Sport is part of culture and a good way to learn about another country… To discover why people are so passionate about it, it's like, 'Tell me what your sport is and I'll tell you who you are,' " he said.
this is very true for most people and places throughout the world. Find the thing that the people are most passionate about, and you have found the heart of that person and you can figure out the details from there
Topics will change each week. Students will find themselves examining religious metaphors, behaviours and ethics, and drawing links between them and the Habs.
this is an interesting way to go about it. Commenting on how the team can be compared to other religions of the world
he said, adding that those who don't believe the team is a religion can still earn high marks.
good that this is unbiased and the professor is willing to grade based on content and not on their own opinion and whether the student agrees or not
Don Cherry,
Canadian ice hockey commentator. He is also a sports writer, as well as a retired professional hockey player and NHL coach.
The graduate course is open to students in all faculties and those in undergraduate programs. Bauer expects to see more than his usual 10 to 20 people in the class.
I guess this would bring in a lot of people because it is a hot topic
Two years ago, shortly after the minister moved to Montreal, he and one of his students decided the university should offer the opportunity to study whether the Canadiens are, in fact, a faith.
can you have faith in them? for sure! Can people be passionate about this team and the sport? Asolutely! can they be a faith? questionable
shapes Canada to this day.
small events create large waves
diva's entrance at the Forum,
This article seems to be kind of biased in some of their words... the other articles did not put so much emphasis o this, for example, one just said that he was calm
English-speaking boss thwarting the aspirations of theFrench-speaking populist hero.
taking it more personally to the people being oppressed by the English, this is just the straw that broke the camels back
In a match the previous Sunday, Richard had twice viciouslyslashed his nemesis, Hal Laycoe of the Boston Bruins, and thenassaulted a linesman.
This part of the story specifically has been told differently in every article that we have read
Smoke from a tear-gas canister
This just fueled an already out of control fire and putting the people through the pain of the tear gas, only made them more angry and more ready to wreak havoc
sports can mean so much more than a game
this is true for many people
His words had a palliative effect. The next night nobody threw galoshes, nobody broke any more windows, nobody stopped streetcars.
Its crazy that he was able to calm everyone with such a simple statement
Not so much in panic as an urgent retreat, seeking clear air.
this is odd because mass panic is usually the first thing that happens
fiancée, who had fielded the angry calls to his office earlier that day.
They should have known that there was a security threat if she had been fielding angry calls. Measures should have been taken
The people of Montreal took Campbell’s punishment personally. A French-Canadian in the offices at The Montreal Gazette wept openly.
because he was their hero. When someone you hold in such high standing falls, you take that personally
Irvin defended Richard, saying he was dazed and did not realize what he was doing, that he mistook Thompson, the linesman, for a Bruin.
this could be true. In the heat of the moment and then fact that he probably already had a concussion by that point, so he was probably out of it and had no idea who was holding him
often dispensed his own vigilante justice, as he had done with Laycoe and Thompson.
maybe this is why there was unfairness... because they knew of his temper and were biased
nd none of them meant to their fans what le Rocket meant to Canadien fans.
The public seemed to hero worship Richard
RICHARD GOES INSANE”
media controls or at least highly influences how the public sees situations
They want to arrest Richard for assault, to throw him in jail for the night.
I sort of get this because he did hit the ref that was trying to break them up, but why is nothing said about the other guy who initiated the fight by assaulting Richard in the first place? why didn't they try to arrest him too, or why is it not mentioned if it did happen?
Richard thinks Thompson, who once played for the Bruins himself, holds him so Laycoe can hit him.
perception is sometimes more powerful than intention in the moment
Richard’s infamous temper.
He had a history of a temper, so this type of interaction must have been somewhat normal up to a point
After the riot, the NHL began to crack down on all-out brawls
At least something progressive came from this
Richard went on radio and TV, asking for calm
at least he was willing to do this to stop the violence. Some people could be petty and act like something like this is not their problem
tear gas bomb went off.
Crazy to think that things like this happened and that it could go through any security that they had
Laycoe's story had Thompson trying to wrestle both of them and, in order to get at the Bruins player, Richard smacked the official.Either way, Maurice Richard was in trouble.
The real story is usually somewhere in the middle
Richard's coal-black eyes glowed with defiance, danger and pure disgust for losing.
This sounds like a very personal description, maybe someone that knew him or had seen him originally said it
Many of them hated each other with the type of passion only love can understand
Big rivalries are very common in most sports and with this being such a small league, I bet the rivalries were huge and got very heated at times
seigneurs
a feudal lord; the lord of a manor.
