07-04-2006, 08:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-04-2006, 08:48 PM by Fergus_Keyes.)
Most of the Irish families that eventually ended up in St. Columban had originally attended the Recollets Church in Montreal in the 1820's. Shelia posted this information about this Church which might be of interest....
The Story of Old St. Patrick's (Montreal) by Robert Lipscombe, Rev. Leonard J. Crowley
Church of Recollets.
In 1831, the Irish population of Montreal had greatly increased and other ?
accommodation had to be found. ?The long abondoned Church of Recollets, ?which stood at the corner of Notre Dame and St. Helen Streets, was renovated and placed at their disposal by the Sulpicians. ?The Irish called this church ?
"Regilee" and it remained their head quarters until 1847. A plaque on the wall ?of the building now occupying the site, tells us that in earlier days, the old ?
church had also accommodated the Presbyterians and the Anglicans, who shared the ?facilities with French-speaking Catholics.
By 1841, the Irish Catholics in Montreal numbered about 6,500 and the ?Church of the Recollets was jammed to suffocation for all Sunday services. Hundreds knelt in the street, unable to gain entrance to the building. ? They appealed to the Seminary and the Fabrique of Notre Dame for a new ?church. ? Meetings were held and an intensive fund-raising campaign ?was launched. ?The long list of donations recveived during the following ?two years, gradually building up to $12,000, is a story of faith and ?sacrifice.
And here was another post on the Montreal Irish web site on the same subject
...and before the Recollets Church (the Recollets were a suppressed branch of the Franciscans, amongst whom there were many internecine quarrels), the Irish congregated at Notre Dame de Bonsecours. Even in my grandmother's time (d1949), it was still a site for an annual family pilgrimage....that and the fact that my grandfather worked in Youville Sq,
The Story of Old St. Patrick's (Montreal) by Robert Lipscombe, Rev. Leonard J. Crowley
Church of Recollets.
In 1831, the Irish population of Montreal had greatly increased and other ?
accommodation had to be found. ?The long abondoned Church of Recollets, ?which stood at the corner of Notre Dame and St. Helen Streets, was renovated and placed at their disposal by the Sulpicians. ?The Irish called this church ?
"Regilee" and it remained their head quarters until 1847. A plaque on the wall ?of the building now occupying the site, tells us that in earlier days, the old ?
church had also accommodated the Presbyterians and the Anglicans, who shared the ?facilities with French-speaking Catholics.
By 1841, the Irish Catholics in Montreal numbered about 6,500 and the ?Church of the Recollets was jammed to suffocation for all Sunday services. Hundreds knelt in the street, unable to gain entrance to the building. ? They appealed to the Seminary and the Fabrique of Notre Dame for a new ?church. ? Meetings were held and an intensive fund-raising campaign ?was launched. ?The long list of donations recveived during the following ?two years, gradually building up to $12,000, is a story of faith and ?sacrifice.
And here was another post on the Montreal Irish web site on the same subject
...and before the Recollets Church (the Recollets were a suppressed branch of the Franciscans, amongst whom there were many internecine quarrels), the Irish congregated at Notre Dame de Bonsecours. Even in my grandmother's time (d1949), it was still a site for an annual family pilgrimage....that and the fact that my grandfather worked in Youville Sq,