The monastery was built at the beginning of the 20th century. Situated on a mountainside so as to offer occupants a breathtaking view of the area that extends to their feet, the site is still 100 years later of great beauty. Three floors high,...
The exodus of churches is not a secret. While in 2003 there was 2751 places of worship in Quebec, 270 of them were sold, closed or transformed in the space of ten years. And the trend is still moving in the same path. If a little more than half of those closed were able to find a new vocation, all were not so lucky.
This is the case of this church located in the Montérégie that closed its doors in 2015 and therefore, is not part of the above-mentioned statistics. Moreover, unlike many of its counterparts mired in deficits, the closure of this church is not related to a lack of money, but to the decline of his parishioners. Located in a village of just under 2 000 inhabitants, there were only about thirty of citizens who were there for religious ceremonies before its closure.
This is also the second church to close its doors in this parish in the space of a few years. A third church was spared for now, but who knows what will happen in the years to come.
The parish has currently no plans for the building. No auction to sell relics and furniture has been announced, despite the many meetings of its board of directors.
If its members rejoice seeing their church used for a movie in the last weeks, it will be difficult to find a new vocation for a large building in a small village. For the moment, apart from the peeling paint on the ceiling, it remains in a resplendent form.
The monastery was built at the beginning of the 20th century. Situated on a mountainside so as to offer occupants a breathtaking view of the area that extends to their feet, the site is still 100 years later of great beauty. Three floors high,...
Well hidden behind a church and large mature trees, the old convent was abandoned for some years. In a resplendent form, it doesn't look abandoned, except for the thousand dead flies on the floor who confirm that clean up hasn't been made for a...
Built in 1895, the Beaver Creek Free Methodist Church is almost abandoned. Even if the church is actually still in use a few weeks of the year, the place is abandoned for the rest of the year.
Desolate and alone, it stands in perfect...
Closed in 2013, this church located along the highway has today a very sad mine. From the outside, a section of its stone wall presents risks of collapse and inside, the passage of many vandals is no doubt.
Located in an old village on the...