Four years after he came to Canada from Portugal, homesick immigrant Franc De Sousa sent to Portugal for tiles and built a shrine just like the one he(...)

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Four years after he came to Canada from Portugal, homesick immigrant Franc De Sousa sent to Portugal for tiles and built a shrine just like the one he(...)

Date7/8/1977

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Darrell, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Four years after he came to Canada from Portugal; homesick immigrant Franc De Sousa sent to Portugal for tiles and built a shrine just like the one he'd had in his backyard back home. That was 13 years ago. De Sousa; now 73; and his wife; Maria; 71; tend the flowers that grow around the shrine. With them is their granddaughter; Lia; 8. Shrine honors Our Lady of Fatima.

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