THE LEGION OF HONOUR FOR PRIESTS.
. Two,•priests.■■have; recently' b£enaccorded places among tho Jimglits of the Legion 'of Honour' for their {distinguished services. . Of the Abbe -Fornand Jamin, who is ( a; cliaplain to tho stretcher-bear-ers of <ui-army, corps, the official'record says: . ■ < v. "A.%-3at' mind arid a great heart, :who,' from the beginning ofthe campaign, has brought n oral succour to tho regiment'with the.most admirable modesty v and. devotedness. Ho • has always shown the, greatest disregard of . danger in, the exercise- of his' ministry under fire." ' ' :; :j : Of. tho 6ther, Captain, the Abbo Ruffle, of the 209ch Foot, ; who belongs to .the diocese of I'amiers, ! and who received. his Crqss' on . a recent Sunday between \his,...two'.Masses;' from tho hands of hisi colonel,. we are told:— Order of the Day of his'; army corps, and once in that of, tho-whole:■army,:'.foiy his splendid spirit of f sacrifice, ho. gave during the attacks on May 10 to 15 the finest example .of courage. Tliough ' wounded', and faint from loss of blood,;, he would iiot : leave'"Jiisi-i'major, and to the end 'shared, allr the fatigues and-'dangers- of his company." ■ i '
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2558, 4 September 1915, Page 11
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183THE LEGION OF HONOUR FOR PRIESTS. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2558, 4 September 1915, Page 11
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