. Third centenary of the establishment of the faith in Canada, 1615-1915. The last Recollect at Montreal, Brother Paul Fournier, native of thetown, died there on the 15th of November 1848, at the age of 78 yearsand 10 months. This portrait of Brother Paul is reproduced frona a,painting kept in the Arch-Bishops Palace at recollects convent, three rivers The Recollects possessed three convents in Canada, viz. inQuebec,Montreal and Three Rivers. The last-named alone still subsists the departure of its rightful occupants the civil authorities^handedover this property to the
. Third centenary of the establishment of the faith in Canada, 1615-1915. The last Recollect at Montreal, Brother Paul Fournier, native of thetown, died there on the 15th of November 1848, at the age of 78 yearsand 10 months. This portrait of Brother Paul is reproduced frona a,painting kept in the Arch-Bishops Palace at recollects convent, three rivers The Recollects possessed three convents in Canada, viz. inQuebec,Montreal and Three Rivers. The last-named alone still subsists the departure of its rightful occupants the civil authorities^handedover this property to the Anglican Church. The convent has thus be-come the residence of a protestant minister and the church has beengiven over to protestant services. Beneath the floor of the profaned sanctuary repose the preciousremains of Brother Didacus Pelletier, Canadian Recollect renownedfor his holiness and miracles. Nevertheless, with the death of the last Recollects, the sons ofFrancis of Assisi had not disappeared for ever from Canada. Theywere singled out to return and to continue their apostolate in the landthey had evangelized as pioneers. Several times, the Franciscans hadbeen invited to return to Canada, notably by the saintly Bishop ofMontreal, Mgr. Bourget. In 1881, Reverend Father Frederick, whosename is held in veneration and
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