 He worked on many of the churches in Toronto built around that time, such as the Church of the Holy Name, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Patrick's Church.In 1914, the Archbishop of Toronto, Neil McNeil invited the Paulist Fathers to the city to serve the Newman Centre in the University of Toronto (which they did until 1936) and the parish of St Peter's.By 1925, the present church was completed to accommodate the growing number of Catholics in the area.