Affiliation Roman Catholic Heritage designation immovable Opened 1907 Municipality Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | Status abandoned General contractor Morissette et Côté Province Québec Year consecrated 1907 | |
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The Convent of the Redemptoristines (French: Couvent des Rédemptoristines) is a convent in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada that once was home to nuns of the Redemptoristines order. Owing to its Gothic Revival architecture and importance in the region's religious history, it was added to the Cultural heritage register of Quebec in 2001.
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History
The first nuns arrived in the city in 1905 and some months later, the groundwork for the convent was laid. Completed in 1907, the convent was home to the Redemptoristines nuns all the way up to the 1990s, when declining numbers and old age forced the remaining nuns to relocate to Sainte-Thérèse north of Montreal. For a short while after, the convent was occupied by Assumptionists and following a string of other tenants, it was indefinitely abandoned in 2014.
Because of its importance in the region's religious history and its architecture, the convent was declared a heritage site in 2001. Of neogothical inspiration, the building is three stories high and is located on a hill dominating the nearby Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. Composed of three wings arranged in a U shape and constructed using yellow bricks, the architecture of the building is highly imposing and institutional as was common during that period.
Current status
In 2014, the owners of the convent, the Redemptorists could no longer afford the high upkeep costs of the building and decided to cut the heating and let the building fall in disrepair. Later, it was purchased with the intent of converting it to a funeral home.