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The REPUTATION OF THE SANCTITY of Dina Bélanger became universal after her beatification.

Friday, 26 January 2018

THE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE

THE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE IN THE CITY OF QUEBEC
On  the 22nd of April, 1997, representatives of the City of Quebec and the Ministry of Culture and Communications of Quebec unveiled a commemorative plaque in homage to  Blessed Dina Belanger in the context of the hundredth anniversary of her birth. In this ceremony, which was held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall of Quebec and presided over by Mr Jean-Paul  Lallier, Mayor of Quebec, homage was rendered in the presence of a large number of invited guests, including Madame Cecile Renaud Crépin, the god-daughter of Blessed Dina Bélanger.
On the 27thAprii after the solemn Mass, celebrated in the Church of St Roch, by the Parish Priest Father Mario Dufour, at the end of a tridium in preparation for the celebration of the centenary of the birth of Blessed Dina, the plaque was installed on the facade of the Dina's birth-place at 168 Rue Notre Dame des Anges. A large number of local in habitants, religious, relatives, friends and  others from the diocese were present and took part in the homage offered to the first native of Quebec to be named Blessed.
         


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