Sticks were high, fists flew, blood often smeared the ice, and the owners thought this was all manly and a great way to sell tickets.
many different sports obtain revenue not only because of the sport itself and the teams that play, but also, the entertainment value of the violence that the sport presents. For some reason, we, as humans seem to have a fascination with violence
Maria Chapdelaine awaked from her dream to the thought:—"So I shall stay—shall. stay here after all!" For the voices had spoken commandingly and she knew she could not choose but obey. It was only then that the recollection of other duties came, after she had submitted, and a sigh had passed her lips. Alma Rose was still a child; her mother dead, there must be a woman in the house. But in truth it was the voices which had told her the way.
she gives in to her duties and responsibilities rather than following her passion with what she wants to do
She saw them to the door, the bottle in her hand. Before getting into the sleigh the cure took Maria aside and spoke a few words to her. "Doctors do what they can," said he in a simple unaffected way, "but only God Himself has knowledge of disease. Pray with all your heart, and I shall say a mass for her to-morrow—a high mass with music, you understand."
another example of their faith and the importance that they put into God
"where one cannot discover precisely what is the matter, are more baffling to a doctor than the gravest disorders
this is still true today, usually doctors are more interested and invested in a case when they cannot figure out why something is happening rather than looking at the same thing that they have seen over and over
She could not as yet resolve to say to herself: "I will marry Lorenzo Surprenant," but her heart had made its choice.
she knows what she wants, but going against your family can be a tough committment
she pondered in the deep unrest of her spirit.
maybe trying to decide what to do in regards to marrying Lorenzo or not and trying to figure out what her feelings really are in general
They all looked straight before them in speaking, and yet what they said seemed to be for Maria alone
They are very conscious of her feelings
The Lord is with Thee ..."
faith and religion seem to be very important in this culture, but the prayer here seems to be almost mechanical and hollow rather than with feeling behind it
After the bustle of summer they relapsed into easy-going ways, for the summer is painfully short and one must:-not lose a single hour of those precious weeks when it is possible to work on the land, whereas the winter drags slowly and gives all too much time for the tasks it brings.
notes the importance of summer and the dreariness that they felt in the winter
The women of the Chapdelaine household had no part in the work of the fields. The father and his three tall sons, all strong and skilled in farm labour, could have managed everything by themselves; if they continued to employ Legare and to pay him wages it was because he had entered their service eleven years before, when the children were young, and they kept him now, partly through habit, partly because they were loth to lose the help of so tremendous a worker. During the hay-making then, Maria and her mother had only their usual tasks: housework, cooking, washing and mending, the milking of three cows and the care of the hens, and once a week the baking which often lasted well into the night.
everyone had their role and these roles run parallel to many other cultures seen around the world
The morrow was a day of blue sky, a day when from the heavens some of the sparkle and brightness descends to earth. The green of tender grass and young wheat was of a ravishing delicacy, even the dun woods borrowed something from the azure of the sky.
the next day was a beautiful day. This author really describes nature beautifully
make us a smudge
helps with mosquitoes?
In her heart she felt that never since the earth began was there a springtime like this springtime to-be.
the winter was long and hard but this spring felt special to her
Perhaps it is wicked of me to say so; but all my married life I have felt sorry that your father's taste was for moving, and pushing on and on into the woods, and not for living on a farm in one of the old parishes."
thought the want to move was bad and thought he should have settled in one place. Living on a farm could signify a stable, steady life
golden nimbus
a luminous cloud or a halo surrounding a supernatural being or a saint.
Peribonka farmers are not particular about correcting their boundaries
They do not care much about boundaries
In conclusion, experience taught us long ago that the [109] blessings which have come to us from the Cross of Jesus Christ are much more effectively received and communicated by crosses and sufferings than by prosperity.
this is an interesting point. That suffering roots us deeper in faith than prosperity
nguœ addiscendœ quantúmque proficeret. In prœmium istiusmodi solertiœ nonnulli putarunt fuisse illi Deo concessam tam felicem mortem. "The pains that he took in learning the Huron language, and the progress that he made in it, are [page 219] almost incredible; some of our Fathers have thought that God has rewarded this great diligence by that blessed death."
God rewards for learning a language?
