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Sts. Peter and Paul Parish was established in the community of Harbour Main, Conception Bay, in 1857. Harbour Main is an amalgamation of the three separate communities of Harbour Main, Chapel Cove and Lakeview, and was settled almost exclusively by an Irish Catholic population. The first chapel was constructed in 1811, by Reverend Thomas Ewer who was stationed at Harbour Grace. From 1811 until 1833, Harbour Main was administered to by visiting priests from Harbour Grace. In 1833 the parish of Brigus was established with Harbour Main as a mission until it was raised to the status of a parish in 1857. Under the supervision of Reverend Richard M. Shean (1911-1927) a church was built to replace the one dating from 1811. The church was completed in 1917 and is still used today.

The first school in Harbour Main was constructed in 1839 and in 1853 three Sisters of the Presentation Order established a convent and founded another school in the community of Chapel Cove; From the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish encompassed the area from Turk's Gut to the south side of Holyrood. Although churches and eventually separate parishes were established at Salmon Cove (Avondale), Cat's Cove (Conception Harbour) and Holyrood (Conception Bay), for most of this period the large area of the parish was administered by Harbour Main.

Pastors that have served St. Peter and Paul Parish since its inception include: Kyran Walsh (1857-1868); Jeremiah O'Donnell (1868-1877); Joseph Donnelly (1877-1885); James Brown (1885-1891); Patrick O'Donnell (1891-1906); John Roe (1906-1911); Richard M. Shean (1911-1927); Dwyer (1927-1953); Jeremiah Howard (1958-1969); Linus Coady (1969-1980); James Glavine (1980-1983); Linus Coady (1982-1983, 2nd term); Michael Walsh (1983-1987); William Houlahan (1987-1990); Edward Bromley (1990-1994); Ramon Bolates (1991-1993); Wayne Cummings (1995-1997); Brian Dunn (1996- ).

St. Peter's initially was established as a mission of Mary Queen of the World Parish (Mount Pearl) in 1977. Members of the Capuchin congregation administering Mary Queen of the World held Sunday mass in the newly constructed St. Peter's Elementary School to serve the growing Catholic population in Mount Pearl's Newtown area. On 1 September 1982, Alphonsus L. Penney, Archbishop of St. John's, dismembered Mary Queen of the World Parish, detaching the Newtown territory to canonically erect St. Peter's Parish. The gymnasium at St. Peter's Elementary served as the parish's centre until 12 September 1985, when the newly constructed St. Peter's Chapel, annexed to O'Donel High School's gymnasium, was officially opened and dedicated by Archbishop Penney. Currently, a parish church is under construction at 112 Ashford Drive. A sod-turning ceremony was held 22 July 2001 and construction is expected to be completed in 2002.

A Steering Committee was established in 1982, charged with the responsibility of studying and reporting on the most appropriate administrative structure for the parish. The following year, the Committee recommended the establishment of a Parish Council to be comprised of the pastor, pastoral assistants, six members at large, the principals of the parochial schools, a parish member on the school board, and a parish member on the Diocesan Pastoral Council. (Information is not available on the current structure of the Parish Council. Denominational education reforms likely have altered its composition.) The first Parish Council was elected in 1984.

Other committees and lay societies established to share in the administration of the parish include the Liturgy Committee, the Administrative Committee, the Social Committee, the Christian Service Committee, the Finance Committee, the Building Fund Committee, the Planning and Building Committee, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and the Legion of Mary (this list is not exhaustive).

St. Peter's Parish maintained close relations with Catholic schools in Mount Pearl, including St. Peter's Elementary on Munden Drive, St. Peter's Primary on Ashford Drive, and O'Donel High on Ruth Avenue. These schools are no longer under church control as a result of denominational education reforms passed by the Provincial Government in 1997.

Pastors who have served St. Peter's Parish since its establishment in 1982 include: Raymond Lahey (1982-1986); Francis A. Coady (1986-1987); William K. Lawton (1987-1990); Louis Mousseau, Administrator (1990-1991); and Charles Kelly (1991- ).

