St. Clement Parish (Ottawa)

History

When these Catholics started to meet together, they met at Precious Blood Sisters' Monastery. This was a large home for nuns. In 1984, the nuns could not share their home with them anymore. The group moved to a small building and called themselves St. Clement Latin Community. They stayed in the new building until 1993. At that time they were able to get a church building of their own. The new church was on Mann Avenue in the Sandy Hill neighborhood.

In 2011, Bishop Terrence Prendergast asked St. Clement Parish if they wanted to move into Ste-Anne Church. Ste-Anne Church was an old church building that was important to the history of Ottawa. The parish started to meet at Ste-Anne Church on June 3, 2012.Phil Gaudreau, St Clement's Parishioners Will Move To Ste-Anne Church, CFRA News, April 23, 2012L'église Sainte-Anne d'Ottawa restera ouverte grâce à de nouveaux fidèles, Radio-Canada, 23 avril 2012

Marie Reine du Canada Pilgrimage
The St. Clement Parish also runs an event called Marie Reine du Canada Pilgrimage. During this pilgrimage, people walk 100 km from Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie to the church of Notre-Dame du Cap in Trois-Rivières. It is based on a similar pilgrimage from Notre-Dame de Paris to Chartres Cathedral in France.

References

Other websites

St. Clement parish website
Marie Reine du Canada Pilgrimage 

Category:Organizations based in Ottawa
Category:Religion in Canada