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.
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