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$ 15M for the restoration of religious buildings throughout Quebec
The Government of Quebec is contributing $ 15M in 2020-2021 to protect, transmit and enhance cultural heritage of a religious nature throughout Quebec. This sum will be used for the restoration of religious…
Religious Heritage Days : Programming goes online and will be updated regularly
The evolving programming offered by sites participating in this year’s edition of Religious Heritage Days, which will take place on September 12th and 13th across the province of Québec,…
The Return of the Sacré circuit
The Sacré circuit course to discover the treasures of the religious heritage of the MRC des Chenaux is back for the tourist season. As a result, the churches of Champlain, Batiscan and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade,…
Consequences of the pandemic in the Diocese of Chicoutimi: a major financial impact
The health crisis has had a major impact on the finances of the diocese of Chicoutimi. Church closings and the merger of factories could be precipitated in the next year, as several parishes will…
The Sulpicians pass the torch
After having trained the priests of the province for more than three centuries, the Sulpicians decided to bequeath a good part of this task to the Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences of Laval University.…
Why protect modern heritage?
It is not only the old heritage that is in danger in Quebec: the modern heritage is just as much. But the destruction of a church built in 1960 generally arouses less indignation than the disappearance…
The thorny question of heritage
These are tough times for heritage in Quebec. Almost every day, a century-old house or a church falls under the peak of demolishers. Only in Quebec in recent years, we can think of the Church of St. Francis…