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Here, we will look at the lengthy combat of G.-É. Demers, the Relator of the Cause, to deal with each objection, taking a humorous approach based on the well-known series of comic books Asterix.2 ‘‘These Romans are crazy!’’3 Our story begins in Rome in 1918, in the ‘‘Place that Sends you Mad’’,4 in other words the Roman bureaucracy. The Cause for the canonization of François de Laval has come to a halt.5 The second Positio cannot be accepted, for three reasons. First, Rome needs to see more historical documents, from various eras, to examine all aspects of the first bishop’s life. Second, a commentary on the documents must be included, to highlight his virtues. And last, only the correct Roman jargon can be used. It’s enough to drive anyone crazy! (Continued on page 2) Drawing by Cyrille-Gauvin Francœur humorously depicting the struggle of the indomitable priests of the Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Québec (SMÉQ) to bring the Cause of Canonization of François de Laval to a successful conclusion. �Demers the Indomitable A PAGE OF HISTORY (Continued from page 1) Back in Quebec, the Seminary of indomitable priests suggests that the mission of drawing up a new Positio should be entrusted to the village’s most valiant warrior, Demers,6 whose skill and stamina have been tried and tested. He will be supported in his adventure by the Vice-Chief, Gosselin,7 and two Druids, Quentin and Antonelli.8 Georges-Édouard Demers, Relator of the Cause, depicted as a Gallic warrior by C.-G. Francœur. The Banquet From 1932 to 1940, our humble hero travelled around France to visit 45 archives and 5 public libraries, where he copied out 306 documents and excerpts, 126 of which were previously unknown. Quite the Banquet of texts! He quickly understood that the depiction of any historical figure is influenced by the point of view of his contemporaries, or the objectives and values of historians from a later generation. The seven Governors, eight Intendants and four King’s Ministers that Msgr. de Laval encountered during his lifetime were not necessarily his biggest fans. O tempora! O mores 9! Demers wrote to his friend Gosselin: ‘‘[…] I am worried about the documents concerning Msgr. de Laval since they almost seem to annihilate our hopes of achieving our aims. Since I arrived at the national archives [in France], the number of objections has grown and multiplied. Just this morning, a relatively long brief consisting of direct attacks against our venerable prelate was almost the last straw. What should I do? Copy it out and present it to Father Quentin? This would involve including a series of other documents to neutralize each assertion. Forget to mention it? Would that be fair? Perhaps I am being too fastidious, but if the same brief emerges later and falls into the hands of a historian of the Congregations, the blame would fall squarely on the ‘‘secretary’’ [Demers] dispatched by the Cardinal...’’10. This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Saint François de Laval Issue 50 May 2025 2 Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 16, rue De Buade Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2025 Executive Editor: Jean Duval Collaborators : Daniel Abel, Martina de Vries, Cyrille-Gauvin Francœur et Gilles Routhier Translation: Benjamin Waterhouse Graphic design: lecourscommunication.com Print run: �1,000 in French and 500 in English Membre de l’Association des médias catholique et œcuméniques (AMéCO) Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �In the end, Demers hid nothing. He ended his Banquet quite Dogmatix:11 to remove any doubts about the bishop’s saintliness, he decided to try a new approach, worthy of a plucky Quebecer, by Toutatis! He would confront the enemy arguments head-on, and beat them into submission! Each Positio generates new objections: 1911: Positio Pars Prima, Animadversiones and 174-page response by Mtre. Salotti 1918: Nova Positio, Novae Animadversiones dated March 28, 47-page response by Msgr. Verde, considered insufficient July 2, 1918: Aliae Novae Animadversiones, which brought the Cause to a halt: Demers was asked to provide the advocate for the Cause with suitable documentation to make a response 1956: Altera Nova Positio by Demers, followed by the 260-page response to the objections of 1918 by Mtre. Mariani published in the Novissima Positio of 1958 1959: Novissimae Animadversiones and 44-page response by Msgr. Tedeschini 1960: the Cause is accepted and François de Laval is declared Venerable. The Big Fight: 12 Gallicans versus Ultramontanists In the 17th century, the separation of powers between Church and State was defined differently, and the ‘‘Chiefs’’ of the two factions were locked in a power struggle. If we look only at the letters sent by the King or his Ministers in France to the Governors and Intendants in Canada, they paint a vivid picture: François de Laval was a would-be Caesar who had overstepped his authority and kept the population shackled in strict moral rules that hindered the growth of the Empire. Frontenac, a member of the Gallican camp, did not hold back and sent Minister Colbert a true ‘‘arsenic cake’’:13 his brief dated 1677.14 In it, he wrote ‘‘Virtually all the disorders in New France can be traced back to the ambition of the ecclesiastics who, hoping to combine spiritual authority with absolute power over temporal matters, cause all those who are not entirely submissive to suffer and complain.’’ How would our hero, Demers, counterattack? He began by preparing the ground for battle: ‘‘The manuscript was not unknown […] but until now it had not been taken into consideration by the Cause and was completely omitted from the various Positiones. It is now included here for the following reasons: (1), to shed more light on the relationship between the SoG and Frontenac, which all the Canadian historians have addressed; and (2), to make it possible to see and judge whether the facts assembled against the SoG are true and deserve such opprobrium.’’ Governor Frontenac, portrayed as Julius Caesar by C.-G. Francœur. Demers went even further. Now a legionary, he refused to take refuge in a defensive ‘‘Tortoise’’ formation and, hiding nothing, launched a frontal attack: ‘‘After a quick examination of the brief, two points emerge: (1) the facts are generally based on reality, or in other words are not mere calumny; and (2) in Frontenac’s account, the facts are twisted and misinterpreted […] an unusually great ambition to govern, nourished and protected by Gallican principles, to which he adhered strictly […] he (Continued on page 4) Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2025 3 �Demers the Indomitable A PAGE OF HISTORY (Continued from page 3) 1. In 1925-1926, Demers went to France to help the Postulator find and copy archival documents. His travel diary has been carefully preserved. 2. On February 6, 1930, the Cause was transferred to the new Historical Section of the Congregation of Rites, with a new procedure that cancelled Demers’ earlier work. 3. In 1930, Demers worked under the supervision of Fr. Henri Quentin. 4. In 1935, Fr. Quentin died and was replaced by Msgr. Antonelli, who accompanied Demers to the end. 5. From 1932 to 1940, Demers travelled across Canada and Europe in search of documents for his arguments. 6. From 1940 to 1952, Demers had to return to Canada: it was wartime. 7. In 1956, Demers’ colossal Altera Nova Positio was published. An ancient Roman army defensive formation known as the Tortoise. Photo : Wikipédia monitored the movements of missionaries, intercepted letters, refused to allow Msgr. de Laval’s vicar general to attend Sovereign Council meetings, etc. It is clear that with such a contentious Governor, a bishop of the mettle of Msgr. de Laval was bound to have difficulties. And so it proved. […] Without going into detail, suffice it to say that Frontenac took such an incendiary approach in all these controversies that even the Court of Paris, where he enjoyed the full favour, found his conduct imprudent and finally recalled him to France in 1682.’’ The Mansions of the Gods: 15 the place of honour in church Before Frontenac, another Governor, Argenson, had complained about the bishop: ‘‘I sent you, in the first vessel, the rules I asked for concerning incense in church, because Msgr. de Petrea [François de Laval] claims that the Governor should only be incensed after the choir […] He also created more difficulty about the consecrated bread that I present at Easter, which he did not want to be carried into church with drums and pipes.’’16 Demers countered with a triple array:17 ‘‘We believe it is useful here to clarify some of the protocol of the period: (1) the SoG arrived in a country where the lack of ecclesiastical dignitaries had led to honorary practices being bestowed on the Governor, who had pride of place in all civil and religious ceremonies; (2) during this period, the France of Louis XIV was steeped in Gallicanism. The smallest infringement 4 Demers’s Twelve Tasks25 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2025 8. Between 1956 and 1958, Antonelli was slow to complete the file, and Demers suggested returning to Rome to help him. 9. During the same period, the offices of the Congregation of Rites moved, delaying the project by several months. 10. Demers suggests an “expensive but expeditious” lawyer to draft the replies to the Aliae Novae Animadversiones of 1918. 11. In 1959, Demers published the 9th Positio, to which he attached the answers. 12. François de Laval is recognized as venerable. Demers is finally able to rest. by the civil authorities of the ecclesiastical affairs of the young Church in New France, even at an honorific level, could have had a negative impact for the future; and (3), the struggle for honours between the Governor and the Bishop went beyond their strictly personal rights; however, in the eyes of the people, the hierarchical position of the Church and the State was determined by the honours they respectively received.’’ Warm beer18 Even heroes can sometimes become discouraged. Our own Demers found so many briefs ‘‘stuffed with patently false information’’ that he wrote to his close friend Gosselin about his doubts: ‘‘This is all a big hindrance. […] Is it true that Msgr. de Laval took such strong action to distance the Recollects from their ministry? He was clearly not well disposed towards them, since they were undermining his own work by absolving the liquor traders … […] Is it true that the disorder caused by the liquor trade was greatly exaggerated? A Canadian suggested this to me just a few days ago, but can the reports from the Governors who claimed to speak sincerely with �Abbé Amédée Edmond Gosselin, vice-postulator of the Cause, represented as Gaulish Chief by C.-G. Francœur no regard for their own personal interests support the statements made by Msgr. de Laval and the Jesuits?...19’’. Demers needed a healthy dose of magic potion to continue his mission. Luckily, Gosselin sent him some documents from the Quebec Seminary archives that supported the point of view expressed by Msgr. de Laval. rable SoG came from his obstinacy and desire to control everything. […] He takes issue throughout the book with the devotional approach that the venerable SoG was expected to represent in the colony. He wanted nothing to do with the subordination and submission of the State to the Church. […] Of all the French and Catholic historians in Canada, Garneau is the only one to criticize the venerable SoG for his hard nature and his goal of dominating everything and everyone. […] There can be no doubt that if, in 1845, Garneau had had access to the official correspondence and letters of the venerable SoG preserved in the Seminary archives, he would have made considerable changes to his book. It is clear, from reading Garneau’s book, that he stuck too closely to correspondence from the Governors complaining about the venerable SoG, and that he was not aware of the other side of the discussion […].’’ Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s22 Next, Demers summoned the cavalry: two esteemed authors23 who highlighted François de Laval’s admirable response to attacks by the Governors: ‘‘All these arbitrary actions by the Governor [in this case, (Continued on page 6) ‘‘Enlist in the legions, they said!’’20 In the third part of the ANP, Demers called up his reinforcements, quoting testimony from the apostolic inquiries forwarded by Gosselin that supported his position. The Devil’s Advocate had cited the unfavourable opinions of the historians Parkman and Garneau. Our hero responded by pointing to the statements of public notary J. E. Roy, mentioning that ‘‘his serene conclusions about the works of Msgr. de Laval in general and various authors, such as the protestant Parkman and liberal Garneau, concerning their views on the SoG, are worthy of attention.’’21 Roy explains his position: ‘‘The historian Parkman believed that the strength of character of the vene- Governor Mésy wearing an Attic helmet by C.-G. Francœur Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2025 5 �Demers the Indomitable A PAGE OF HISTORY (Continued from page 5) Mésy], his hostile attitude to the clergy and missionaries, did not trouble the patient firmness and merciful goodness of the Bishop of Petrea.’’ ‘‘He [Msgr. de Laval] responded to insults and insolence with silence and resignation. He prayed, and asked for prayers for his former friend. Whether through charitable opinions, well-founded arguments, or severe reprimands, he spared no effort to bring him back to his dutiful path; but all these wellintentioned acts only irritated him further.’’ Veni, vidi, vici ! 24 The notary J.E. Roy concluded as follows: ‘‘I would, however, like to point out, after reading through the correspondence from the period, that there is a striking contrast between the haughty tone, mockery and harshness of the letters from the Governors and Intendants and the never less than dignified, meek and considered tone of the Venerable’s own correspondence. […] It is remarkable that one of their leading writers, Father Chrestien Le Clercq [a Recollect], who wrote with acid wit, criticized practically everything in his books and was said to have been a spokesman for Frontenac, spoke in glowing terms of the venerable SoG, praising the purity of his intentions and proclaiming the holiness of his life.’’ It is clear that whatever the criticism levelled at François de Laval, the indomitable Demers was ready to take his side. And his combat led to victory: Msgr. de Laval became a Venerable in 1960, a Blessed in 1980 and a Saint in 2014! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 The first title granted by the Catholic Church to a person after his or her death once a diocese has begun the beatification process. It is followed by the titles Venerable, Blessed and Saint. A series of comic books and animated films featuring the character of Asterix, created in 1959 by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. The catchphrase of Obelix, who finds the strangers’ mindset puzzling. In the animated film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, 1976, the 8th task. For a full history of the Cause, see M. de Vries, Sainthood - not an easy path, Newsletter no. 38, p. 1-6 : https://sfdl.omeka.net/items/show/9922 Georges-Édouard Demers, Relator of the Cause for the canonization of François de Laval and author of the Altera Nova Positio of 1956 (ANP), which brought the Cause to a successful conclusion. Amédée Edmond Gosselin, Vice Procurator of the Cause in Quebec City and a correspondent of Demers during his Twelve Tasks in Rome. Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2025 The French Agent: 26 The 1682 Declaration of the Clergy of France One of the objections raised by the Devil’s Advocate concerned the Declaration of the Clergy of France, a fourarticle document that stated that Gallican rights prevailed over the rights of Rome. Demers wrote: ‘‘According to some of the witnesses in the ordinary and apostolic investigations, who were influenced by an erroneous statement made by Abbé Langevin, the SoG, to avoid signing the Four Articles, refused to attend the meeting of the Sovereign Council where their acceptance was proposed. The SoG’s presumed failure was the basis for several objections raised by the Promoter of the Faith, who claimed that the SoG was absent from the Sovereign Council at a time when he should have been defending the rights of the Sovereign Pontiff against the abuses of the Gallican church.’’ To prove that the statement was false, Gosselin asked the provincial archivist, P.-G. Roy, to produce a statement showing that Msgr. de Laval had never been absent from meetings of the Council during the period concerned and that, in fact, the Four Articles were never presented for registration before the Sovereign Council.26 8 Father Henri Quentin was the first Relator General of the Cause. On his death in 1935, he was replaced by Msgr. Ferdinando Antonelli. 9 ‘‘Oh the times! Oh the customs!’’ (Asterix and the Chieftain’s Shield, 1968, p. 5) The quote is from the Catilinarian orations by Cicero, a reproach to the morals of contemporary youth. 10 Letter from Demers to Gosselin, August 2, 1933. 11 Dogmatix is a dog who first appeared in Asterix and the Banquet, published in 1965, on page 13. He followed the two protagonists from town to town and, at the end of the book, Obelix notices him and decides to adopt him on p. 48. 12 Asterix and the Big Fight, 1966. 13 The ‘‘Arsenic Cake’’ song is from the 1968 animated film Asterix and Cleopatra. An envious architect who wants to obtain the Queen’s contract for himself sends her a poisoned cake, supposedly from our heroes, to make her believe they are trying to kill her. 14 ANP, Doc. 47: Brief from Frontenac to Colbert dated 1677, and a long rebuttal from Demers correcting the Governor’s statements: https://sfdl.omeka.net/items/show/17733 15 The Mansions of the Gods, 1671 16 ANP Doc. 19-3: Letter from Argenson to his brother, December 1660, and rebuttal by Demers: https://sfdl.omeka.net/admin/items/show/17713 17 The triple array was the most common Roman military formation during Caesar’s war against the Gauls. The troops were arranged in three lines: younger soldiers, elite troops, and veterans. 18 Asterix in Britain, 1966, p. 15. 19 Letter to Gosselin cited above. 20 A running gag, when a disappointed legionary remembers the promises made during the recruitment campaign. It first appears in Asterix and the Banquet, 1965, p. 10. 21 ANP, Doc. 71-6: https://sfdl.omeka.net/items/show/14903 22 Matthew 22:21: ‘‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s’’. In other words, the merit belongs to the inventor and should not be appropriated. 23 Rochemonteix, Les Jésuites et la Nouvelle-France au 17e siècle, 1895-1896, vol. 2, p. 337-338 and Gosselin, Vie de Mgr de Laval, vol. 1, p. 447-448. 24 ‘‘I came, I saw, I conquered’’, as Caesar allegedly wrote to the Senate after his victory at Zela in 47 B.C. It was used in the comic book series after his victory over the Gauls under Vercingetorix (Asterix the Gaul, p. 14). 25 The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, animated film, 1976, in which Caesar challenges our heroes to complete 12 so-called impossible challenges to prove that they really are unbeatable. 26 Asterix and the Roman Agent, 1970, in which Caesar sends an infiltrator to stir up trouble in the village and make it easier to subdue. 27 ANP, Doc. 73, testimony by Pierre-Georges Roy, August 30, 1929: https://sfdl.omeka.net/admin/items/show/17819 �NEWS By Jean Duval A number of the events held to commemorate St. François de Laval are often unknown and deserve a mention. Feel free to share them with us. 1 Salle Laval in Paris On March 30 of this year, the authorities at the Paris Foreign Missions Society (Missions étrangères de Paris, or MÉP, formerly known as the Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris), opened a room dedicated to François de Laval, achieving its goal of honouring its four founding members: Pierre Lambert de La Motte, Ignace Contolendi, François Pallu and François de Laval. Gilles Routhier, Superior General of the Quebec Seminary, was asked to unveil a commemorative plaque in the presence of Father Étienne Frécon, the Society’s Vicar General, and to speak about the close links between the founders of the Seminaries of Paris and Quebec. 