Mountains Archives | In the steeple’s shadows from yesterday to today – The story of the churches of Vaudreuil-Soulanges

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.

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes sanctuary, Rigaud, 2017

Today, the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes sanctuary is a place of pilgrimage renown in Canada, Latin America and Europe. It welcomes thousands of pilgrims each summer who come gather in this […]

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 […]