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August 3, 2014

Catholic patriotism and the Great War

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.

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.

Published in WWI: 100 years ago