St. Michel de Sillery Church, Gothic Revival church in Sillery, Canada
St. Michel de Sillery Church is a Roman Catholic parish church on a promontory in Sillery, between Quebec Route 136 to the south and the College of Jesus and Mary to the north. The current building dates from 1852, was designed by Goodlatte Richardson Browne and completed by Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy, and its bell tower received a spire in 1880.
The parish was founded in 1644, when Jesuits built a chapel dedicated to Saint Michael on the pointe à Puiseaux for French and First Nations worshippers. The present church was built from 1852 using plans by Irish-born architect Goodlatte Richardson Browne, with Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy taking over in 1853; it opened in 1854. Peachy's bell tower and spire were finished in 1880, and the church was renamed St. Michel de Sillery in 1969 to honour Pierre de Puiseaux, a former owner of the point.
The church emerged from a mission that served local Indigenous peoples before becoming a Catholic parish. Today it remains a gathering place for worship and community events in the neighborhood.
The church stands between Quebec Route 136 to the south and the College of Jesus and Mary of Sillery to the north, within the Sillery Heritage Site. Sunday Mass is at 11:00am, with additional Masses on Wednesday at 4:30pm and Friday at 5:15pm; these times are shared with St. Charles Garnier Church so the two do not conflict.
The church was renamed St. Michel de Sillery in 1969 to honour Pierre de Puiseaux, a former owner of the pointe à Puiseaux promontory where the 1644 chapel stood. The earlier name, St. Columba of Sillery, had been adopted by canonical decree in 1855.
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