"Charity has been the function of the church. Now it's the team who is taking charge of the social life, visiting children in hospitals, inviting children to see a game or giving money to charity…

In Bauer's class, students will compare and contrast the Montreal Canadiens and other religions.

The arena is their temple, the players are their saviours, and those who worship them pray that the sacrifices made on the ice — of blood, sweat and tears — will lead them to glory.

The Rocket's triumphswere the people's triumphs. His rare defeats were their defeats.

here are moments when life gets in the way, when sports and thereal world collide

It is one of those moments when you realize you are part of something special

his eyes softer, but still intense

The suspension seemed especially harsh

During World War II, Campbell enlisted in the Canadian Forces, served in Europe and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war, he helped prosecute Nazis for crimes against humanity.

At times, he appeared superhuman

fragile.

He married his teenage love, Lucille, in 1942, when he was 20 and she was 17,

And that was just the beginning.

the crowd senses something bad about to happen — but it has no way of knowing how bad it is going to get

five straight Stanley Cup victories

Richard smacked the official

Many of them hated each other with the type of passion only love can understand,

The rain was pattering on the roof, and nature, rejoicing that winter was past, sent soft little wandering airs through the casement as though she were sighing in content

"With the roads in this condition,"

Maria asked doubtfully: "Is it certain that her trouble has only to do with the kidneys?"

"That is so, some men are made that way. Samuel, for example, and you, and many another. It seems as if the woods had some magic for you ..."

After having offered his prayer, hearing the voice of the Infidel,—who was advancing, hatchet in hand, on the point of dealing his blow,—he puts himself in between. " A blow from the hatchet," he said, " will better fall on my head than on a house consecrated to the honor of God." The Infidel is quite astonished. " No, no," said the Christian, " I openly profess that, as regards my death, I do not wish that any justice be exacted for it; neither the public, nor the man [24] who should kill me, will be in trouble about that.

Meanwhile, the enemy continued his attacks more furiously than ever; and, without doubt, it was a great blessing [10] for the salvation of some that, at the moment of their death, Baptism had given them the life of the soul, and put them in possession of an immortal life.

You see the inclination of the Hurons, and especially of the Nation of the Bear, to receive Christianity; and this will be greatly increased by the fact that we have already baptized many of their children. For they say, " We do not wish to be separated from our children, we desire to go to Heaven with them.

The evil is, they are so attached to their old customs that, knowing the beauty of truth, they are content to approve it without embracing it.