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La Chapelle de Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours

La Chapelle de Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in St. Norbert, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 80 rue St. Pierre, St. Norbert · location approximate

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In 1870, Father Noel-Joseph Ritchot (1825-1905) began the construction of this chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Ritchot credited the Virgin with intercession in the 1869-70 dispute between the Métis nation and the Government of Canada. That dispute, settled through negotiation, resulted in the inclusion of Métis land, language, and school rights in The Manitoba Act of 1870, the basis of the River Settlement’s entry into Confederation. Chapels, shrines, grottoes, and wayside crosses once dotted the Manitoba landscape. This chapel is one of only a few open-air religious structures remaining in the province. The interior finishes, statue, and furnishing are unparalleled in any other similar structure. The original panelled ceiling, now housed in the adjacent church, was painted in the mid-1880s by Constantin Tauffenbach, a German-born artist.

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En 1870, le Père Noël-Joseph Ritchot (1825–1905) a entrepris la construction de cette chapelle dédiée à la Vierge Marie. Le Père Ritchot a vu l’intercession de la Vierge dans la dispute de 1869–1870 opposant la nation métisse au gouvernement du Canada. Cette dispute, réglée par voie de négociation, a entraîné l’intégration des droits des Métis concernant , la langue et l’éducation à la Loi de 1870 sur le Manitoba, ce qui constitue le fondement de l’entrée de la Colonie de River dans la Confédération. Il fut une époque où les chapelles, les sanctuaires, les grottes et les croix de chemin s’élevaient un peu partout dans le paysage du Manitoba. Cette chapelle est l’une des quelques rares structures religieuses en plein air encore présentes dans la province. Ses finis architecturaux, sa statue et son ameublement n’ont leur équivalent dans aucune autre structure du même genre. Les soffites originaux, qui se trouvent maintenant dans l’église adjacente, ont été peints au milieu des années 1880 par Constantin Tauffenbach, un artiste originaire d’Allemagne.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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