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believe in miracles but you cannot deny their adaptability to the cinema. This one is from Clarence Buddington Kelland's novel Miracle. Under discussion is the restoration of sight at the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré in Quebec. Shortly after, the hero and the girl plot another miracle (to them) : their marriage. He lost his eyes in a fight back in the furry wilds. A generally capable history, somewhat more serious than usual...
...Ste. Anne...
...other day, I heard, to my great sorrow, that the lovely Church of Ste. Anne de Beaupré outside of Quebec, Canada, was burned last year. Having always cherished a secret, and not altogether unfounded, desire to visit this church, I would like to know if you can give me (but of course you can) any details regarding the catastrophy and also any information you may know concerning the plans for the rebuilding of this delightful church...
Demolition. There was a raveled place in the silk insulation around an electric wire in the Church of Ste. Anne de Beaupré. On Mar. 29, 1922, the flame, thrusting through the wire, burned away the last strands of silk and began to crackle in a piece of dry wood. That wood was a crutch-stick, one of hundreds piled there together-some thick as fagots, the canes of maimed sailors; some the spindling, pathetic splinters that had propelled crippled children-left behind as testaments of those who, kneeling in the basilica, had been healed by the Holy Ghost...
Resurrection. On the next day, Mar. 30, the Redemptorists, undismayed, were considering plans for rebuilding the edifice to house the effigy of Ste. Anne. Famed French architects were secured, designs made. In September, 1924, Cardinal Begin laid the cornerstone. The new church will be, it is stated, one of the most exquisite churches in North America. Its length will be 325 ft., its steeples will tower 245ft...