Notre Dame du

Perpétuel-Secours

55, boulevard de Ménilmontant, 75011 Paris

In 1872, the abbot of Hulst built at his own expense a modest chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart and Saint Hippolyte. The building was entrusted two years later, in 1874, to the Congregation of Redemptorists who installed an icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. In 1898, the chapel, which had become cramped, gave way to a new neo- Gothic building, built by Brother Gérard. It became a parish church in 1960. On June 25, 1966, the church was elevated to the dignity of "minor basilica" by Pope Paul VI. Located near the Père Lachaise cemetery, the basilica hosts many funeral celebrations.

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G1 The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Paris has an organ built and installed by organ builder Bernard Dargassies in 1997-2004. This organ with 62 stops, 3 manuals and pedalboard with electric action, is the sixth in Paris in terms of its number of stops. It was built from material that belonged to dismantled instruments. For its realization, the city of Paris made available pipes from instruments from St Eustache, ND de Bonne Nouvelle, Saint Ferdinand des Ternes and of course Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours which previously had a 22-stop organ by the organ builder Bourgarel. The 16' Montre, reflecting the multicoloured wave of the stained glass windows, is supported by a solid oak case divided into 3 parts, which frame the horizontal pipes of the chamades (16', 8' and 4'). The organ has 5 sound planes: Grand-orgue, Positif, Récit Expressif, Pedale and a floating Resonance keyboard. An electronic combiner can store several hundred registrations.