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who knew him, and he died in the administration of his duties while stationed in the South of the Province during the great Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918.

Rev. Father Laux came from the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg to Morinville in 1911 and acted as assistant to our parish priest until the year 1914 when he became assistant priest at Gravelbourg, Sask. Father Laux was the typical big-parish priest, always kneeling in his pew at the back of the church ready to hear confessions, and perhaps the most eloquent preacher which the parish ever had, both in French and German; after his incumbency at Gravelbourg, illness and old age pressing heavily upon him, Father Laux returned to his dear old Luxembourg where he died.

Rev. Father Boniface, O.F.M., was the next missionary who took care of the German Catholic needs from 1914 to 1920. It is hardly necessary to say much about Father Boniface for his name is well known all over Canada. But the hearts of our German Catholic parishioners still go out to this man who took care of them during very difficult times. Father Boniface is now stationed at Vancouver, B.C.

Rev. Father Martin, O.F.M., took the place of Father Boniface after the latter had been transferred elsewhere, hearing the confessions of the old people and preaching English-German missions. However Father Martin was soon recalled to other work by his superiors. Rev. Father Smit, O.M.I., was the last of the missionaries working amongst the German Catholic parishioners of the parish. A native of Holland but a fluent linguist Father Smit did great work, especially by his preaching of missions; he combined the qualities of an ardent and eloquent missionary with that of a fine intellectual whose work and travels in various parts of the world gave him a mellowed insight into the needs and problems of humankind. Father Emit left for the United States in 1935 where he is preaching missions in the City of New York and the New England States.

It has been the custom in the Parish of St. Jean Baptiste of Morinville to have missions preached every second year.

Rev. Father John Bokenfohr, O.M.I., preached an English- German Mission in 1938 and Rev. Father Joseph Schneider, O.M.L, preached an all English mission in 1940. These missions have done much to keep up and revive the Catholic religious spirit within the parish.

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Congratulations sise 4 M. Vabbé Jean-Baptiste Morin ss 6 En route vers la terre promise ou... cee ceesceessseceessessssneeerense 15 Entrée dans la terre PrOMise 00... ce eeesseesteeesecesaesstesseeenseeseees 27 Les fondateurs de MOrinville 00... ccccsscseccsseeceeseecessecsesseeseeeeesons 33 Débuts de la nouvelle colonie eeeeceereeteceeeceseseeerereeessoees 39 — Au teMpPOrel oo... ccccsscescesssessnesecetecsenecssesessreesssenssesssssessenenees 39 — AU SpIrituel sine 43 Le pastorat de M. Harnois ss 53 Sous la houlette des Pères Oblats ..........ccccccessscecssrtsesesseseentereesteaees 67 M. l'abbé Jolicoeur, (1894-1902) oo... escecesesseeesereereetseeecteesees 73 Coup d'oeil sur les paroisses environnantes 0.00... eee etecee res 81 M. Vabbé Ethier (1902-1912) oo... ee cesccesceetessceseseseeseesesetsesereoes 91 — L'éducation des enfants 0... cccccsececnseeseccsseetsesesesenenees 95 — Construction d’une nouvelle 6glise oe ceseeneeetteeee 105 — Le couvent Notre-Dame ss 112 — Morinville “incorporée” comme ville .............. cece 114 M. Pabbé Gauthier (1912-1921) ou... eeseeescereeeeseserteseeneseeees 118 Mgr Joseph-Maxime Pilon, P.D. ss 121

— Embellissement des terrains de l’église et du cimetière 122 — Achévement de l’école et complètement du mobilier … 123

— Intérét porté à l’école et culture des vocations 124

— Prêtres, assistants de Mgr Pilon oo... cesses ceeeees 128

— Oeuvres religieuses et esprit chrétien ol eeeeeee 129

Epilogue oo... css censessscestecosssvsnersseansteccesensnsessesenessssesessescesssssseseasenesees 130 + * +

Sketch of the French Text ess 132

German Settlers, by Joseph Hepple 00.0.0... cc ccsssescsssescesenecssenees 141

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