Sacré-Cœur Park is an important site for the Saint-Charles-Borromée parish. The first cemetery, in use for 226 years, was located here, as was the first stone church, demolished in 1830. The grounds were redeveloped in 1919 to house a monument by sculptor Alfred Laliberté. These students pose in front of the monument as they make their profession of faith.

1904 - 1953

The Collège Saint-Charles and the Marist Brothers in Charlesbourg

The Académie de Charlesbourg was founded in 1904. The Marist Brothers found refuge in Quebec after the separation of the Church and State in France at the turn of the century. With their reputation as good teachers, they were recruited by the parish priest of Charlesbourg, Monsignor Louis-David Gosselin, who was looking for an institution to educate the peasants’ sons. The school was enlarged in 1943. Apart from the period between 1914 and 1922 when they aided France in the war, the Marist Brothers remained in Charlesbourg until 1962, when they were replaced by lay people.

Solemn communion

Auteur inconnu Sacré-Cœur Park is an important site for the Saint-Charles-Borromée parish. The first cemetery, in use for 226 years, was located here, as was the first stone church, demolished in 1830. The grounds were redeveloped in 1919 to house a monument by sculptor Alfred Laliberté. These students pose in front of the monument as they make their profession of faith.

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Depicted period: 1943

Source: Société d’histoire de Charlesbourg Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Société d'histoire de Charlesbourg - Date: 1943

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