下载App
资质规则
旅行
账户
Grover R
Great Historic Church with a Tower for Great Views
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel的点评
点评：One of the oldest buildings in Montreal is this chapel which was the 3rd church of this parish and built in 1771. However, the original church was one of the first parish churches in the city built in 1655 under the direction of St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, one of the first teachers in the city. Born in France in 1620, Marguerite left for colonial New France in 1653 to build a convent and minister to the people of Ville-Marie. Once the church was built, Sister Bourgeoys and her congregation worked to educate young girls, the poor and children of First Nations. While the first teacher of public education in New France, Bourgeoys died in 1700 long before this church was built; however, she secured the name of this parish when in 1673 she returned from France with a wooden statue of Our Lady of Good Help (Notre Dame de Bon Secours). That statue is replicated with the gold one above the current church's front entrance today.
The current church interior is a sort of Neo-Romanesque with colorful stained glass and a frescoed barrel ceiling. The interior today also contains several nautical themes including a replica of a wooden ship hanging above the central nave. In the 19th century, the parish's location along the booming Montreal waterfront changed is direction from education to a pilgrimage church for sailors who would visit to express gratitude for "good help" (Bon Secours) in surviving a safe sea voyage. As such the Bishop of Montreal in 1849 gave the church a statue of the Virgin as Star of the Sea to be placed atop a tower in the rear of the church that overlooked the port as well as the Sailor's Chapel below the tower.
We visited the church after lunch and paid to climb the tower for a great view of the port and the Montreal skyline. We were able to see the Sailor's Chapel and views flanked by statues of angels with Mary as Star of the Sea above. It really seems like two different churches from the front and back. When we returned from the tower, we spent more time viewing the interior of the chapel. While there were several people visiting to see the chapel, it never seemed crowded. In fact, we had the rear half and the tower experience to ourselves.
Between the tower and an interesting interior, we greatly enjoyed our visit here. In fact, it was probably my second favorite church in Montreal after Notre Dame Basilica.
The current church interior is a sort of Neo-Romanesque with colorful stained glass and a frescoed barrel ceiling. The interior today also contains several nautical themes including a replica of a wooden ship hanging above the central nave. In the 19th century, the parish's location along the booming Montreal waterfront changed is direction from education to a pilgrimage church for sailors who would visit to express gratitude for "good help" (Bon Secours) in surviving a safe sea voyage. As such the Bishop of Montreal in 1849 gave the church a statue of the Virgin as Star of the Sea to be placed atop a tower in the rear of the church that overlooked the port as well as the Sailor's Chapel below the tower.
We visited the church after lunch and paid to climb the tower for a great view of the port and the Montreal skyline. We were able to see the Sailor's Chapel and views flanked by statues of angels with Mary as Star of the Sea above. It really seems like two different churches from the front and back. When we returned from the tower, we spent more time viewing the interior of the chapel. While there were several people visiting to see the chapel, it never seemed crowded. In fact, we had the rear half and the tower experience to ourselves.
Between the tower and an interesting interior, we greatly enjoyed our visit here. In fact, it was probably my second favorite church in Montreal after Notre Dame Basilica.
翻译：蒙特利尔最古老的建筑之一就是这座小教堂，它是该教区的第三座教堂，建于1771年。而最初的教堂则是该市最早的教区教堂之一，由这座城市最早的教师之一——圣玛格丽特·布尔乔亚亲自指导，于1655年建成。玛格丽特于1620年出生于法国，1653年前往新法兰西殖民地，旨在建造一所修道院并为维勒玛丽的居民提供宗教服务。教堂建成后，布尔乔瓦修女及其修女会致力于教育少女、穷人以及原住民儿童。作为新法兰西地区第一位公共教育教师，布尔乔瓦修女于1700年去世，那时这座教堂尚未建成；不过，1673年她从法国带回一尊“善助圣母”（Notre Dame de Bon Secours）的木制雕像，从而确定了这个教区的名称。如今，这尊雕像的复制品便是以金色形态出现在目前这座教堂的正门上方。如今的教堂内部呈现出一种新罗马式风格：有色彩缤纷的彩色玻璃窗，以及绘有壁画的拱形天花板。如今的教堂内部还融入了诸多航海主题元素，其中包括悬挂在中央走道上方的一艘木制船只复制品。19世纪时，由于教区地处蓬勃发展的蒙特利尔滨水区，其职能也从原本的教育中心转变为水手们的朝圣之地——他们纷纷前来祈求并表达感激之情，感谢上帝在海上航行中赐予的“护佑”（即“Bon Secours”）。因此，1849年蒙特利尔主教赠送给教堂一座“海之星”圣母像，要求将其安置在教堂后方的塔楼顶端，以便俯瞰港口以及塔楼下方的水手礼拜堂。
午饭后我们参观了这座教堂，并付费登上塔楼，欣赏港口与蒙特利尔天际线的壮丽景色。我们看到了水手礼拜堂，周围是成群的天使雕像，而塔顶则立着作为“海之星”的圣母像。从正面和背面看，这里简直就像两座不同的教堂。从塔楼下来后，我们花了很多时间参观小教堂的内部。虽然有不少游客前来参观，但那里始终不显拥挤。事实上，后半部分的区域以及塔楼都是只有我们两个人涉足的。
由于有那座塔楼以及富有特色的室内装饰，我们在此度过了非常愉快的时光。实际上，在蒙特利尔的众多教堂中，这里大概是我仅次于圣母大教堂而最喜欢的教堂了。
午饭后我们参观了这座教堂，并付费登上塔楼，欣赏港口与蒙特利尔天际线的壮丽景色。我们看到了水手礼拜堂，周围是成群的天使雕像，而塔顶则立着作为“海之星”的圣母像。从正面和背面看，这里简直就像两座不同的教堂。从塔楼下来后，我们花了很多时间参观小教堂的内部。虽然有不少游客前来参观，但那里始终不显拥挤。事实上，后半部分的区域以及塔楼都是只有我们两个人涉足的。
由于有那座塔楼以及富有特色的室内装饰，我们在此度过了非常愉快的时光。实际上，在蒙特利尔的众多教堂中，这里大概是我仅次于圣母大教堂而最喜欢的教堂了。
© 2026 Tripadvisor 版权所有。
部分照片由 VFM Leonardo 提供。
TripAdvisor公司对外部网站的内容一概不负责。优惠价格中不含税和其他费用。
ICP证：沪B2-20200433
沪ICP备20013175号
沪公网安备31010502005427号鹰程信息技术（上海）有限公司
