P.E.I. Heritage Buildings: Rectory

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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel Rectory

Further to my previous post of Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel Parish Church, here are photos of the Parish Rectory, designed by arhitect R.P. Lemay in 1902 ( cf. Historic Houses of P.E.I. by H.M.Scott Smith, page 158 ).

Top: Front view facing north and Route 11 - see the Northumberland Strait in the background.

Above: this photo of the front of the rectory reminds me very much of French architecture - too bad about the modern french door.

HERITAGE PRAYER

We keep forgetting all of those who lived before us.

We keep forgetting those who lived and worked in our communities.
We keep forgetting those who prayed and sang hymns in our churches before we were born.
We keep forgetting what our fathers have done for us.
We commit the sin, Lord, of assuming that everything begins with us.

We drink from wells we did not find.
We eat food from farmland we did not develop.
We enjoy freedoms which we have not earned.
We worship in churches which we did not build.
We live in communities we did not establish.
This day, make us grateful for our heritage.

Amen

cf. Cumberland Historic Village, near Ottawa - in the vestibule of Vars Knox United Church -

adapted from a prayer in the old Covenanters' Church - 1804, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.