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Religion walks hand and hand with the arts,” wrote the architect-priest Georges Bouillon (1841-1932) who was inspired by the elaborate vaulted ceilings of churches in Europe. Bouillon dreamed of creating places of worship that would echo such inspirational grandeur.
His chapel, consecrated in 1888, was located in the Rideau Street Convent, a girls' school administered by the Sisters of Charity (formerly the Grey Nuns of the Cross). When the convent was sold in 1971, the chapel was saved from demolition, and the various components were dismantled and stored for more than ten years. The reconstruction took four years and was unveiled in 1988.
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