Grande Fresnière Presbyterian Church

NEWS

On Friday May 25, 2012 the weather agency said a low-scale F-0 tornado first struck the rural community of Brownsburg-Chatham around 8 p.m. Friday, with winds reaching 120 kilometres per hour. A second stronger F-1 twister then touched down in the community of St. Benoit de Mirabel just 15 minutes later, with gusts of 150 kilometres per hour. This second tornado made direct contact with the Grande Fresniere Presbyterian church and left the building completly destroyed.

The trustees cleaned up the site with the support of the congregation and had a monument built to represent the church. A service is held once a year on the 3rd Sunday in August to bring the congregation together. The service on the 16th of August was cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We wish everyone a safe and healthy year.