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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.

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 […]

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 […]

Inside the Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal Catholic church, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, 2010

The church sanctuary has remained intact since its completion in 1830. Made entirely out of sculpted wood, it is the work of two well-known sculptors of the time. […]

Inside the Sainte-Marthe church, Sainte-Marthe, 2010

The first families to settle in this part of the territory must travel all the way to the neighboring parish of Sainte-Madeleine de Rigaud to assist Sunday mass. […]

Inside Saint-Pierre Catholic church, Pointe-des-Cascades, 2015

Due to the decreasing number of parishioners, the diocese chose to abolish the parish in 2006. However, before the church was closed and put up for sale, the […]

Rear view of Saint-Médard Catholic church, Les Coteaux, 2011

The new owners of the Saint-Médard church in Les Coteaux must get used to having as a backyard a still active cemetery.

Inside the Sainte-Anne Catholic chapel, Dalhousie, (Saint-Télesphore), 2010

The Sainte-Anne chapel was built in 1926 following the request of the population of the tiny hamlet of Dalhousie, who found the Saint-Télesphore church too far away. In […]