Religion: Jocists to Altar

Montreal's baseball stadium last Sunday presented an unusual sight. Before an altar, built between centre field and second base, stood 105 brides in white gowns, white veils, 105 bridegrooms in blue suits. In St. James Basilica that morning they had received Holy Communion. In the Wind sor Hotel they ate breakfast, signed marriage registers. On the baseball field they heard a sermon by Most Rev. George's Gauthier, Archbishop-Coadjutor of Montreal. A dynamic, youngish priest whom they all knew, Father Henri Roy, celebrated a nuptial mass after 105 priests made the couples men and wives. Then, in 105 automobiles lent by General...

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