St.+Vital+Avenue

St. Albert 150th Anniversary Street Name Research Project    By:Hannah, Valentina, Bret, and Quinn ||=  ||=  ||
 * = [[image:new_bobkats.jpg height="182"]] || Bertha Kennedy Catholic Community School  

__P974.121:__ Bishop Vital Grandin, ca. 1890s.
 * = [[image:who.jpg height="71" align="center"]] ||< Our street is named after Saint Vital Grandin. He was the first Bishop of St. Albert. Vital Grandin was born on Feb. 8, 1829, in North Western France.

Photograph Courtesy of Musée Héritage Museum, St. Albert Historical Society fonds. || || He came to this area to help out with the community. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 29px;">One of his contributions to St. Albert was that he brought money to Canada from France. || || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">He originally came from France. || || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">* Since the bishop never had children, the family is now dead. || ||
 * = [[image:what.jpg height="71" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In 1854, Vital Grandin became a priest and left France to become a missionary in Western Canada.
 * = [[image:where.jpg height="71" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">He lived by the Red River district of Western Canada, after he left France.
 * = [[image:when.jpg height="71" align="center"]] ||< <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">He lived here on the hill of St. Albert near the white chapel which was built in 1861. ||  ||
 * = [[image:why.jpg height="69" align="center"]] ||< <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">* Saint Vital wanted to be a priest in China. || [[image:images-3.jpeg width="198" height="162" align="center"]] ||
 * = [[image:interesting.jpg height="61" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">* Saint Vital was the first Bishop of Saint Albert.