On Saturday, April 8^th volunteers placed the traditional pulpit acquired in early 2016 in position on the same column in the nave on the Gospel side which had supported Saint Anne’s pulpit for many years until the late sixties when extensive renovations to the church interior resulted in its removal.

Now that the pulpit has been placed on the especially engineered steel infrastructure ensuring its support, the curved stairs leading up to it will be carefully modified to ensure a perfect fit in their new location.  The result will ensure a respectful adaptation of the original disposition in the church of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur d’Issoudun outside of Lévis, Quebec, for which both pieces were originally made.

The late neoclassical style Issoudun pulpit and stairs were commissioned in 1912 from the well-known wood working shop of Jos. Villeneuve Limitée whose firm in Saint-Romuald d’Etchemin (Lévis) enjoyed the patronage of the clergy at the beginning of the XX ^th century.

Thank you for the generous support which has made this project possible.