Sunday 13 November 2011

Chappelle Notre Dame de Lourdes

Chappelle Notre Dame de Lourdes is a wonderful chapel in Montreal, Quebec, that is a dazzling combination of the Roman and Byzantine styles of architecture.  It is very small in comarison with many of the other churches in Montreal, but it has some splendid decoration.  I believe they also have Eucharistic adoration each day for a period of time, and they work hard to maintain a prayerful atmosphere there.  The chapel was constructed in 1876, and has paintings created by the renowned Montreal artist Napoléon Bourassa.  Here is the exterior:

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