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The Grande Maison went on to reproduce itself no less than five times. By 1978, there were approximately 80 believers meeting in the Grande Maison itself at Duvernay, 70 at St-Vincent de Paul, 35 in the west end of Montréal, and 40 at La Source in St-Léonard. Two years later an assembly was begun at Rivière Beaudette, forty-five miles further to the west. This latter work was an outgrowth of one in the east end of Montreal and, as such, might well be considered to have been a grand-daughter of the Grande Maison. Terrebonne followed in 1982. These were all growing assemblies, each one meeting in homes.
Two other components rounded out the Grande Maison phenomenon. The first of these was PEDAC, a program of theological education and leadership formation was developed beginning in 19??1982. Links Secondly, links between the newly established assemblies quite naturally led to the creation of a Réseau or network which included other assemblies in the Greater Montréal area. At one time, as many as nine assemblies were linked together in this way.
The Wolitarskys returned to California in 1982. As for the Grande Maison assembly, by the end of the 1980s it had ceased to exist, its work being carried forward by those assemblies to which it had given birth. However, in the early years of the present century, most of this work with the exception of that at Terrebonne, gradually disappeared.
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