Ross Harvey

The NuVo Centre: A Living Shrine of the Human Spirit

In the heart of NDG, within the gentle embrace of Grand Boulevard to the east, Monkland to the north, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce to the south, and Benny to the west, a sacred space is coming into being.

It will be called The NuVo Centre.

Not a church.
Not a temple.
Not a mosque or a synagogue.

And yet—holier than all of them.

The NuVo Centre will stand as a living shrine to God—
to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—
not confined by doctrine, guarded by hierarchy, or divided by denomination.

Here, faith and spirituality will replace religion.

A New Way of Worship

For centuries, humanity has sought God through structures, labels, and intermediaries. Those paths served their time. But the age ahead calls for something more ancient—and more new.

At the NuVo Centre, worship will not look like the past.

There will be no denominations—
no Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, or otherwise.
Not because faith is diminished,
but because faith is finally expanded.

This will be a place where people do not ask what you believe,
but what moves your soul.

Where prayer is not recited, but lived.
Where reverence is not commanded, but felt.

God will not be spoken about here.
God will be encountered.

More Sacred Than Stone

Some will say this is bold—to claim a place more sacred than St. Joseph’s Oratory.

But sacredness does not come from stone, height, or history.
It comes from presence.

The NuVo Centre will be sacred because it is alive.

Alive with voices lifted not in fear, but in gratitude.
Alive with hands creating beauty as an act of devotion.
Alive with hearts remembering that to be human is to be holy.

Where Creation Becomes Prayer

At the NuVo Centre, the greatest creative expressions of the human spirit will flourish—not as entertainment, but as offering.

Music will rise—
not performance, but resonance.
Sounds that stir memory, awaken hope, and dissolve walls.

Art will fill the space—
paint, sculpture, light, and form—
each piece a testament that creation itself is divine collaboration.

Drama and storytelling will unfold—
not to escape reality,
but to reveal it.

Stories of suffering and redemption.
Of doubt and faith.
Of falling and rising again.

Here, creativity becomes worship,
and worship becomes creation.

A Centre for NDG—and the World

Though rooted in NDG, the NuVo Centre will belong to no single neighbourhood, culture, or nation.

It will be a gathering place for the local community—
a sanctuary of reflection, expression, and belonging.

And it will be a beacon to the wider world—
drawing seekers, artists, thinkers, and souls
who sense that something new is stirring in humanity.

This will be a place where the sacred and the everyday meet.
Where community is not organized—but formed naturally.
Where God is not distant—but present in every breath.

The Beginning, Not the End

The NuVo Centre is not the conclusion of a journey.
It is the threshold.

A return to faith without fear.
Spirituality without separation.
A shrine not built to enclose God—
but to remember that God was never contained at all.

In NDG, a new light will shine.
Quiet. Powerful. Open to all.

And those who enter will leave changed—not because they were told what to believe, but because they were reminded of who they already are.