ICON OF BLESSED DINA CREATED BY M. ROGER FOURNIER

The icon of Blessed Dina, writed by M. Roger Fournier was blessed on the 20th March 2013 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Beatification of Dina. The celebration, which was open to the public, attracted a large audience. A concert given by Mme Edith Beaulieu, the organist at St. Roch created an atmosphere that was both joyful and reverent before a  Eucharist that was celebrated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec Mgr Gaetan Proulx in the Provincial House of Sillery. Bishop Proulx also blessed the icon of Blessed Dina at the end of the ceremony.

This icon depicts Dina, holding in her left hand a scroll that expresses the love of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus for all humanity and His great desire to pour innumerable graces over the world.  Her right hand is in a position of supplication and prayer.

This icon is, at present, in the community of the Religious of Jesus and Mary in the suburb of St Roch, Quebec, where Dina Belanger lived.

ICONS CREATED BY MADAME GILBERTE MASSICOTTE-ETHIER

Madam Gilberte Massicote-Ethier, iconographist and native of Quebec, who died on the 24th September 2013, was one of the rare iconographers to make use of the complete process in use for the creation of a religious icon, a work of art and tradition, as much appreciated by connoisseurs as by people of faith . She set out to illustrate the saints that have marked the history of Quebec, in order to give life to the invisible grace in art and, according to her, to touch people with its beauty.

Among the images that she painted are two of Dina Belanger. In January 2007, the Exhibition Words-Icons took place at the Oratory of St Joseph in Quebec with 54 of the icons of Madame Massicotte-Ethier. According to her, they were « words for the eyes ». Among the icons was that of Blessed Dina Belanger which depicts the depths of her beauty, her message of love and light reflected in her face.

In the context of the Year of Faith, on the feast of All the Saints, 1st November there was a public Profession of Faith on the Promenades Beauport of Quebec. As well as the music and festivities, in the first half various Christian communities and individuals gave witness to their faith. In the second,  more liturgical part, there was a common profession of Faith, and the Archbishop of Quebec, Cardinal Gerald C. Lacroix unveiled and blessed one of Madam Gilbert Massicotte’s magnificent icons, of which the theme was, precisely, that of All the Saints.

In the lower part of the icon, Blessed Dina Belanger appears, in the circle of saints, in the first line on the left.

ICON OF BLESSED DINA BELANGER CREATED IN LEBANON

This icon was painted in 1993 in the studios of the Carmelite Monastery of the Theotokos  in  Harissa, Lebanon.   It does not pretend to describe the history of Dina’s life in detail, but rather to try to express her spiritual message in simple terms. For Dina the relationship with the Trinity is the central axis around which her entire spiritual life revolves. Her message is : » Let Jesus live in us, for thus the Holy Trinity will be enabled to pour out grace in profusion ». The icon is composed so as to emphasize this reality as lived by Blessed Dina. 

At the top, there is a small miniature of the icon of the monk Andre Roublev, the model for all the representations of the Blessed Trinity.  In the center, Dina is standing in the position of those who have been resurrected. The   style and elegance of her silhouette indicates her spiritual   achievement.  As a musician and as a mystic, she is completely given over to the power of God. On the left of the icon a flame burns on an altar and the five steps required to  reach it evoke a grace, described by Blessed Dina in her Autobiography,  in order to  describe that Jesus had taken over her being.

The right hand side of the icon is rich in symbols : a pomegranate tree with its fruit a figure of grace,  and of which the circular form  symbolizes the eternity and infinity of God. A star, represents Mary, the light and guide of Dina ; a dark cave represents the place where the, so called, « old creation » within Dina will die and thus enable «new creation »  enlivened by the life-giving Spirit, to rise. The water that flows from the cave reminds us of the life-giving power of redemptive suffering. The deer which drinks at the source is the image of Dina, consumed by the desire to love God and to suffer for Love.

