Holy Family Cathedral (Saskatoon)
{{Short description|Roman Catholic cathedral in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada}}
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| name=Cathedral of the Holy Family
| image=Holy Family Cathedral, Saskatoon.jpg
| caption=The cathedral's modernist exterior
| location= 123 Nelson Road
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7S 1H1
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| religious_affiliation=Roman Catholic
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| province=Saskatchewan
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| consecration_year=2011
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| website= http://www.holyfamilycathedral.ca/
| architect=Friggstad Downing Henry Architects
| architecture_type= Church
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| groundbreaking=2010
| year_completed=2011
| construction_cost=CA$28.5 million
| capacity=1,250
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The Cathedral of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the University Heights Suburban Centre neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Cathedral is located on land adjacent to St. Joseph High School.
St. Paul's Cathedral had reached its physical limits, which necessitated the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon to build the Cathedral of the Holy Family.{{cite web |url=http://www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com/news_articles/documents/cathedral%20FAQ.pdf |title=Frequently asked Questions |website=Diocese of Saskatoon |accessdate=2011-02-18 |archive-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127115745/http://www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com/news_articles/documents/cathedral%20FAQ.pdf |url-status=dead }} Construction on the CAD$28.5 million {{convert|65000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} cathedral started in 2010.{{cite press release |url=http://saskatoonrcdiocese.com/news_articles/documents/Cathedral_cross.pdf |title=Cross put in place on new Holy Family Cathedral and Catholic Pastoral Centre |publisher=Diocese of Saskatoon |date= |accessdate=2011-02-18 |archive-date=2010-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220044415/http://saskatoonrcdiocese.com/news_articles/documents/Cathedral_cross.pdf |url-status=dead }} and it opened on December 18, 2011.{{cite news |url=https://www.catholicregister.org/item/13654-saskatoon-makes-the-transition-to-new-cathedral |title=Saskatoon makes the transition to new cathedral |last=Yaworski |first=Kiply Luwan |newspaper=The Catholic Register |location=Toronto |date=January 11, 2012 |accessdate=2024-12-07}}
The main worship space seats 1,200 with provision to use an overflow area bringing the total to 2,000. The building serves as a parish church, diocesan cathedral, private residence, meeting space, office building, library, archive storage, banquet hall and community centre. The building is designed in an anachronistic modernist style, which is not particularly contemporary, but seems to exemplify a late 1950s-60s attitude towards the future.{{cite web |url=http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2008/07/further-thoughts-on-projected-saskatoon.html#.XAf76Hr7S1s |title=Further Thoughts on the Projected Saskatoon Cathedral |website=New Liturgical Movement |date=July 14, 2008 |access-date=July 17, 2022}}
Some of the cathedral stained glass windows are equipped with solar panels.{{cite web |url=http://www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com/cathedral/solar_energy.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716005856/http://www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com/cathedral/solar_energy.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-16 |title=Cathedral Features
|website=Diocese of Saskatoon |format=PDF |accessdate=2011-02-18}} This makes the church the first in North America to make use of photovoltaic cells in a stained glass installation. The installation makes use of 1,000 solar cells embedded in 54 panels.{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/Let-there-be-light-120541239.html |title=Let there be light |last=Warren |first=Jeremy |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=April 23, 2011 |accessdate=2022-07-17}}