Before acquiring their first church, the Ukrainian Catholic community in Sutherland celebrated Divine Liturgies in the local Roman Catholic Church. In 1958, when the Roman Catholic community built a larger church, the Ukrainian Catholics purchased the old Holy Family Roman Catholic church, moved it to the present site, and adapted it for their use. This building served the community for thirteen years.

In 1971, the old church was dismantled to make way for the construction of the present church building, which has been lovingly decorated and maintained over the past half-century.

Dormition of the Mother of God Parish has grown significantly and is now the seat of a rural district, providing spiritual and pastoral care to the following affiliated parishes: Vonda, Prud’homme, Lanwici, Bodnari, Smuts, Borshchiv, and Havryliuk.

The information presented here is drawn in part from the work of Anna Maria Kowcz-Baran, Ukrainian Catholic Churches of Saskatchewan, published in 1977. This monumental historical survey is available for purchase at the Musée Ukraina Museum for $20.00.