SPECIAL PROGRESS

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XXIVTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
XXVOTHER RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.
XXVISCHOOL SYSTEM OF MONTREAL BEFORE THE CESSION.
XXVIISCHOOL SYSTEM OF MONTREAL AFTER THE UNION.
XXVIIIUNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT.
XXIXLITERATURE—DRAMA—MUSIC—ART.
XXXNATIONAL SOCIETIES AND POPULATION.
XXXIFIRE, LIGHTING, WATER.
XXXIILAW AND ORDER.
XXXIIIHOSPITALS.
XXXIVSOCIOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS.
XXXVBEFORE THE UNION.
XXXVISINCE THE UNION.
XXXVIIBANKING AND INSURANCE.
XXXVIIISHIPPING: EARLY AND MODERN.
XXXIXTHE PORT AND HARBOUR.
XLRAILROADS.
XLIPOST ROADS AND STREET RAILWAY.
XLIIFROM THE CESSION.
XLIIIUNDER THE UNION.
XLIVSINCE CONFEDERATION.


CHAPTER XXIV

RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

EARLY CHAPELS AND CHURCHES—THE FIRST PARISH CHURCH—OTHER CHURCHES STANDING AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL—NOTRE DAME DE VICTOIRE—NOTRE DAME DE PITIE—THE “RECOLLET”—THE PRESENT NOTRE DAME CHURCH—ERECTION AND OPENING—THE “OLD AND NEW”—THE TOWERS AND BELLS—THE ECCLESIASTICAL DIOCESE OF QUEBEC—THE BISHOPS OF MONTREAL—THE DIVISION OF THE CITY INTO PARISHES—THE CHURCHES AND “RELIGIOUS”—ENGLISH-SPEAKING CATHOLICS—ST. PATRICK’S, IRISH NATIONAL CHURCH, ETC. NOTE: THE “RELIGIOUS” COMMUNITIES OF MEN AND WOMEN.