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Home Town or Home Community:
Wollaston Lake, SK
Our Story:
Gathering together to see a movie during the winter of 1979-80 was a special event for the villagers of Wollaston Lake. Before electricity and television had come to the northern community, movies were shown in the coffee shop having its own electrical generator. The movie brought in for the occasion was "The Song of Bernadette". The story of Our Lady of Lourdes and Bernadette Soubirous opened a desire for a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France. Five Native ladies urged their pastor, Father Jean Megret, O.M.I, to take them.
During lent of 1980, ...more Story
Related Links:
Our Lady of the Prairies Foundation
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Our Lady of the Prairies Foundation
Box 22076
Saskatoon SK S7H 5P1
Canada
info@ourladyfoundation.org
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