Paroisse Ste-Anne-des-Pins

The epoch-making edifice held high communal value and admiration from the time of its erection, as it was home to the city’s very first Francophone Catholic community.

[2] Since as early as 1989, the historical pivot was deemed a parish, and subsequently held the title of being the one and only Roman Catholic congregation of Sudbury for nearly three decades.

[1] Since its initial establishment, Paroisse Ste-Anne-des-Pins has sustained an exceptional amount of threatening events; some more recent and dull, while others historically prominent and transformative.

While the rectory/chapel housed the Jesuits and attended to roughly fifty families, Nolin made adjustments to expand Ste-Anne-des-Pins into a school to support the children's education.

Father Toussaint Lussier, parish priest, along with a few others present at the time of the incident, attempted to choke the fire, but only one of the two primitive statues and a few other artifacts were rescued from the entire underinsured establishment.

[5] Community engagement and congregation collaboration customarily led to the rapid reestablishment of local churches, as this was not an uncommon occurrence.

His analysis led him to the discovery that the churches of Europe offered a much more residential sentiment when compared to the colossal memorials found in the locality of Greater Sudbury.

[9] In October 2015, the head of the Baby Jesus statue went missing and was replaced temporarily the following year by a handmade terra cotta sculpture from a local artist.

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