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The spirituality of Canadian Catholics from the seventeenth century to the present is a story based on Canadian history which inspires Canadians in the twenty-first century. The study uses traditional historical sources to focus on the spiritual meaning of the Canadian story. Canadian spirituality emerged during the colonization of New France, refocused during the British administration, included Roman spirituality in the nineteenth century, and after Vatican II was redirected into the multicultural world. What is new in this study is the profound understanding of Canadian Catholic spirituality which emerged from studies of the last forty years. Religious workers in these four hundred years, such as Jean de Brebeuf, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Marguerite d'Youville, and D'Arcy McGee promoted Christian faith and service. The stories told here are those of both saints and sinners who revealed their spirituality through their lives of prayer, understanding, and good works. As the title indicates, both their saintly and unsaintly acts are included in their stories. Scholarly colleagues such as William Ryan SJ, Archbishop Attila Mikloshazy SJ, and Professor Mark G. McGowan clarified issues in the text. The Jackman Foundation provided assistance for the publication costs. Let me express my appreciation to the members of Tellwell Publishers of Victoria for the finished volume. I am most grateful for the help received in preparing the manuscript.

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Father Terence J. Fay is a Jesuit priest with a doctorate degree in history who has taught religious history at the University of Manitoba, Toronto School of Theology of the University of Toronto, and St Joseph's College in Vietnam. He published A History of Canadian Catholics: Gallicanism, Romanism, and Canadianism (MQUP, Montreal, 2002) and New Faces of Canadian Catholics: The Asians (Novalis, Toronto, 2009). He is currently preparing a commissioned article for publication about the Cardinal Archbishop of Toronto. For the last thirty-two years Father Fay has served as Associate Pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in downtown Toronto and is a chaplain for Engaged and Marriage Encounter Weekends in Winnipeg, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, and Toronto.

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