{"id":5573,"date":"2025-11-13T08:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2025-11-13T08:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:20:14","slug":"tour-of-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/tour-of-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s talk about stones and forecourts : tour of churches undergoing transformation in the Coaticook region"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fall, our project manager H\u00e9l\u00e8ne and our communications agent Virginie toured churches undergoing renovation in the Coaticook region with Sylvie Masse, cultural development agent for the Coaticook RCM, and Claudia P\u00e2quet from the Coaticook RCM Community Development Corporation (CDC). They left on a Friday morning in October by bus, along with not only these two local stakeholders, but also Isabelle Lortie from the Conseil du Patrimoine religieux du Qu\u00e9bec (CPRQ)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the participants were Alicia Lemieux, president of Patrimoine Saint-Malo, Nathalie Dupuis, mayor of Waterville, Odette Demers, and Lucie Goyette-Grenier from FADOQ Baldwin.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Context<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

In response to the growing number of church redevelopment projects in the region, there was a perceived need for co-development and networking among the various initiatives. This tour of churches undergoing transformation <\/span>provided<\/span> an opportunity for discussion and discovery of inspiring examples<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First stop<\/span>: Waterville<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Just a few weeks before the end of her mandate, Nathalie Dupuis presented the process behind the transformation of the <\/span><\/span>Assomption-de-la-<\/span>Bienheureuse<\/span>-Vierge-Marie<\/span><\/span> church in Waterville. The group was able to take a quick tour of the construction site and ask <\/span>questions to the mayor<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Second stop<\/span>: Martinville<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Michel-Henri Goyette, mayor of Martinville, welcomed the group to the Saint-Martin Community Center (formerly Saint-Martin Church) for a tour of the building. The former church is being converted to accommodate a community center (now open) and a library (coming soon).\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With a lounge area set up in the choir loft, the Saint-Martin Center was the perfect venue for Isabelle Lortie of the CPRQ to give a presentation to the group on the redevelopment of churches in Quebec, while showing concrete examples.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Third stop<\/span>: Saint-Malo<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

It was Alicia Lemieux’s turn, who had been following the group since the beginning of the day, to welcome the visitors <\/span>on<\/span> her territory. When the group arrived, <\/span>Patrimoine<\/span> Saint-Malo was decorating the nave and choir of Saint-Malo Church in preparation for <\/span>a Canadian evening for the residents of the municipality. Alicia gave a tour of the sacristy and showed <\/span>the various<\/span> models of the church’s renovation projects<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Last stop<\/span>: <\/span>Coaticook<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Sisco Memorial Church is now the <\/span><\/span>Pavillon des arts et de la culture de <\/span>Coaticook<\/span><\/span> (PACC). Daphn\u00e9e Lebrun, Executive Director, welcomed the group for a behind-the-scenes visit <\/span>of<\/span> the building. Wrapping up the tour with a visit to the PACC was particularly rewarding, as the group was able to see the results of the church’s transformation, ending the event on an inspiring note<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This fall, our project manager H\u00e9l\u00e8ne and our communications agent Virginie toured churches undergoing renovation in the Coaticook region with Sylvie Masse, cultural development agent for the Coaticook RCM, and Claudia P\u00e2quet from the Coaticook RCM Community Development Corporation (CDC). They left on a Friday morning in October by bus, along with not only these […]\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,96,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-local-economic-development","category-sadc-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5575,"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573\/revisions\/5575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadccoaticook.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}