Daylight Savings?
I have a question for the readership. Should we talk of Daylight Saving Time or Daylight Savings Time? I have always thought “Daylight Saving” was the accepted form, for what …
Congrats to Marianna
I am in Florida six months a year. I miss St. Patrick’s Day immensely. I don’t know if you know me but I used to sing in the pubs in …
Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day
After reading about the St-Patrick’s Day parade in the Chronicle-Telegraph that is coming up this Saturday in Quebec City, I inscribed the date and the route in my agenda. I’ll …
Slippery slope towards excellence
Whereas I was pleased to see that my previous letter (March 3) stimulated reflection, I am not certain that Peter Stuart (March 10) quite understood my primary point vis-à-vis the …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1850The Morning Chronicle Yesterday, (Sunday) being St. Patrick’s Day there could be no procession; & the Reverend Mr. McMahon having informed the society that the arrangements of the church (it …
Rendez-vous Naval 2010 being held June 3rd to 6th
A wine and cheese Party was held recently in the entrance hall of the Musée de la civilisation for the benefit of the second edition of the Rendez-vous naval de …
From Book Fair to Bursaries
Over the years the members of the English-Speaking Community of the Greater Quebec City Region have been generous in donating their books to the used-book sale the Quebec City Women’s …
The Bellshrine of St. Patrick
Life of Saint Patrick can be read here TranslatedClog-an-eadbacta PhatraicA Social History of Ancient IrelandP.W. Joyce 1903 Bells.- The Irish for a bell is cloc, clocc, or clog, …
Let’s not litter
In the 1950’s and early sixties, when I started to own automobiles, there was no problem for garbage disposal. You just rolled down the window and threw out the cigarette …
The return of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is exciting
I have been reading with interest the plans for the Quebec City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Our Congregation, les Soeurs du Bon-Pasteur de Québec (Good Shepherd Sisters of Quebec), have …