Oh, Canada!

Recent travels took me north of our borders into the land of maple syrup, hockey, and 12 man football. What I did not expect was to see such a rabid bunch of Notre Dame fans in Quebec. While I was unable to interview any of the local denizens (they spoke some form of gobbleydegook), I did notice that they have the habit of naming their local churches after their favorite college football team.

I submit the L'Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires, built after ND beat Miami 31-30 in 1988.


and the chapelle Notre Dame de Bon Secours in Montreal, which is gobbleydegook for 'Notre Dame is good, suckers!"


and the Basilique Notre Dame de Montreal, which means 'Basically, Notre Dame IS Montreal'. This is where Montrealiers congregate to watch Irish games on big screen plasma TVs.



The visitor to the basilique is greeted by a familiar logo.



Go Irish, eh!