2 Go out to meetings of all kinds! In addition to the permanent exhibition about François de Laval, seen by over 180,000 people, the Centre has set up a temporary exhibition for the 2025-2026 season based on the latest painting by Daniel Abel (see next page). It shows Saint François, who spared no effort to meet with and share hope among the poor and sick and people from other cultures. The exhibition is a joint production with the parish and festival corporation of Notre-Dame de Québec. Free admission. One of the illustrations for the exhibition by Cyrille-Gauvin Francœur 3 Saint François de Laval rosary A The souvenir shop at Notre-Dame cathedral in Quebec City recently began selling the ‘‘Saint François de Laval’’ rosary. In addition to 50 green beads, it includes a picture of the Holy Family, a devotion of François de Laval, along with the logo for the jubilee year, and a cross based on the pectoral cross worn by the Saint. It is also available on the Center’s website. Photos : Fonds Daniel Abel 4 Recumbent effigies of Msgr. de Laval: B a reaffirmation At the recent international seminar on medievalism in Quebec, which was held the Augustinian Monastery in Quebec City from February 6 to 8, one of the guest speakers was Hugues Dupuis, master of art history at Laval University. He pointed out that recumbent effigies are rarely found in Quebec funerary art. Even more surprisingly, two of these figures represent the same person, François de Laval, one in Notre-Dame de Québec cathedral (A) and the other in the exterior chapel at the Quebec Seminary (B). Photos : Fonds Daniel Abel Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2025 7 �ICONOGRAPHY A new visual design for the Novena to the Founders of the Catholic faith in Canada. Design: Cyrille-Gauvin Francœur A moment of grace Artist Daniel Abel has added a new painting to his body of work about Saint François de Laval. ‘‘For a long time I wanted to show the missionary without the trappings of a bishop. I had the idea of showing him in the forest. With a friend, Jean-Claude Filteau, we thought up an allegory, where all the elements around the main subject are part of the message’’. QUOTE Daniel Abel, oil on canvas, 2025, 61.4 x 91.4 cm (24 x 36 in.) Here is a note that François de Laval could have written at the age of 46, as a man in his prime who carried with him the rich spiritual heritage received from his teachers. – Jean-Claude Filteau On a fine fall day in 1669, the tenth year after my return to Quebec, I was coming back from a pastoral visit to Tadoussac with my companion, a sturdy backwoodsman. When we got to the place known as La Male Baie, we stopped to contemplate the game-filled forest and the salmon leaping upstream. On an impulse, I suggested to my companion that he should take advantage of the site to use some of his old skills for a few days. I would look after the camp and rest a little. For some time, I had in fact been dreaming about stopping for a time of contemplation and prayer, alone with my Lord, as I used to do as a member of Les Bons Amis. Surrounded by beauty, I wanted to nestle for a time in His Grace. Centre d’animation François-De Laval www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: December 2025 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter no 50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Saint François de Laval : Centre d'animation François-De Laval Newsletter Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025-05 Title A name given to the resource Saint François de Laval : Centre d'animation François-De Laval Newsletter, no 50 Language A language of the resource Français Type The nature or genre of the resource Articles de périodiques Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-6 : Demers the Indomitable by Martina de Vries: the fight of relator general Geroges-Édouard Demers to answer the objections to the Cause of canonisation of Laval p. 7 : News p. 8 : Iconography : A moment of grace, painting by Daniel Abel, and accompanying text by Jean-Claude Filteau Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Read the <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/14248">whole text</a> of the Newsletter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <span>Read the </span><a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/bulletin-du-centre-danimation-francois-de-laval">entire collection<span> </span></a><span>of the Newsletter</span> CFYCCV2C Béatification Brèves Oeuvres d’art https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/2a9f13bc02f128a9800e8e466b143335.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=JLwm7-W00dYUdTXYi9JlwakBDzPz4z1gwOC73sWpccYbMeR2LhumabBfydOAj2UEQTZrRMgLQbrT4udYzDKZTsZ892d8780uyqW36d9Df8hJvE5mXLuPBuLXmItCWXL3ASdVZNsLRKxDH4iyj3StMGID3HZcMnRAYV9FQUZgjI8Xl8jqJ08R%7E5Zh8J%7ENiWilhaNms-8nSNtwKnrMu3RzhjAdaVsH0InPD%7E8awIlFbe6y8SpSPAzQE-XacexJIctTkVfvKPQ4OmiY4pHrkHREDcSrvUCZb533ggvCzujInFkN8nlDvH%7E1GVY1EXTg6xeL5ia2k9ECy7JQSIPncSjykA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 58eb73504e3b2008ac09198c27c78821 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/14429fd5adfc46f1b0773d0530a561a9.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=mUBxjernFy7Jf84ntuQaKgackgDqjAebb6WrEiw-6g0vaKTlJwdgzQcu2hLBtVr79DBWG8-UT2Zq5K%7EQTvBG%7ERd7ScQuqnYrSGEULy2-QXAPUzbb2R9xCuh3wQDzNfVUgSIPtXAGXhxS5P589NNKFuuIek9fIpdPq%7E1qW8Oaf2HbcmX6H0a4yuO4I3o71hA%7EqWgnREeo2vJR53fe7aO4EcQhrndAQrun4h3LkI0uFinw4PLCVxo-TX9RaTy2adLnY5OLl1nx6KehCt3DlsqdFVGKculnJWKS5MGND1kcZ6iq9-bk1oepNqXudTyxTjyxKjTRSps1zG2CAvyTkxEzbQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 6e93ec8053d045ac99a05aea1f71a4cf PDF Text Text N 50 PP42907022 Numéro 50 | Mai 2025 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval PAGE D’HISTOIRE L’irréductible Demers Par Martina de Vries Au cours des multiples procès nécessaires pour canoniser un Serviteur de Dieu1 (SdD), dans notre cas François de Laval, le rôle du promoteur de la foi (anciennement l’avocat du diable) est d’apporter des objections (animadventiones), afin d’assurer que les tous les critères de sainteté de l’Église soient respectés. Nous présentons ici le combat déterminé de G.-É. Demers, relateur de la Cause, pour répondre à ces objections, présenté humoristiquement sous la forme des récits d’Astérix2. « Ils sont fous, ces Romains3! » Notre histoire débute à Rome, en 1918, dans la Maison qui rend fou4, c’està-dire la bureaucratie du Vatican. La Cause de canonisation de François de Laval est arrêtée5. La 2e Positio ne peut être acceptée pour trois raisons : Rome a besoin de beaucoup plus de documents historiques, et provenant d’époques variées, pour étudier tous les aspects de la vie du premier évêque ; ces documents doivent être commentés, afin de faire la démonstration de ses vertus ; et il faut parler le jargon romain. C’est à y perdre son latin! (suite en page 2) Dessin par Cyrille-Gauvin Francœur représentant humoristiquement le combat des irréductibles prêtres du Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Québec (SMÉQ) pour mener à bien la Cause de canonisation de François de Laval. �L’irréductible Demers PAGE D’HISTOIRE (suite de la page 1) Mais à Québec, le Séminaire d’irréductibles prêtres suggère de confier la mission de rédiger une nouvelle Positio au meilleur guerrier du village, Demers6, dont la compétence et la rigueur avaient déjà été prouvés. Il serait appuyé dans son aventure par le sous-chef Gosselin7 et les druides Quentin et Antonelli8. Georges-Édouard Demers, relateur de la Cause, représenté comme un guerrier gaulois par C.-G. Francœur. Le Tour de Gaule De 1932 à 1940, notre modeste héros parcourt la Gaule (France), se rendant dans 45 dépôts d’archives et 5 bibliothèques publiques, copiant 306 documents et extraits de textes, dont 126 étaient inédits. Il constate bien vite qu’un personnage historique est dépeint selon les points de vue de ses contemporains et selon les objectifs et les valeurs des historiens qui lui ont succédé. Sur les 7 gouverneurs, 8 intendants et 4 ministres du roi que Mgr de Laval a connus de son vivant, ils n’ont pas toujours été favorables à l’évêque. Ô tempora! Ô mores 9! Il écrit à son ami Gosselin : « […] des documents sur Mgr de Laval me font peur et abattent presque tous mes espoirs d’arriver au but que nous nous proposons. Depuis que je suis aux Archives nationales [de France], les objections surgissent, pullulent de toute part. Et ce matin, un assez long mémoire d’attaques directes contre le vénérable prélat a achevé de me casser les ailes. Qu’en faire? Le copier et le présenter au P. Quentin? Il faudrait l’accompagner d’une série de pièces démentissant les assertions qu’on y trouve. N’en pas parler? Serait-ce bien loyal? C’est peut-être un scrupule exagéré, mais enfin plus tard ce même mémoire sera mis à jour et s’il tombe dans les mains d’un historien des Congrégations, le blâme retomberait sur le «secrétaire» [Demers] envoyé par le cardinal10… » Ce bulletin est publié deux fois l’an et est envoyé gratuitement par la poste. Il se retrouve en format PDF sur notre site web. Nous avons le souci de l’environnement.Votre inscription volontaire à notre liste d’envoi électronique permettra de minimiser l’utilisation du papier. Vous recevrez les prochains exemplaires en format PDF en vous adressant à centre@francoisdelaval.com Saint François de Laval Numéro 50 Mai 2025 2 Pour nous joindre Centre d’animation François-De Laval 16, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Téléphone : 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Collaborateurs : �Daniel Abel, Martina de Vries, Cyrille-Gauvin Francœur et Gilles Routhier Visitez notre site web : www.francoisdelaval.com et sur Facebook Tirage : Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2025 Rédacteur en chef : Jean Duval Membre de l’Association des médias catholique et œcuméniques (AMéCO) Conception graphique : lecourscommunication.com 1� 000 exemplaires en français et 500 en anglais Dépôt légal : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ISSN 1920-1117 �Non, Demers ne cacherait rien. Il revient lui aussi de son Tour de Gaule avec une Idéfix11 : pour démontrer sans équivoque la sainteté du premier évêque, il prendrait une nouvelle approche, une digne du courage québécois par Toutatis! Il allait attaquer de front les lignes argumentaires ennemies et les assommer à coups de poings! À chaque Positio, ses objections : 1911 : Positio Pars Prima, Animadversiones et réponse de 174 pages par Me Salotti 1918 : Nova Positio, Novae Animadversiones le 28 mars, réponse de 47 pages par Mgr Verde, jugée insuffisante 2 juillet 1918 : Aliae Novae Animadversiones, celles qui ont bloqué la Cause et auxquelles Demers devait fournir la documentation à l’avocat de la Cause pour y répondre 1956 : Altera Nova Positio de Demers, suivie des réponses aux objections de 1918 en 260 pages par Me Mariani publiées dans la Novissima Positio de 1958 1959 : Novissimae Animadversiones et réponse de 44 pages par Mgr Tedeschini 1960 : Cause acceptée et François de Laval est déclaré vénérable. Le combat des chefs12 : gallicans vs ultramontains Au 17e siècle, la séparation des pouvoirs entre l’Église et l’État n’était pas la même qu’aujourd’hui ; ce qui n’a pas empêché un combat entre les « chefs » pour défendre la supériorité de l’un sur l’autre. Si on s’arrête uniquement à la correspondance entre les ministres et le roi de France avec les gouverneurs et les intendants du Canada, l’image est claire : François de Laval est un César qui abuse de son autorité et garde le pauvre peuple prisonnier de mœurs trop austères, qui minent l’Empire. Frontenac, du camp retranché gallican, n’y va pas de main morte et envoie au ministre Colbert tout un pudding à l’arsenic13 : son mémoire de 167714. Il y écrit : « Quasi tous les désordres de la Nouvelle-France tirent leurs sources de l’ambition des ecclésiastiques qui, voulant joindre à l’autorité spirituelle une puissance absolue sur les choses temporelles, font souffrir et murmurer tous ceux qui ne leur sont pas entièrement soumis. » Quelle sera la contre-attaque de notre héros? Il commence en préparant le champ de bataille : « Le manuscrit n’est pas inédit […] mais jusqu’ici il ne fut pas pris en considération par les acteurs de la Cause et fut complètement omis dans les diverses Positiones. Il est maintenant reproduit pour les raisons suivantes : en 1er lieu, pour que les relations entre le SdD et M. de Frontenac, dont parlent tous les historiens canadiens, puissent être mieux expliquées ; en 2e lieu, pour que l’on puisse voir et juger si les faits rassemblés contre le SdD sont vrais et réellement dignes de censure. » Le gouverneur Frontenac, représenté en Jules César par C.-G. Francœur. Mais Demers ne s’en tient pas là. Se faisant légionnaire, il refuse de se réfugier dans la formation défensive de la Tortue, ne cache rien et attaque en Éperon : « Après un examen sommaire du mémoire, on retient deux points : 1° que les faits ont généralement un fondement réel, c’est-à-dire qu’ils ne sont pas de pures et simples calomnies ; 2° et que sous la plume de M. de Frontenac, ces faits sont déformés et mal interprétés […] une ambition de gouverner peu (suite en page 4) Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2025 3 �L’irréductible Demers PAGE D’HISTOIRE (suite de la page 3) 1. En 1925-1926, Demers se rend en France pour aider le postulateur à trouver et copier des documents d’archives. Nous conservons précieusement son journal de voyage. 2. Le 6 février 1930, la Cause est transférée à la nouvelle Section Historique de la Congrégation des Rites, avec une nouvelle façon de procéder, qui annulait le travail antérieur de Demers. 3. En 1930, Demers travaille sous la supervision du P. Henri Quentin. 4. En 1935, le P. Quentin meurt et est remplacé par Mgr Antonelli, qui accompagnera Demers jusqu’à la fin. 5. De 1932 à 1940, Demers parcourt le Canada et l’Europe à la recherche de documents pour son argumentaire. 6. De 1940 à 1952, Demers doit rentrer au Canada : c’est la guerre. 7. En 1956, l’Altera Nova Positio, œuvre colossale de Demers, est publiée. Formation défensive de l’armée romaine antique dite de la Tortue. Photo : Wikipédia commune, alimentée et protégée par des principes gallicans, dont il fut un très fidèle disciple […] il contrôlait le mouvement des missionnaires, interceptait les lettres, refusait au vicaire général de Mgr de Laval d’assister au Conseil souverain, etc. On comprend bien qu’avec un gouverneur aussi mal disposé, un évêque de la trempe de Mgr de Laval devait inévitablement avoir des différends. Et il en fut ainsi. […] Sans entrer dans les détails, il suffit de noter que M. de Frontenac se montra si enflammé dans toutes ces controverses que même la Cour de Paris, où il jouissait d’une pleine faveur publique, les jugea imprudentes et finit par le rappeler en France en 1682. » Le Domaine des dieux15 : les honneurs dans l’église Avant Frontenac, un autre gouverneur, Argenson, se plaignait de l’évêque : « Je vous ai mandé par le premier vaisseau le règlement que je demandais pour les encensements dans l’église, parce que M. de Pétrée [François de Laval] prétend que le gouverneur ne doit être encensé qu’après le chœur […] Il forma encore une autre difficulté sur les pains bénits que je présente à Pâques et ne désirait pas qu’ils fussent portés dans l’église avec tambours et fifres16. » Demers rétorque avec une formation tripartite17 : « Nous croyons utile ici d’apporter quelques points au sujet des questions protocolaires de l’époque : 1° le SdD arriva dans un pays où l’absence de dignités ecclésiastiques avait introduit des pratiques honori- 4 Les Douze travaux25 de Demers Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2025 8. Entre 1956 et 1958, Antonelli tarde à compléter le dossier et Demers suggère de revenir à Rome pour l’aider. 9. Durant le même période, les bureaux de la Congrégation des Rites déménagent, ce qui retarde le projet de plusieurs mois. 10. Demers suggère un avocat « cher mais expéditif » pour rédiger les réponses aux Aliae Novae Animadversiones de 1918. 11. En 1959, Demers publie la 9e Positio, à laquelle il joint les réponses. 12. François de Laval est reconnu vénérable. Demers peut enfin se reposer. fiques en faveur du gouverneur, qui le mettaient au premier rang dans toutes les cérémonies civiles et religieuses ; 2° à cette époque, la France de Louis XIV était empreinte de gallicanisme. Ainsi, la plus petite usurpation de l’autorité civile dans le domaine ecclésiastique de la jeune Église de la Nouvelle-France, même purement honorifique, risquait d’avoir un effet plutôt néfaste pour l’avenir ; 3° la lutte des honneurs entre le gouverneur et l’évêque dépassait les droits strictement personnels de chacun ; mais, aux yeux du peuple, la position hiérarchique de l’Église et de l’État était justement déterminée par ces honneurs respectifs. » La cervoise tiède18 Même les héros peuvent se décourager parfois. Notre bon Demers trouve tant de mémoires « cousu de dégoûtantes faussetés » qu’il en écrit ses doutes à son bon ami Gosselin : « Tout cela m’embarrasse. […] Est-il vrai que Mgr de Laval ait si fortement écarté les Récollets du ministère? Il ne pouvait de fait y être bien porté, puisqu’ils travaillaient contre lui donnant l’absolution aux traiteurs d’eau-de-vie… […] Est-il vrai qu’on a beaucoup exagéré les désordres causés �L’abbé Amédée Edmond Gosselin, vice-postulateur de la Cause, représenté en chef gaulois par C.-G. Francœur. par la traite des boissons? Un Canadien me faisait justement l’objection il y a quelques jours, mais les rapports des gouverneurs qui ont voulu être sincères et parler sans considération de leurs propres intérêts personnels prouvent-ils bien fondés les dires de Mgr de Laval et des Jésuites19… » Demers a besoin d’une bonne ration de potion magique pour poursuivre sa mission. Heureusement, Gosselin lui envoie plusieurs documents conservés aux Archives du Séminaire de Québec qui soutiennent le point de vue du premier évêque. Roy explique : « L’historien Parkman a jugé que la force de caractère du vénérable SdD provenait plutôt de son obstination et de son ambition de tout dominer. […] il en veut dans tout le cours de son ouvrage au parti dévot que le v. SdD était censé représenter dans la colonie. Il ne veut pas de la subordination et de la soumission de l’État à l’Église. […] De tous les historiens français et catholiques du Canada, Garneau est le seul qui reproche au v. SdD sa dureté de caractère et l’ambition qu’il avait d’exercer sa domination partout et sur tous. […] Il n’y a pas de doute que si en 1845 Garneau eût eu communication des correspondances officielles et des lettres du v. SdD, qui étaient conservées aux Archives du Séminaire, il eut modifié considérablement son ouvrage. Il est évident, en lisant l’ouvrage de Garneau, qu’il a suivi de trop près le texte de la correspondance des gouverneurs, où l’on se plaint du v. SdD et qu’il n’en a pas connu la contrepartie. […] » Il faut rendre à César ce qui lui appartient22 Puis Demers en appelle à la cavalerie : deux auteurs estimés23 qui soulignent le comportement admirable de François de Laval face aux attaques des gouverneurs : « Tous ces actes arbitraires du gouverneur [ici, Mésy], (suite en page 6) « Engagez-vous, rengagez-vous qu’ils disaient20 ! » Dans la 3e partie de l’ANP, Demers fait venir des renforts : il cite des extraits de témoignages des procès apostoliques, envoyés par Gosselin, qui viennent appuyer sa position. L’avocat du diable avait cité les avis défavorables des historiens Parkman et Garneau. Notre héros répond par la déposition de J. E. Roy, notaire public, dont il juge que « les jugements sereins qu’il porte sur l’œuvre de Mgr de Laval en général et sur certains auteurs, comme le protestant Parkman et le libéral Garneau, par rapport à leurs jugements sur le SdD, sont dignes d’être notés21. » Le gouverneur Mésy portant un casque attique par C.-G. Francœur Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2025 5 �L’irréductible Demers PAGE D’HISTOIRE (suite de la page 5) son attitude hostile vis-à-vis du clergé et des missionnaires ne découragent pas la patiente fermeté, ni la bonté miséricordieuse de l’évêque de Pétrée. » « Aux injures et à l’insolence, il [Mgr de Laval] oppose le silence et la résignation. Il prie beaucoup et fait prier pour son ancien ami. Avis charitables, représentations bien motivées, sévères réprimandes, il n’épargne rien pour le ramener dans la voie du devoir ; mais par tous ces bons procédés, il ne réussit qu’à l’irriter davantage. » Veni, vidi, vici 24 ! Le notaire Roy termine que : « Je désire cependant faire remarquer, après avoir parcouru les correspondances du temps, le contraste frappant qui existe entre le ton hautain, le persiflage et la rudesse des lettres des gouverneurs et intendants, et le ton toujours digne, la mansuétude et la pondération qui règnent dans celles du vénérable. […] Il est remarquable qu’un de leurs principaux écrivains, le P. Chrestien Le Clercq [récollet], qui avait une plume très mordante, qui a médit un peu de tout dans ses ouvrages et que l’on dit avoir été le porte-parole de Frontenac lui-même, parle dans les meilleurs termes du v. SdD, exalte la pureté de ses intentions et proclame la sainteté de sa vie. » On peut dire que, peu importe les critiques apportées à François de Laval, l’irréductible Demers le soutient mordicus. Et son combat le mènera à la victoire : Mgr de Laval est reconnu vénérable en 1960, bienheureux en 1980 et saint en 2014 ! 1 Premier titre accordé par l’Église catholique à une personne décédée pour qui un diocèse a ouvert un procès en béatification, et ce, avant d’être déclaré vénérable, bienheureux, puis saint. Une femme est une Servante de Dieu. 2 La série de bandes dessinées et films d’animation Astérix est créée en 1959 par René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo. 3 Phrase récurrente d’Obélix dans la série, qui a du mal à comprendre la mentalité des étrangers. 4 Film d’animation Les douze travaux d’Astérix, 1976, 8e épreuve. 5 Pour un historique complet de la Cause, voir M. de Vries, Ne devient pas saint qui veut, Bulletin no 38, p. 1-6 : https://sfdl.omeka.net/items/show/9874 6 Georges-Édouard Demers, relateur de la Cause de canonisation de François de Laval, auteur de l’Altera Nova Positio de 1956 (ANP), livre ayant mené à bien la Cause. 6 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2025 La Zizanie26 : Les Quatre articles de 1682 Une des objections de l’avocat du diable était au sujet de la Déclaration des quatre articles, qui soutient la supériorité des droits gallicans sur ceux de Rome. Demers écrit : « Selon certains témoins du procès ordinaire et du procès apostolique, qui s’appuient sur une assertion erronée de l’abbé Langevin, le SdD, pour ne pas avoir à signer ces Quatre Articles, aurait refusé d’assister à la réunion du Conseil souverain dans laquelle on devait proposer leur acceptation. Cette présumée attitude négative du SdD a prêté flanc à diverses objections du promoteur de la foi, qui reprochait au SdD d’être absent au Conseil souverain au moment où il aurait dû défendre les droits du souverain pontife contre les abus de l’Église gallicane. » Pour prouver la fausseté de cette affirmation, Gosselin demanda à l’archiviste de la province, P.-G. Roy, de produire une déclaration que Mgr de Laval ne s’est jamais absenté des réunions du Conseil durant la période en question et qu’en fait, les Quatre articles n’ont simplement jamais été envoyés pour enregistrement au Conseil souverain27. 7 Amédée Edmond Gosselin, vice-procurateur de la Cause à Québec, et correspondant de Demers durant ses Douze travaux à Rome. 8 Le P. Henri Quentin fut le premier rapporteur général de la Cause. À sa mort en 1935, il fut remplacé par Mgr Ferdinando Antonelli. 