Dina Bélanger, RJM (30 April 1897 – 4 September 1929), also known as Marie of Saint Cecilia of Rome, was a Canadian member of the Religieuses de Jésus-Marie.

An autobiographical account spanning from 1924 until just months prior to her death details her spiritual encounters with Jesus Christ, which took place throughout a series of visions.

On 6 October 1911, she and some friends visited the Blessed Sacrament and it prompted her to make a private act of consecration to God.

He mentioned her piano studies to the parish priest Omer Cloutier who advised her parents to enroll her at the Institute of Musical Art in the United States of America.

[1] She left home in October 1916 with her father as well as her friends Bernadette Letourneau and Aline Marquis (both became nuns themselves) who were also to go there for their studies.

In New York, Dina lived with the Religious of Jesus and Mary at a unique residence for young women called Our Lady of Peace.

[4] She returned home to Canada after her graduation in June 1918, where she performed public concerts between 1918 and 1921; Dina became a Third Order Dominican.

[2] During her first mission in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse where she taught the piano (which started in August 1923) she contracted scarlet fever after treating a student but recovered enough on 7 December 1923 to resume her teaching duties in January 1924.

[2] From February 1924 to 29 July 1929 - at the behest of her superior - she began writing a biographical account with the first part completed that first June.

A musical based on her life was presented as part of the fourth centennial of Québec and the 49th International Eucharistic Congress held there in June 2008.

The Congregation for the Causes of Saints validated the previous processes in Rome on 30 January 1987 and received the Positio dossier from the C.C.S.

The confirmation of her heroic virtue allowed for Pope John Paul II to title her as Venerable on 13 May 1989.

John Paul II approved this healing to be a miracle on 10 July 1990 and beatified Bélanger on 20 March 1993 in Saint Peter's Square.

Quotes in French followed by the translation in English: Notre Seigneur, Homme-Dieu, me fit voir son Cœur adorable, dans l’Hostie sainte.

[7]Depuis quelques semaines, Notre-Seigneur se plaît à m’appeler : “ ma petite Moi-même ”[8].For several weeks, Our Lord has liked to call me: “ my little Myself ” [9]