In 1955, a school-chapel complex was constructed on Smithville Crescent in the Churchill Park area of St. John's to service the religious and educational needs of the local Catholic residents. Initially established as a mission of the Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the new chapel was dedicated to St. Pius X on 15 January 1956 by Patrick J. Skinner, Archbishop of St. John's. Priests on the Basilica staff were charged with the administration of the mission.

On 2 September 1962, St. Pius X was canonically established as a parish and its administration was transferred from Basilica clergy to the Society of Jesus of Upper Canada Province (Jesuit Fathers). In 1963, the St. Pius X Rectory and Gonzaga Residence were opened to meet the community needs of the Jesuit Fathers and, in 1975, construction began on a new parish church. Completed in 1976, the new church was blessed and dedicated 1 December 1976 by Archbishop Skinner. The original chapel was then converted into a parish hall.

Parochial schools have formed an integral part of the organization of St. Pius X Parish. St. Pius X School (upper floor of the school-chapel complex on Smithville Crescent) opened 19 September 1955 under the administration of the Sisters of Mercy. In 1967, St. Pius X Boys' School was opened on Elizabeth Avenue under the administration of the Irish Christian Brothers. The original 1955 school then became St. Pius X Girls' School. Due to a shortage of religious teachers, the Sisters of Mercy withdrew from the girls' school in 1978 and the Christian Brothers from the boys' school in 1982. These schools then became organized along the lines of an elementary and a junior high school, both of which were co-educational. The Jesuits were also active in parochial education, assuming control of the administration of the newly constructed Gonzaga Regional High School upon their arrival in St. John's in September 1962. They withdrew from the high school in June 1998 as a result of denominational education reforms passed by the Provincial Government in 1997. These reforms also led to the closing of St. Pius X Elementary School and the reorganization of St. Pius X Junior High as Rennies River Elementary.

The administrative structure of the parish has evolved over time. Shortly after its establishment in 1962, Ladies' and Men's Associations were established to aid in the management of parish affairs. This responsibility later passed to the St. Pius X Parish Pastoral Council, formed in October 1972. In addition to the priests of the parish, its membership included two members of the executive committees of the Men's and Ladies' Associations and six members at large.

The council was reorganized in 1991, with a formal written constitution; it had 12 members elected at large and three appointed, together with the pastor, priests, and religious of the parish. Standing committees included Finance, Liturgy, Outreach, Parish Life, and Religious Education (all committees report to the council).

Other committees and lay societies that have been active within the parish include the Environmental Committee, the Bereavement Committee, Attention to the Neighbourhood Committee, Development and Peace Committee, the Catholic Women's League, the Knights of Columbus, and the Boy Scouts.

Additional parish activities include the provision of Roman Catholic chaplaincy services to the General Hospital at the Health Sciences Centre and the support of the MacMorran Community Centre and parish outreach house in the Brophy Place neighbourhood.

Originally, St. Pius X's boundaries extended around the Churchill Park area. However, they were enlarged in 1982 when the Archdiocese of St. John's suppressed Our Lady of Lourdes Parish (est. 1964). The bulk of the territory comprising Our Lady of Lourdes was amalgamated with St. Pius X, including the Mount Scio-Nagles's Hill area. The custody of Our Lady of Lourdes parish registers also passed to the pastor of St. Pius X.

Pastors who have served St. Pius X Parish since its establishment include: Fred Lynch (1962-1970); Leonard Fischer (1970-1982); William J. Browne (1982-1988); Donald Beaudois (1988-1992); Jack Lynch (1992-1993); and Wayne Bolton (1993- ).

St. Teresa's Parish was established in 1930 in response to a rapidly growing Catholic population on the western margin of the city of St. John's. Previous to this date, residents in this area had fallen within the broad boundaries of the Cathedral Parish and later, St. Patrick's Parish. Beginning in 1924, Rev. W. H. Kitchen, pastor of St. Patrick's, appointed one of his assistant priests, Rev. H. A. Summers, to attend to the growing Catholic community surrounding Mundy Pond by conducting weekly visits to the area. Later, in 1928, Archbishop Edward P. Roche directed Summers to take a census of the Catholic population of the Mundy Pond, Freshwater Road and Thorburn Road areas, the results of which suggested the viability of an independent parish. Two years later, Summers was appointed St. Teresa's first parish priest.