9 « Quelle époque! Quelles mœurs! » (Le bouclier Arverne, 1968, p. 5) Citation des Catalinaires de Cicéron, qui déplorait les mœurs différentes de la jeunesse romaine. 10 Lettre de Demers à Gosselin, 2 août 1933. 11 Le chien Idéfix fait sa première apparition dans Le Tour de Gaule d’Astérix, publié en 1965, p. 13, puis suit les héros de ville en ville à travers l’album. À la fin de l’histoire, Obélix le remarque et l’adopte, p. 48. 12 Le Combat des chefs, 1966. 13 Chanson « Le pudding à l’arsenic » dans Astérix et Cléopâtre, film d’animation 1968, où l’architecte jaloux, qui désire obtenir le contrat accordé par la reine pour lui-même, lui envoie un pudding empoisonné au nom de nos héros pour lui faire croire qu’ils veulent sa mort. 14 ANP, Doc. 47 : Mémoire de Frontenac à Colbert de 1677 et long argumentaire de Demers corrigeant les affirmations du gouverneur : https://sfdl.omeka.net/items/show/17733 15 Le Domaine des dieux de 1671 16 ANP Doc. 19-3: Lettre d’Argenson à son frère, décembre 1660, et argumentaire de Demers : https://sfdl.omeka.net/admin/items/show/17713 17 Formation militaire romaine la plus utilisée par César durant la guerre des Gaules. Elle met ses soldats sur trois lignes : 1° les jeunes, 2° les troupes d’élites, 3° les vétérans. 18 Astérix chez les Bretons, 1966, p. 15. 19 Lettre à Gosselin citée ci-haut. 20 Gag récurrent d’un légionnaire soupirant de ne pas avoir les conditions promises dans l’armée lors des campagnes de recrutement. Il fait sa première apparition dans Le Tour de Gaule, 1965, p. 10. 21 ANP, Doc. Doc. 71-6 : https://sfdl.omeka.net/items/show/14903 22 Matthieu 22:21 : « Il faut rendre à César ce qui appartient à César », soit qu’il fait attribuer le mérite à l’inventeur et non s’approprier sa création. 23 Rochemonteix, Les Jésuites et la Nouvelle-France au 17e siècle, 1895-1896, vol. 2, p. 337-338 et Gosselin, Vie de Mgr de Laval, vol. 1, p. 447-448. 24 « Je suis venu, j’ai vu, j’ai vaincu », phrase que César aurait écrite au Sénat après sa victoire de Zéla en 47 av. J.-C. Repris dans les bandes dessinées pour représenter sa victoire gauloise contre Vercingétorix (Astérix le Gaulois, p. 14). 25 Les Douze Travaux d’Astérix, film d’animation, 1976, où César défit nos héros de compléter 12 défis dits impossibles afin de prouver qu’ils sont vraiment imbattables. 26 La Zizanie, 1970, où César envoie un agent semer la zizanie dans le village afin de les conquérir. 27 ANP, Doc. 73, déposition de Pierre-Georges Roy, 30 août 1929 : https://sfdl.omeka.net/admin/items/show/17819 �BRÈVES Par Jean Duval Il existe de nombreux événements concernant saint François de Laval. Ils sont souvent méconnus et méritent d’être mentionnés. N’hésitez pas à nous les partager. 1 Salle Laval à Paris Le 30 mars dernier, les autorités des Missions étrangères de Paris (MÉP), anciennement le Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris, ont dédié une salle à François de Laval, complétant ainsi le souhait d’honorer leurs quatre fondateurs : Pierre Lambert de La Motte, Ignace Contolendi, François Pallu et François de Laval. Pour l’occasion, M. Gilles Routhier, supérieur général du Séminaire de Québec, a été invité à dévoiler la plaque commémorative en présence du P. Étienne Frécon, vicaire général des MÉP, et à faire une communication sur les liens étroits qui ont unis les fondateurs et les deux maisons. 2 Allez à toutes rencontres! En plus de l’exposition permanente sur François de Laval visitée par plus de 180 000 personnes, le Centre a préparé pour la saison 2025-2026 une présentation éphémère inspirée du dernier tableau de Daniel Abel (voir page suivante). L’on y verra saint François qui ne ménageait pas ses efforts pour rencontrer et apporter l’espérance auprès des pauvres, des malades et des autres cultures. Une collaboration avec la paroisse et la Corporation des fêtes de Notre-Dame de Québec. Entrée libre. Une des illustrations de l’exposition par Cyrille-Gauvin Francœur 3 Chapelet saint François de Laval A La Boutique-souvenir de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec offre depuis peu un chapelet dit « saint François de Laval ». En plus de l’enfilade de 50 « perles » vertes, on retrouve à la branche terminale un tableau de la sainte Famille, dévotion de François de Laval, et le logo de l’année jubilaire. Le tout est complété par une croix, identique à la croix pectorale de notre saint. Disponible aussi sur le site du Centre. Photos : Fonds Daniel Abel 4 Les gisants de M de Laval ; perpétuelle réaffirmation d’un culte gr B Lors du colloque international « Le médiévalisme au Québec » tenu au Monastère des Augustines de Québec du 6 au 8 février dernier, un des conférenciers invités, Hugues Dupuis, maître en histoire de l’art à l’Université Laval, fait la remarque que le gisant est très peu utilisé dans l’art funéraire québécois. Fait encore plus inusité, deux gisants représentent le même sujet : François de Laval dont l’un se situe à la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec (A) et l’autre à la chapelle extérieure du Séminaire de Québec (B). Photos : Fonds Daniel Abel Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2025 7 �ICONOGRAPHIE Nouvelle facture visuelle de la Neuvaine des fondateurs de la foi catholique au Canada. Conception : Cyrille-Gauvin Francœur Un moment de grâce L’artiste-peintre Daniel Abel s’est commis une autre fois dans une œuvre à ajouter à l’iconographie de saint François de Laval. « J’ai longuement cherché à représenter ce missionnaire sans ses artifices d’évêque. M’est venue l’idée de le représenter en forêt. Avec un ami, Jean-Claude Filteau, nous avons imaginé cette allégorie, où tous les éléments autour du sujet participent au message. » TÉMOIGNAGE Daniel Abel, huile sur toile, 2025, 61,4 x 91,4 cm (24 x 36 po) Une note que François de Laval aurait pu écrire à l’âge de 46 ans dans sa pleine maturité d’homme et avec le riche héritage spirituel reçu des maîtres auprès desquels il s’est formé. – Jean-Claude Filteau En cette belle journée d’automne 1669, la dixième année depuis mon arrivée à Québec, je reviens de ma visite pastorale à Tadoussac avec mon compagnon, un solide coureur des bois. Parvenus au lieu-dit la Male Baie, nous fîmes une pause pour contempler la forêt giboyeuse et les saumons remontant les cascades d’une belle rivière. Me vins à l’idée de proposer à mon compagnon de profiter du lieu pour s’adonner à son métier, sa passion, pendant quelques jours. Je garderais le camp et prendrais un peu de repos. De fait, il y a quelque temps que je rêve de m’arrêter pour un moment de contemplation et de prière dans un seul à Seul avec mon Seigneur comme au temps des Bons Amis. Tout est si beau que veux me blottir un moment dans sa Grâce. Centre d’animation François-De Laval www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Décembre 2025 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Saint François de Laval : Bulletin du Centre d'animation François-De Laval Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025-05 Title A name given to the resource Saint François de Laval : Bulletin du Centre d'animation François-De Laval, no 50 Language A language of the resource Français Type The nature or genre of the resource Articles de périodiques Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-6 : L'irréductible Demers par Martina de Vries: le combat du relateur général Geroges-Édouard Demers à répondre aux objections à la Cause de canonisation de Laval p. 7 : Brèves p. 8 : Iconographie : Un moment de grâce, tableau par Daniel Abel, et texte l'accompagnant par Jean-Claude Filteau Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Accédez au <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/edit/14247">texte intégral</a> de ce numéro Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <span>Accédez à la </span><a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/bulletin-du-centre-danimation-francois-de-laval">collection complète<span> </span></a><span>du Bulletin</span> CFYCCV2C Béatification Brèves Oeuvres d’art https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/a9f3950edff8648c5da7e7be17d6f313.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=p9KyK-S6HKcrs6teYfftj3Sq%7E2WelhaiJq-rk3zRJXCgpZeimec7PeFMYvW1Ql6YMkLz3asr-68TMlxghGCXjGuSaoIxvwGFhMZyVpE93dP89e5zUms9qICUjuZGzgxfjBQeyns5ga9pUnTLViVoXvb8mvzFQW7-7YhCdu0jdy2mblN8wb8QI2acHL-VWM%7E%7EgkdjFU9QNLmsNpNNOOhY8nSJN69j6wlNlU6PQYtrzlGETyFWsdc7wdfsiAjzSXRPJRZ8P-MKNPDo2epQek6bQJQ5FHgte9apRptWu%7EktK8gkn68O874DkbLV0Z8l8ME1Lqnr6bIHs%7EQ7AUnezTMskQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 58eb73504e3b2008ac09198c27c78821 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/43d6b3cc68d1eb0616393efcb46dd7f2.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=hfIUfBWNELY0UigxClbCSNlcl4lvgoFLtf%7EOorezlYeVcuWLWfIOcXvkwuKwwaonhuht9QBTaPXgp55z%7EuGDUC21kF1s-M-8BoEfp4t%7EP0N45B%7EP294dvDXIiuf9DLVUNf-W6KC1lFf7MfcTTQ0EVw-8X77I84LupG7H4p1daVtlPsFIhksdRwbIe6JfFEgcr2gdjDkS9z2se6kcLTEP0Vm4zVy-7NAPawr8mwTWok33cXHKfFgu6jbODxqK8VTrgTi9TjUsEmbAehI5OFlBH3mTB4OOIBlT2wZ0Hy1E4ieKFRvi1JR3Pqw7xyz-ygdNyAiknd-VT4ygIrcfoYzMHA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 0271a453b6e1c9bac26dd1f2d199fca8 PDF Text Text 7 LA DÉVOTION À LA SAINTE FAM ILLE EN CANADA Honorius Provost, historien et théologien La dévotion à la Sainte Fam i lle, aujourd'hui l'_une des plus accréditées par l'Eglise et des plus répandues dans le monde entier, n'a été nulle part plus en honneur qu'en Nouvelle-France. Elle y devint de bonr~e. he~re très populaire et c 'est ici q~ on vit naitre une des plus anc1~nnes associations ou confréries de la Sainte Famille ~ig~alées dans les annales de l'h1sto1re. "Ce culte a été en grand hon. s le XVIIe siècle, et, neur d e é après s'être largement propag en Italie, en France et en Bel. il s'est répandu dans g1que~e toute l' Europe. Fran~~~!iant ensuite la va~te étendue de l'Océan, il s'est implanté en Amérique, dans la région ?u où il devint très flonsCanad~âce principalement à la san~, et à l'acti vi té du soll1c1tude . de Montmovénérable Franço1~ éve·que de I premier rency Lava ' t de la vé nérable serQuébei~ eDieu Marguerite Bourvante XIII dans un bref geoys." (Lé~n m~nt de l'Assopour l'éta~llsr!~ue de la Sainteciation unive Famille.) . de la confrérie La fondat1_on à Québec. Mgr fut donc par un mande1 de Lava .. 1 daté du 4 mars ment officie · on ap. On loua une mais 1664. x Ursulines, qui pa_rtenant rue Desjardins; il existe e~co 'une petite maison s'agissait dame de la Peltrie. prêtée par a de Laval , grand Mo~se1gne~~inte Famille, avait dévot de la u Séminaire de dédié son ~~:it attaché à sa Québec et • me la nouvelle d th édrale me ca . . d'hommes .et e oc1at1on . t as S I colonie na1ssan e. femmes de a ~~::i;;: ~i i Les femmes et les filles ainsi enrôlées dans la confrérie constituaient l'élite de la société québécoise d'alors. On peut lire les noms de Marguerite de Tilly, Elizabeth D'Amours, Madame d'Ailleboust, Anne Gagnier, Marie Favry, Geneviève Juchereau, etc. Les premiers hommes inscrits furent Mgr de Laval, les abbés Henri de Bernières et Louis de Maizerets, le Père Chaumonot, etc. En 1672, on publie un "catalogue des noms des Sauvages associés à la Sainte-Famille". En 1675, l'abbé de Maizerets édite un manuel intitulé: "La solide dévotion à la Très Sainte Famille de Jésus, Marie et Joseph". 11 existe deux exemplaires rarissimes de ce volume: on les conserve à la bibliothèque de l'Université Laval. Au début des petits volumes de 196 pages, on trouve une curieuse image de la Sainte Famille et des anges gardiens, deux dévotions propres à Mgr de Laval. On pense même que c'est Mgr de Laval qui fit graver cette image qui se répandit ensuite dans tout le diocèse. Ce vol ume se voulait être "un Catéchisme qui enseigne à pratiquer les vertus de Jésus, Joseph et Marie" . C'était là un petit traité de spiritualité en forme populaire, le seul à notre connaissance qui ait été rédigé et mis en circulation spécialement pour nos ancêtres canadiens du XVIIe siècle. En somme, depuis plus de trois cents ans, la confrérie des Dames de la Sainte Famil le de Québec s'est maintenue presque sans interruption. Une enquête instituée par la chance llerie de l'archevêché de Québec il y a quelques années mentionne qu'il existait une quarantaine de confréries canoniquement érigées dans le diocèse. Dans la ville même de Québec, on a eu la surprise de repérer dix-sept confréries encore existantes. L'extension de cette fête de la Sainte Famille à l'Église universelle, on la doit au Pape Léon XIII, le 14 juin 1893. Mais c'est Monseigneur de Laval qui, le premier, institua cette fête le 14 novembre 1684. Le pape d'alors, Innocent XI, accorda l'indulgence plénière au nouveau jour de ' la solennité. Référence: "La dévotion à la Sainte Fa- mille en Canada", par l'abbé Honorius Provos!, Presses de l'Université lavai, 1964. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Index nominum Bourgeoys, Marguerite, sainte, 1620-1700 Boullongne, Marie-Barbe de, v. 1618-1685 Bernières, Henri de, v. 1635-1700 Ango des Maizerets, Louis, 1636-1721 Chaumonot, Pierre-Joseph-Marie, 1611-1693 Innocent XI, pape, 1611-1689 Léon XIII, pape, 1810-1903 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context E9TJZ5I4 Type The nature or genre of the resource Articles de périodiques Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-10 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Provost, Honorius, 1909-1997 Title A name given to the resource La dévotion à la sainte Famille en Canada Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. L'Appel du Sacré-Coeur Language A language of the resource Français Abstract A summary of the resource. La confrérie de la Sainte-Famille est fondée en 1664 et la fête à la Sainte-Famille est instituée par Mgr de Laval vingt ans plus tard. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. vol. 45, no 2, p. 7. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Accédez au <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/4478">texte intégral</a> Confréries Oeuvres d’art https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/926f28c5edc3af1167e1550c11ff497b.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=JBpiU7ILy1DIyBIjc-QqZVOPhJ5Z4Xus70s78MeOTiHd6u7fVzO0uKumbEzsCapQg9MxZBpzopdPMtPN4Lmgxka88eM28jmPpNjInbtWp9MQkpHnNSc5Y0IUHncv6ZSZFiUNhvEnjR8abnVGwmJM6cgJEbdHxqX%7EazizYUuUrbd1EaPJKeqvJPN7Jp0c4BVo5QuqIFJk0UHNaLfu0K1oZccvofj7M0ofIGU21HSGAy1Qrx6YCeiLQtkfoOcKTNtQihsp0SSr%7EndvO%7ENgn6rY0GfNws2BGFN9-jgGHgz6HZYAngSFvwrRcyGNaIuhYCBPKNLCZUoZfk%7EfTWLKI2T0gw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 58eb73504e3b2008ac09198c27c78821 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/f290f20ece7bb9bc226d4ae0b17e061a.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=U3XV3cOEy0B2mykI3Do3vPuS4%7EElQu3yijgvVSltAZEZbxAaATMI15bzcXFKUvixOx33iz64dGJKD%7EVLNJ2JNIY6Y6BqQaxBBZs84EK-M-NOK0a-u5jFcb3WLm3mV6sVc%7EysU5GhMUSFfZYueGwSTkNYnuNHkky7jvctAW9I1DzYNGdy%7E1BjYx7owLJUpSAYlD3EpcHPW1YEVuRFG1fE5zZIBpYVS61Z547SbxPHTtMBps842SGosDR4HZA4WWbMehWLxQk8W0DnywYBG1pDobgmc4PWsKN4hiZEHSG70oRiyXb4Q06PUn7hf26DRGYnxEYi0pNy1n8%7E1ejaoUqkXA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM e35509e91585ad2c0ef62292f33982d3 PDF Text Text Le gisant de Mgr de Laval Elle est là la blanche figure ,étendue sous la coupole Le saint évêque repose' sur un lit de parade. dorée. La tête expressive est légèrement penchée vers l'épaule gauche. Sur ce visage ridé, il est facile de lire l'énergie première tempérée de douceur. Les paupières sont closes, mais elles laissent percer une invincible espérance. Sous le gant épiscopal, des mains fines d'aristocrate s'abandonnent. Elles sont belles ces mains, belles de tant d'oeuvres érigées 'à la gloire de Dieu en terre canadienne. Le gisant est à la fois une oeuvre réaiiste symbolique. La vigilance pastorale, elle est signifiée dans cette figure du bon pasteur gravée sur les fanons de la mitre. La crosse encadre de sa volute l'Annonciation de Marie envers qui Mgr de Laval eut toujours une si tendre dévotion. Le zèle apostolique, il est là exprimé en broderie sur les pantoufles: Lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum. L'évêque missionnaire" enfin qui apporta ici le message évangélique est désormais porté sur la terre canadienne par quatre socles aux symboles des évangélistes. Dormez en ,paix, François de Laval, au milieu de vos enfants' dont le coeur généreux a élevé ce monument à votre mémoire. Dormez en paix, François de Laval, dans l'attente de la trompette dernière, dans l'attente aussi de ces trompettes d'argent qui un jour, Dieu le veuille; sonneront sous les voûtes de S;oint-Pierre la gloire terrestre de votre béatification. Jet',n-M'arie Fortier, ptre. 346 Arsna les de N.·D, du S,·C. - No JO, Octobre 1952 - Québeo � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texte intégral Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EX4BX4FR Type The nature or genre of the resource Articles de périodiques Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-10 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fortier, Jean-Marie, 1920-2002 Title A name given to the resource Le gisant de Mgr de Laval Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Annales de Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur Language A language of the resource Français Abstract A summary of the resource. Le gisant de Mgr de Laval à la chapelle du Séminaire de Québec. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. p. 346. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Accédez au <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/3384">texte intégral</a> Oeuvres d’art Promotion https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/bc240f6b322b1e0c95dc1de784b37e9d.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=ekmYeiPb1%7EBQ6sinma4ME6xwd4NvhthUa-cwnW9neh3bxKe00fAEDtVUdHGhV0fWMNyOpi1ChLZhXNZiQATFpuN9bwFm1EVvnFI-6xA5z9RNgertXkEMADAo3eip3ck8F-xe-b3c%7Exyipuou1mrPxTyB73jM572k5T8JCCqX5CwA9bQwlkxOtGC6IQvFXdYQEes2L%7EGNCA3vj9tsXsdhV3I24bZ04H8HB9NEDCwNHrvDSTxogPxV6UPN7QZRACEkjmr4LdG2NLjBf4f95xbQYISPShXizd5%7EoGK10WHct4gm90AacjsMsLijAi2XRjFgLbln8HIgawGllz1LTKwk5A__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 58eb73504e3b2008ac09198c27c78821 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/29854ac46e4a0cc377f18cbacb3cf270.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=t2U89xFKmjdgoHfBVuXNmguBBxBK2NOuzv5dk%7E9DPTh0I-DBE2s4xsNCNuyNRMNcgfAPXMHhyQDh2l2%7E4Sr5f6-I-Lv4jLt7ZYCjqgny9Ksh6jlsX0fGkJMb1Ui8SQ2llEyi8Oy-JqxYYdFSjUUBDZaNabKRUbnVZDLBCPbTTP7i0kruTnvCxetRc%7E2EXFailvs1gm3LDBWiNofThQmXxHAPLjxWpN93uB1EFhQO42AK1NQtOswcBdJiRXRFerUptesgXjPBayYG6Ua77ikenmw4F%7EkqfNRGiIq0pf3S64dgeCM9UXlHqV3EZ0podh381H-ObwtlqIYJantLQDDh2Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 34d03982f528116f68f648bc91580ba3 PDF Text Text Depuis 1878, les restes vénérés de Mgr de Laval, premier évêque de Québec, reposaient sous le maître-autel de la chapelle du Séminaire de Québec dont il avait été le fondateur et le père. Afin de lui prouver de façon plus tangible encore leur reconnaissance, les autorités du Séminaire ont voulu élever une chapelle funéraire à sa mémoire. Les travaux commencés à l’été de 1948 se terminèrent à l’automne de 1951 par la mise en place d’un gisant représentant le grand évêque. Un riche chambranle mouluré de marbre rouge italien encadre la large porte. Un linteau la surmonte portant en lettres dorées le glorieux nom de Laval. Deux angescariatides la flanquent; l’un tient en mains la mitre, l’autre la crosse. Leurs pieds reposent sur deux cartouches sculptées aux armoiries du Séminaire et du diocèse de Québec. Un fronton où s’inscrit le blason aux armes de Mgr François de Montmorency-Laval, couronne cet ensemble. Les boiseries sont en acajou du Honduras. Suit un vestibule en hémicycle au dallage de marbres les plus variés. Avant de pénétrer dans la chapelle ellemême, l’on remarque une épitaphe: un entrelac de feuilles d’érable et de fleurs de lys la borde. L’inscription suivante y est gravée: CI-GIT MONSEIGNEUR DE LAVAL FONDATEUR DU SEMINAIRE DE QUEBEC, 1623-1708. La chapelle en forme de rotonde est coiffée d’une coupole hémisphérique de mosaïque dorée. Huit colonnes de marbre jaune de Vérone supportent celle-ci au moyen de chapiteaux et d’arcades aux cintres surhaussés. Sept chapiteaux sont sculptés aux emblèmes des sept sacrements: le baptême, la confirmation, l’ordre, l’eucharistie, l’extrême-onction, le mariage et la pénitence; le huitième repré- La chapelle funéraire de Monseigneur de Laval L.______ J 188 Annales de N.-D. du S.-C. — No 5. Mai 1952 — Québec �sente la Sainte Famille à laquelle Mgr de Laval voua son Séminaire. A l’intersection des archivoltes, un paon, symbole de la résurrection, déploie ses ailes. Sur les murs lambrissés de pierre française «turgot», incrustés de mosaïque vénitienne, sont fixés sept crosses en bronze. Elles portent des flambeaux, sur la tête desquels les noms des sept dons du Saint-Esprit sont inscrits. Huit grilles de bronze ornent les oeils-de-boeuf d’où filtre une douce lumière tamisée par le verre cathédrale jaune ambre. Toute la chapelle forme écrin au splendide gisant de marbre blanc représentent le Vénérable François de Montmorency-Laval étendu sur son lit funèbre. Il repose porté par quatre socles aux emblèmes des évangélistes: l’aigle de saint Jean, le lion de saint Marc, le boeuf de saint Luc, l’ange de saint Matthieu. La belle sculpture s’allonge sur un vaste disque de granit noir poli qui lui donne plus de relief encore. Sur le pavé, court une arabesque de marbres polychromes lui servant de brillante sertissure. L’auteur des plans de la chapelle est un ancien élève du Séminaire de Québec, M. Adrien Dufresne, architecte. Le gisant est l’oeuvre de M. Francesco Nagni, artiste romain. * * ♦ • Nous prions respectueusement les touristes qui viendront à Québec cet été de ne pas manquer cette chapelle funéraire. La noblesse de son architecture, la richesse de sa décoration, la valeur du trésor qu’elle renferme invitent à une visite attentive et recueillie. Jean-Marie Fortier, ptre, propagandiste, Séminaire de Québec. Annales de N.