The first church to be built in Renwer was in 1917. It was built on the property of Emil Lewicki. It was the St. Joseph Roman Catholic church and it was used by the Greek Catholics also. It still stands in the corner of the church yard as a new one was built in 1919. Prior to when the first church was built, services were held at the Lewicki residence.

(Source: Tent Town 1898-1979 - A History of Minitonas and District, p 300 [1979; Adapted])

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Established in 1921.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society)

The church is now abandoned.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD08-16-36-24-W1

In the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman

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As noted above, a part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1979 is told in the volume "Tent Town 1898-1979 - A History of Minitonas and District", especially on the cited page. A free digital version of this and many other Manitoba local history books can be found online in the University of Manitoba Digital Collections. There is also a list of such books organized by district and town name on the Manitoba Historical Society's website on their page entitled "Finding Aid: Manitoba Local History Books".

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0426), transcribed by a member or members in 1989 and updated in 1995. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages).

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Additionally, many records for defunct Roman Catholic congregations under its auspices in Manitoba are now kept in the Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg.