Good Shepherd Church built without stairs

Note its main entrance, located more than 3 meters high, but without a front staircase. To access the interior, worshippers must use the side entrances of the building.

In the 17th century, under the episcopate of Camille de Neufville, the Company of the Holy Sacrament initiated a movement to moralize public life. The Good Shepherd convent was created to shelter women at risk of prostitution.

In 1855, a parish was founded in the Mont-Sauvage district, with a temporary church. In 1869, construction began on a permanent church on land donated by Father Callot. Architect Clair Tisseur was commissioned for the project in 1874. The church was completed in 1882, but over the decades, it suffered damage. In 1987, a fire damaged the interior. In 2011, the School of Fine Arts organized an exhibition. Closed to the public to this day, the church remains a significant part of the collective memory.