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Beautiful discoveries at the Church of the Visitation
While doing work inside the Church of the Visitation, this spring, the restoration specialists have discovered a craft work dating from the very beginning of the post-Conquest around around 1773. A nice…

A Project that Highlights Religious Heritage is Illustrated
The Marguerite-Michel bell enhancement project, from Saint-Denis' church, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, has won the "Jury's Coup de coeur" award as part of the Prix Action patrimoine, in…

Phase 1 of the restoration work on the Amos Cathedral has begun
Scaffolding was installed to clean the masonry and concrete blocks of the building. To date, donations and financial commitments total $ 1,625,000. The president of the Heritage Foundation of Amos Cathedral,…

Newsletter Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2019
The Québec Religious Heritage Council his pleased to put its Spring Newsletter online. Enjoy!

Contemporary art on a background of religious art
Launched in 2013, the current Québec City Art Fair survives and has even gone so far. Here it is, like last year, encrusted in a patrimonial church, the chapel of the Jesuits. The fair, however,…

St-Alphonse church could become a basilica
The Centre d’interprétation du patrimoine religieux de la MRC des Appalaches hopes that St. Alphonsus Church will be elevated by Pope Francis to the rank of minor basilica. St. Alphonsus…

Quebec City - Heritage Award
The Pôle culturel du Monastère des Ursulines received a special mention in the municipal chapter of the 2019 Heritage Awards awarded by the City of Quebec. Read the article by Philippe Vaillancourt…