TWO ICONS OF BLESSED DINA BELANGER CREATED BY SR MARTHA BELANGER RJM.

This icon, was created in 1997, the centenary year of the birth of Blessed Dina Belanger and expresses, both in form and colour, some aspects of her spiritual journey, which can be resumed in the words « It is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me». (Gal. 2 :20)

The stages of Dina’s journey can be defined as follows :

SELF SURRENDER: expressed by the brown garment, a sign of renunciation of the world.

TRUST : The word that can be read on the scroll is the synthesis of a life that allows itself to be led by the Lord, through obedience, to the very end. Her autobiography, a task that was, for her, the most costly of her whole life, is a witness to the depth of the special mission that she knew she had been given.     

LOVE: The cross on her breast says everything about the love that Dina had for Christ in His Passion and her love for her Congregation, the monogram of which appears on the cross.

THANKSGIVING AND PETITION : the right hand, raised in a gesture of petition, is an expression of her prayer-life and the visible ear that of her willingness to listen to   all  who confide in her.

COMMUNION IN THE TRINITY :  the three beams of light on her forehead represent the path that Dina followed to the very center of the Trinity.

This other icon of Blessed Dina Belanger was painted in 2010. Dina is presented with, in her left hand, a miniature organ,  a symbol of the instrument that can render the purest spiritual harmonies, those which Dina would, no doubt, have heard.

Her right hand, while issuing an invitation to prayer, indicates Christ who offers her a cup « Do you wish to drink from my chalice ? » It is the gesture of the Lover to the beloved who will taste real joy.

THE ICON OF “THE THRONE OF GRACE OR IN PRAISE OF JESUS AND MARY “

ICONS

An icon, in the Christian tradition is a representation of holy persons (saints) in order to express the Divine.  Thus the key is in the concept of transfiguration, especially in the features of these persons.  The meaning of an icon is profoundly theological and, as such, differs from a holy picture. It is totally integrated into the catechesis of the Orthodox Church but also into that of the Catholic Church.

In our times, as human beings we need tangible means by which to grow and approach beauty, truth and the Divine, in order to give meaning to our lives.

Some iconographers, aware of the rich interior life of Blessed Dina Belanger, have dedicated icons to her. We are going to present them to you in the next editions.

THE ICON OF “THE THRONE OF GRACE OR IN PRAISE OF JESUS AND MARY “

The icon of « The Throne of Grace or In Praise of Jesus and Mary » is in the form of a triptych and was created by Sr Marthe Belanger RJM in June 1993, the feast of the Holy Trinity.

The Virgin Mary seated on a throne and placed close to her Son in glory, becomes the living image of the Church.  Jesus raises his right hand in blessing and in the left holds the scroll of the Word. Mary extends one hand towards Jesus, while the other reaches downwards in a movement of communion with her Son. The green and amber colours are a reminder of the chapel in the Generalate in Rome.

On the panel on the left, Saint Claudine is clothed in brown and red, the colours of humility and renunciation of the world. Her right hand is in the position of blessing that is reserved for the founders of religious orders or congregations. With her left hand she indicates the path to salvation and holiness : Jesus and Mary.

The panel on the right represents Blessed Dina Belanger, dressed in flowing robes as a sign of joy.  Her right hand points to the path of life: love of Jesus, love of Mary, together being but one love. The left hand holds a scroll as a sign of her mission: « You will do much good by your writings » and her motto, « Love and let Jesus and Mary have their way » can also been seen.

When looking at this picture the person standing before it is overwhelmed by silence and a deep conviction , « Every gift comes from on high » and one can join with the big family of Jesus and Mary in saying with her in truth , PRAISED FOREVER BE JESUS AND MARY!

THE CHURCH OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER DE BROMONT

The parish of St Francis Xavier was served by the parish priest of Granby from 1858 to 1859, the date of the nomination of the first resident parish priest and the start of the Parish Registers. The parish, which belonged to the diocese of Sherbrooke, was canonically erected on the 6th June1858.

