic churches believe: https://orangevilles.church/denominations/catholic/