Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montréal
Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montréal
“Si je n’y suis [en la grâce de Dieu], Dieu m’y mette; et, si j’y suis, Dieu m’y tienne! Je serais le plus dolente de monde si je savais ne pas être en la grâce de Dieu”
— Jeanne d’Arc

Today’s Feast Days

17 June

Albert Chmielowski
(1845–1916)
Founder, Tertiary
Botolph of Thorney
(c. 610–680)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
Émilie de Vialar
(1797–1856)
Founder, Missionary, Nun
Herve
(c. 521 – c. 556)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
Marie-Joseph Cassant
(1878–1903)
Monk
Moling of Luachair
(614–696)
Bishop
Nectan
(c. 468– c. 510)
Hermit, Martyr
Rainerius
(1117–1161)
Monk
Samuel Augustus Barnett
(1844–1913)
Canon, Priest, Social Reformer

I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being — to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.

Elizabeth Taylor (1931–2011)

American film and stage actress

Acceptance Speech–Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1993)