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assigned to open a monastery in Yorkton. Other Redemptorists or Basilians were put
in charge of Ukrainian parishes such as Komarno in Manitoba and Ituna in
Saskatchewan. Delaere launched a modest Ukrainian-language church paper, Holos
Spasytelia (Redeemer’s Voice; Yorkton, Sask., 1933– ). The Belgians began to retire
from this pioneer work as Ukrainian Canadians joined the priesthood.
Flemish communities in southwestern Ontario had benefited from the proximity of
Belgian clergy in the United States. The diocese of Detroit, where many Belgians
lived, had been erected in 1833, and it had a succession of bishops and
administrators of Belgian origin, who paid attention to the needs of the Flemings,
including those in Canada. The Fathers van Scheut, as members of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Mission Society were popularly known, came regularly to minister, as
did the Dutch Priests of the Sacred Heart in London. Franciscan friars at Chatham
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