St Ann's Academy was featured in Luminara this year, and had a beautiful papier-maché lantern.
St.Ann's AcademyWhat is St. Ann's Academy? St. Ann's Academy is an incredible structure with an even more incredible past. Parts of the Academy actually predate Victoria's incorporation as a city and the story of St. Ann's Academy goes back to 1858, when four Sisters of St. Ann and a lay helper arrived in Victoria from Quebec to begin their mission of teaching and health care. Those first Sisters lived and worked in a small log cabin located on the Academy's grounds. The centre section of the building you see today, built in 1871, was Victoria's first four-story masonry building. By 1886, the Academy had expanded with the addition of the east block and the chapel. The Chapel was built in 1858 and served as Victoria's first Roman Catholic Church and cathedral. In 1910, the Hooper or "west" wing of the Academy was constructed, completing the structure now preserved as part of the St. Ann's Academy National Historic site.
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