Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
1 rue Nicolas Hamant, 57950 Montigny-les-Metz
In 1930, as a result of the demographic surge, the Secretary of Monsignor Pelt, Bishop of Metz, asked to put together a file for the creation of a new parish in Montigny-lès-Metz. Abbé Pierre Leroy decided to name the future church Sainte Jeanne d'Arc.
Then began a period rich in events, and especially in complications: started in the interwar period, the work of the church was quickly stopped. At the time of the intensification of the bombing, around 1944, the basement was opened and served as an anti-aircraft shelter.
At the end of the war, work resumed and was not completed until 1960, 30 years after the first steps and exactly 25 years after the inauguration of the Sainte-Bernadette chapel. 1962 was the year of the installation of the stained glass windows, of which the large canopy represents on 30 square meters the entrance to the sky of Joan of Arc. The study and the model of the windows were carried out by Camille Hilaire, originally from Metz and Grand Prix de Rome, and laid b
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