-D. du S. C. — No 5. Mai 1952 — Québec 189 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texte intégral Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context L4ZSWWQV Type The nature or genre of the resource Articles de périodiques Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-05 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fortier, Jean-Marie, 1920-2002 Title A name given to the resource La chapelle funéraire de Mgr de Laval Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Annales de Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur Language A language of the resource Français Abstract A summary of the resource. Description de la chapelle de Mgr de Laval construite dans la chapelle du Séminaire. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. vol. 50, no 5, p. 188-189. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Accédez au <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/3381">texte intégral</a> Oeuvres d’art Promotion https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/49249fc05a57785b77fe7c425c36e781.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=FnyIQsAmmm-SCe2BJ%7EDJQ3HV8xb7unruJ0XG61yOVJKnp5CJCGDb8MYDzzNQNIXs2KEhgEUsVmNDL6hE7zB2VY6Zqppv9YXE0qpK6bZujt%7EKXocE%7EevYgm53ophQ4dVccrVSyXR4szXJbrTh8OzlnM%7Ei1gTqHHsXsgT9yAZEnVafC30QEMyN1dscUfLpE53d%7ERXEuRpvErTg4wNBmM-ZB4MbaHXjbQld9r-AzdwvADVu4GFDInUwBnlbNCOP0z9AEST9i-fDpOHxoEUBGAhMsL9%7Eg3RP0L4B6JWwxB7OyBsoU3dVzFW8WNS8poDCXkfsUCUKJUwcV4Jnc6HVFWAFhg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 58eb73504e3b2008ac09198c27c78821 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/9ae3696633097d4510174b1beaeea913.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=RFzyI8q6pABsnyhoFim-KS2l62-lJGm5uAVnr1rXnmAkpsWHTPyyLVU10tsfJxuNVMZezBvJRQxBA-QukNO%7E4dXL0KC%7EeqgPX5%7E8qEcEHC2mtF2q-gB50Al5uBAoJcgPHeEBpYYpwnRHXFSZv6Evt1k5EYUMREYUPw9L5EGUfhnL2Foea0tS%7EiOW-YU00pL1faJnzm39K650HGvHKdsDgY3jrQ5WCYY8kx8OPAd9A1sHYFsrf0OAK7J2xlDGHVXhDH%7Es3OEkShunqtSc9%7ENBZwuz6wPkSPy-WCBN5n4JQzxFVf1%7Ethl%7EU8qCSyBiBzTh0XVoFvVsVzewB1h8O4w6BQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 418297197937ca621fe8263dbb72c69a PDF Text Text 1, LEVIS AVRIL 19 5 2 lSe ANNEE - No 4 10 SOUS LE NUMERO ,LE. ~jliant de dli(9'l. d1:. Lauaf dani 1.a CJ,hafu:If:::. funÉ7.aL7.E: oE-uui::: dll 1cufptEu1 ita.Lù.n ~!\fa9ni "L,· sai11t rvêq111' repose sur un (t de parad1·. La tête rxprcssive es/ /égère111r11t /J!'11cl1rc i,,ers Opaul!' ga11c/1!'. Sur a visage ridr, il est facile de lirr /'h1eryie pr!'mière lemph-é!' de douceur. L!'s paupières so11/ closes, -mais elles lœisse11/ percer 1111c invincible espérance. Sous le gant rpisropal, des 111ai11s fi11es d'arislocrale -s'aba11clo1111e11/. Elles son/ belles ces mains, belles de /mit cl' œ uvres h-igées à la gloire de Diru e11 /erre ca11adir1111e . .. Le gisant est à la fois 1111r œ uvre rraliste el sy111bolù111e. La vigilance pastorale, elle est sig11ijifr dans cette figure du bon /iasteur gravée sur l!'s fa11011s de la mitre. La crosse encadre de sa 1 ~ 0/11/e /'A1111011ciatio11 de Marie envers qui Mgr de Laval eut toujours 1111e si te11dre dévotion . L e :rèle apostolique, il es/ là exprimé rn broderie sur les pa11/011fles: Lucerna pedibus meis verhum tum. L'h:êque niissiom1aire c11fi11 qui apporta ici le message éva11gélique est désorma:s porté sur ia terre ca11adien11e par 11ua.'re socles 011.r symboles des éva11gélisles.'' ( ].-i\tI. Fortier, ptre) rlulour de ce li! de paraJe, on lit: MONSEIGNEUR FRANÇO IS DE MONTiV!ONEIVCV LAVAL .76'33-1708 - PREMIER EVEQUE DE NOUVHL LE FRANCE. 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texte intégral Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Index nominum Nagni, Francesco, 1897-1977 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CYLMX34I Type The nature or genre of the resource Articles de périodiques Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-04 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fortier, Jean-Marie, 1920-2002 Title A name given to the resource Le gisant de Mgr de Laval dans sa chapelle funéraire: oeuvre du sculpteur italien Nagni Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Patro de Lévis Language A language of the resource Français Abstract A summary of the resource. Le gisant de Mgr de Laval dans la chapelle du Séminaire de Québec. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. vol. 15, no 4, p. 1. 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Après son décès en 1708, l'abbé Henri-Jean Tremblay, procureur du Séminaire de Québec à Paris, commande une gravure posthume qui a puissamment contribué à fixer l'image du premier évêque de Nouvelle-France. On pense que le graveur Claude Duflos s'est inspiré d'une peinture des années 1670 réalisée lors d'un séjour que l'évêque fit en France afin d'obtenir les bulles le reconnaissant officiellement évêque du diocèse de Québec. Le tableau est toujours conservé par la famille de la Varende, en Normandie. Au Canada, on aime bien penser que l'original du graveur serait une œuvre du frère Luc conservée dans le grand salon de la Résidence des prêtres, mais c'est une autre histoire ... Vers 1700, alors que l'évêque avait 77 ans, le futur abbé Jacques Leblond de Latour peint un autre tableau. Ce portrait orne toujours les murs du grand salon de l'archevêché de Québec. Sécurité oblige, l'original est cependant conservé au Musée de l'Amérique française. Alors que le premier tableau représente Mgr de Laval dans la force de l'âge, le second le montre courbé par les ans, mais il offre une physionomie plus sereine. J'ai souvent entendu dire que le car· dinai Roy préférait le second. li était de l'avis du frère Hubert Houssard, serviteur fidèle de Mgr de Laval pendant vingt ans, qui y reconnaissait mieux l'évêque de la vieillesse que celui de la maturité. En 1994, madame Gilberte Massicotte-Éthier a donné une icône représentant Mgr de Laval à la Fondation du Petit Séminaire. La réputation de l'artiste comme iconographe est très largement reconnue. Ses études et ses recherches l'ont amenée à maîtriser la démarche très complexe de l'art de l'iconographie. L' œuvre de 1992 représente l'évêque en prière; sa tête auréolée indique la reconnaissance de ses vertus par l'Église; l'utilisation de la dorure et l'indication du nom sur l'icône s'inscrivent dans la tradition byzantine. La dévotion à la Sainte F amille est soulignée sur l'encadrement : Jésus, Marie et Joseph y sont représentés. Enfin les feuilles de chêne signifient la force et la détermination de Mgr de Laval. Madame Massicotte-Éthier possède un site Internet : www. Massicotte-ethier.com qui illustre une partie de sa production. Elle a créé entre autres, un ensemble d'icônes sur les fondateurs de l'Église canadienne. Celle représentant Mgr de Laval est d'une grande beauté. Elle est l'épouse de M. Jacques Éthier qui a travaillé de longues années au service forestier du Séminaire. Les représentations de bronze En 1908, pour souligner le deuxième centenaire de la mort de François de Laval, une importante souscription a permis l'érection du monument du haut de la côte de la Montagne, à Québec. Le sculpteur Louis-Philippe Hébert a livré à cette occasion une de ses plus importantes réalisations, peut-être même le plus beau monument de la ville qui, elle, n'en manque pas. La beauté d'ensemble de la statue empêche souvent de s'arrêter aux trois scènes sculptées, installées sur le piédestal. la période des peintures Avec constance, le Séminaire de Québec, gardien attentif du souvenir de son fondateur, a multiplié les images de François de Laval. La plus récente œuvre représentant le premier évêque de Québec est une icône réalisée par Marthe Bélanger et Céline Boucher que le Séminaire de Québec a offerte à la paroisse du Bienheureux François de Laval, au début de l'année 2001. L'évêque y est représenté entre la Sainte F amille et son Église; il tient un texte qui invite à la confiance en la Providence, comme il le répétait sans cesse. Cette œuvre s'inscrit dans la tradition byzantine. L'attitude générale de bonté est conforme à l'homme de charité qu'il a été toute sa vie. Depuis quelques années, Centre d'Animation François de Laval diffuse une autre icône, cellela de Denise Gosselin-Gravel. 1 ~ ',\ ' l'-'.. ,' X, . .. • .,·•., ~ ' ·-·· , , ;, • l~· ,.~ ,, ,1 I ' ,'1 ' ' \~.- ..J~./ 1/, .,:•~\ '!'t. .11· • 1 _ ,. !•. . · , '' "-' \' En 1931 , le père Marie-Clément Staub, fondateur du Montmartre canadien et de la branche canadienne des Sœurs de SainteJeanne d'Arc à Sillery (nommée Bergerville à cette époque), décide d'édifier un monument soulignant le cinquième centenaire du martyre de la libératrice d'Orléans. Ce monument, œuvre de Jules Déchin, a été fondu à Paris par la Maison Durenne. La ville de Québec possède deux autres monuments de cette maison : celui de Champlain sur la terrasse Dufferin et le Mgr de Laval du sculpteur Hébert sur la côte la Montagne. La base du monument comprend des hauts-reliefs des fondateurs de la Nouvelle-France. Mgr de Laval y L'ABEILLE · ÉTÉ · AUTOMNE 2000 · 13 �occupe la place d'honneur. Le Séminaire de Québec a souscrit le montant pour cette représentation de son fondateur. En 1965, le gouvernement de Jean Lesage décide de compléter la statuaire de la façade du parlement de Québec. Le sculpteur Émile Brunet réalise, entre autres, la statue de Mgr de Laval. utilisant le modèle qu'il avait créé pour la façade de la basilique de Sainte-Anne de Beaupré. Lors de la venue du Pape Jean-Paul Il au Canada, en 1984, le Séminaire de Québec commande au sculpteur Raoul Hunter un bronze qui fut placé sur l'autel de la chapelle extérieure. Hunter, qui s'est fait connaître comme caricaturiste au journal Le Soleil, est avant tout un sculpteur renommé. Personnellement, je trouve cette œuvre tout à fait remarquable. 11 faudrait certainement la remettre en valeur. Dufresne, est certainement le premier des grands monuments de pierre représentant Mgr de Laval. Construite en 1949, à même la chapelle extérieure du Séminaire de Québec, la chapelle funéraire est enrichie de symboles religieux et artistiques dont le sens se perd malheureusement. mais qui démontrent la science et le génie de ses concepteurs. Des œuvres de verre On a aussi représenté Mgr de Laval dans des vitraux. Il en existe trois au Séminaire de Québec. Deux petits vitraux, qui datent du 19e siècle, ornent le grand salon de la Résidence des prêtres. lis représentent l'évêque en prière et auprès des malades. Ils sont d'une rare beauté. En 1904, M. l'abbé J. A. Laflamme a offert un vitrail qu'on peut admirer à la tribune de l'orgue de la chapelle extérieure. À partir de 1956, le prêtre-verrier Jan Tillemans, O.M.I., a réalisé une œuvre colossale qui couvre toutes les fenêtres du grand sanctuaire de Notre-Dame du Cap. La fenêtre C du côté droit contient cinq sections représentant Mgr de Laval. L'artiste a représenté l'évêque en prière, en tournée pastorale, auprès d'une malade, ordonnant un prêtre et comme pierre angulaire de l'Église canadienne. Un François de Laval de la céramiste Mona est précieusement conservé dans la chapelle du Grand Séminaire. Œuvre d'une artiste originale et sensible, cette statue est comme un bijou à l'intérieur de ce lieu de prière qui réunit tous les jours les anciens prêtres et les jeunes espoirs de l'Église. D'autres œuvres La décision de déplacer le corps de Mgr de Laval dans la Basilique de Québec a permis la réalisation d'une chapelle funéraire qui est sans doute la plus belle œuvre d'art sacré de la fin du 2oe siècle à Québec. Inaugurée en 1993, elle contient un remarquable gisant de bronze, création des artistes Jules Lasalle et Ducharme Marion. Les artistes ont représenté l'évêque les yeux ouverts. C'est saisissant. Les œuvres de pierre La basilique de Sainte-Anne de Beaupré compte au moins quatre représentations du premier évêque de Québec. Une mosaïque dans la voûte du chœur, une verrière dans la chapelle de la Grande Relique et deux œuvres de pierre. Outre l'œuvre d'Émile Brunet, réalisée par le sculpteur Maurice Lord, en 1962, la grande frise de la façade contient une procession en bas-relief dans laquelle se trouve Mgr de Laval. Cette frise conçue par André Vermare, en 1925, a été réalisée par le sculpteur Louis Parent, en 1945. Le grand gisant de marbre blanc du sculpteur italien Francisco Nagni, qu'on retrouve dans la chapelle funéraire de l'architecte Adrien Deux statuettes sont conservées à !'Archevêché. Une autre céramique de Mona qui fut remise au Cardinal Vachon en 1985. Mgr de Laval y est représenté tenant son Séminaire. L'oratoire de !'Archevêque compte aussi une petite statue de bois de l'artiste Alphonse Paré {1919-2002). En 1982, Mgr Marc Leclerc a laissé à l'archevêché, plusieurs statues de cet artiste de Sainte-Anne de Beaupré. D'autres artistes ont représenté François de Laval. En 1923. par exemple, le s~ulpteur He~ri Charlier a réalisé des bas-reliefs pour le troisième ce~tena1re d~ la na1ss~nce de François de Laval, à Montigny et à l'église Saint-Germain des Pres, ce sont de véritables chefs-d'œuvre. Tout près de nous, un portrait de !'Évêque est peint sur le mur de la crypte des évêques de Québec. L'archiviste du diocèse, M. l'abbé Armand Gagné, attribue cette œuvre à Paul Lacroix suite à une commande du Cardinal Roy, en 1959. Dans l'église Saint-Zéphirin de Stadacona on retrouve une grande peinture de Antonio Masselotte montrant Mgr de Laval confirmant un Amérindien· elle date de 1921. Une autre pein'. · .. ture est conservée à Saint-Joseph de '. Beauce. Il y a un François de Laval . . . . sur I'Apothéose de Christophe , -, Colomb de Napoléon Bourassa (1904-1912), conservée au Musée "~ ... ; -~.\ . .,_Y • • . . 14 L 'ABEILLE · ÉT!l: • AUTOMNE .,. .. foL~ 2002 ' A �du Québec. Une peinture de Charles Huot (1925), montrant l'évêque siégeant au Conseil souverain, est accrochée au Parlement de Québec. Nous avons la chance de posséder le véritable portrait de Mgr de Laval, tant d'autres personnages du passé comme Cartier, Champlain ou F rontenac relevant de l'imagination d'artistes. Chaque génération reprend les traits de l'évêque et les interprète selon son époque. C'est une bonne façon de rendre hommage à François de Laval, bienheureux fondateur de notre Église et de notre Séminaire. En terminant, je désire remercier mon ami Jean-Claude Filteau pour son aide et sa science. Gilles Bureau (Pr 1964) ancien professeur d'histoire au Petit Séminaire REQUIESCANT IN PACE Bonenfant, Jean-Louis Dr (Pr 1942) Couture, Maurice (Pr 1942) Décédé le 22 août 2002 Des Rivières, Guy Me (Pr 1930) Décédé le 12 septembre 2002 Fortier, Jean-Marie Mgr (Pr 1940) Décédé le 31 octobre 2002 Fortin, Clément (Pr 1943) Décédé le 15 mai 2002 Fraser, Joachim abbé (Pr 1940) Décédé le 18 octobre 2001 Geoffrion, Henri (Pr 1942) Décédé le 8 août 2002 Hamel, J.-René (Pr 1940) Décédé le 8 septembre 2001 Lépine, Maurice (Pr 1941) Décédé le 1er avril 2001 Maheux, Paul Dr (Pr 1942) Perron, Jean-Roch (ancien professeur. du P.S.Q.) Décédé le 31 octobre 2002 Rousseau, Conrad Dr (Pr 1942) Verge, Ernest Dr (Pr 1936) Décédé le 28 octobre 2002 Guy Bouchard a été nommé coordonnateur des services de l'enseignement secondaire à la Fédération des établissements privés (FEEP). Professeur de mathématiques puis directeur des études au secondaire de 1984 à 1990, il a œuvré au P.S.Q. pendant vingt-et-un ans. Louis Bouchard (Pr 1962) a été nommé directeur général de la Société des écoles d'éducation internationale, dont le siège social est situé à Longueuil. Louis Bouchard a été directeur général du P.S.Q. de 1987 à 1999 où il oeuvrait depuis 1966. Denis Bouliane (Pr 1973) compositeur, a participé aux Rencontres de musique nouvelle en Charlevoix en août 2002. Bernard Côté (Pr 1979) }, vice-président, et Jacques Daigle (Pr 1979) sont partenaires de la firme Avison Young qui a inauguré un bureau à Montréal. Cette firme se classe parmi les plus importantes organisations en immobilier commercial au Canada. Maurice Couture (Pr 1946) archevêque de Québec, a reçu le titre de Grand Québécois et a été admis à l'Académie des Grands Québécois. Henri Dorian (Pr 1954), géographe émérite, a reçu le prix d'honneur 2002 de la Société des relations internationales de Québec. Rémi Ferland (Pr 1976), fondateur des Éditions de la Huit, a publié Mes souvenirs, le jour- nal de J.-F. Verret (1860-1 946). Fin observateur de son époque, il a vécu à Charlesbourg. 11 Yest même question de L'Abeille et des élèves du Petit Séminaire ! Cet ouvrage en 2 tomes a été réalisé avec la collaboration de Mario Ferland (Pr 1951). Claude Leblond (Pr 1975) a été réélu à la présidence de l'Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux du Québec. Philippe Nolet-Lévesque (Pr 2000s), étudiant au baccalauréat international au collège Dernière heure ! M. Martial Lemay {Pr 1959) a été nommé président du conseil d'administration du P.S.Q.. Il remplace Me Pierre Martin {Pr 1963) qui.depuis plus de dix ans, consacra temps et énergie à son Alma Mater. Anciennes et anciens tiennent à vous remercier, monsieur Martin, pour votre compétence et votre disponibilité et offrent leurs félicitations à monsieur Lemay. L'année 2002 aura donc été marquée par le départ de deux grands bénévoles qui s'inscriront dans l'histoire du Petit Séminaire de Québec. F.-X.-Garneau, a reçu la médaille académique de la Gouverneure générale du Canada avec une moyenne générale de 94,21 %. Marc Paquet (Pr 1964) a été nommé secrétaire de la Faculté de médecine de l'Université de Sherbrooke. Emmanuelle Paquette-Bélanger (Pr 2001 s) a reçu la bourse « sensibilisation à la communication interculturelle », lors du gala du mérite étudiant 2002, au collège F.-X.-Garneau. François Vallières (Pr 1989) s'est joint au cabinet d'avocats Heenan Blaikie Aubut à Québec. y • de l' ·c'Adeil'te tious soul;ail<' 1111 /u;s < l loëf l'f 1111e r1111 1 <'<' }()(); c,1111i:t'1'< rie ' < ·< j~ ;q11ipe ', }o(/<' 11.\' tios rl<' Siïs t'<'s p/'us cl;ns 1 Mais la relève est là... L 'ABEIL LE · É T È - A UTOMNE 2002 · 15 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texte intégral Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Index nominum Tremblay, Henri-Jean, 1664-1740 Duflos, Claude, 1665-1727 Luc, frère, 1614-1685 Leblond de Latour, Jacques, 1671-1715 Houssart, Hubert, v. 1666-1734 Hébert, Louis-Philippe, 1850-1917 Lasalle, Jules Ducharme, Marion Vachon, Louis-Albert, 1912-2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 582RIWFS Type The nature or genre of the resource Articles de périodiques Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bureau, Gilles Title A name given to the resource Iconographie de Monseigneur de Laval Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 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Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Fr o m n o w o n, t hi s h e a r t- w a r mi n g n a m e will b e t h e ti tl e of o u r n e w sl ett e r. Li k e a n a r ti s t w h o wi t h d r a w s f o r a w hil e t o r e n e w hi s c r e a ti vi t y i n o r d e r t o p r o d u c e a n e w w o r k of a r t, s o h a s t h e Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al A ni m a ti o n C e n t r e n e w sl ett e r t e a m b e e n i n a p e ri o d of r e n e w al a n d r efl e c ti o n f o r t h e l a s t t h r e e y e a r s. T hi s i s t h e r e a s o n f o r o u r l o n g sil e n c e: af t e r fif t e e n y e a r s of e xi st e n c e, w e n e e d e d t o r efl e c t o n h o w t o u p d at e o u r m a n d at e t o p r e s e nt o u r Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s t o t h e w o rl d. H o w c a n w e b e s t p r e s e n t t hi s pi o n e e r of o u r hi st o r y s o t h at h e will sti r u p a d mir a ti o n a n d i n s pi r e d a ri n g a n d c o u r a g e i n o u r c o nt e m p o r a ri e s, a n d e s p e ci all y i n y o u n g p e o pl e w h o m a y b e s h o r t o n r eli gi o u s c ult u r e a n d w h o li v e i n a w o rl d of i n s t a n t g r a tifi c a ti o n a n d vi r t u al r e ali t y ? S o w e d e v el o p e d a t h r e e- y e a r pl a n t h a t w o ul d h el p u s d e t e r mi n e t h e b e s t a v e n u e s f o r r e a c hi n g t h e g r e a t e s t n u m b e r of p e o pl e. A w e b si t e w a s c r e a t e d i n Fr e n c h, E n gli s h a n d S p a ni s h a n d i s u p d at e d w e e kl y. A n e w, m o r e m o d e r n b r o c h u r e a n d a c a n o ni z a ti o n p r a y e r i m a g e h a v e b e e n p ri n t e d i n all t h r e e l a n g u a g e s f o r f r e e di s t ri b u ti o n. A b e n c h, c a n dl e s a n d p r a y e r s h a v e b e e n pl a c e d at t h e t o m b of o u r Bl e s s e d M o n si g n o r, t o m a k e t h e a r e a m o r e i n viti n g. A s p e ci al a c ti vi t y c all e d “ Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al: a M a n, a D r e a m ” h a s b e e n d e v el o p e d i n o u r p a ri s h e s f o r t h e y o u t h w h o a r e e m b a r ki n g o n C h ri sti a n i niti ati o n o r p r e p a ri n g f o r t h e s a c r a m e n t s. E v e r y y e a r, w e c h o o s e t w o of t h e m a n y p a ri s h e s f o u n d e d b y Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al t o r e c ei v e a g r a ti t u d e a n d r e c o g ni ti o n vi si t, d u ri n g w hi c h w e off e r t h e c o m m u ni t y a n i c o n a n d a r eli c of t h e f o u n d e r. M o r e r e c e ntl y, r eti r e m e nt h o m e s h a v e b e e n a s ki n g u s t a k e p a r t i n t h ei r a c ti vi ti e s. B o n d s h a v e b e e n e s t a bli s h e d a n d m ai n t ai n e d wi t h t h e f ai t hf ul i n t h e n e w Fr e n c h p a ri s h of Bi e n h e ur e u x- Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al e n T h y m er ai s, w hi c h e n c o mp a s s e s Fr a n ç oi s’ h o m et o w n. D u ri n g t h e s u m m e r t o u ri st s e a s o n, t h e s h o r t t rili n g u al T V p r o g r a m o n t h e lif e of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al c o n ti n u e s t o p r o vi d e a n i n t e r e sti n g a n d i nf o r m a ti v e r e st f o r p a s si n g pil g ri m s. A n i c o n a n d a r eli c of t h e fi r st Bi s h o p of Q u e b e c a r e al s o o n e x hi bit f o r t h e p u bli c, al o n g wit h gi a nt p u p p et s of o u r t h r e e Bl e s s e d F o u n d e r s, w hi c h f a s ci n a t e o u r vi sit o r s, y o u n g a n d ol d ali k e. E v e n t h e C e nt r e’ s fl o o r i s p ut t o u s e, t o p r oj e c t i m a g e s. T h e s e a r e j u s t s o m e of t h e a c c o m pli s h m e n t s t h a t h a v e b e e n a d d e d t o t h e C e nt r e’ s a n n u al a n d d ail y a cti viti e s o v e r t h e l a st t h r e e y e a r s. O u r n e w sl ett e r, wi t h i t s n e w l o o k a n d m o r e i n- d e p t h c o n t e n t, will n o w b e p u bli s h e d t wi c e a y e a r a n d will c all o n a wi d e v a ri et y of c o nt ri b ut o r s. I n t h e p a g e s of t hi s e diti o n, f o r e x a m pl e, y o u will b e pl e a s a n tl y s u r p ri s e d t o di s c o v e r t h e e xt e nt of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s i nfl u e n c e i n a n a r ti cl e w ri tt e n b y L u c B e n g o n o. Y o u will r e a d a b o u t t h e e c h o e s of t h e pil g ri m a g e m a d e b y o u r t h r e e Bl e s s e d F o u n d e r s, w hi c h i s of p a r ti c ul a r i n t e r e s t t hi s y e a r. A n a r ti cl e p r e s e n ti n g t h e Fr e n c h p a ri s h e s t a bli s h e d u n d e r t h e n a m e Bi e n h e u r e u x- Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al, e n T h y m e r ai s, will t a k e y o u b a c k t o t h e n a ti v e l a n d of o u r Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s. A v a ri et y of i nf o r m a ti o n gl e a n e d f r o m diff e r e n t s o u r c e s r o u n d s o u t t h e n e w sl ett e r, w hi c h will p r o vi d e a u s ef ul c o m m u ni c a ti o n s t o ol t o h el p t h e w o rl d g et t o k n o w a n d a p p r e ci at e t h e g r e at vi si o n a r y t h at w a s o u r f o u n d e r. H a p p y s u m m e r r e a di n g! Ol d M o n s ig n or • S p ri n g- S u m m e r 2 011 1 �12/07/11 Co nte nts E di t o ri al Fr o m t h e Ol d t o t h e N e w ........................1 W h o w a s M o n si g n o r d e L a v al ? ..............................................................3 Hi st o r y P a g e ......................................................4 A F e sti v e Pil g ri m a g e ................................ 5 W ell- d e s e r v e d R e c o g ni ti o n f r o m Fr a n c e ......................................................6 G r a ti t u d e a n d R e c o g ni ti o n T o u r t o t h e P a ri s h e s of Îl e d’ O rl é a n s ....................................................7 I c o n o gr a p h y ......................................................8 T h e Ol d M o n si g n o r N u m b er 2 2 S pri n g- S u m m er 2 011 21:40 P RESS RELE ASE bulletin 22 anglais:Mise en page 1 Page 2 I w o ul d li k e t o t a k e t hi s o p p o r t u ni t y t o r e p o r t t h a t I will b e st e p pi n g d o w n a s t h e di r e c t o r of t h e C e n t r e. F o r h e al t h r e a s o n s, I a m p a s si n g t h e t o r c h t o t h e m a n w h o h a s b e e n m y e n t h u si a sti c c oll e a g u e f o r t h e p a st f e w y e a r s, J e a n D u v al. I will n e v e r t h el e s s st a y o n wi t h t h e C e n t r e a s a g ui d e a n d f a cili t a t o r. M y si n c e r e t h a n k s t o e v e r y o n e w h o h a s s u p p o r t e d m e i n t hi s c h all e n gi n g t a s k a n d h el p e d m e di s c o v e r u n s u s p e c t e d st r e n g t h s wi t hi n m y s elf. M a ri e- Fr a n c e C o s s ett e Y o u r p r a y e r i n t e n ti o n s … All r e c ei v e d p r a y e r i n t e n ti o n s a r e gi v e n t o t h e B r o t h e r h o o d of t h e H ol y F a mil y, w hi c h m e et s o n c e e a c h m o nt h. At a m a s s, t h e p r a y e r i nt e nti o n s a r e e nt r u st e d t o t h e i nt e r c e s si o n of t h e Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Y o u r p r a y e r i nt e nti o n will b e g r o u p e d wit h all t h o s e w ritt e n b y t h e d o z e n s of pil g ri m s a n d vi si t o r s w h o c o m e e v e r y d a y t o t h e t o m b of o u r Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Y o u c a n s e n d u s y o u r p r a y e r i nt e nti o n b y m ail o r e m ail, t h r o u g h o u r w e b sit e o r di r e ctl y i n t h e f u n e r al c h a p el at t h e N ot r e- D a m e d e Q u é b e c B a sili c a- C at h e d r al. W e p r o mi s e t h at y o u r r e q u e st s will r e m ai n c o nfi d e nti al. Pl e a s e r e p o r t all f a v o u r s g r a nt e d: S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c C a u s e d u bi e n h e u r e u x Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al 1, r u e d e s R e m p a r t s C. P. 4 6 0 H. V. Q u é b e c ( Q u é b e c) G1 R 4 R 7 L e ar n m or e a b o ut o u r Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al C o nt a ct u s C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al 2 0, r u e D e B u a d e Q u é b e c ( Q u é b e c) G1 R 4 A1 P h o n e: 41 8 6 9 2- 0 2 2 8 Vi si t o u r w e b si t e w w w.f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m E m ail: c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m Vi sit o ur w e b sit e: w w w.fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m Co me a n d v i s i t o ur e x h i b i t i o n c e n tr e! T hi s n e w sl ett er i s p u bli s h e d t wi c e a y e ar a n d s e nt f or fr e e b y m ail. It c a n al s o b e f o u n d i n P D F f or m at o n o ur w e b sit e. C o ntri b ut or: L u c B e n g o n o C o p y e dit or: M arti n a d e Vri e s Gr a p hi c d e si g n: L e c o ur s c o m m u ni c ati o n. c o m Pri nt r u n: 1, 0 0 0 c o pi e s W e off e r s p e ci al a c ti vi ti e s f o r: • S c h o ol s: s o ci al s ci e n c e p r o g r a m • P a ri s h e s: f o r r et r e a t s, i n c o nj u n c ti o n wi t h C h ri sti a n i ni ti a ti o n o r a s p a r t of t h e s a c r a m e n t al p r o c e s s • R eli gi o u s c o m m u ni ti e s, m o v e m e n t s, g r o u p s, et c. L e g al d e p o sit: Li br ar y a n d Ar c hi v e s C a n a d a I S S N 1 9 2 0-111 7 2 Ol d M o n s ig n or • S p ri n g- S u m m e r 2 011 �bulletin 22 anglais:Mise en page 1 W ho w as by L uc Be n g o n o 12/07/11 21:40 Page 3 M o n s ig n or d e L a v al ? L u c B e n g o n o, a Fr e n c h i n st r u c t o r a t R e gi n a’ s Fr e n c h-l a n g u a g e s c h o ol M o n s ei g n e u r d e L a v al, i n S a s k a t c h e w a n, h a s e m b a r k e d o n a q u e st f o r hi st o ri c al t r u t h. Hi s m o ti v a ti o n a r o s e o u t of a f ri e n dl y di s c u s si o n wi t h a y o u n g Q u e b e c e r w h o c o ul d o nl y s e e t h e n e g ati v e si d e of t h e hi st o r y of t h e C a t h oli c C h u r c h i n Q u é b e c. Hi s fi r st s u bj e c t of r e s e a r c h w a s Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, w h o s e i d e n ti t y a p p e a r s t o b e s o m et hi n g of a m y st e r y t o hi s w o r k c oll e a g u e s a n d t o m a n y Fr a n c o p h o n e s i n S a s k at c h ew a n. T o r e m e d y t hi s si t u a ti o n, B e n g o n o w r o t e a n a rti cl e i n L’ E a u vi v e , t h e o nl y Fr e n c h-l a n g u a g e n e w sp a p e r i n S a s k at c h e w a n, p u bli s h e d o n c e a w e e k a n d wi d el y r e a d a c r o s s t h e e nti r e p r o vi n c e. H e h a d t w o o bj e c ti v e s f o r hi s i ni ti a ti v e: “ Fi r st, t o r e v e al t h e hi g hl y p o siti v e c o nt ri b uti o n of t h e C at h oli c C h u r c h a n d t h e p e o pl e of f ait h i n Q u é b e c a n d C a n a d a. A n d s e c o n d, t o i nt r o d u c e t h e c o m m u nit y t o t h e f a c e a n d lif e of t h e p e r s o n w h o g a v e hi s n a m e t h e o nl y Fr e n c h-l a n g u a g e s c h o ol i n t h e ci t y of R e gi n a. ” I n r e c o g niti o n f o r t h e eff o r t s of t hi s Fr e n c h i m mi g r a nt of C a m e r o o ni a n h e ri t a g e, w e a r e r e p ri n ti n g hi s a r ti cl e h e r e, wit h a f e w m o difi c ati o n s. W h o w a s t h e m a n w h o s e n a m e i s w ritt e n i n l a r g e l ett e r s o n t h e f r o nt of t h e Fr e n c h s c h o ol i n R e gi n a ? W h e n e v e r t hi s q u e sti o n c o m e s u p, it t e n d s t o eli cit s o m e f ai rl y e v a si v e a n s w e r s. A n d y et it c o nti n u e s t o i nt ri g u e m a n y p e o pl e w h o c o m e h e r e f r o m a b r o a d a n d s o m eti m e s e v e n t h e p e o pl e f r o m t h e l a n d of t h e M a pl e L e af. S o w h o w a s M o n si g n o r d e L a v al ? “ H e w a s t h e f ri e n d of all a n d of s u n d r y, I n di a n s a n d Fr e n c h m e n, g o v er n or s of Q u e b e c a n d f o u n d er s of M o ntr e al a n d Tr oi s- Ri vi è r e s ” r e v e al s L u ci e B éli n g e, i n t h e J u n e 1 9 9 7 i s s u e of N ot r e- D a m e d u C a p. B ut t h at d o e s n’t t ell u s m u c h, eit h e r. I n f a ct, h e w a s a m a n w h o c a m e fr o m af ar. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s b o r n o n A p ril 3 0, 1 6 2 3, i n M o nti g n y- s u r- A v r e, a littl e t o w n a b o ut 1 3 0 k m w e st of P ari s a n d n e arl y 9, 0 0 0 k m a w a y f r o m R e gi n a. H e h a d s e v e n b r ot h e r a n d si st e r s, a n d hi s p a r e nt s w e r e m e m b e r s of t h e Fr e n c h n o bilit y. H u g u e s d e L a v al, hi s f at h e r, w a s a d e s c e n d e nt of t h e B a r o n d e M o nt m o r e n c y, a bl u e- bl o o d f r o m t h e hi g h e st r a n k s of t h e n o bl e s. Fr o m t h e ti m e of hi s c hil d h o o d, t hi s y o u n g ari st o cr at, w h o s e f ut ur e a s a Fr e n c h n o bl e w a s all b ut writt e n i n st o n e, s ur pris e d hi s f a mil y wit h hi s att r a cti o n t o t h e p ri e st h o o d. At t h e a g e of 8, hi s p a r e nt s s e nt hi m t o t h e f a m o u s C oll e g e L a Fl è c h e, n o w a milit a r y a c a d e m y b ut at t h at ti m e di r e ct e d b y t h e J e s uit s. T h e di r e ct o r n ot e d “ hi d d e n d e pt h s ” i n t h e b o y, w h o m h e d e s c ri b e d a s u p ri g ht, fi r m a n d w ell b r o u g ht u p. H e r e n o u n c e d hi s w e al t h L at e r, Fr a n ç oi s w a s t r ai n e d i n t h e ol o g y at t h e p r e sti gi o u s Cl e r m o nt C oll e g e i n P a ri s, a n d o n M a y 1, 1 6 4 7, h e w a s or d ai n e d t o t h e pri e st h o o d. H e w a s 2 4 y e ar s ol d a n d h e h a d a dr e a m: t o b e a mi s si o n ar y. A n e mi n e nt e c cl e si a sti c, F at h er R h o d e s, s u g g e st e d t o R o m e t h at Fr a n ç oi s b e a p p oi nt e d a s t h e a p o st oli c c u r at e i n T o n ki n. H a d h e l eft f o r Vi et n a m, t h e hi st o r y of C a n a d a w o ul d c e rt ai nl y h a v e b e e n alt e r e d! B ut d e sti n y h el d a n ot h e r f ut u r e i n st o r e f o r hi m. T h e J e s uit s of Q u é b e c cl a m o ur e d f or hi m, p utti n g pr e s s ur e o n t h e hi g h e st a ut h o rit y of t h e St at e. I n J a n u a r y 1 6 5 7, L o ui s XI V, Ki n g of Fr a n c e, w r ot e t o t h e P o p e. O n D e c e m b e r 8, 1 6 5 8, Fr a n ç oi s w a s c o n s e cr at e d bi s h o p a n d n a m e d a p o st oli c c ur at e of N e w Fr a n c e. H e w a s g r a nt e d t h e titl e M o n si g n o r d e L a v al. T h e f ut u r e bi s h o p, w h o h a d l o st hi s o w n f at h e r i n 1 6 3 8, r e n o u n c e d all hi s titl e s of n o bilit y, b e q u e at hi n g t h e m t o hi s y o u n g e r b r ot h e r, J e a n- L o ui s. O n A p ril 1 9, 1 6 5 9, at t h e p o rt of L a R o c h ell e i n Fr a n c e, Fr a n ç oi s e m b a r k e d f o r t h e N e w W o rl d. Hi s m ot h e r di e d t h at s a m e y e a r. W h e n h e a r ri v e d i n Q u é b e c Cit y o n J u n e 1 6, 1 6 5 9, h e w a s 3 6 y e a r s ol d. “ T h e e nti r e c ol o n y w a s o n t h e q u a y, al o n g wit h m a n y A m e ri n di a n s; t h e t o w n r a n g wit h c ri e s of w el c o m e, t h e s o u n d of c h u r c h b ell s a n d t h e n oi s e of t h e f o rt’ s c a n n o n s. O n t h at v e r y d a y, M s g r. d e L a v al b a pti z e d a y o u n g H u r o n a n d w e nt t o t h e c a bi n of a d yi n g m a n t o a d mi ni st e r t h e l a st rit e s. ” It w a s t h e b e gi n ni n g of a g r e at lif e w o r k t h at w o ul d c h a n g e t h e f a c e of N e w Fr a n c e a n d C a n a d a. At t h e ti m e, Q u e b e c Cit y h a d a b o ut 2, 0 0 0 i n h a bit a nt s, i n cl u di n g t w e nt y- s o m e p ri e st s a n d m o n k s. P o v e r t y w a s wi d e s p r e a d, e x a c e r b at e d b y t h e w a r a g ai n st t h e B riti s h c ol o ni e s. Fr a n ç oi s s et t o w or k, d e m o n str ati n g pi et y, c h arit y, h u milit y, c o ur a g e a n d a b n e g ati o n. F or e x a m pl e, “i n f all 1 6 5 9, t h e r e w a s a n e pi d e mi c i n Q u e b e c Cit y, a n d M s g r. d e L a v al s p e nt hi s d a y s at t h e h o s pit al, d e s pit e eff o rt s t o di s s u a d e hi m. ” Li k e wi s e, “it w a s v e r y c ol d i n Q u e b e c Cit y i n t h e wi nt er. Bi g st o v e s w er e s et u p i n t h e c e ntr e of t h e c h ur c h e s, m a n y of w hi c h c a u g ht fi r e! ” T h e S e mi n a r y b u r n e d d o w n t wi c e, b ut t h e c o u r a g e o u s bi s h o p r e b uilt it b ot h ti m e s. I n 1 6 6 3, h e e st a bli s h e d a s c h o ol t o t r ai n n e w p ri e st s – t h e G r a n d S e mi n a r y of Q u e b e c – a s w ell a s t h e v e r y fi r st p a ri s h i n N e w Fr a n c e. Wit hi n 1 7 y e a r s, t h e r e w e r e 3 0 p a ri s h e s a c r o s s t h e t e r rit o r y, a n d a c h u r c h w a s b uilt f o r e a c h of t h e m. I n 1 6 6 8, h e f o u n d e d t h e S m all S e mi n a r y of Q u e b e c, t o e d u c at e b o y s. “ Fr a n ç oi s’ s e mi n a r y w a s t h e fi r st t o e d u c at e t h e writ er s, t hi n k er s, p oliti c al l e a d er s a n d r eli gi o u s l e a d er s w h o f o u g ht f or t h e ri g ht s of Fr e n c h C a n a di a n s aft er t h e B riti s h c o n q u e st, ” w r ot e L u ci e B eli n g e. M s g r. d e L a v al al s o or d er e d t h e c o n str u cti o n of t h e S ai nt- J o a c hi m F ar m, t o ( C o n ti n u e d i n p a g e 4) Ol d M o n s ig n or • S p ri n g- S u m m e r 2011 3 �bulletin 22 anglais:Mise en page 1 W ho w as 12/07/11 21:40 Page 4 M o n s ig n or d e L a v al ? ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 3) f e e d t h e st u d e nt s at t h e s e mi n a r y, al o n g wit h b uil di n g s w h er e t h e st u d e nt s c o ul d l e ar n s kill s s u c h a s c ar p e ntr y a n d m a s o n r y. U p e v er y d a y at 4 A M M s g r. d e L a v al al s o l e d a d et e r mi n e d b attl e a g ai n st b r a n d y, w hi c h w a s i m p o rt e d f r o m Fr a n c e a n d t r a d e d f o r f u r s. T h e i m p a ct of t hi s al c o h oli c d ri n k o n t h e i n di g e n o u s p o p ul ati o n w a s c at a str o p hi c: fi g ht s, m ur d er, s e p ar ati o n of f a mili e s, et c. Fr a n ç oi s’ eff o r t s att r a ct e d t h e i r e of t h e s h o p k e e p e r s, m e r c h a nt s a n d e v e n a f e w g o v e r n o r s. “ H e w a s d e e pl y c h a g ri n e d a b o ut t hi s p r o bl e m, a n d w e s a w hi s c o n c e r n e ati n g a w a y at hi m, ” r e p o r t e d o n e wit n e s s. T h e b attl e c o nti n u e d f o r 2 0 y e a r s. I n 1 6 7 9, t h e p r el at e fi n all y c o n vi n c e d Ki n g L o ui s XI V t o o utl a w t h e s al e of al c o h ol t o t h e I n di a n s. I n 1 6 7 4, Q u é b e c w a s r ai s e d t o t h e r a n k of di o c e s e, wit h a t e r rit o r y t h at e xt e n d e d f r o m A c a di a t o t h e b o r d e r s of L o ui si a n a, a n d M s g r. d e L a v al b e c a m e t h e v e r y fi r st Bi s h o p of N e w Fr a n c e. Aft e r p u r s ui n g hi s v o c ati o n w h ol e h e a rt e dl y f o r m a n y y e a r s, h e di e d, e x h a u st e d, o n M a y 6, 1 7 0 8, f r o m c o m pli c ati o n s r el at e d t o c hil bl ai n s ( a n i nfl a m m ati o n c a u s e d b y c ol d). T hi s f o r m e r a ri st o c r at a n d d e s c e n d a nt of o n e of Fr a n c e’ s m o st p r e sti gi o u s b a r o n s oft e n m a d e “l o n g pil g ri m a g e s o n f o ot, wit h n o m o n e y, b e g gi n g f o r hi s b r e a d a n d hi di n g hi s i d e ntit y. ” HI S T O R Y P A G E “ Wi nt e r a n d s u m m e r ali k e, t hi s m a n of t h e cl ot h e n dl e s sl y r o a m e d hi s i m m e n s e c u r a c y. O n t h e S ai nt L a w r e n c e Ri v e r, i n a f r a gil e c a n o e t h at h e p a d dl e d hi m s elf, o r, i n wi nt e r, wit h S o n o w w e k n o w w h o h e w a s. B ut h o w di d hi s n a m e c o m e t o g r a c e t h e el e m e nt a r y s c h o ol b uil di n g of R e gi n a’ s Fr e n c h s c h o ol ? H a v e p ati e n c e …t h at will b e t h e t o pi c of a n ot h e r a rti cl e. P ati e n c e w a s a vi rt u e a d v o c at e d b y M s g r. d e L a v al. “ T o o oft e n a s h a r p w o r d, i m p ati e n c e a n d a s ull e n f a c e c a n d e str o y i n a m o m e nt w h at w e h a v e t a k e n s o l o n g t o a c hi e v e [ …]. O ur f a c e s s h o ul d b e j o yf ul a n d m o d e st. W e s h o ul d a v oi d m o c k e r y a n d r a u c o u s l a u g ht e r a n d g e n e r all y a n yt hi n g t h at i s c o u nt e r t o h ol y a n d j o yf ul m o d e st y. L et y o u r m o d e st y b e k n o w n a m o n g all m e n. ” M o n s ei g n e u r d e L a v al S c h o ol o p e n e d i n 1 9 8 0, wi t h t w o s e p a r a t e b uil di n g s f o r t h e el e m e n t a r y a n d hi g h s c h o ol s. I t i s t h e o nl y Fr e n c h-l a n g u a g e s c h o ol i n t h e ci t y of R e gi n a. M o n s ei g n e u r d e L a v al S c h o ol b el o n g s t o t h e C o n s eil d e s é c ol e s f r a n s a s k oi s e s ( C É F) w hi c h m a n a g e s 1 5 s c h o ol s a c r o s s S a s k a t c h e w a n. T h e el e m e n t a r y b uil di n g h a s 2 9 0 st u d e n t s f r o m p r eki n d e r g a r t e n t o G r a d e 7, a n d t h e hi g h s c h o ol b uil di n g h a s 1 0 0 st u d e n t s f r o m G r a d e 8 t o G r a d e 1 2. htt p: / / e c ol e s. c ef s k. c a L e t t er of R e c o m m e n d a t i o n fr o m L o u i s XI V t o P o p e Al e x a n d er VII Writt e n i n P a ri s, t hi s 2 6t h d a y of J a n u a r y 1 6 5 7 H ol y F at h er, T h os e w h o, u n d er t h e pr ot e cti o n of t his cr o w n, h a v e s pre a d t h e f ait h i n t h e n ort h er n c o u ntri es of A m eri c a h a v e s u c c e e d e d i n t h eir e nt er pris e t hr o u g h t h e m erc y of t h e Di vi n e G o o d n ess t h at bl ess es t h eir t as k, b ut t o c o m pl et e t h eir e n d e a v o urs, t h e y f e el t h e n e e d t o as k t h at a bis h o p a n d a n E pis c o p al s e e b e est a blis h e d i n t h es e c o u ntri es, s o t h at t h e c o n v ert e d s o uls c a n r e c ei v e t h e s a cr a m e nts t h at c a n o nl y b e c o nf erre d b y t h os e a ut h oriz e d t o d o s o. T h e y h a v e c o m e t o us t o s oli cit Y o ur H oli n ess f or t his est a blis h m e nt w hi c h t h e y d e e m a bs ol ut el y n e c ess ar y a n d, h a vi n g e x pl ai n e d t o us t h e b e n efits t h at will c o m e of t his f or o ur h ol y r eli gi o n, w e c o ul d n ot r ef us e t h e m o ur i nt er c essi o n t o y o u t o e x h ort y o u t o pr o vi d e t his fi n al c o m pl eti o n t o o ur gr o wi n g C h urc h. Si n c e t h e l e a d ers hi p m ust cl e arl y b e gi v e n t o a p ers o n of pi et y, k n o wl e d g e a n d p arti c ul ar z e al f or t h e C h urc h of G o d, w e t h o u g h it fitti n g t o b es e e c h Yo ur H oli n ess t o e n g a g e F at h er Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al d e M o nti g n y, w h os e virt u es h a v e m a d e hi m s o c o m m e n d a bl e t h at h e h as b e e n e ntre at e d b y m a n y pl a c es t o g o w or k i n t h e L or d’s vi n e y ar d; h e h as al w a ys a p p e ar e d t o b e dis p os e d t o d o t his, alt h o u g h if G o d h a d n ot res er v e d hi m f or 4 hi s ‘ c h a p el’ o n hi s b a c k, h e s et o ut o n s n o w s h o e s t o g o all t h e w a y t o M o nt r é al, oft e n b uff et e d b y wi n d s a n d s n o w. ” M s g r. d e L a v al w e nt t o t h e c at h e d r al e v e r y m o r ni n g al o n e at 4 A M t o c el e b r at e m a s s. I n hi s r o o m i n t h e S e mi n a r y, h e sl e pt o n b o a r d s, l e a vi n g u n d e r t h e b e d t h e st r a w m att r e s s gi v e n t o hi m b y o n e of hi s p e e r s. Ol d M o n s ig n or • S p ri n g- S u m m e r 2 011 N e w Fr a n c e, h e w o ul d h a v e l eft f or To n ki n, s o u g ht o ut b y t h e f at h ers w h o pre a c h t h e G os p el t h ere t o h el p t h e m. A n d as his b a c k gr o u n d w as a p pr o v e d b y Si e ur B a g n y, at t h at ti m e Y o ur H oli n ess’s n u n ci o t o us, a n d t h e n s e nt t o t h e C o urt of R o m e t o b e pres e nt e d t o y o u, h e w as pre v e nt e d t hr o u g h n o p art of his o w n, aft er h a vi n g as k e d t h at pr a y ers b e s ai d s o t h at it w o ul d pl e as e His Di vi n e M aj est y t o re v e al His will, t h at h e w as r e a d y t o e m br a c e a n d f oll o w, n ot f aili n g t o s a y t h at i n his h e art of h e arts h e f elt m ore i n cli n e d t o g o t o a s a v a g e c o u ntr y t h a n t o a ci viliz e d o n e a b o u n di n g i n all of t h e L o ui s XI V b y R o b e r t N a n t e uil n e c essiti es of lif e, w hi c h c a n o nl y b e (1 6 2 3-1 6 7 8), a p p oi n t e d R o y al f o u n d wit h gr e at diffi c ult y i n N e w E n gr a v er i n 1 6 5 7 Fr a n c e. Y o ur H oli n ess h as n o d o u bt b e e n i nf or m e d of all t h e g o o d q u aliti es of t his ki n d pri est a n d t h at t h e y m ust b e us e d w ell f or t h es e i nstit uti o ns, b e c a us e h e h as n o l ess z e al f or t h e Gl or y of G o d t h a n h a v e al w a ys h a d his ( C o n ti n u e d i n p a g e 5) �bulletin 22 anglais:Mise en page 1 12/07/11 21:40 Page 5 L e t t er of R e c o m m e n d a t i o n fr o m L o u i s XI V t o P o p e Al e x a n d er VII ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 4) pre d e c ess ors, w h os e c are a n d w or k h a v e c all e d e ntire n ati o ns t o t h e k n o wl e d g e of G o d a n d e n c o ur a g e d t h e m t o gr at ef ull y t a k e u p t h e y o k e of t h e G os p el. E VE NT We w o ul d pr o p os e t o Y o ur H oli n ess ot h er p ers o ns w h o c o ul d a d v a n c e t his g o o d w or k if w e di d n ot d e e m t h at t h e s ai d L a v al m ust b e pref erre d o v er t h e m b e c a us e of t esti m o ni es t h at w e h a v e h e ar d a b o ut his re m ar k a bl e pi et y b y v er y e nli g ht e n e d p ers o ns, s u c h t h at o ur k n o wl e d g e b ei n g stre n gt h e n e d b y t h eirs, w e c a n s a y t h at it w o ul d b e diffi c ult t o c o m mit t h e c are of s u c h a v ast c o u ntr y t o s o m e o n e w h o c o ul d d o a b ett er j o b t h a n h e. A n d si n c e t his c o u ntr y is s u bj e ct t o t h e Fr e n c h m o n ar c h y, w h os e Ki n gs h a v e d o n e s o m u c h t o h el p s pre a d t h e C hristi a n reli gi o n t h ere, as t h eir pre d e c ess ors h a v e d o n e i n m a n y p arts of t h e w orl d, w e ar e c all e d t o i mit at e t h e m a n d t o f o u n d a C h ur c h t h er e, as s e v er al c h urc h es w ere f o u n d e d i n G er m a n y u n d er t h e a us pi c es of C h arl es t h e Gr e at; a n d j ust as s o m a n y s o uls o w e t h eir s al v ati o n t o y o ur pre d e c ess ors, t h os e i n t h e N e w Worl d will o w e t h eirs t o Y o ur H oli n ess a n d i n r et ur n will o bt ai n n ot o nl y t h e i nfi nit e m erc y of G o d f or t h e l e n gt h of y o ur d a ys f or t h e gl or y of t h e C h ur c h b ut als o aft er y o u h a v e a d mi nist er e d it f or a l o n g ti m e, t h e j ust r e w ar d of y o ur w or ks, b ei n g a d mitt e d t o t h e ki n g d o m of H e t hr o u g h W h o m y o u h a v e w or k e d. H ol y F at h er, w e a d d o ur pr a y ers t o t h eirs i n t h e h o p es t h e y will b e gr a nt e d a n d t h at t h e w h ol e of C hrist e n d o m will rej oi c e. Yo ur d e v ot e d s o n, Ki n g of Fr a n c e a n d N a v arre, L o uis A F e s t i ve P ilgr i m ag e b y M a ri e- Fr a n c e C o s s ett e O n M a y 1, 2 011, t h e C a t h oli c C h u r c h w a s c el e b r a ti n g. I t s m u c h-l o v e d l e a d e r J o h n P a ul II, w h o p a s s e d a w a y i n 2 0 0 5, h a d b e e n r e c o g ni z e d a s o n e of t h e Bl e s s e d b y hi s s u c c e s s o r P o p e B e n e di ct X VI. A milli o n pil g ri m s g at h e r e d i n St. P e t e r’ s S q u a r e t o t a k e p a r t i n t hi s e x t r a o r di n a r y e v e n t. I n di o c e s e s a r o u n d t h e w o rl d, c el e b r a ti o n s a n d a c ti vi ti e s w e r e h el d t o m a r k t h e b e a tifi c a ti o n of t h e m a n w h o d e v el o p e d a s p e ci al r el a ti o n s hi p wi t h t h e y o u t h b y c r e a ti n g W o rl d Y o u t h D a y s. r eli gi o u s o r g a ni z a ti o n s i n t h e di o c e s e p ai d a vi b r a n t h o m a g e t o J o h n P a ul II t h r o u g h s o n g a n d t e sti m o n y. I n t h e e v e ni n g, w o r s hi p p e r s f r o m c h a p el s of w o r s hi p all o v e r t h e di o c e s e g a t h e r e d t o g et h e r i n t h e St. L o ui s C h a p el. At f o u r o’ cl o c k i n t h e m o r ni n g, s o m e f o r t y p e o pl e m et i n t h e Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al A ni m ati o n C e nt r e t o vi e w J o h n P a ul II’ s b e a tifi c a ti o n c e r e m o n y li v e f r o m R o m e. T h e s e ni g h t o wl s e n d e d t h e l o n g e v e ni n g wi t h a h e a r t y b r e a kf a s t b ef o r e h e a di n g off f o r a w ell- d e s e r v e d r e st. O u r t h r e e Bl e s s e d F o u n d e r s of t h e C a n a di a n C h u r c h, M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d C a t h e ri n e d e S ai nt- A u g u sti n, w e r e all b e atifi e d u n d e r t h e p o ntifi c at e of J o h n P a ul II, a n d t h a t i s w h y o u r t r a di ti o n al Pil g ri m a g e of t h e Bl e s s e d w a s e s p e ci all y f e sti v e t hi s y e a r. It all b e g a n wi t h a S ol e m n M a s s i n h o n o u r of M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n a t t h e U r s uli n e C h a p el, o n A p ril 3 0, a t 7: 3 0 P M. T h e n t h e pil g ri m s p r o c e s s e d t o t h e A u g u s ti ni a n C h a p el, r e ci ti n g t h e r o s a r y. T h e y a r ri v e d a t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s t o m b i n t h e C a t h e d r al c a r r yi n g t o r c h e s, a n d y o u t h f r o m v a ri o u s I t w a s s o t o u c hi n g t o s e e p e o pl e of all a g e s e n t e ri n g t h e C a t h e d r al t o g e t h e r, r ai si n g t h ei r v oi c e s t o g e t h e r i n t h e E a s t e r All el ui a, t h ei r h e a r t s fill e d wi t h f e r vi d pi e t y! A c c o m p a ni e d b y t h e t h r e e gi a nt p u p p et s of o u r f o u n d e r s, m a d e f o r t h e 2 0 0 8 I n t e r n a ti o n al E u c h a ri sti c C o n g r e s s, t h e pil g ri m s e n t r u s t e d t h ei r m a n y p r a y e r i n t e n ti o n s t o t h e L o r d, t h r o u g h t h e i n t e r c e s si o n s of t h e Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al: p r a y e r s of i nt e r c e s si o n f o r t h e si c k, f o r t h e y o u t h, f o r p e o pl e i n w a r- s t ri c k e n c o u n t ri e s, a n d p r a y e r s of a c ti o n f o r t h e gif t of g r a c e, f o r t h e gif t of o u r n e w a r c h bi s h o p a n d f o r t h e f u t u r e of t h e C h u r c h s u p p o rt e d b y t h e f ai t h a n d c o u r a g e of t h e n e x t g e n e r a ti o n s. O u r a n n u al pil g ri m a g e, e n h a n c e d t hi s y e a r b y t h e c el e b r a ti o n of t h e b e a tifi c a ti o n of J o h n P a ul II, l ef t t h e p a r ti ci p a n t s wi t h a c h e ri s h e d r e m e m b r a n c e of a ri c h a n d m e a ni n gf ul C h u r c h e v e n t. W e will n e v e r b e a bl e t o a d e q u a t el y e x p r e s s o u r t h a n k s t o o u r t h r e e Bl e s s e d F o u n d e r s f o r t h ei r b r a v e r y a n d d et e r mi n ati o n, a n d w e will f o r e v e r b e i n s pi r e d b y t h ei r u n s h a k e a bl e f ai t h i n P r o vi d e n c e. A v e r y s p e ci al t h a n k s gi vi n g f o r o u r n e wl y Bl e s s e d J o h n P a ul II, t h e v e r y m a n w h o p r o cl ai m e d wi t h s u c h c o n vi c ti o n o n hi s n o mi n a ti o n a s p o p e “ B e n o t af r ai d! ” E c h oi n g Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, w h o d a r e d ri s e t o t h e c h all e n g e of b ei n g a n e v a n g eli zi n g mi s si o n a r y i n a di st a nt l a n d a n d p u t hi s f ull t r u st i n t h e H ol y S pi ri t, l et u s al s o r e s p o n d t o J o h n P a ul II’ s e x h o r t ati o n b y p r o cl ai mi n g, wit h t h e fi r st bi s h o p of Q u e b e c, “ J e s u s, I h a v e c o nfi d e n c e i n y o u! ” Ol d M o n s ig n or • S p ri n g- S u m m e r 2 011 5 �E VE NT bulletin 22 anglais:Mise en page 1 12/07/11 21:40 Page 6 W ell - d e s er ve d R e c og n i t i o n fr o m Fr a n c e b y M a ri e- Fr a n c e C o s s ett e A s t h e fi r st Bi s h o p of N e w Fr a n c e f o r fif t y y e a r s, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al i s a c e n t r al fi g u r e i n C a n a di a n s o ci al a n d r eli gi o u s hi st o r y. O ri gi n all y f r o m N o r m a n d y, h e a r ri v e d i n Q u e b e c a t t h e a g e of 3 6, a r m e d wi t h all t h e fi e ri n e s s of y o u t h. T o p r e p a r e f o r hi s t a s k a s a mi s si o n a r y, Fr a n ç oi s st u di e d a n d t r ai n e d ri g o r o u sl y wi t h t h e J e s ui t s i n L a Fl è c h e C oll e g e a n d P a ri s. H e d e e p e n e d hi s s pi rit u alit y f o r s e v e r al y e a r s i n a h e r mi t a g e i n C a e n. B u t si n c e h e s p e n t t h e b ett e r p a r t of hi s lif e i n C a n a d a a n d, i n f a ct, l eft h o m e t o st u d y at t h e t e n d e r a g e of 8, t h e p e o pl e of hi s n a ti v e r e gi o n b a r el y k n e w hi m. T h e s e t w o g r e a t C h u r c h m o m e n t s r el a t e d t o Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al d efi ni t el y b r o u g h t t h e f ai t hf ul f r o m t h e t w o di o c e s e s cl o s e r t o g et h e r. B ett e r y et, w h e n t h e Bi s h o p of C h a r t r e s, M s g r. Mi c h el P a n s a r d, d e ci d e d t o m e r g e t h r e e p a ri s h e s i n hi s di o c e s e, h e t h o u g ht it a p p r o p ri at e t o n a m e t h e n e w p a ri s h af t e r t h e Bl e s s e d Mi s si o n a r y Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. T h e s ol e m n b e n e di c ti o n of t h e n e w p a ri s h Bi e n h e u r e u xFr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al e n T h y m e r ai s t o o k pl a c e o n t h e D a y of P r a y e r f o r Mi s si o n s, S u n d a y, O c t o b e r 2 4, 2 01 0, i n t h e li ttl e c h u r c h of D a m pi e r r e- s u r- Bl é v y. T h e m a n y p e o pl e i n att e n d a n c e u n d e r s c o r e d t h e i m p o r t a n c e of t h e c e r e m o n y p r e si d e d o v e r b y t h e G e n e r al C u r a t e of t h e di o c e s e, L a ur e nt P e r c e r o u. A l ett e r of f ri e n d s hi p a n d b e n e di cti o n s e nt f o r t h e o c c a si o n b y C a r di n al M a r c O u ell et w a s e s p e ci all y m o vi n g f o r t h e f ai t hf ul g a t h e r e d t h e r e i n c el e b r a ti o n. A g ol d e n b o o k si g n e d b y t h e di o c e s a n s of Q u e b e c w a s al s o gi v e n t o o u r Fr e n c h c o u si n s i n f ai t h. T hi s m a r k of r e c o g ni ti o n f r o m o u r b r o t h e r s a n d si st e r s f o r t hi s s o n of t h ei r c o u n t r y i s v e r y t o u c hi n g f o r u s. Wi t h t h e p o w e r of o u r s h a r e d p r a y e r s w e c a n n o w a s k t h e L o r d f o r t h e mi r a cl e n e e d e d f o r t h e c a n o ni z a ti o n of t h e m a n t h a t M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n al r e a d y c all e d a “ s ai n t. ” A s e x pl ai n e d b y F a t h e r Di di e r H e n r y, t h e p ri e s t of M o n ti g n y- s u r- A v r e, Fr a n ç oi s’ h o m e t o w n, “ T h e t h r e e h u n d r e d t h a n ni v e r s a r y of hi s ill u st ri o u s mi s si o n t o N e w Fr a n c e h a s a w a k e n e d i n t h e p e o pl e of Ol d Fr a n c e a d e si r e t o g e t t o k n o w Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al b e tt e r. ” F a t h e r H e n r y w e n t o n t o s a y t h a t t h e p a r ti ci p a ti o n of M s g r. Bl ai s, a u xili a r y bi s h o p of Q u é b e c, i n t h e t ri- c e n t e n ni al c el e b r a ti o n s i n M o n ti g n y i n 2 0 0 8 a n d t h e vi si t b y t h e d el e g a ti o n f r o m t h e C h a r t r e s di o c e s e t o t h e E u c h a ri sti c C o n g r e s s i n Q u é b e c i n J u n e of t h e s a m e y e a r “ h el p e d u s a p p r e ci a t e t h e g r e a t gif t t h a t G o d g a v e u s i n t h e p e r s o n of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, w h o b e c a m e M o n si g n o r d e L a v al, o u r n a ti v e s o n w h o t r a v ell e d a c r o s s t h e o c e a n t o s p r e a d t h e G o o d W o r d. ” T h e Fr e n c h p a ri s h of Bi e n h e u r e u x- Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al e n T h y m e r ai s • L o c a t e d i n t h e Di o c e s e of C h a r t r e s • D e p a r t m e n t of E u r e a n d L oi r • I n cl u d e s 3 0 st e e pl e s ( vill a g e s) • F o r 1 2, 5 0 0 i n h a bi t a n t s 6 Ol d M o n s ig n or • S p ri n g- S u m m e r 2 011 �12/07/11 21:40 Page 7 Gr at it u de a n d Recog n it io n to ur to t he P ar is hes of Île d’ Orl é a ns b y M a ri e- Fr a n c e C o s s ett e A s p a r t of o u r g r a ti t u d e a n d r e c o g ni ti o n t o u r t o t h e p a ri s h e s f o u n d e d b y Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, J u n e 2 011 w a s d e di c a t e d t o t h e p a ri s h e s of t h e Îl e d’ O rl é a n s, a n d e s p e ci all y t o t h e p a ri s h of t h e S ai n t e- F a mill e ( H ol y F a mil y), t h e fi r st p a r o c hi al c o m m u nit y t h at t h e fi r st Bi s h o p of Q u é b e c e st a bli s h e d o n t h e i sl a n d. It w a s M o n si g n o r d e L a v al’ s d e e p d e v oti o n f o r t h e H ol y F a mil y of N a z a r et h t h at m oti v at e d hi s c h oi c e f o r t h e n a m e of t h e p a ri s h. B e si d e s d e di c ati n g t h e Q u é b e c S e mi n a r y t o t h e H ol y F a mil y, M s g r. d e L a v al al s o e n c o u r a g e d t h e e st a bli s h m e nt of t h e s o ci et y k n o w n a s t h e L a di e s of t h e H ol y F a mil y. C a r d i n s pi r e d b y Vill e n e u v e, Ki n g’ s E n gi n e e r, 1 6 8 9 Fr o m 1 6 61 t o 1 6 7 9, S ai nt e- F a mill e w a s t h e o nl y p a ri s h o n t h e i sl a n d, a n d it w a s c a n o ni c all y e st a bli s h e d i n 1 6 8 4. T h e Îl e d’ O rl é a n s w a s t h e bi r t h pl a c e of a g r e at m a n y p e o pl e w h o w e nt o n t o b e c o m e t e a c h e r s at t h at ti m e. T h e S ai nt eF a mill e P a ri s h f a c e d t r o u bl e d ti m e s i n 1 7 5 9, w h e n B riti s h s ol di e r s e nt e r e d t h e c h u r c h a n d t o o k t h e b ell s o t h at t h e p a ri s hi o n e r s c o ul d n ot s o u n d t h e al a r m. O n c e p e a c e w a s r e- e st a bli s h e d, t h e b ell w a s i m m e di at el y r et u r n e d t o u s e. bl ess e d Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al L or d J es us, it is wit h gr e at c o nfi d e n c e t h at w e pr a y t o bl ess e d Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al, w h o m y o u c h os e t o s e n d t o o ur c o u ntr y t o a n n o u n c e t h e g o o d N e ws of s al v ati o n. T hr o u g h his i nt er c essi o n, pl e as e gr a nt us t h e f a v o urs w e n o w i m pl or e. Gi v e us t h e gr a c e t o i mit at e his a u d a cit y, hi s p e r s e v e r a n c e, a n d hi s c o m pl et e s u r r e n d e r t o P r o vi d e n c e, a n d, if it b e Y o ur Will, m a y h e s o o n b e c o u nt e d a m o n g t h e s ai nts. W e as k t his i n Y o ur n a m e, Y o u w h o li v e a n d r ei g n f or e v er a n d e v er. A m e n O n S u n d a y, J u n e 1 2, 2 011, a t t h e 9 o’ cl o c k m a s s, t h e p a ri s hi o n e r s of S ai nt e- F a mill e t o o k a t ri p b a c k i n ti m e t o t h e o ri gi n of t h ei r c o m m u nit y, t o p a rt a k e of t h ei r f o u n d e r’ s u n s h a k a bl e f ait h i n P r o vi d e n c e. T h e y w e r e i nt r o d u c e d t o a ti r el e s s p ri e st, w h o t r a v ell e d b y c a n o e i n s u m m e r a n d s n o w s h o e i n wi nt e r t o bl e s s a n d s u p p o r t hi s fl o c k. S o m e p a ri s hi o n e r s m a y h a v e b e e n s u r p ri s e d t o l e a r n t h a t t h e s ei g ni o r y of t h e Îl e d’ O rl é a n s o n c e b el o n g e d t o Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al b u t t h a t h e t r a d e d i t f o r t h e Îl e J é s u s n e a r M o nt r e al i n 1 6 7 5. T h e Îl e d’ O rl é a n s p a ri s h e s of S ai nt- Fr a n ç oi s, S ai nt- Pi e r r e, S ai n t- J e a n a n d S ai n t- L a u r e n t w e r e al s o f o u n d e d b y t h e M s g r. d e L a v al; o nl y t h e p a ri s h of S ai n t e- P é t r o nill e w a s c r e at e d aft e r hi s d e at h, a c e nt u r y a n d a h alf l at e r i n 1 8 7 0. T hi s g r atit u d e a n d r e c o g niti o n t o u r of t h e i sl a n d’ s p a ri s h e s w a s a n a ct of t h a n k s gi vi n g f o r t h e gift of t hi s b r a v e a n d z e al o u s p ri e st w h o b eli e v e d t h a t lif e i n N e w Fr a n c e w a s p o s si bl e. ✁ Pr a y er f or t h e c a n o ni z ati o n of Pi ct ur e: St ai n e d gl ass wi n d o w d e pi cti n g Bis h o p d e L a v al at a si c k p ers o n’s b e dsi d e « Bis h o p d e L a v al w as c o nti n u all y t h er e h el pi n g t h e si c k a n d m a ki n g t h eir b e ds ( …) N o el o q u e n c e w o ul d t ur n hi m fr o m a cts of h u milit y. » ✁ E VE NT bulletin 22 anglais:Mise en page 1 M ari e d e l’I n c ar n ati o n If y o u h a v e o bt ai n e d a f a v o ur, pl e as e c o nt a ct T h e C a us e of bl ess e d Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c 1, r u e d es R e m p arts, C. P. 4 6 0 H. V. Q u é b e c ( Q u é b e c) G 1 R 4 R 7 NI HI L O B S T A T R e v. M s g r J e a n P ell eti e r, P. H., C h a n c ell o r, Q u é b e c, A p ril 1 3, 2 0 1 0 I M P RI M A T U R R e v. M s g r J a c q u e s V é zi n a, P. H., Vi c a r G e n e r al, Q u é b e c, A p ril 1 3, 2 0 1 0 �12/07/11 21:40 Page 8 ICO N OG R AP H Y bulletin 22 anglais:Mise en page 1 ✁ A t t h e N a ti o n al A s s e m bl y B uil di n g s of Q u é b e c T h e L e gi sl a ti v e C o u n cil C h a m b e r i s n o w a m ul ti p u r p o s e r o o m t h a t i s u s e d t o h ol d p a rli a m e n t a r y c o m mi s si o n s a n d v a ri o u s s w e a ri n g-i n a n d a w a r d s c e r e m o ni e s. C o m m o nl y c all e d t h e S al o n r o u g e, it h o u s e s a n e n o r m o u s p ai n ti n g ti tl e d T h e S o v e r ei g n C o u n cil of t h e R o y al G o v e r n m e n t of N e w Fr a n c e i n 1 6 6 3, p ai n t e d b y C h a rl e sÉ d o u a r d- M a s s o n H u o t b et w e e n 1 9 2 9 a n d 1 9 3 0. M s g r. d e L a v al a p p e a r s i n i t n e x t t o t h e g o v e r n o r. I n t h e w or d s of M o n s ig n or d e L a v al “ T o o of t e n a s h a r p w o r d, i m p a ti e n c e a n d a s ull e n f a c e c a n d e st r o y i n a m o m e n t w h a t w e h a v e t a k e n s o l o n g t o a c hi e v e. ” A d vi c e t o t h e mi s si o n a ri e s i n 1 6 6 8. ✁ Bl ess e d Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al first bis h o p of Q u é b e c 1 6 2 3- 1 7 0 8 N e x t i s s u e: D e c e m b e r 2 011 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter no 22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 22 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-2 : <em>From the olf to the new</em><br />p. 3-4 : <em>Who was Monsignor de Laval?</em> by Luc Bengono<br />p. 4-5 : Letter of recommendation from Louis XIV to Pope Alexander VII<br />p. 5 : <em>A festive pilgrimage</em><br />p. 6 : <em>Well-deserved regognition from France</em> : A French parish is named after François de Laval lon October, 24th, 2010<br />p. 7 : <em>Gratitude and recognition tour to the parishes of île d'Orléans</em><br />p. 8 : Iconography : Painting of the Soverein Council in 1663 by Charles Huot Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>Read the <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/6970">whole text </a>of the Newsletter</span> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Vries, Martina de Biographies résumées Brèves Oeuvres d’art https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/796cf28091e2da9555a4771dafc345fb.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=ZPdUg%7EaLB4E8p49LoA0eqYOU7NK6NH8C%7EA5THYeR%7EN8yS7gJR4ptXc3fdrHzD4P0BoF0Y1sCDmYo7F3V1LdOX3lG7te1bxUUOsnFye4lFfQJ3RF69I4EamjvAkGZhUf4-k4A6nN%7Ezrzu6P9mBf--kf24Scq2qck4gIGsYq6gnypc6Xw0HzVlaumz0f3RNxymhJ%7EKV1Cf2ejDK8OZn5oQ3xsbaa3FYM75PV5pDysiJDYwQebg33tg6JDQxMN3PFm0yLneWmKsb4%7E-xE-aZ78ktGBmr8AdRSjcPUiBn2bholEKk1gHoTSvkWzA7T1Oc9Nnf%7E4QdGy6mFFrJHs-6G%7EuXg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 76dbef83b49fb01da48d4dde9bab3687 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/29915dab55cdb9bc43a6665c9b5dd2bb.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=u3Im3WKiTIsaG99Cc-CFEbA-vM%7EJ6vyTabsIIUoXlDWnrbYZp1jiIwUWIa1wQDSeP7-0r2eVDANd6%7E1IPYRgZ-kE1kfMmRKb3f-0JaSUOCGOQuUdrIZxJilmgrj88iAXAP7dNH4sXhwBu4KIHwxyYVBA4iO7jKKs-49MY2fIBv9%7EYpFd04ruIezc1znx4OgXn7BnjtIsvVww2De0vQgpbI%7ELxmBfInLwsXKNoeypl8MOuo9b48PzXzhZCSAbYBy0k7zimaMHYCtcaMDh8tI65ac1cWKFncIjtEsmcyiBeiFGQm05JUYh%7EyxWjlbgV0rHhj5ipmJjGJVfgObLXZ8GDw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5fe8e6e6b4f8231f14ff9ad98208f333 PDF Text Text 29 N° EVENT Number 29 • December 2014 Centre d’animation François-de Laval Newsletter The story of a canonization By Father Roger Laberge, RSV, postulator We asked Father Roger Laberge, postulator for the cause of François de Laval, to share with us the short story of how our new saint was canonized. Fr. Laberge has been working on this cause since February 1999. Saints François de Laval and Marie de l’Incarnation were canonized by a special process termed “equipollent” or “equivalent.” This should not be viewed as a “cut-rate” form of canonization – a thorough investigation is carried out before the Pope declares sainthood. Equivalent canonization occurs when the Pope, through binding adjudication, extends the cultus of a Servant of God (a person not yet canonized) to the entire Church, by adding his or her feast day and divine office to the calendar of the universal Church. This is the Pope’s definitive declaration of the Servant of God’s sainthood. An exacting process This is done without any formula of canonization or legal proceedings – just the creation of a document that will be presented for verification and approval to the cardinals and bishops appointed by the Pope, without the usual ceremony in the Vatican. According to the teachings of Pope Benedict XIV, three requirements must be fulfilled for this type of canoni­ zation: 1) a long-standing cultus, 2) an ongoing, common attestation of the candidate’s virtues or martyrdom, made by theologians and credible historians, and 3) an uninterrupted reputation for miracles or favors obtained. If these conditions are confirmed and requests have come in from a number of bishops or episcopal conferences, the Supreme Pontiff can proceed with equivalent canonization. October 2013 This is when our “story” begins. The Archbishop Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints came to me – knowing, I suppose, that I was the postulator for the Cause of Monsignor de Laval – and asked, “Are you the postulator for the Cause of Marie de l’Incarnation?” I replied that the Jesuit fathers had probably taken charge of her Cause. A few days later – on October 23 – the Monsignor Secretary reentered the picture and ended up advising me that the Holy Father was thinking of granting equivalent canonization to Blessed Joseph de Anchieta, the missionary who founded the Church in Brazil, and our own two missionaries who founded the church in Canada. Upon hearing this news, I reminded him that I had reached the age limit set by the Vatican for working on Causes and the Séminaire de Québec had already been in touch with a successor, at my request. A misunderstanding had to be avoided. The Secretary then decided to confirm me in this position, as a “postu­ lator in deferment.” The next day, we had to contact the “elected postulator” to ask him to hold off on taking up his recent appointment. (Continued on page 2) Centre d’animation François-de Laval Newsletter • December 2014 �C o nt e nt s T h e st o r y of a c a n o ni z ati o n ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 1) E v e nt T h e s t o r y of a c a n o ni z a ti o n ..........1- 3 E v e nt A m o m e nt o u s o c c a si o n f or t h e C h ur c h i n C a n a d a .............................4- 5 N o w a v ail a bl e a t t h e C e n t r e ...........5 Hi g hli g h t s P e ti ti o n s f o r i n t e r c e s si o n t o S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al ..................5 P r e s s r el e a s e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al n o w a s ai n t of t h e u ni v e r s al c h u r c h ..........................6 P h o t o Al b u m ..................................................... 