Farewell to a friend: Congregation of destroyed Alberta church gathers to grieve, move forward
Catholic worshippers in Morinville, Alta., held their first Sunday mass since their church was destroyed by fire earlier this week.
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Posted: Jul 04, 2021 5:50 PM MT | Last Updated: July 4
A steady stream of parishoners and Morinville residents visited the burned remains of outside the fence surrounding St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church.(Andreane Williams/Radio-Canada)
Parishioners of a historic Catholic church that was destroyed by fire came together on Sunday both to mourn and to celebrate their strength as a community. We get to still be the kind of congregation that we were in the church and celebrate still being together even though we re not able to be in the space we normally are, said Tracey Dryden, a parishioner of St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church in Morinville, Alta., a town of 10,600 people, 40 kilometres north of Edmonton.
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