Puvirnituq is a vibrant and growing community of 2,100 people, and like many Northern communities, there are many youth. The new building would have modern bathrooms and a new office/ meeting room, and the former church can be repurposed as a church hall to serve the parish and wider community.

Construction in the North is expensive. There are no roads to the communities of Nunavik, so materials have to come by barge, and there are few construction companies equipped with the machinery and skilled labour to take on a major community project like building a church. The 1-storey rectangular building (80’ x 40’) would cost $4.4-million.

The people stepped forward in faith, and being faithful tithers, they raised the money themselves, together with a forgivable financing agreement through the Inuit regional government as St. Matthew’s is an Inuit-led local charity that serves their community faithfully in the name of Jesus.

After a lot of hard work – and a few creative solutions, including improperly manufactured roof trusses that came on the barge needing replacements to be flown in on a 737 – Suffragan Bishop Annie Ittoshat was commissioned to officially Consecrate the new building to the worship of Almighty God on the 12th of November, 2023.

Enter his gates
with thanksgiving,
and his courts with
praise! Give
thanks to him;
bless his name!
Psalm 100:4

ᑖᑦᓱᒪ
ᐃᑎᖅᑕᕐᕕᖓᒍᑦ
ᐃᑎᕆᑦᓯ ᖁᔭᓕᓗᓯ,
ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᓪᓗ
ᐱᕕᑐᓂᖓᓂ
ᓂᖅᑐᖅᓯᐅᒃ!
ᖁᔭᒋᓗᒍ ᐊᑎᖓ
ᓂᖅᑐᖅᓯᐅᒃ!
ᐃᓐᖏᕈᑎᑦ100:4