DINA BELANGER
ROAD
On
the 5th November 1986, the
Lady Mayoress of Sillery, Madame Margaret Delisle, unveiled a plaque with the
words ‘Dina Belanger Road’, which
identified Dina as a Religious of Jesus and Mary, born in the city of Quebec
and indicated that the date was that on which a formal recognition of her holiness
had been recognised in Rome. It is worth mentioning that the Sillery School of
Music is situated in the same road and it is therefore is a fitting tribute to
her who perfected her musical studies at the New York Conservatory from 1916 to
1918 and was an accomplished musician.
THE SOUVENIR PLAQUE OFFERED BY FORMER PUPILS
On the 5th June, 1993 a commemorative
plaque, offered by the Association of Former Pupils of the College at
Sillery, was blessed and unveiled at the Provincial House of the Religious of
Jesus and Mary in Quebec . The plaque lies on a stone taken from the ashes of
the Convent Chapel, which had been destroyed by fire in 1983. This simple
monument, set up as a souvenir and in homage to Blessed Dina Belanger, is to be
found at the very place in the former chapel where Dina, who lived nearly all
her religious life in this house, would come to pray.
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