Edward was one of 8 children, Gladys Merchand,Bertha Sourmail,Clement,A.Beatrice Alderman,Archie A.,Robert F.,& Leo.R.,After compleating School in the summer of 1929,Eddie joined the C.M.T.C.(Citizen's Millitary Training Corps).
Eddie attended the camp at nearby Fort Ethan Allen.( In September ,of 1932,He departed to the Seminary of Philosophy in Montreal.After 2 years at the Seminary he transfered to the Grand Seminary in Monteral,where he completed the last 4 years of the required training to prepare for his ordination.He was ordained to the priesthood in Monteral on June 11,1938 by Bishop Georges Deschamps of Monteral at the Cathedral of St James., The day after his ordination,Father Eddie said his first Mass at St Francis Xavier Church in Winooski.
Edward was one of 8 children, Gladys Merchand,Bertha Sourmail,Clement,A.Beatrice Alderman,Archie A.,Robert F.,& Leo.R.,After compleating School in the summer of 1929,Eddie joined the C.M.T.C.(Citizen's Millitary Training Corps).
Eddie attended the camp at nearby Fort Ethan Allen.( In September ,of 1932,He departed to the Seminary of Philosophy in Montreal.After 2 years at the Seminary he transfered to the Grand Seminary in Monteral,where he completed the last 4 years of the required training to prepare for his ordination.He was ordained to the priesthood in Monteral on June 11,1938 by Bishop Georges Deschamps of Monteral at the Cathedral of St James., The day after his ordination,Father Eddie said his first Mass at St Francis Xavier Church in Winooski.