The parish expanded when 52 families arrived to establish the future West Shefford. Ten years later a syndicate began the construction of the present church, which took place between 1889 and 1891.

On the 23rd and 24th of November 1996, two religious of Jesus and Mary went to Bromont to talk about Dina at the Saturday and Sunday Masses and a photograph of Blessed Dina Belanger is installed in the church.

EGLISE “BON PASTEUR” DE MATANE

The Church of the Good Shepherd at Matane, was built in 1978 and blessed by Mgr Gilles-Ouellet, the Archbishop of Rimouski, in the month of August 1979.

On the 12th May, 1996, Father Rosaire Dionne, Parish Priest of the parish of the Good Shepherd at Matane, blessed a stained glass window in honour of Blessed Dina Bélanger, mystic and musician, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on the 20th March 1993.

In 2016 the church was given to the Historical and Genealogical Society of Matane. In ceding the church, the Good Shepherd Factory, expressed the hope that the museum section of the church be retained and asked the new owners to conserve the collection of valuable works of art that decorate this place of worship. The church, in which the glass window in honour of Dina is to be found, also contains 19 wooden statues and 14 glass windows, of which 17 depict the foundresses who contributed to the religious history of Quebec, as well as a symbolic 'Stations of the Cross' also in glass.

THE BASILICA OF SAINT ANNE OF BEAUPRÉ

The first church dedicated to Saint Anne, was built in 1658 and the present Basilica which was inaugurated officially in 1976, is a place of pilgrimage, the most important of which takes place on the 26 July, the occasion of the feast of Saint Anne, who is both the ecclesiastical and civil patron of Quebec. The Basilica was designated by the Canadian Bishops’ Conference as one of the five national shrines of the country.

On the 6th June, 2008, a painting of Dina Belanger, the work of Mr Marius Dubois, was placed in the crypt of the Basilica, in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception, on the occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress which marked the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the city of Quebec. This painting is to be found among those of the Founders, the Beatified and the Saints of the Canadian Church. Furthermore, there is a photo of Dina, at the entrance to the crypt, a reproduction of the same picture together with a brief of her life in English and French. 

Given the importance of this Basilica, which welcomes more than one and a half million pilgrims each year, Blessed Dina Belanger can thus become known by many more people. Pictures and leaflets in four languages, which tell the story of her life, are available on the counter beneath the painting. Books and brochures can also be obtained in the Basilica bookshop.

The church of Our Lady of Jaques Cartier, known for its leaning tower, was founded in 1851. It is situated at the heart of the old town of Quebec and is the oldest church in the city. It was Dina’s parish church and where she made her first Holy Communion.

On the 24th of March, 1994, the first anniversary of the Beatification of Dina Belanger, was the occasion for the celebration of a Mass during which a large photograph of Dina as a student, the work of the celebrated photographer  Eugene Kdil, was unveiled and placed on the front of the organ loft.

On the 25th of April, 2001, the day before the 104th anniversary of Dina’s birthday, Father Robert Sylvain blessed a statue of Blessed Dina, the work of Mr Andrew Pelletier and the gift of Mrs Gertrude Maheux, a parishioner and god-child of Mr and Mrs Octave Belanger, Dina’s parents.

In 1998, this church was joined to the parish of Saint Roch and is now known as Our Lady of Saint Roch. In January 2011, on the iniciative of the Saint Roch Foundation, it became the Benevolent Cooperative of Our Lady of Saint Roch, perpetuating, in this way,  the work of social assistance carried  out by the clergy over many years.

The Sanctuary Dina Belanger in the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus at Chicoutimi

The church of the Holy Name of Jesus is in the district of Chicoutimi, in the sector Riviere-duMoulin, in the municipality of Saguenay. In the middle of the 20^th century the rapid demographic development of Chicoutimi which, by then, was a flourishing industrial town, required the creation of several new parishes in order to respond to the needs of the increasing population. This was the context in which, in 1950, the parish of the Holy Name of Jesus was established.

