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Believing in Québec's religious heritage : Croire au patrimoine religieux du Québec : mandat d'initiative entrepris par la Commission de la culture : rapport

13 Nov 2006

Many inventories have been completed in recent years, such as the inventory of places of worship by the Québec Religious Heritage Foundation, the Info-Muse database developed by the Société des musées québécois and the inventory of the heritage properties of 17 religious communities by the Musée des religions de Nicolet. [...] The Committee is aware of the existence of certain inventories of the immovable heritage of religious communities, including the one on the island of Montréal coordinated by the Québec Religious Heritage Foundation in 2002, and feels it is urgent that all of Québec’s convent complexes be inventoried. [...] The spokespersons of the Archdioceses of Québec and Montréal, and to a lesser extent those of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Québec, were nonetheless open to the idea that the future of places of worship be discussed in a wider forum. [...] According to this submission, ownership of the fabrique would be “dismembered” in favour of the parishioners and the role of the fabrique, reduced to that of trustee of “its” property. [...] Among the changes requested, the following are noteworthy: • broadening the composition of the fabrique board and of the decision-making bodies of other religious corporations to make them more representative and “dynamic”; • reducing the unilateral powers of bishops and other religious authorities regarding the alienation of religious property; • reviewing the property alienation process to inclu
human rights government education politics cultural heritage catholic church christianity church copyright cultural property biens culturels culture ownership legal person further education society fundamental rights religion and belief protestant archive cemetery intangible cultural heritage archivists church buildings religion and culture patrimoine religieux églises regional county municipalities
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