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Francis Ebner's Oblate Charism: Life, Community, and Faith

Benjamin Lyle Berger
Research Associate, Provincial Museum of Alberta

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Francis Ebner on Harley Motorcycle

Father Francis Ebner on his 1952 125cc Harley-Davidson crossing Yellowknife Bay.

Francis Ebner on Harley Motorcycle

Fr. Ebner and his 1954 KH 750cc Harley-Davidson in Yellowknife.

Fascinated by this image, when I have asked Father Ebner why he rode a motorcycle in the Canadian North he has consistently responded that, simply, it was ‘a good horse’. Photographs courtesy Father Francis Ebner.

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