On Sunday, the 18^th June, 1995, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, four religious of Jesus and Mary, travelled to Chicoutimi. In the afternoon,  during a celebration presided over by the parish priest, a picture of Blessed Dina Bélanger was blessed and placed on the wall of the church. A lamp was then set before it which will shine in this simple sanctuary and invite prayer and thanksgiving. At the end of the celebration everyone was  invited to venerate the relic of Dina by an act  faith,  entrusting to Our Lord, through the intercession of Dina, the personal intentions and the needs of our brothers and sisters throughout the world.

SHRINE DINA BÉLANGER IN HEBERTVILLE, CANADA

In 1994, a group of 48 pilgrims from Herbertville, from the Region of Lake St-Jean, accompanied by Mme. Thérèse Richard, a great friend of Dina and sister of one of our Religious, came to pray at the tomb of Blessed Dina in Sillery, Quebec. 

Father Jean Bassard, Parish priest of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Herbertville, a parish erected in 1968, encourages very much the initiative to make known and to pray to Blessed Dina, and he himself went to Sillery to pray to her. Thanks to the enthusiasm of the Movement of Christian women, the people of Herbertville began immediately to prepare the welcome and reception that they wanted to give Blessed Dina.

On April 19 and 20, 1997, the centenary year of the birth of Dina, on the invitation of Father Brassard, four Religious of Jesus and Mary went to the Church of Hebertville for the inauguration of a shrine in honor of Blessed Dina Bélanger.  This shrine, like any other shrine is not important because of its installation, but it is important because of the place that the parishioners keep in their hearts for the one that they have learnt to love.  They try to make her known and all the Region of Lake St-Jean benefits from this.

After the inauguration of the modest shrine, they pray to Dina with great fervor and the favors multiply for the joy of all.  Did she not promise that from Heaven she would give us joy?  She gives courage, consolation and peace to those who pray to her. 

A lamp burns always at the side of her picture and it is a privilege to be able to pay for it.

 

SHRINE DINA BELANGER IN THE PARISH OF ST ROCH, QUEBEC,CANADA

Saint Roch located on the lower part of the city of Quebec, before it was, par excellence, the French speaking and popular neighborhood is now the more ancient working suburb of the city and the living witness of four centuries of history of the city of Quebec.

In this neighborhood, where the Belanger family lived, is where on April 30, 1897 Blessed Dina Bélanger was born at number 168 of Street Notre Dame des Anges, receiving the same day Baptism in the de Saint Roch, which was erected in 1829.  The present Church inaugurated in 1920 and reconstructed on the same place as the first one built in 1811, is the largest Church of Quebec and one of the more beautiful temples of the city.

On September 4, 1993, first feast of Dina Bélanger as “Blessed”, with the assistance of more than two-thousand five hundred persons, Mgr. Clement Fecteau, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec, celebrated the solemn Mass, concelebrated by about twenty priests among which Father Pierre-André Fournier, the Parish priest of Saint Roch and Father Marcel Dion, Parish priest of Notre-Dame-de-Jacques-Cartier, the Parish of Dina.

At the moment of the “Gloria” there was the unveiling of the maxi-photo which served in the Basilica of St. Peter of Rome, for the beatification of Dina Bélanger by Pope John Paul II and that now is exposed in this Church in the Shrine Dina Belanger situated on the left side of the central nave.

On the square of this Church, which is the center of the life of the neighborhood and where numerous events take place throughout the whole year, before the celebration there was half an hour of animation by 20 musicians in honor of Dina.

At present, this Shrine in the heart of old Quebec, is visited by numerous persons, who sure of the protection of their ancient citizen, Blessed Dina Belanger, entrust to her their projects and needs.         

