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A child dressed as saint John the Baptist in Rigaud, 1895

Before it became Quebec’s national holiday in 1977, the summer solstice on June 24th was a religious holiday dedicated to the patron of French-Canadians, saint John the Baptist. […]

Altar of repose during Corpus Christi in 1946, Dorion

Up until the 1960s, Corpus Christi, celebrated 60 days after Easter, was the cause for great manifestations of piety in the parish streets. The procession of children, musicians, […]

Wayside cross in Sainte-Marthe around 1935

This large white metal cross was donated by an individual and erected in 1931. Placed on private land, the Sainte-Marthe municipality purchased the lot in 1999 for the […]

Flooded Bois-Vert road (avenue Saint-Charles) in Vaudreuil around 1920

During natural disasters, parishioners would turn to the parish church and the community to implore divine protection.

Rigaud and the Catholic church around 1940

At the heart of the town, the Sainte-Madeleine church steeples mark the vast landscape.

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes sanctuary in Rigaud, 1956

Outdoor Sunday mass at the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes sanctuary in front of the new building built in 1954.

Miraculous stream of the Rigaud mountain around 1925

Near the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes sanctuary in the Rigaud mountain runs a stream of crystal clear water. For many years now, pilgrims come to draw this special water to which […]

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes sanctuary in Rigaud during the 1924 Jubilee celebration

The year 1924 marks the 50th anniversary of the sanctuary since the installation of the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes statue in one of the mountain’s caves in 1874. Pilgrims from all […]

Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal church cemetery in 1928, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot

The old cemetery was used for burials as early as 1774. However, during his pastoral visit in 1792, Bishop Jean-François Hubert (1739-1797) noticed the lack of a fence […]

Reconstitution of the seigneurial 1740 chapel in Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, 1953

As farmers were working in their fields, in the Pointe-du-Moulin sector in Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, they found a lead plaque amid buried stones, bearing Latin inscriptions and the date of […]

Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal Catholic church around 1928, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot

The Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal church was built between June 1773 and September 1774 par contractor Basile Proux on a lot donated in 1753 by seigneur Jean-Baptiste Leduc (son-in-law of seigneuresse […]

First baptism at the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Catholic church in Dorion, 1949

In 1947, because of the increase in population, it was decided to establish the Saint-Jean-Baptiste parish and build a church. The construction plans were entrusted to architects Siméon […]