The tabernacle is an essential component of religious heritage, and often a masterpiece that has stood the test of time. Sainte-Famille church has two: one in the transept altar on the right, the other on the left. Each is also accompanied by a tomb.
The one on the right is dedicated to the famous Marguerite d’Youville, Canada’s first saint and, incidentally, great-granddaughter of Boucherville founder Pierre Boucher. On the left, the tomb houses the wax recumbent of a 4th-century Roman soldier, Saint Généreux.
Both manufactured in 1802, the tabernacles are the work of a great Quebec artist by the name of Louis Quévillon.