, its heavy financial problems, and the opposition of the local ultramontane clergy, who labelled Laurier a liberal revolutionary. On 1 July confederation was officially proclaimed. At the age of 25
death the following year left the diocesan clergy divided. Secular priests, who made up nearly half the contingent, insisted that his successor come from their ranks because St Boniface was no longer
clergy enjoyed immunity where moral issues were involved, as in an election, and that their actions in such matters were exempt from state control. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada
vigorously in debates about Irish domination within the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church and about the appointment of an Acadian bishop. By 1909 his virulent attacks on the Irish clergy and the religious
-denominational. Despite the opposition of the Roman Catholic clergy, mhas, and press, the Common Schools Act was passed by a large Protestant majority. The Roman Catholics, most of
. Although he was a proponent of free schooling, he opposed making attendance compulsory, probably considering it too radical a measure, given the opposition of the clergy. As for politics, he was critical of
-Hyacinthe on 13 June 1849, he was sent to Pembina (N.Dak.), which was served by clergy from Red River. There he assisted Bellecourt, and in 1851 he accompanied Métis hunters on the plains
socialist leader Jean Jaurès, the goals of European social democracy, police brutality against Winnipeg’s unemployed workers, municipally funded “free kitchens,” and the complicity of the Christian clergy who
masterpiece he wrote in the Lac Saint-Jean region in 1912–13, which has been appropriated by the Catholic clergy and the political right.
Hémon had embarked
statuettes, busts, medallions, and medals depicting both historical figures and his contemporaries – politicians, authors, wealthy financiers, clergy, and close friends. He was also recognized for his
(1894); 4 (1900); General Synod, Year book and clergy list (Toronto), 1892–1912. Norman Edwards, “The railways of Moosonee,” Northland ([Schumacher]), 29 (1972–73), no.2: 19–20
of parish clergy and churchwardens. He served on numerous committees of synod and was often a delegate to the synod of the ecclesiastical province of Canada. Consequently, he was one of the most
. The sight-lines and the acoustical properties of the church were excellent. St Paul’s made a great impression on clergy accustomed to struggling to make themselves heard in large buildings with
Strachan School in Toronto. Founded in 1867 by a group of clergy and lay people led by the Reverend John Langtry, the school was one of the first ventures by the Church of England in Canada into the
working in the Indian missions of the North-West. After his ordination he wanted to fulfil his dream, and even made arrangements with Taché, but the bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, who badly needed clergy and
ACC, Diocese of Ontario Arch. (Kingston), Christ Church (Belleville, Ont.), RBMB, 1881; Clergy reg., R. S. Forneri; St Alban’s Church (Adolphustown, Ont.), RBMB, 1896. City of Ottawa Arch
parish church. Ostracism by the clergy undermined his honour and his health, and he died in 1855 at the age of 40. Bourget lifted the excommunication but the Filiatreault family continued to suffer
in his eulogy described Father Dion as “one of the most distinguished and zealous members” of the clergy in the diocese.
Dion’s life was quite short
, Desjardins counted on the clergy, whom he asked to participate in the administration and, if necessary, the management, of the caisses. Concerned about social issues, of which Rerum novarum
to be clergy and a religious censor to supervise the journalists and ensure that their writing conformed with “Catholic principles.” The arrival of Desjardins coincided with changes in the writing