Work has begun on preparing the supporting column which will receive the traditional pulpit acquired from the church of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur d’Issoudun in Lévis, Quebec, today sadly closed.

Before the pulpit can be fixed to the column in the nave on the Gospel side, a robust infrastructure of steel needs to be put in place. Installed to engineered standards, it has been designed to ensure safety and stability. Once this work is complete, the pulpit will be placed in position and work on modifying the accompanying stairs to fit their new location in Saint Anne will be undertaken.

The cost of installing the pulpit is estimated at $15,000.

The Issoudun pulpit was commissioned in 1912 from the well-known wood working shop of Jos. Villeneuve Limitée whose firm in Lévis enjoyed the patronage of the clergy at the beginning of the XX ^th century.