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An introduction to the journal is presented in which the authors discuss the issue's theme of Catholicism in Québec's popular culture.

An introduction to the journal is presented which discusses the history of the Catholic Church and Catholic intellectuals in Québec throughout the twentieth century, as well as international influences on these themes.

What contribution did the Québécois missionary effort bring to the reception of Vatican II in Québec? To answer that, this paper focuses on the experience of members of four missionary institutes founded in Québec: the Missionnaires de l'Immaculée-Conception, the Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Anges, the Société des Missions étrangères du Québec, and the Missionnaires du Christ-Roi, between 1945 and 1962. This paper analyses the missionaries' preconciliar experience of cultural and religious difference, and shows how it contributed to the emergence of a changing perspective on Christianity, the Church, and mission. Based on interviews conducted with missionaries, the institutes' archives, and secondary sources, this paper argues that parallels exist between shifts in the missionary field with respect to lay people, the local church, cultural and religious differences, and the way the Québec Church prepared itself for Vatican II. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How were Quebec missionaries, faced with the daily use of orality in their missions, capable of translating 'the sacred Word' into something that made sense to both the people met ad extra as well as to their French Canadian counterparts? Drawing on theoretical as well as empirical evidence found in the works by Vansina (1985), and Furniss (2004), this article addresses the ways in which the Missionnaires de l'Immaculée-Conception (MIC) and the Société des Missions Étrangères du Québec (SMÉ) have used orality as a communication tool in their respective magazines. More precisely, through a comparative analysis of the magazines published between 1945 and 1962, we will defend the following thesis: the incorporation of orality in these magazines served both a proselyte and a pedagogical function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]