SHRINE DINA BÉLANGER IN LAMÈQUE, NB, CANADA

In 1993, a short time after the Beatification of Dina Bélanger, Father Léon Robichaud, a great friend of Dina, sent a letter to Sister Jeanne Yvette Rioux, Superior at the Convent of Petite-Rivière-de-l’Ile, NB. asking  her to make Dina Bélanger “visible” since on September 4, 1939 she had obtained a great miracle, approved by the Church, during a Novena made by the family, asking for the cure of a small child nine months old, André-Jude Chiasson, suffering from incurable hydrocephalus.  This child was born in the Parish of Lamèque, Nouveau Brunswick.  This petition of Father Robichaud gave Sister Jeanne-Yvette the courage to carry out this beautiful initiative.  Without waiting, she formed the “Committee Shrine Dina” with former pupils of Jesus and Mary to carry out this project.

The Committee met several times to prepare everything. In the first place, it was necessary to find a corner in the Church and then all the work that had to be done.  After some time, over a year, the Shrine was finished.  On one of the walls was placed a large picture, copy of the picture which in Rome, in the Basilica of St. Peter, had presided over in the beatification, and on the left side was placed the relic of Dina.

The blessing of the Shrine by Father Claude Pinet, parish priest of the Parish, before a large assistance, took place on Sunday April 30, 1995, on the feast of the birthdate of Blessed Dina.  In 1999 two stained glass windows were placed in the Shrine. These windows show the symbols of the devotion of Dina, the Host and the Star.

The novenas to Blessed Dina began in the year 1995, from August 26 to September 4, the feast of her entrance to Heaven and continue every year with good participation. On September 25, 2003, the Parish priest of Shippagan, N-B., supported by other Parish priests, proposed that this Novena become an event of the Vicariate of Shippagan which consists of a group of nine Parishes. The organization of the novenas is entrusted to the Committee of the Shrine.  Every day there is a Eucharistic celebration with preaching. The last one in 2016, the celebrant and preacher was Mons. Valèry Vienneau, Archbishop of Moncton.  Before the Mass there is 10 minute reflection on the life of Blessed Dina and at the end the veneration of the relic.

During the novena there is also the blessing of the sick, the possibility for confession and adoration to the Saint Sacrament.  Many favors are obtained through the intercession of Blessed Dina.  People trust Dina and she does them good. The Committee is very faithful in having a Mass celebrated every second Wednesday of the month for the intentions of the friends of Dina.  The desire of the religious is that of Dina: “To take souls to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus”. 

SHRINE DINA BÉLANGER IN SAINT-MICHEL DE BELLECHASSE, CANADA

Dina Bélanger lived at three different times in the community of the Religious of Jesus and Mary at St-Michel: September-October 1923; February-April 1924 and July 1926.  Every time she had to go back to Sillery because of illness.  In March 1924, it was in St-Michel, that out of obedience to her Superiors, she began to write her Autobiography.

After the beatification of Dina Bélanger by Pope John Paul II, on March 20, 1993, the Christian community of St-Michel, on September 4, 1994, proceeded with great pride, to the inauguration, in her Parish Church of a Shrine dedicated to Blessed Dina.  The initiative was from the Parish Priest, Father Roger Lacasse, supported by the Religious and by a group of parishioners, in order to honor this ancient member of the Parish. A relic of Blessed Dina was placed, to be venerated, under her picture, a copy of that which in Rome, in the Basilica of St. Peter, presided over in the ceremony of the Beatification.

For the inauguration of that Shrine, besides the Religious from different houses and of numerous parishioners, several representatives arrived from the Association Family of Jesus and Mary from New-Brunswick, from Trois Pistoles, Lauzon, Sillery, Beauceville and St-Gervais, to join the members of St-Michel. 

On May 4, 1997, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Dina Bélanger, a granite plaque was unveiled on the exterior of the Church, indicating the Shrine of Dina.

