Yeah, Roman Catholic churches built at the time Montreal was growing are generally my favourite. Pity the modern ones tend to be the worst of all.
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A few of my favourites from out around the bay.
Church of the Immaculate Conception - Harbour Grace
This church was one of the first Roman Catholic churches built following the repeal the Penal Laws in 1832. Those laws prohibited Roman Catholic worship and, although struck down by the King in, I believe, 1829, Newfoundland - which had the strictest ones of the entire empire - refused to comply until 1832. Harbour Grace remained divided, and was the scene of deadly riots until well into the 1870s. Parliament event prohibited them from voting in one election because there was so much sectarian strife.
Cathedral by
Vicky TH, on Flickr
Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church by
Gord Spence, on Flickr
Immaculate Conception Church - Hr. Grace, NL by
Andrea Peddle, on Flickr
St. Paul's Anglican Church - Harbour Grace
St.Paul's @ Harbour Grace, Newfoundland by
mbbrun, on Flickr
St. Paul's Anglican Church - Trinity
St. Paul's Anglican Church by
PietervH, on Flickr
St. Paul's Church - Trinity, NL by
Lee Bennett, on Flickr
Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church - Placentia
French-influenced, as this was their capital until the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 forced them out and to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.
Sacred Heart Church by
Kevin Woodbury, on Flickr
Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church - King's Cove
Sts Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church by
Colorado Sands, on Flickr
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church - Carbonear
St. Patricks November 2 2015 PNG by
Darlene Stamp, on Flickr
Holy Martyr's Anglican Church - Port Union
_MG_0676 by
Darlene Stamp, on Flickr
Holy Redeemer Church - Corner Brook
pl08juin14_094 by
Pierre Langlois, on Flickr
(Seek ye first the Kingdom of God...
or else. Love how sinister it is.)
Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church - Port au Port
Our Lady of Mercy Church by
Jonathan Hollett, on Flickr
Port Au Port Church by
Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, on Flickr
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church - Brigus
Church In Brigus by
Sandra Elford, on Flickr
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church - Trinity
Trinity by
john.king, on Flickr