Corpus Christi is a Catholic religious holiday celebrated 60 days after Easter. It was a very popular feast day in Québec City in the first half of the 20th century, up until 1960s and the secularization of society during the Quiet Revolution. Also known as the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Day, it commemorates the presence of Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist. On this holy day, local residents decorated their homes and joined in a procession that stopped before altars of repose along the way. Do you have any special memories of Corpus Christi?
Louis Lachance
In Québec City in the early 20th century, the Corpus Christi procession traditionally ended in front of the Notre-Dame-de-Québec Basilica. This was where the town’s clergy and citizens converged. This superb shot of the 1908 procession shows the size of the crowd gathered in front of the church.
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