The numerous persons who visit this mini Shrine can deposit, in a special box, their personal prayers.  The community of the Religious of Jesus and Mary has a Mass celebrated every month for the intentions which, with faith, have been entrusted to Dina.

During the time that Dina lived in St-Michel, her room was part of the present community room.  Today the Religious have arranged there a small corner in order that those who wish can pray to Dina.  Some pupils from the School do it frequently.    

SHRINE DINA BÉLANGER IN SILLERY, QUEBEC, CANADA

The Chapel of the Religious of Jesus and Mary of Sillery is the first and more important Shrine of Blessed Dina Bélanger, since her tomb is found in this Chapel.  It is interesting to know its history.

Dina Bélanger (Mary Saint Cecilia of Rome) died on September 4, 1929 and was buried on the 7^th in the community cemetery of the Religious of Jesus and Mary of Sillery, in the presence of a numerous assistance of relatives and friends of Quebec, her native city. 

Very soon her reputation of sanctity began to be known, and in 1931 Cardinal Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Archbishop of Quebec, asked Rome authorization to publish the Autobiography of Dina Bélanger.  In 1933 Cardinal Jean-Marie Rodrigue Villeneuve, also Archbishop of Quebec asked that the Canonical Processes be opened.

Between 1950 and 1956 the Informative Process took place and that of no cult in the Diocese of Quebec. The Religious asked the Archbishop of Quebec permission to transfer the remains of Dina to another place in the same cemetery, so that they could be preserved better.   On November 24, 1951, after identifying her remains and placing them in a cast iron casket, they were placed in a cement tomb.   This transfer was presided over by Rev. Cyrille Labrecque, delegate of Mons. Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec, in the presence of the Religious and of other persons.

On May 13, 1989, the Servant of God was declared Venerable and on May 10, 1990, the Pope approved the miracle realized on September 4, 1939 through the intercession of Dina Bélanger, of a child, nine months old suffering from hydrocephalus  without any  hope of being cured.

On May 18, 1990, presided over by Mons. Jean-Robert Hamel, delegate of Mons. Maurice Couture, Archbishop of Quebec, in the presence of the Notary, the Promoter of Justice and of several Religious, the transfer of the remains of the Venerable Dina Bélanger took place from the cemetery to the Chapel of the Religious of Jesus and Mary.

Thousands of persons from the five continents visit this place of cult, especially after the beatification.  Many write their petitions to Blessed Dina.  All these intentions are entrusted to her, and, every first Saturday of the month, they are placed on the altar during the Mass which is celebrated in honor of Dina. 

SOURCE OF REQUESTS AND FAVOURS ACCORDING “DINA’S NEWSLETTER”

January 1994  -  July 2006

The publication of « Dina » Newsletter has been suppressed on July 2006. The 635 requests and the 268 favours published in these Newsletter during these years have been received by post or by phone. The number between the brackets () shows the different places from where the requests and favours come.

AFRICA :  4 Countries, 5 places

                        Egypt (1) – Gabon (2) – Ivory Coast (1) – Tchad (1)

NORTH AMERICA :  3 Countries

 CANADA :  7 Provinces, 136 places

Alberta (1) – British Columbia (3) – New-Brunswick  (15) – Nova-Scotia (3) – Ontario (14)  

Quebec (99) – Saskatchewan (1)

             

UNITED STATES :  25 States, 72 places

California (4) – Connecticut (1) – Florida (4) – Illinois (1) – Kentucky (1) –  

 Louisiana (4)  Maine  (2)  –  Massachusetts (10)  –  Michigan (8)  –  Minneapolis (1)  –  Minnesota (1)  Mississippi (1) – Missouri (4) –  New-Hampshire (3) – New-Jersey (2) – New-Mexico (1)New-York (7) –  Oklahoma (1) – Oregon (2) –  Pennsylvanie (5) – Texas (4) – Virginia (1)  West Virginia (1) – 

  Washington (1) –  Wisconsin (2)   

  

