2024

ST. FRANCIS-XAVIER CHURCH

Religious buildings

The island of Fadiouth is home to a predominantly Christian church, Saint-François-Xavier, built in 1981. Its roof, now made of sheet metal, had to be rebuilt after the great storm of 1999. Christians and Muslims got together to rebuild the building. There is nothing exceptional about the building itself, but people come here especially to attend masses in Gregorian, French, Serer and Wolof, accompanied by percussion and religious songs.

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