—they made a display of ten large collars of porcelain (the pearls and diamonds of these countries); they told us that that was the voice of their women and children, who made us a present of the little which was left to them in their misery. They added that we knew well enough in what esteem [96] they held these necklaces, which are their ornaments and all their beauty; but that they wished us to know that the Faith would be more precious to them than were their goods;
gave them things that were precious in their culture to show how devoted they would be to their faith
More than fifteen years before dying, in the memoirs that he wrote, making the review of his conscience from month to month,—here follows what he says of himself: " I feel in me a great desire to die, in order to enjoy God; I feel a great aversion for all things created, which it will be necessary to leave at death. It is in God alone that my heart rests; and, outside of him, all is naught to me, except for him.
did he consider putting himself in danger at this point to die and join God? Or is he just exaggerating to make the point that God is the most important thing? (literal or figurative)
The whole day passed in a profound silence on both sides,—the country being in terror and in the expectation of some new misfortune.
they were attacked by the Iroquois and the Iroquois won but there were very few injuries on the Christian side and the chief Iroquois was wounded and many of their men died
Be this as it may, Your Reverence sufficiently sees that we have need of extraordinary help from your holy Sacrifices and Prayers, which we very humbly pray you to grant us, and which we confidently expect from your goodness and charity toward us. YOUR REVERENCE'S
they are asking for help because of the Iroquois and saying that even though they are having trouble, they are still hopeful for the Hurons
also the entire crew, with a captive yroquois. Item, sailed the nostra dame.
where were they going? is this a slave ship? also why do they need so many livres all the time?
Creature of 15 or 16 years, a thief
Is this referring to the girl that was maybe violated? why is the word creature used to describe this person?
This is what we learned of the Martyrdom and blessed death of Father Jean de Brebœuf,
Iriquois tortured Father Breboeuf and he never stopped talking about God and even encouraged suffering to help get them to heaven
They were brutal
The little settlement of Three Rivers is so slightly defended that the French are in daily peril of their lives; but all connected with the mission—not only the priests, but their servants—are ready to lay down their lives, if need be, for the sake of the little Indian church which they have there founded.
noble and committed to their cause
she put on their arms bracelets of Porcelain and glass beads
what would be the significance of this or is it just a mother showing love for her children that have passed?
Even in wars, where confusion often reigns, they do not fail to keep some order. They never undertake them without reason;
shows that they are actually very organised and have leaders that make rational decisions when it comes to war
You see nothing more common here than charms; children inherit them from their fathers, if they have been proved good; and they do not make any secret of them, as I have just said.
they do not try to hide their talents
I asked one day one of our Savages where they thought the Village of souls was; he answered that it was toward the Tobacco Nation, that is to say, toward the West,
believe that their souls stay on the same plane/ the same Earth as when they were alive rather than go to a celestial place
WHAT THE HURONS THINK OF THEIR ORIGIN.
they have very varying creation stories
The variety of these compound nouns is very great, and that is the key to the secret of their Language
very interesting note and good of them to notice this because it could be the key to understanding the language better
We replied that we had not come into this Country to act as interpreters, nor in the hope of getting riches, nor yet in the hope of becoming one day great Captains; but that we had left behind our parents, on means, and all our possessions, and had crossed the sea in order to come to teach them the way of salvation,
they seem to be very committed to their cause, they were given the chance to leave and decided that staying and teaching was more important
After our exercises we made a confused memorandum of the words we had learned since our arrival, and then we outlined a Dictionary of the Huron language which will be very profitable. In it will be seen the various meanings; one will easily recognize in it, when the words are grouped, their differences, which consist sometimes in only a single letter, or even [37] in an accent.
This is a good idea
if they are just doing this, how have they been communicating so thoroughly until now?
For all the Savages that knew us, and especially those of our village, came expressly to see us, [28] to tell us that God was in truth good, and that we also were good; and that in the future they would serve God, adding a thousand abusive words in reference to all their Arendiowane, or soothsayers. To God be forever the glory of the whole; he permits the drought of the soil, to bedew all hearts with his blessings.
It seems more likely that if this did happen, the "savages" would either praise their own gods for answering their calls or at the very least, it is hard to believe that they demeaned the gods that they had been taught to love and fear for their entire lives
[10] Moreover, the harmony of all points of Christian Doctrine pleases them wonderfully; "For," they say, " you always speak connectedly, and consistently with what you have said; you never wander off, you never speak save to the purpose; we, on the contrary, speak heedlessly, not knowing what we say." It is a characteristic of falsehood to embarrass itself in a multitude of contradictions.
Are the Hurons really so open and welcoming to this that contradicts them? Do they really, basically say that the Christians are smart and that they "speak heedlessly"? is this reliable?
They seek Baptism almost entirely as an aid to health. We try to purify this intention, and to lead them to receive from the hand of Cod alike sickness and health, death and life; and teach them that the life-giving waters of Holy [6] Baptism principally impart life to the soul, and not to the body. However, they have the opinion so deeply rooted that the baptized, especially the children, are no longer sickly, that soon they will have spread it abroad and published it everywhere. The result is that they are now bringing us children to baptize from two, three, yes, even seven leagues away.
If the people are seeking Baptism to help their health only, are they really teaching them the faith or are they just trying to get their numbers up? It does not seem like the people really understand what they are committing to, just that they are looking for a miracle. What do the Baptisers say when these sick people do end up dying then?