Ordination of Félix Verret (ph_383)

On the June 30, 1921, Father Félix Verret, former student of Hôtel-Dieu Academy and nephew of Sister Saint-Louis (Marie Martin), celebrated his first mass at the convent of Saint-Basile. After mass, a banquet was served to the guests. Many priests from Madawaska gathered in front of the entrance of Hôtel-Dieu in Saint-Basile. First row from left to right, Fathers Éloi O. Martin, William Conway, Félix Verret, Bishop P. Chiasson, Antoine Comeau, Janisson, Thomas. Second row, Martin Richard, Albert Lynch, Denis J. Martin, Zoël Lambert, A. Melanson, R. Bourbeau, Aurèle Godbout. Third row, Félix Martin, Willie Brideau, Louis Cyr, J. B. Thibault, Patrice Violette, Eudore Martin, Bergeron. Fourth row, C.E. Michaud, Léon Levesque, Boudreau, Georges Bernier, M. Mazerolle. Fifth row, Albert Daigle, Benjamin Saindon, Maxime Babineau, A. Dufour, L.A. Martin.