Our Lady of La Difesa — Attraction in Montreal

The architecture in the church is the only star that was worth it. We had a funeral of a close family member and let me tell you that the service here was absolutely horrible. For starters, one of us forgot to bring the money to pay for the service. Therefore, we had told the priest that we were going to bring the money the next day. After the service, we brought our family member to the cemetery to get buried and the church had the audacity to call us on 2 of our phones, knowing the fact that we were going to bury this person. The following day, the church proceeded to call us on 3 different phone numbers asking where their money was since they claimed that the church needed the money, well knowing that we were going to pay them for the service later on that morning. Secondly, they specifically told us that we were not allowed to say a speech for our loved one for more than 8 mins. Ascetically, it’s a gorgeous church. Unfortunately, they are just money hungry and would not recommend...

It’s a beautiful church with many Italians and French parishioners into the building. And they have a lot of parishioners who go there every Sunday.

Nice paintings and drawing a around the church when you step in truly wonderful and designed nicely.

They have nice statues and their church is really renovated well. They have nice paintings on the ceiling and it’s open so anyone can come visit when we were there. Even after mass on Sundays.

There is no Bathroom when you go there. And parking is very limited to due to the it’s proximity to the metro station and being surrounded by residential areas.

All in all it’s a nice church. For me it’s a would...

This church is remarkable for its history. At various times in the history of the city of Montreal, there were calls to the church to remove its most famous artifact, namely a mural depicting the Italian dictator Mussolini on a horse. When the mural was designed and painted, the fascist dictator Mussolini was in power in Italy. At the time, church authorities wanted to be on his good side and the mural with his likeness was the result. There were calls at various times to paint over the figure, but it wasn't. It remains as a witness of that time in history and as a reminder for all that the dictator on the horse died a...