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History

St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Our stories, Nos histoires19 November 2019
November 17 is the feast day of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, an early member of [...]
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A Franciscan cameo
Our stories, Nos histoires31 October 2019
Prince of Foxes is a movie released in 1949 based on Samuel Shellabarger’s novel of [...]
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St. Anthony’s College yearbooks
Our stories, Nos histoires10 October 2019
Recently, the Archives was able to help a gentleman looking for the yearbook from his [...]
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Peace to this house
Our stories, Nos histoires20 September 2019
In a previous blog post, we shared the story of the first celebration of St. [...]
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It’s a funny world
Our stories, Nos histoires5 September 2019
The following is an excerpt taken from Men in Brown written by Fr. Walter Bedard. [...]
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Dedication of St. Michael’s
Our stories, Nos histoires9 August 2019
On August 4, 1963, the Franciscans welcomed over 6,000 guests to the dedication and opening [...]
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Building the church at Lac du Bonnet
Our stories, Nos histoires19 July 2019
On May 9, 1955, Fr. Ulric Ell received approval to construct a new church building [...]
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School memories
Our stories, Nos histoires27 June 2019
As this school year comes to a close, we congratulate all the graduating students! And [...]
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Celebrating St. Anthony’s feast
Our stories, Nos histoires13 June 2019
St. Anthony’s feast is celebrated every year on June 13. On June 13, 1928, St. [...]
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Prairie churches
Our stories, Nos histoires27 May 2019
The Franciscans of Canada Archives is full of fascinating and fun records. One such record [...]
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