Arthur Godin: CHERYL GIRARD

Rachelle Nadeau Dept: Somewhat miraculously, the tiniest of congregations, living in the tiniest of tumbledown villages, once ambitiously described as "une fleur de France," will celebrate the centennial and recent restoration of its beloved church on Sunday, Oct. 21, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Detail of The Resurrection, painted on the sanctuary ceiling by Arthur Godin in 1935. CHERYL GIRARD / The restored interior of Sacr-Coeur de Jesus Roman Catholic Church. "It's a small parish and we're 20 regular parishioners," says Rachelle Nadeau, renovation/fundraiser co-ordinator for Sacre-Coeur de Jesus Roman Catholic Church in Fannystelle, Man. Nadeau estimates the current population of Fannystelle, a 45-minute drive southwest of Winnipeg along Highway 2, to be about 85 people. Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.