During Summers' early visits to Mundy Pond, services were held in a small schoolhouse at the corner of Pearce and Campbell avenues. After he was appointed pastor of St. Teresa's, Summers oversaw the construction of a three-room school that also served as a temporary chapel. The first mass was celebrated there on Christmas Eve 1930. The building functioned as the parish church until a concrete-basement church was constructed on Mundy Pond Road during 1937 and 1938, (blessed and dedicated by Archbishop Roche 12 June 1938). Despite the fact that this building was designed to be altered and extended to accommodate future growth, construction on a new church and monastery, adjacent to the concrete-basement church, was begun in 1962. Finished in 1964, the first mass was celebrated in the new St. Teresa's 25 October and was later blessed and dedicated by Archbishop Patrick J. Skinner 13 December. The former church was then converted into a parish hall.

Schools formed an integral part of St. Teresa's parochial organization. As early as 1899, a Catholic school was opened at Mundy Pond in a private home. Circa 1906, Archbishop Michael F. Howley built the school, at the corner of Pearce and Campbell avenues, that was visited by Summers in his early ministrations to the area. This building was replaced by the three-room school built by Summers in 1930. Summers also built a one-room school in the Freshwater area in 1930, and an all-grades school in the Freshwater and Thorburn roads section of the parish in 1936. In 1944, the Sisters of Mercy took over the administration of the school at Mundy Pond. The three-room school built by Summers was replaced by a new eight-room school between 1948 and 1949, adjoining the Sisters' Convent. In the 1960s, the two schools on Freshwater and Thorburn roads closed and were amalgamated with St. Teresa's Parish School (several times reconstructed and enlarged) on Mundy Pond Road.

In 1956, due to a shortage of priests in the Archdiocese of St. John's, Archbishop Skinner invited members of the Redemptorist Order to assume responsibility for the direction and administration of St. Teresa's Parish. The Redemptorist congregation was officially associated with the Archdiocese of St. John's 21 October 1956 when Archbishop Skinner installed Patrick Mann, a Redemptorist priest, as the Pastor of St. Teresa's (Redemptorists at St. Teresa's were incorporated as the Newfoundland Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in 1959). Although the parish remains in the control of a religious congregation, it is administered in the same manner as all other secular parishes within the Archdiocese of St. John's. However, a monastery is attached to St. Teresa's in which the Redemptorists live in community, and their activities can be divided into those associated with the functions of their order and the functions of the parish. When the Redemptorists are engaged in mission work and other devotional activities within the Archdiocese, they are responsible to the Superior of the Toronto Province of the Most Holy Redeemer, the eastern chapter of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer of Canada. However, as parochial administrators, they are responsible to the Archbishop of St. John's.

In October 1978, Rev. James Glavine held a week-long retreat for parishioners of St. Teresa's which initiated the establishment of the St. Teresa's Parish Council. In 1980, the Council was comprised of a Steering Committee and six open committees: the Liturgical Committee, the Education Committee, the Committee for Spiritual Renewal, the Funding Committee, the Social Committee, and the Apostolic Committee. Numerous other committees and societies have been established at St. Teresa's to share in the administration of the parish, including the Men's Committee, the Ladies' Society, the Finance Committee, the Property Committee, the Knights of Columbus, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the Mission Club, and the Youth Group (this list is not exhaustive).

Although the parish boundaries have been altered over time, they still include the Mundy Pond, Thorburn and Freshwater Road areas.

