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…
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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 ChronicleYesterday, (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 being…
The Bellshrine of St. Patrick
Life of Saint Patrick can be read here TranslatedClog-an-eadbacta PhatraicA Social History of Ancient IrelandP.W. Joyce 1903Bells.- The Irish for a bell is cloc, clocc, or clog, akin to the…
Owning the podium a noble objective
In response to Ladd Johnson’s letter in last week’s QCT entitled “Modesty is Important,” I have these words to say. As a native-born Canadian, I, along with many other millions…
Richard \Dick\” Drake Valiquet”
Richard “Dick” Drake Valiquet passed away at Maison Michel Sarrazin on March 8, 2010 at the age of 76. He leaves to mourn his beloved wife Shirley Blackadder, his sons…
“Proclamation: The Word of the Lord” 2010
“Once again you must proclaim God’s message…” Revelation 10:11 (TEV)“Proclamation: The Word of the Lord” is in its sixteenth year in the province of Quebec. The goal of this project…
Excerpts from Les Annales de l’Asile du bon-Pasteur de Québec on St. Patrick’s Day of old in Québec City
Another entry of our Annals is dated March 17th, 1875: This year, as in other years, we had an order for banners, decorations, etc. for the Irish feast day. The…
Time for a shoeshine
Here I am sitting on a stool surrounded by a dozen pair of black and brown shoes.About every three months I decide it’s time to shine my shoes and boots….