Our Lady of Lourdes Sanctuary of Rigaud

Except during the winter (when the road is not plowed), the Sanctuary grounds are always open. However, all activities at the Sanctuary (Eucharistic celebrations, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, praying the Rosary, access to the gift shop, etc.) are offered only during the Sanctuary’s season, which is from the end of May to the end of September.

2021 Season

Please note the opening date is yet to be determined.

In 1874 ...

... situated at the foot of the Rigaud mountain, amidst the beauty of nature, Our Lady of Lourdes Sanctuary became a place of pilgrimage under the ministry of the Clerics of St-Viateur.

 

Supported by a team of staff and volunteers, the priests and brothers assist the faithful through individual spiritual direction, faith education and proclamation of the Gospel message through dynamic liturgical celebrations.

Petite chapelle

  • Activities during the Season

  • History of the Sanctuary

  • Sanctuary Team

“The water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water, welling up to eternal life.”

John 4:14b

  • Novena

  • Various Prayers

  • Sanctuary Magazine

Various Publications

Young woman, wonder from Fuu J (unsplash.com)

Life is life

5 May 2021

Life is beauty, admire it. Life is sheer happiness, enjoy it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, take it up. Life is a duty, do it. (…) (Mother Teresa)

Landscape, lake, mountain, sky by Samantha Sun (unsplash.com)

The gift of wonder

9 April 2021

“Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.” (Abraham Joshua Heschel)

Sun and man from Aziz Acharki (unsplash.com)

Everything in life is a gift

31 March 2021

The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become—the more we realize that everything in life is a gift. (Brennan Manning)

Sun, ear of wheat by Kirill Pershin (unsplash.com)

Living by grace

19 March 2021

A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God. (Thomas Merton)

Light and darkness by Irina Iriser (unsplash.com)

The experience of grace

19 March 2021

You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for the name now; perhaps you will find it later. (Paul Tillich)

Plant from Anna Kumpan (unsplash.com)

It is the time to rearrange our priorities

17 March 2021

We must aim above all at an inner renewal, a liberation from the mere following of conventions, a new departure in our way of thinking. (Pope Paul VI)

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