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A young child marches alongside Canadian soldiers preparing to be sent off to the First World War. At right is Jesuit Rev. Major William Hingston, who was a chaplain in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the war.

Catholic patriotism and the Great War

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Jesuit novices in Guelph in 1918 expected to wake early to prayers and devotions, then Mass, then breakfast. They did not expect to be woken by military police.

Thomas Nangle, chaplain of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. On one day, the regiment lost 273 of its 801 soldiers.

Newfoundland remembers WWI

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In 1914 the Dominion of Newfoundland was not yet part of Canada, but as part of the British Empire it too was at war. On Monday evening, Aug. 4, St. John’s soaring Catholic cathedral, the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, will host an ecumenical service to remember the precise moment 100 years ago when Newfoundland Governor Walter Davidson received a telegram informing him that England was at war.

"Group of Canadians"

World War I at 100: New books examine the battle of beliefs behind the ‘Great War’

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Some called it “The Great War.” Others called it “The War to End All Wars.” History proves it was neither.