Pastors who have served St. Teresa's Parish since its establishment include: Harold A. Summers (1930-1952); Randall J. Greene (1952-1956); Patrick Mann (1956-1959); John Maddigan (1959-1967); John O'Deady (1967-1969); William Wylie (1969-1975); James V. Glavine (1975-1978); Eugene O'Reilly (1978-1983); Thomas Kelly (1983-1984); Raymond Corriveau (1984-1990); Dermot Fitzpatrick (1990); Raymond Earle (1991-1993); Douglas Stamp (1993-1996); and Raymond McNally (1996- ).

St. Thomas of Villanova was established 15 September 1982 when the Archbishop of St. John's, Alphonsus L. Penney, dismembered St. Edward's Parish (Topsail) to create three new parishes: St. Thomas of Villanova (Topsail); Holy Family (Paradise); and St. Edward's (Kelligrews). St. Edward's Parish (Topsail) was established in 1877 and its original boundaries encompassed the whole of the south shore of Conception Bay. With the erection of St. Thomas of Villanova,however, the communities of Topsail Pond, Long Pond, Three Island Pond, Chamberlains, Manuels, and Topsail became a separate entity (a decree issued by the Archbishop 14 September 1982 transferred the seat of St. Edward's Parish from Topsail to Kelligrews, allowing the former community to become the seat of St. Thomas of Villanova). Assets of the former St. Edward's Parish were proportionately divided among the three new parishes created from the division.

After the erection of the parish in 1982, the church in Topsail, built between 1916 and 1922, underwent a name change from St. Edward's to St. Thomas of Villanova. This building was in use until 1986, when it could no longer accommodate the needs of the parish. A sod-turning ceremony for a new church was held in Powers Court, Manuels, 31 July 1985 and the cornerstone was laid 22 September of the same year. The official opening and dedication of the new parish church and centre, annexed to the Powers Court parish hall, was conducted by Archbishop Penney 25 November 1986.

St. Thomas of Villanova Parish actively supported the parochial schools located within its boundaries St. Thomas of Villanova School and Holy Spirit School (later, High School). However, parish support for these schools ceased after denominational education reforms were passed by the Provincial Government in 1997. They are now secular institutions.

A Steering Committee was established in 1982, shortly after the erection of St. Thomas of Villanova, charged with the responsibility of establishing a parish structure. A Parish Council was formed to administer parish affairs and activities and several committees and sub-committees were struck to aid in this cause, including the Finance Committee, the Building Committee, the Properties Committee, and the Liturgical Committee. In addition, church lay societies, including the Catholic Women's League, the Knights of Columbus, and the PowersCourt Pathfinders, were founded within the parish.

Pastors who have served the parish since its establishment in 1982 include: Gregory Hogan (1982-88?); Patrick J. Kennedy, Administrator (1988?); John Wallis, Administrator ([1988?]); James Doody, Administrator (1991-92); and Charles Hogan, Administrator (1988-1991, 1992-).

Mary Starbuck and her descendants constituted one of the more important merchant families on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The bulk of their business was in the whaling industry, although the Starbucks were also farmers and general traders.

Stephen Loring is an Archaeologist with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. He has conducted fieldwork research in, and written extensively on archaeology in Labrador, among other regions.

John Stevens (1702-1779) was a merchant and landowner in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the late colonial period. He kept a number of schooners in the bank fishery and manned them with local men, who provisioned themselves and their families at his store. Stevens also owned a number of houses in Gloucester that he rented to fishermen and other customers.

John Stewart (ca. 1758-1834), landowner and civil servant, was born in Kintyre, Scotland circa 1758. He married three times; his second wife was Mary Ann James, whom he married in St. John's on 29 May 1817. He died on his Prince Edward Island estate on 22 June 1834.

Stewart moved to Prince Edward Island in 1775 when his father, Peter Stewart, was appointed Chief Justice. Stewart seems to have had some troubles with the Island's governors whose policies he opposed because they were detrimental to his family's fortunes. He was elected to the Prince Edward Island legislature on a number of occasions and served several terms as the Speaker. He was the author of An Account of Prince Edward Island (1806).

Stewart lived in St. John's, Newfoundland between 1804 and 1817, serving as Deputy Paymaster General for the British garrison.