MÉXICO : 1  State, 1 Place

                     Yucatan (1)

CENTRAL AMERICA :  1 Country,  2 places   

                     Haiti (2)

SOUTH AMERICA :  6 Countries, 9 places

                     Argentina (1) – Bolivia (4) – Brazil (1) – Chile (1) – Peru (1) – Uruguay (1)

ASIA:  4 Countries,  7 places

               India (2) – Lebanon (2) – Malaisie (2) – Philippines (1)

EUROPE :   7 Countries,  21 places

Belgium (1) – England (2) – France (11) – Germany  (2) – Italy (3) – Spain (1)  Slovakia (1) 

REQUESTS AND FAVOURS THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF BLESSED DINA BÉLANGER

According to different Records:

REQUESTS: 28.535

Dina Center-Quebec, from 1-1-1993 to 31-12-2016…………………………   26.145

“Dina’s Newsletter”, from January 1994 to July 2006 …………………….. .        635

Santuario Dina - Lamèque , from  4-9-1995 to 31-12-2016 ………………. ...   1.405

Santuario Dina - Saint Michel , from 10-3-1996 to 31-12-2016…………........     350                                                                                                                                          

 FAVOURS:   3.984                                                                                              

 Dina Center-Quebec, from 1-1-1993 to 31-12-2016 ……………………………3.569

 “Dina’s Newsletter”, from January 1994 to July 2006 …………………………    268

 Dina Sanctuary - Lamèque, from 4-9-1995 to 31-12-2016 …………………….    127

 Dina Sanctuary - Saint Michel, from 10-3-1996 to 31-12-2016……………….. ..   20    

                                                                                                                                     

The “Dina’s Newsletters” have been suppressed in July 2006.

In Lamèque and in Saint-Michel de Bellechasse many papers with requests and favours were burnt without counting them.

There are persons who receive favours and they do not inform about them.

PILGRIMAGES TO THE TOMB OF BLESSED DINA BÉLANGER

From January 1st 1993 to December 31st 2016

                                           GROUPS:  511                      PERSONS:  6.368

SOURCE OF THE PILGRIMS ACCORDING TO THE BOOKS OF CENTER DINA-QUEBEC

For Canada, the number between the brackets () shows the different places from where the pilgrims come.

AFRICA - 10 Countries         

                          Benin – Egypt –  Equatorial  Guinea  – Gabon – Ghana – Ivory Coast –  Madagascar – Nigeria Togo – Zimbabwe

NORTH AMERICA : 3 Countries

CANADA : 9 Provinces, 127 places

                        Alberta (2) – British Columbia (1) – Manitoba (2)  – New-Brunswick (8) – Newfoundland (1)

                          Nova-Scotia (1) – Ontario  (23) – Quebec (87) – Saskatchewan (2)

UNITED_STATES : 24 States

                          Arkansas – California – Connecticut – Florida – Georgia – Illinois – Louisiana – Maine

                          Maryland –  Massachusetts –  Michigan –  Minnesota –  Missouri –  Nebraska –  New- Hampshire – New-Jersey – New-York – Ohio – Oklahoma – Pennsylvania  – Rhode Island  Texas – Virginia – Washington

MÉXICO: 2 States

                         México – Yucatan

CENTRAL  AMERICA: 7 Countries

Dominican Republic  – El Salvador – Guatemala – Haití – Martinique – Nicaragua 

Puerto Rico                                                                                                                       

SOUTH  AMERICA: 7 Countries

                         Argentina – Bolivia – Colombia – Chile – Ecuador – Peru – Uruguay

ASIA: 5 Countries

                        India – Japan – Lebanon – Philippines – South Corea

EUROPA: 12 Countries

                       Belgium –  Bosnia-Herzegovina  –  Chyprus  –  England – France – Germany –  Ireland    Italy – Portugal – Scotland – Spain – Switzerland

OCEANIA: 1 Countries                       

                      Australia