7 I c o n o gr a p h y U p d a t e .................................................................... 8 r S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al N u m b er 2 9 • D e c e m b er 2 01 4 ~er; R A. N( OI ~) > z I- - L J. 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If y o u writ e u s at c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m, y o u will r e c ei v e all f ort h c o mi n g c o pi e s i n P D F f or m at. T h a n k y o u. L e g al d e p o sit: Li br ar y a n d Ar c hi v e s C a n a d a I S S N 2 2 9 0- 3 4 9 6 O n O ct o b e r 2 9, I w a s s u m m o n e d – al o n g wit h t h e p o st ul at o r f o r t h e ot h e r t w o C a u s e s – t o s e e t h e P r ef e c t of t h e C o n g r e g a ti o n f o r t h e C a u s e s of S ai nt s, Hi s E mi n e n c e C a r di n al A n g el o A m a t o, a n d t h e S e c r et a r y, Hi s E x c ell e n c y M a r c ell o B e rt ol u c ci. T h e p o st ul at o r’ s d ut y w a s t o g at h e r all it e m s r e q ui r e d, r e q u e st a f e w l ett e r s of p o st ul a ti o n i n a d di ti o n t o t h o s e r e c ei v e d a t b e a tifi c a ti o n, c o m pil e s o m e 2 0 0 p a g e s of d o c u m e nt ati o n f o r e a c h C a u s e, a n d s u b mit it all b y J a n u a r y 21, 2 01 4. T h e e nti r e b o d y of w o r k w o ul d b e b o u n d i nt o a si n gl e v ol u m e, c all e d a p o si ti o , w hi c h r e p r e s e nt e d all of t h e i t e m s r e q ui r e d f o r t hi s st e p. A r e s e ar c h e n d e a v or A n d s o t h e w o r k b e g a n. R e s e a r c h c a n n ot b e c o m pl et e d o v e r ni g ht, a n d w riti n g t hi s t y p e of r e p o r t i s a s e n si ti v e t a s k t h a t m u st r efl e c t t h e v a ri o u s s h a d e s of m e a ni n g, t o e n s u r e all i t e m s will b e u n d e r st o o d. A n a d di ti o n al c o n c e r n w a s t h e s h o r t ti m eli n e: t h r e e m o nt h s. S o t h e r e w a s a n u r g e n c y t o t h e t a s k … W e n e e d e d t o s e t o u t a r g u m e n t s d e m o n s t r a ti n g t h e ti m eli n e s s of t hi s c a n o ni z a ti o n a n d p r o d u c e a bi o g r a p h y of Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. T h e p e r p et u ati o n of t h e c ult u s of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, w hi c h c o nti n u e s t o g r o w si n c e hi s t o m b w a s t r a n sf e r r e d f r o m t h e o u t si d e c h a p el a t t h e S é mi n ai r e t o t h e c a t h e d r al i n Q u e b e c Cit y i n 1 9 9 3, al s o h a d t o b e d e m o n st r at e d. A fi n al a s p e ct w a s t h e n e e d t o r el a t e t h e s t o r y of t h e C a u s e f r o m t h e ti m e of hi s b e a tifi c a ti o n i n 1 9 8 0 t h r o u g h t o t o d a y, a n d t o d e pi c t t h e i c o n o g r a p h y, n ot t o m e nti o n hi g hli g hti n g St. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s o w n s pi ri t u ali t y, hi s r e p u t a ti o n f o r mi r a cl e s, a n d t h e c o nti n u e d f a v o r s. A n d of c o u r s e – a s if t hi n g s w e r e n’t c o m pli c at e d e n o u g h – all of t hi s w o r k h a d t o b e d o n e i n c o m pl et e s e c r e c y. G etti n g i n t o u c h wi t h p e o pl e w h o c o ul d p r o vi d e t h e i nf o r m a ti o n w e s o u g ht, wi t h o u t t h e w o r d g etti n g o u t, w a s n ot al w a y s a n e a s y t a s k. T h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c s u p e ri o r g e n e r al a n d ot h e r p e o pl e i n Q u e b e c Ci t y, w h o w e r e n o d o u bt a w a r e of t h e i m p o r t a n c e of o u r w o r k, p r o vi d e d m e wi t h v al u a bl e h el p. N o v e m b er O n N o v e m b e r 8, I m et wi t h t h e R el a t o r, w h o s e f u n c ti o n i s si mil a r t o t h a t of a t h e si s a d vi s o r, t o p r e s e n t t h e r e c e n tl y c o m pl e t e d bi o g r a p hi c al s u m m a r y. I t w a s r ej e c t e d. T h e R el a t o r r e q ui r e d a m o r e s u b st a nti al bi o g r a p h y. O n N o v e m b e r 2 6, C a r di n al M a r c O u ell et w a s al s o s u m m o n e d b y t h e S e c r et a r y of t h e C o n g r e g a ti o n f o r t h e C a u s e s of S ai nt s t o u p d a t e hi m o n t h e st a t u s of t hi s c a n o ni z a ti o n u n d e r t a ki n g. H e e a g e rl y a g r e e d t o w ri t e a l ett e r of p o st u l a ti o n f o r b o t h Ca u s e s. B ett e r y et, h e a d vi s e d m e t o b a s e m y bi o g r a p h y o n hi s t o ri a n Gill e s B u r e a u’ s w o r k p u bli s h e d i n 2 011, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e t s o n é p o q u e [ Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d hi s e r a] . I n e e d e d t o p ull t h e e s s e nti al p a r t s o ut of a t o m e f ull of pi c t u r e s a n d n ot e s, si n c e w e w e r e li mi t e d t o 2 0 0 a tt ri b u t e d p a g e s, i n o r d e r t o m e e t all t h e o t h e r r e q ui r e m e n t s – a t a s k t h a t e n t ail e d “ c u tti n g o u t of f a t. ” C h a n g e s al o n g t h e w a y C o n t r a r y t o m y f ell o w p o s t ul a t o r s’ r e c o m m e n d a ti o n s, o n e of t h e R el a t o r’ s r e q ui r e m e nt s w a s t h e i n cl u si o n of l ett e r s f r o m t h e Bl e s s e d. I w a s f a c e d wi t h t w o o p p o si n g i n st r u c ti o n s … a n d a hi g h e r l e v el of st r e s s. S p a c e w o ul d b e e v e n m o r e r e st ri c t e d a n d I w o ul d h a v e t o m a k e s o m e c h oi c e s. T o e n s u r e a n e v e n m o r e ri g o r o u s a p p r o a c h i n c o m pili n g t h e d o c u m e n t s, t h e R el a t o r i n si s t e d I c h e c k t h e n e w e x e m pl a r l e t t e r s i n t h e V a ti c a n’ s s e c r e t a r c hi v e s a n d t h e P r o p a g a n d a Fi d e a r c hi v e s. A t ri p a r ti t e m e e ti n g wi t h m y f ell o w p o s t ul a t o r s w a s r e q ui r e d f r o m ti m e t o ti m e, s o w e c o ul d s h a r e i nf o r m a ti o n o n h o w t h e w o r k w a s p r o g r e s si n g. Aft er s o m e r efl e cti o n, t h e l e a d er s of t h e C o n gr e g ati o n f or t h e C a u s e s of S ai nt s a g r e e d t h at e a c h c o m pil ati o n c o ul d b e p r e s e nt e d i n a s e p a r at e v ol u m e, t h u s e x e m pti n g u s fr o m t h e 2 0 0 p a g e li mit f or e a c h C a u s e. G o o d n e w s … w ell, al m o st – si n c e t h e R el at o r n o w f o u n d t h at c e rt ai n d o c u m e nt s w e r e t o o b ri ef. A n d t h e d e a dli n e w a s a p pr o a c hi n g … ( C o n ti n u e d o n p a g e 3) 2 C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- d e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 4 �T h e st o r y of a c a n o ni z ati o n ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 2) F at h er R o g er L a b er g e, R S V, h ol ds t h e P ositi o s u p er c a n o ni z ati o n e a e q ui p oll e nti a n d is j oi n e d b y his f ell o w c oll a b or at or, F at h er Y v o n S a b o uri n, R S V ( A pril 6, 2 0 1 4). J a n u ar y Y o u’ll u n d e r st a n d t h a t s e r vi n g a s p o st ul a t o r f o r a si n gl e C a u s e i s g e n e r all y n o t a f ull- ti m e e n d e a v o r. W h a t t hi s m e a n t i s t h a t I h a d a n u m b e r of o t h e r C a u s e s t o l o o k af t e r, a s w ell a s m y mi ni s t r y i n a p a ri s h i n R o m e. M y ni g ht s w e r e di s r u pt e d b y t h e s e v a ri o u s c o n c e r n s a n d t h e hi g hl y s e n si ti v e n a t u r e of t hi s p a r ti c ul a r fil e. T h e s e c r et, w hi c h w a s g r a d u all y b e c o mi n g k n o w n, h a d t o b e c o n t ai n e d a s m u c h a s p o s si bl e a n d p e o pl e’ s c u ri o si t y di v e r t e d. I n e a rl y J a n u a r y, I h a d t o m a k e a d e ci si o n: s u s p e n d m y p a ri s h c o m mi t m e n t s a n d, o n a d o c t o r’ s a d vi c e, t a k e s e v e r al d a y s of “f o r c e d ” r e st. F a t h e r Y v o n S a b o u ri n, a f ell o w p ri e st i n m y c o m m u ni t y, c a m e o u t t o h el p m e. H e g ot d o w n t o t h e t a s k, c o n s ul ti n g o t h e r p e o pl e s o h e c o ul d fl e s h o u t w h a t h a d b e e n p u t t o g et h e r s o f a r a n d r e w o r k s o m e p r e s e nt a ti o n s. B y l a t e J a n u a r y, t h e d efi ni ti v e f o r m of t h e d o c u m e n t w a s t h u s r e a d y f o r s u b mi s si o n t o t h e R el a t o r, w h o c o nfi r m e d h e w a s hi g hl y s a ti sfi e d wi t h i t. Thejobis done T h e t y p o g r a p h e r t h e n t o o k c h a r g e of p ri nti n g t h e w o r k. A v ol u m e of 3 5 4 p a g e s, b o u n d i n a r e d c o v e r a s di ct at e d b y offi ci al p r e s e nt ati o n st a n d a r d s, w a s d eli v e r e d t o e a c h p e r s o n w h o w o ul d b e a s si g n e d t h e t a s k of j u d gi n g t h e C a u s e. A t ot al of 5 0 c o pi e s w e r e p ri nt e d f o r d eli v e r y t o t h e v a ri o u s j u ri s di cti o n s a n d p e o pl e i n v ol v e d. T h o s e i n c h ar g e w er e s ati sfi e d wit h t h e w or k d o n e a n d a bl e t o pr e s e nt it t o t h e c a r di n al s a n d bi s h o p s t h e P o p e h a d a p p oi nt e d t o t hi s r ol e. T h e y w o ul d i n t u r n st u d y it a n d a d vi s e t h e P o p e if all of t h e d o c u m e nt ati o n m et t h e r e q ui r e m e nt s i n pl a c e f o r c a n o ni z ati o n. T hi s m e eti n g t o o k pl a c e o n A p ril 1, 2 01 4 a n d t h e r e s p o n s e w a s e nti r el y p o siti v e. O n A pril 3, Hi s E mi n e n c e t h e Pr ef e ct offi ci all y m et wit h t h e S u pr e m e P o ntiff t o di s c u s s t h e s e c a n o ni z ati o n s. F oll o wi n g t h e p r e s e nt ati o n t o t h e P o p e, Hi s H oli n e s s a c k n o wl e d g e d t h at all r e q uir e m e nt s f or t hi s t y p e of c a n o ni z ati o n h a d b e e n m et a n d p r o cl ai m e d t h e c ult u s w o ul d b e e xt e n d e d t o t h e u ni v er s al C h ur c h. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, M ari e d e l’I n c ar n ati o n, a n d J o s e p h d e A n c hi et a w er e offi ci all y d e cl ar e d s ai nt s. Al t h o u g h n o s p e ci al c e r e m o n y e xi s t s f o r a n e q ui v al e n t c a n o ni z a ti o n, P o p e Fr a n ci s a d d e d a T h a n k s gi vi n g c el e b r a ti o n li t u r g y i n h o n o r of t h e s e n e w s ai n t s, w hi c h h e w o ul d s a y at a s uit a bl e ti m e. T hi s c el e b r ati o n w a s h el d o n Mi s si o n S u n d a y – O ct o b e r 1 2, 2 01 4 – a s s e v e r al C a n a di a n s w e r e c o n cl u di n g t h ei r pil g ri m a g e t o t h e pl a c e s i n Fr a n c e t h e n e w s ai nt s h a d b e e n t o. O u r A r c h bi s h o p E m e ri t u s, M o n si g n o r M a u ri c e C o u t u r e, w h o h a d al s o w o r k e d o n t hi s u n d e r t a ki n g, c a n n o w r e c all t h e w o r d s of t h e p r o p h e t Si m e o n: “ N u n c di mi t ti s , m y g r e a t e st wi s h h a s n o w b e e n f ulfill e d. ” Al m o s t t h e r e … M y w o r k i s n’ t q ui t e fi ni s h e d. A p r o p o s e d t e x t f o r t h e a p o st oli c l ett e r s etti n g o u t t h e d e c r e e f o r t h e s e c a n o niz a ti o n s w a s s u b mi t t e d t o t h e S u p r e m e P o n tiff, t h e n t r a n sl a t e d i nt o L a ti n a n d c o r r e c t e d. E v e r y t hi n g s e e m e d r e a d y, b u t t h e p e r s o n a t t h e S e c r e t a ri a t of S t a t e w h o w o ul d b e t a s k e d wi t h h a n d c o p yi n g t h e a p o st oli c l ett e r s h a d a h e a v y w o r kl o a d. O u r m u c h v al u e d l ett e r will t h e n b e s u b mi tt e d t o t h e P o p e f o r hi s si g n a t u r e. I will h a v e t o g e t i t b a c k a n d s e n d i t t o t h e p a r t y i n c h a r g e of t hi s C a u s e – t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c. O nl y t h e n will m y w o r k b e c o m pl et e d. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- d e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 4 3 �E VE NT A m o m e nt o u s o c c a si o n f o r t h e C h u r c h i n C a n a d a B y R e v e r e n d J a c q u e s R o b e r g e, s u p e ri o r g e n e r al of t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c F oll o wi n g i s t h e s p e e c h d eli v e r e d b y t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c s u p e ri o r g e n e r al, C a n o n J a c q u e s R o b e r g e, a t t h e j oi n t p r e s s c o nf e r e n c e h el d b y t h e A r c h bi s h o p of Q u é b e c, C a r di n al G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x, a n d Si st e r L o ui s e G o s s eli n, M ot h e r S u p e ri o r G e n e r al of t h e U r s uli n e s C a n a di a n U ni o n, w h e n t h e c a n o ni z ati o n s of S ai nt M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n ati o n a n d S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al o n A p ril 3, 2 01 4 w e r e offi ci all y a n n o u n c e d. T o d a y’ s e v e nt i s a m o m e nt o u s o c c a si o n f o r t h e C a n a di a n c h u r c h, a n d e s p e ci all y f o r t h e C h u r c h i n o u r di o c e s e a n d f o r t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c. T h e c a n o ni z ati o n of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al i s a n e v e nt w e h a v e l o n g a w ai t e d a n d h o p e d t o s e e b e c o m e a r e ali t y. T h e p r o c e s s t h a t c ul mi n a t e d i n t o d a y’ s a n n o u n c e m e n t w a s b e g u n o n M a y 2, 1 8 8 0 b y M o n si g n o r El z é a r- Al e x a n d r e Ta s c h er e a u, Ar c h bi s h o p of Q u é b e c ( w h o w a s m a d e a C ar di n al i n 1 8 8 6). M o n si g n o r T a s c h e r e a u c r e a t e d a di o c e s a n a r c hi e pi s c o p al C o u r t at t h e ti m e, w hi c h w a s a s si g n e d t h e m a n d a t e of st u d yi n g t h e lif e a n d vi r t u e s of M o n si g n o r d e L a v al, a n d t h e mi r a cl e s a t t ri b u t e d t o hi s i n t e r c e s si o n. T hi s tri b u n al s at f or m or e t h a n t hr e e y e ar s, a n d it s fi n di n g s w e r e t h e n s e nt t o R o m e. T e n y e a r s l at e r – i n 1 8 9 0 – P o p e L e o XIII c o m pl et e d hi s st u d y of t h e fil e a n d si g n e d t h e d e cr e e i ntr o d u ci n g t h e C a u s e of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, at w hi c h p oi nt h e w a s gr a nt e d t h e titl e of V e n er a bl e. O n F e b r u a r y 2 8, 1 9 6 0, P o p e J o h n X XIII si g n e d a n e w d e c r e e r e c o g ni zi n g t h e h e r oi c vi r t u e s of t h e fi r st bi s h o p of N e w Fr a n c e. I n 1 9 8 0, P o p e J o h n P a ul II b e atifi e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. H e w a s t h e n r ef e r r e d t o a s Bl e s s e d a n d c o ul d b e r e v e r e d i n a m o r e wi d e s p r e a d c ul t u s. T o d a y, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al i s b ei n g c a n o ni z e d b y P o p e Fr a n ci s, w hi c h m e a n s h e h a s b e e n p r o cl ai m e d a n e x e m pl a r of e v a n g eli c al lif e a n d a p a st o r i n t h e u ni v e r s al C h u r c h, a n d hi s f e a st d a y, n o w p a r t of t h e c al e n d a r of s ai nt s, will b e c el e b r a t e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e u ni v e r s al C h u r c h. W e a r e t h e r ef o r e wi t n e s si n g, t o d a y, t h e c ul mi n a ti o n of a l o n g p r o c e s s i n v ol vi n g a n u m b e r of p a r ti ci p a nt s, i n cl u di n g t h e bi s h o p s of o u r di o c e s e, t h e bi o g r a p h e r s of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, t h e p o st ul at o r s a n d vi c e- p o st ul at o r s f o r t h e C a u s e, a n d – cl o s e r t o h o m e – t h o s e w h o r u n t h e C e n t r e d’ a ni m a ti o n Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al, w h o w o r k e d t o e n s u r e t h e fi r st bi s h o p of o u r di o c e s e w a s m o r e wi d el y k n o w n a n d l o v e d. Fr o m a m o n g t h e s e i n di vi d u al s, I w o ul d li k e t o r e c all t h e m e m o r y of t h e l at e M o n si g n o r G e o r g e s- É d o u a r d D e m e r s, w h o d e v o t e d a g o o d p a r t of hi s lif e t o w o r ki n g f o r t h e C a u s e of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. I w o ul d al s o li k e t o e m p h a si z e t h e w o r k of C a n o n J a c q u e s L e mi e u x, Vi c e- p o st ul a t o r f o r m o r e t h a n 3 0 y e a r s, w h o i s l o c all y b a s e d. W hil e P o p e Fr a n ci s’ a n n o u n c e m e n t t o d a y i s, t o s o m e e x t e n t, t h e f r ui t of o u r p r e d e c e s s o r s’ w o r k, i t p ri m a ril y c o nfi r m s t h e q u aliti e s Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s c o nt e m p o r a ri e s al w a y s s a w i n hi m. A s s o o n a s h e a r ri v e d i n N e w Fr a n c e, t h e y o u n g bi s h o p w a s a bl e t o t o u c h t h e h e a r t s of t h e f ait hf ul i n hi s di o c e s e. “I w o ul d s a y t h a t h e li v e s t h e lif e of a s ai n t a n d a n a p o s tl e, ” w r o t e M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n. “ T hi s i s a pi o u s m a n, ” s h e c o n ti n u e d, “ a f at h e r t o t h e p o o r a n d t h e p u bli c [ … ] H e gi v e s a w a y e v e r yt hi n g a n d li v e s a lif e of p o v e r t y – o n e c o ul d s a y t h a t h e i s e n d o w e d wi t h t h e s pi ri t of p o v e r t y. H e i s a d mi r e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u nt r y. ” R e v er e n d J a c q u es R o b er g e, s u p eri or g e n er al of t h e S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al al s o h a d a g r e a t l o v e f o r t h e si c k. H e li k e d t o vi sit t h e m at t h e H ôt el- Di e u, c o n s ol e t h e m, b e t h e r e f o r t h e m t h r o u g h t h ei r s uff e ri n g, a n d h el p t h e m a s m u c h a s h e c o ul d. Att e m pt s w e r e m a d e t o k e e p hi m a w a y f r o m t h e si c k, o u t of f e a r t h a t h e mi g h t c o n t r a c t s o m e d e a dl y di s e a s e o r o t h e r, b u t n o t hi n g c o ul d s t o p hi m o r h a m p e r hi s t r e m e n d o u s s pi ri t of c h a ri t y. F oll o wi n g hi s d e at h i n 1 7 0 8, t h e i nt e n d a nt w r ot e t h e c o u r t i n Fr a n c e: “I m m e di a t el y af t e r hi s d e a t h, t h e p e o pl e c a n oni z e d hi m, s o t o s p e a k, v e n e r a ti n g hi s c o r p s e a s i s d o n e f o r s ai nt s – c r o w d s c o n v e r g e d f r o m all o v e r w hil e hi s b o d y w a s e x p o s e d o n hi s b e d of s t a t e a n d i n t h e c h u r c h, t o t o u c h t h ei r r o s a ri e s t o hi m [ …] T h e y e v e n c u t off pi e c e s of hi s r o b e, w hi c h m a n y h a d pl a c e d i n sil v e r a n d t r e a t e d a s r eli c s. ” T h e fi r s t bi s h o p of N e w Fr a n c e, i m b u e d wi t h t h e g r a n d e v a n g eli c al vi r t u e s, w a s al s o a d y n a mi c, i n g e ni o u s, a n d a u d a ci o u s p a s t o r. U p o n a r ri vi n g i n a c o u n t r y w h e r e n ot hi n g h a d y et b e e n b uilt, h e f oll o w e d hi s i n s pi r ati o n a n d c e nt e r e d hi s mi s si o n o n hi s s e mi n a r y, w hi c h h e f o u n d e d i n 1 6 6 3. T h e S é mi n ai r e s e r v e d a d u al r ol e, a s a n i n sti t u t e f o r t r ai ni n g t h e cl e r g y a n d a s t h e h e a r t of t h e di o c e s e, a r e si d e n c e f o r all i t s p ri e st s. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s di o c e s e e n c o m p a s s e d t h e w h ol e of N o r t h A m e ri c a – wi t h n o p a ri s h b o u n d a ri e s. H e q ui c kl y r e ali z e d t h a t t o st a r t o u t b y s etti n g u p p a ri s h e s, e a c h wi t h i t s o w n r e si d e nt p ri e st, w o ul d b e p oi n tl e s s. T h e p o p ul a ti o n w a s t o o s p a r s e a n d t h e fi r s t i n h a bi t a n t s t o o p o o r t o b uil d c h u r c h e s a n d r e c t o ri e s f o r t h e p ri e st s t o li v e i n. T h e fi r st p ri e st s i n hi s S é mi n ai r e w e r e t h e r ef o r e mi s si o n a ri e s. T h e y t r a v el e d f r o m o n e r e gi o n t o a n ot h e r, vi si ti n g t h ei r fl o c k a n d a d mini st e ri n g t h e s a c r a m e nt s. T h e y r et u r n e d t o t h e S é mi n ai r e – t h ei r h o m e b a s e, s o t o s p e a k – t o r e c h a r g e, r e g ai n t h ei r st r e n g t h, a n d t h e n l e a v e a g ai n. T o m e e t t h e n e e d s of hi s S é mi n ai r e, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al h a d t h e d a ri n g a n d a c u m e n t o p u r c h a s e – wi t h hi s o w n f u n d s – t h e S ei g n e u ri e d e B e a u p r é a n d Îl e d’ O rl é a n s. H e ( C o n ti n u e d o n p a g e 5) 4 C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- d e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 4 �A m o m e nt o u s o c c a si o n f o r t h e C h u r c h i n C a n a d a ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 4) b e q u e a t h e d i t all t o hi s S é mi n ai r e, s o hi s s u c c e s s o r s c o ul d c o nti n u e hi s w o r k af t e r hi s d e a t h a n d s u p p o r t t h e c h u r c h h e h a d f o u n d e d. T o d a y’ s c a n o ni z a ti o n of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al i s t h e c ul mi n a ti o n of a l o n g p r o c e s s – a n d, a b o v e all, t h e st r o n g e st f o r m of e n c o u r a g e m e n t t o t h e p ri e st s a t t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c t o c o n ti n u e t hi s g r e a t h u m a n a n d s pi ri t u al a d v e nt u r e t h ei r f o u n d e r, n o w a s ai nt, e m b a r k e d u p o n i n 1 6 5 9 wi t h t h e p e o pl e of t hi s c o u n t r y. W e will w o r k t o m a k e hi m m o r e wi d el y k n o w n, c o n vi n c e d t h a t hi s fi r m a d h e r e n c e t o hi s f ai t h, hi s d et e r mi n a ti o n, a n d hi s d a ri n g will c o nti n u e t o i n s pi r e t h e w o m e n a n d m e n of t o d a y a s t h e y p u r s u e t h ei r mi s si o n: a n n o u n ci n g t h e G o o d N e w s W e t h e r ef o r e w el c o m e t hi s e v e nt – t h e c a n o ni z a ti o n s of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n – a s a n e x t r a o r di n a r y gif t b e st o w e d b y P o p e Fr a n ci s. H e off e r s t h e s e t w o f o u n di n g fi g u r e s of t h e C a n a di a n c h u r c h a s r ol e m o d el s t o d a y, e x e m plif yi n g f ait h a n d p e r s e v e r a n c e i n o u r mi s si o n, a s w ell a s l o v e f o r t h e p o o r, t h e si c k, a n d t h e li ttl e o n e s; a n d al s o a s m o d el e d u c a t o r s – i n s h o r t, g r a n d e x a m pl e s of C h ri sti a n lif e. Vi si t o u r e- s t o r e a t N o w a v ail a bl e at t h e C e nt r e w w w.f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m / e n gli s h / s h o p s o u v e ni r s1. h t ml B o o kl e t f o r t h e f e a s t of S t. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, M a y 6 D V D: F r a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e [ F r a n ç oi s, a p o s tl e f o r A m e ri c a ] T h e C C C B h a s u p d at e d t h e b o o kl et c o n s e cr at e d t o St. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. T hi s p u bli c ati o n n o w c o nt ai n s t h e Pr o p er of t h e M a s s, t e xt s f or t h e Lit ur g y of t h e W or d, n ot e s f or pr e p ari n g a h o mil y, m o niti o n s, a n d a n y n e w s u g g e sti o n s f or pr a y er s of r e p e nt a n c e, u ni v er s al pr a y er s, a n d c h a nt s. T hi s d o c u m e n t a r y p r e s e n t s F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, t h e fi r s t bi s h o p of Q u e b e c. P r o d u c e d i n 2 01 4 b y S al t a n d Li g ht , i n F r e n c h o nl y, 5 0 mi n u t e s. 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T hi s w a s t h e t o pi c e x pl o r e d o n M a y 21 of t hi s y e a r b y t h e R e v e r e n d Gill e s R o u t hi e r, d e a n of t h e F a c ul t y of t h e ol o g y a n d r eli gi o u s s t u di e s a t U ni v e r si t é L a v al. W hil e s killf ull y pl a yi n g o n t h e a m bi v al e n c e of t h e s e t w o t e r m s, t hi s C o u n cil of Tr e nt s p e ci ali st p r e s e nt e d a n e w – a n d u n til t h e n u n s e e n – h u m a n a n d s pi ri t u al di m e n si o n of o u r r e c e ntl y c a n o ni z e d s ai nt. T hi s e v e nt w a s o r g a ni z e d b y t h e F a c ul t y, i n c o nj u n c ti o n wi t h t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c a n d t h e M o n s ei g n e u r- d e L a v al r e s e a r c h c h ai r. 2- Pil g ri m a g e t o t h e t o m b of S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al O n J a n u a r y 1 of t hi s y e a r, M o n si g n o r A n d r é G a z aill e, bi s h o p of Ni c ol et di o c e s e, offi ci all y a n n o u n c e d t h e n a m e of a n e w p a ri s h c o m p ri si n g a n u m b e r of P ri n c e vill e c o m m u niti e s: Bi e n h e u r e u x- Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al [ Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al]. T h e c a n o ni z ati o n a n d t h e H ol y D o or pr o vi d e d t h e p a st or al t e a m wit h a n o p p ort u nit y t o l e a d a pil g ri m a g e t o hi s t o m b … n ot o n c e, b ut t wi c e: b y b u s a n d o n f o ot! A tr e k of r o u g hl y 1 0 0 kil o m et er s. 3 - Fr o m Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al … t o L a v al W e r e s p o n d e d t o t h e i n vi t a ti o n f r o m Bi e n h e u r e u xFr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al p a ri s h t o t r a v el t o … L a v al, s o S t. Fr a n ç oi s c o ul d b e p r e s e nt e d t o t h e f ai t hf ul d u ri n g v ari o u s c el e b r ati o n s a n d a c o nf e r e n c e o n O ct o b e r 1 8 a n d 1 9. T hi s pi c t u r e s h o w s a n u m b e r of y o u n g p e o pl e s u r r o u n di n g t h e al t a r, al o n g wi t h t h e c h ai r p e r s o n a n d “ M o n si g n o r d e L a v al ” d u ri n g t h e f a mil y M a s s i n S ai nt- Gill e s c h u r c h. O u r t h a n k s t o F a t h e r J e a n- Pi e r r e M e s si e r, t h e p a ri s h p ri e st, a n d J e a n ni n e C u st e a u f o r t h ei r w a r m w el c o m e a n d e x c ell e nt s u p p o r t. 4- A s p e ci al M a y 6 t hi s y e a r T h e f e a s t d a y of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al – M a y 6 – w a s i m b u e d wit h s p e ci al e m oti o n t hi s y e a r: T hi s w a s t h e fi r st M a s s s ai d f or S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, wit h C ar di n al G ér al d C. L a cr oi x pr e si di n g, a s w ell a s a n u m b er of g u e st s i n att e n d a n c e a n d tr e m e n d o u s p u bli c p arti ci p ati o n. 5 - T h e fi r s t S ai n t- Fr a n ç oi s- d e - L a v al p a ri s h M a y 6 of t hi s y e ar w a s al s o t h e d a y M o n si g n or G ér al d C. L a cr oi x a gr e e d t o a r e q u e st s et o ut i n a l ett er fr o m t h e p ari s h pri e st, w h o s o u g ht – o n b e h alf of t h e f ait hf ul – t o h a v e t h e p a ri s h n a m e Bi e n h e u r e u x- Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al, e st a bli s h e d b y M o n si g n or M a uri c e C o ut ur e, c h a n g e d t o S ai nt- Fr a n ç oi s- d e L a v al. I n t hi s pi ct u r e, t h e d e c r e e i s si g n e d i n t h e pr e s e n c e of C h a n c ell or J e a n Taill e ur, p ari s h pri e st Cl a u d e G a g n o n, M o n si g n or M a uri c e C o ut ur e a n d Hi s E mi n e n c e. 6 - T h a n k s gi vi n g M a s s i n Q u e b e c Ci t y T h e c a n o ni z a ti o n s of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n w e r e m a r k e d b y a g r a n d c el e b r a ti o n i n Q u e b e c Ci t y, a t t h e c a t h e d r al, o n M a y 1 8. T h e M a s s w a s s ai d b y t h e A r c h bi s h o p of Q u e b e c i n t h e p r e s e n c e of a p a p al r e p r e s e n t a ti v e, M o n si g n o r L ui gi B o n a z zi, A p o st oli c N u n ci o t o C a n a d a. 7- T h a n k s gi vi n g M a s s i n R o m e A g r o u p of 1 3 5 C a n a di a n pil g ri m s a c c e p t e d C a r di n al G é r al d C. L a c r oi x’ s i n vi t a ti o n t o j oi n a pil g ri m a g e – “I n t h e st e p s of S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d S ai n t M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n ” – t h a t t o o k t h e m fi r st t o Fr a n c e a n d t h e n t o R o m e f o r t h e T h a n k s gi vi n g M a s s s ai d b y P o p e Fr a n ci s o n O c t o b e r 1 2. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- d e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 4 7 �(Photo: Jean Duval) Update In 2006, Quebec artist Marius Dubois completed this fresco depicting François de Laval’s immense diocese and his love for the Natives. This was the culmination of an extensive series of orders intended to embellish the Immaculate Conception chapel in the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré basilica with representations of Marie de l’Incar­nation (2005), Catherine de Saint-Augustin (2004), Kateri Tekakwita (2003), and Brother André (2000). Only 20 days after the canonization, the artist added a halo. But we should not let this hectic pace defeat us; men have the capacity to destroy, but Our Lord’s hand is infinitely more powerful in building. We simply need to be faithful to Him and let His will be done. \. (Photos: Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHY Funeral chapel of Saint François de Laval ' 11 w Centre d’animation François-de Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: May 2015 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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By Jean Duval, Director Here’s our new graphic identifier for Saint François de Laval – most certainly the first one to take the form of a logo. We needed a symbol that would clearly identify events connected with him, as opposed to activities promoted by our Centre. The visual identifier that had long been in use was borrowed from portraits inspired by historical paintings. This rich, diversified iconography showed François de Laval in ceremonial garb, looking stiff and ill at ease… official poses that were less than ideal for dynamic promotion. anniversary of his death, when the Séminaire de Québec’s celebrations committee decided to reveal his human side. The committee quoted the words of Mr. de la Colombière: “the man whose life gave such pleasure to those who witnessed it, and whose memory will never die.” The Centre has been working since then to make François’s personal qualities and values more widely known. In looking to change the image of an austere, rigid man that had remained firmly anchored in people’s memories for generations, the Centre commissioned scenic artist Véronique Dumont, in 2013, to design the everyday, “ordinary” robe that our bishop would have worn in the 17 th century. After rigorous research, Ms. Dumont fashioned an authentic-looking garment that’s featured in the 2014 film François, Apôtre de l’Amérique [François, Apostle of America] , which shows our hero walking the paths of his route in his mozzetta, falling collar and Saturno hat. In early 2015, the Centre finally set out to create a graphic image for the newly canonized bishop – a bold idea, if ever there was one. We formed a working group that included a professional graphic artist – Steeve Lecours of Lecours Communication – and painter Daniel Abel, an ardent admirer of François de Laval who has created two portraits of him, including the one titled Saint Francois de Québec [Saint François of Québec]. Moreover, these works of art don’t reflect everything we know about this man. Much more has been discovered, in subsequent years, about his sense of justice, his complete trust in Providence, his determination, and his daring – especially in the jubilee year of 2008, marking the 300th Mr. Lecours invited us to view this as a three-pronged challenge – designing a very simple visual icon that would: a) help people understand the man, b) reflect Saint François’s values and mission, and c) leave a striking visual impression for easier recognition. We faced a number of harrowing choices in working to define our “message,” and decided to focus on expressing our apostle’s missionary vocation, revealing his great determination, providing a sense of the man as reflected (Continued on page 2) �New! (Continued from page 1) in his various actions, and finally, preserving his human dimension – an aspect often overlooked in our saints. Mr. Abel had to deal with all of these constraints and produce sketches for the weeks that followed. The job proved quite taxing for this talented artist, who was able to draw various aspects at different times, but was never completely satisfied with the result. He had trouble integrating all the chosen attributes into a single drawing – what remained elusive was “the angle.” So we all finally agreed to put the project on hold over the summer and come back to it with fresh eyes. “An idea should never be forced – we must learn to be humble and wait for it to happen,” said our artist. “Let’s think about it with our hearts instead of our heads.” (Photo : Daniel Abel) This worked out well, since Mr. Abel went back to his easel in September, with a new approach in mind: a departure from the known depictions of Msgr de Laval. He finally discovered “the angle” he had been looking for while reviewing pictures he had taken during the “making-of” for the 2014 film. “I came to realize that I had already grasped the essence of the man,” he says. His sketches quickly took shape from this inspiration, and he made corrections by highlighting or toning down some of the details. The head, clearly in profile, underscores the bishop’s determination, and the figure is looking to the right – which represents vision and a willingness to listen. His posture is modeled to suggest a pause (rather than an actual stop) – the time needed to let solutions evolve fully before any action is taken. The mozzetta and Saturno hat define him as a “working man,” always accessible and available… and the pectoral cross sets him apart from the rest of the clergy. Both of our specialists, however, see the stick he carries as “the key to reading the rest of the image.” This stick can be viewed as his crosier or, preferably, as a pilgrim’s staff. Incidentally, “François the pilgrim” quickly became the dominant reference for this logo. Jean-Michel Déry, who played the lead role in François de Laval, Apôtre de l’Amérique, 2014, Séminaire de Québec. Costume: Véronique Dumont. Mr. Lecours was tasked with converting the sketch into a graphic – an undertaking made just as daunting by other “highly technical” restrictions. Based on his recommendations and a few examples, we opted for a “line drawing” style, which would soften the image while giving it the look of an unfinished work. Omitting the details of François’s face, ears, eyes, and mouth, was a conscious decision, since the viewer can now enjoy visualizing him at any age or with any facial expression, without making comparisons to a known portrait. We chose a simple, classic font that’s easy to read, in any point size and medium, for the lettering. The choice of main color was obvious: in the world of art and graphic design, blue suggests the sea and the sky, while opening up horizons. The values associated with this color include peace, serenity, protection, loyalty, wisdom, and purity – all of which closely reflects what we know of our saint’s life. Our approach will now be validated by the passage of time, as well as people’s reactions and comments. Saint François de Laval Number 31 • December 2015 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. Executive Editor: Jean Duval Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 2 Copyeditor: D � aniel Abel Steeve Lecours Stéphanie Poirier Martina de Vries Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2015 Reviser: Martina de Vries Graphic design : Lecourscommunication.com Print run : �2,500 copies, available in French and English We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �HI S T O R Y T h e offi ci al l ett e r of c a n o ni z ati o n W h e n h e r et ur n e d fr o m R o m e l a st S e pt e m b er aft er c o m pl eti n g hi s m a n d at e a s p o st ul at or f or t h e c a u s e of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s c a n o ni z ati o n, F at h e r R o g e r L a b e r g e, R S V, p r e s e nt e d t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c wit h t h e o nl y c o p y of t h e d e c r e e c e rtif yi n g t hi s c a n o ni z ati o n, h a n d w ritt e n i n L ati n a n d b e a ri n g t h e si g n at u r e a n d s e al of P o p e F r a n ci s. H e r e i s a t r a n sl a ti o n f r o m t h e F r e n c h v e r si o n p r o d u c e d b y M s g r A r m a n d G a g n é, C h a pl ai n t o Hi s H oli n e s s, f o r m e r a r c hi vi s t f o r t h e A r c h di o c e s e o f Q u é b e c. W e t h a n k hi m f o r a c c e pti n g t o h a v e hi s t r a n sl ati o n p u bli s h e d. A P O S T O LI C L E T T E R S F o r t h e e q ui v al e n t c a n o ni z a ti o n of Bl e s s e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al BI S H O P F R A N Ç OI S SE RVA NT OF T HE SE RVA NTS OF G O D I N PE RPET U AL ME M O RY “ G o t h e r ef o r e a n d m a k e di s ci pl e s of all n ati o n s, b a pti zi n g t h e m i n t h e n a m e of t h e F a t h e r a n d of t h e S o n a n d of t h e H ol y S pi rit, t e a c hi n g t h e m t o o b s e r v e all t h at I h a v e c o m m a n d e d y o u. ” ( M a tt h e w 2 8:1 9- 2 0) Wi t h t h e s e w o r d s of t h e H ol y S pi ri t i n hi s e a r s, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al c o n t e m pl a t e d gi vi n g hi m s elf t o G o d a n d g oi n g f o r t h t o s p r e a d t h e H ol y G o s p el, i n b ot h hi s c o u nt r y of o ri gi n, Fr a n c e, a n d t h e u n k n o w n r e gi o n s of N o r t h A m e ri c a – p r e s e n t- d a y C a n a d a – w h e r e h e s et o u t t o f o u n d t h e Q u e b e c C h u r c h. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s b or n o n A pril 3 0, 1 6 2 3, i n M o nti g n ys u r- A v r e, p a r t of t h e di o c e s e of C h a r t r e s. A s a n a s pi r a nt t o t h e cl e r g y, h e w a s t o n s u r e d a n d r e c ei v e d t h e c a s s o c k a t t h e a g e of 9 w h e n h e fi r st a tt e n d e d t h e J e s ui t C oll e g e of L a Fl è c h e, w h e r e h e s u c c e s sf ull y c o m pl et e d hi s st u di e s i n L ett e r s a n d P hil o s o p h y. I n 1 6 41, a t t h e a g e of 1 9 y e a r s, h e w a s a d mi tt e d t o a n o t h e r J e s ui t r u n e st a bli s h m e n t – Cl e r m o n t C oll e g e of P a ri s – t o c o m pl et e hi s t h e ol o gi c al t r ai ni n g, a n d w a s o r d ai n e d o n M a y 1, 1 6 4 7. T hi s 2 4- y e a rol d p ri e st i m m e di a t el y b e g a n t o p r a c ti c e hi s mi ni st r y i n P a ri s a n d j oi n e d a g r o u p of f ell o w cl e r g y m e n i n 1 6 51, t o f o r m a S o ci et y of C o m m o n Lif e a n d b e c o m e i t s s pi ri t u al m o d e r a t o r. O n D e c e m b e r 7, 1 6 4 8, hi s bi s h o p a p p oi n t e d hi m A r c h d e a c o n of É v r e u x a n d i n 1 6 4 9, h e w a s g r a n t e d hi s Li c e n ti a t e i n C a n o n L a w – a r e q ui r e m e nt f o r p e rf o r mi n g hi s a r c h d e a c o n d u ti e s – a t t h e U ni v e r si t y of P a ri s. H e p r a c ti c e d hi s mi ni st r y a s b e st h e c o ul d f o r fi v e y e a r s, vi siti n g p a ri s h e s a n d, t h r o u g h hi s p r e a c hi n g, e n c o u r a gi n g t h e f ai t hf ul t o p e r s e v e r e i n t h ei r b eli ef. I n 1 6 5 3, t h e C o u n cil of C o n s ci e n c e s et u p b y Q u e e n M ot h er A n n e of A u s t ri a, p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e H ol y S e e a p p oi n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a p o st oli c vi c a r t o T o n ki n. T hi s d e ci si o n w a s s et a si d e i n 1 6 5 4, w h e n P o r t u g al r e cl ai m e d t h e t e r ri t o r y a n d i t s ri g ht s t o t h e T o n ki n mi s si o n. H o w e v e r, t h e n e w ki n g, L o ui s XI V, w a s m o v e d b y h u m a ni t a ri a n a n d s pi ri t u al r e a s o n s t o a s k t h e A p o st oli c S e e, o n J a n u a r y 2 6, 1 6 5 7, t o s e n d a n a p o s t oli c vi c a r t o t h e f a r- off l a n d s of N e w Fr a n c e. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s t h e r ef o r e a p p oi n t e d Bi s h o p of P e t r a i n p a r ti b u s b y P o p e Al e x a n d e r VII, o n A p ril 1 3, 1 6 5 8. H e l ef t f o r Q u é b e c Ci t y, t h e c a pi t al of N e w Fr a n c e, o n J u n e 1 6 of t h e f oll o wi n g y e a r, t o s e t u p hi s e pi s c o p al s e e. T h e f e w Fr e n c h C a t h oli c s ettl e r s w h o p o p ul a t e d t h e v a st l a n d of C a n a d a w e r e o u t n u m b e r e d b y s e v e r al i n di g e n o u s p a g a n t ri b e s w h o w e r e a tt r a c t e d b y t h e t r a d e i n s pi ri t s, hit h e r t o u n k n o w n t h e r e. Of t h e f e w r eli gi o u s c o m m u niti e s al s o p r e s e nt, s o m e h a d diffi c ul t y c o n g r e g a ti n g b e c a u s e of t h e l o n g di s t a n c e b e t w e e n t h ei r mi s si o n s a n d t h e c a pi t al. I n s pi r e d b y hi s a p o st oli c z e al, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al s e t o u t t o r e s ol v e t h e s e di ffi c ul ti e s b y f o u n di n g t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c o n M a r c h 1 6, 1 6 6 3. Hi s i nt e nt w a s t o e x p a n d t h e s c o p e of p a s t o r al a c ti vi t y b o t h i n t h e i n h a bi t e d a r e a a n d wi t hi n hi s a p o s t oli c vi c a ri a t e b y s e n di n g di o c e s a n p ri e s t s a n d cl e ri c s – m o s t of t h e m J e s ui t s – t o f o u n d n e w mi s si o n s i n a v a s t t e r ri t o r y e n c o m p a s si n g A c a di a a n d t h e G r e a t L a k e s r e gi o n, a n d r e a c hi n g a s f a r s o u t h a s w h a t w a s t h e n N e w E n gl a n d, t h r o u g h t h e Mi s si s si p pi V all e y. T h r o u g h t hi s g e s t u r e, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al all o w e d p ri e s t s a n o p p o r t u ni t y t o r et u r n t o t h e S é mi n ai r e p e ri o di c all y, t h u s m ai nt ai ni n g t h e di o c e s a n cl e r g y o n a n o n g oi n g b a si s. ( C o n ti n u e d o n p a g e 4) C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 5 3 �T h e offi ci al l ett e r of c a n o ni z ati o n ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 3) Hi s i nt e n sif yi n g f a ti g u e a n d i nfi r mi t y – r e s ul ti n g f r o m hi s o n e r o u s p a st o r al d u ti e s, s u c h a s vi si ti n g p a ri s h e s i n hi s v a s t di o c e s e ( c r e a t e d i n 1 6 7 4) – p o r t e n d e d si g nifi c a n t c h all e n g e s. P r o m p t e d b y hi s s ol e d e si r e – t h e g r e a t e r g o o d of t h e C h u r c h e nt r u st e d t o hi m – Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al d e ci d e d, i n all h u mili t y, t o r e si g n hi s d u ti e s a s Bi s h o p of Q u é b e c i n 1 6 8 4, t o m a k e w a y f o r a y o u n g e r bi s h o p w h o c o ul d t a k e o n t h e r e s p o n si bili ti e s of t h e g r o wi n g di o c e s e h e h a d b uil t o n s u c h a st r o n g, st u r d y f o u n d a ti o n. Hi s s u c c e s s o r, J e a n- B a pti st e d e L a C r oi x d e C h e v ri è r e s d e S ai nt V alli e r, a p p oi nt e d bi s h o p i n 1 6 8 7, r e c o g ni z e d t h e a c c o m pli s h m e nt s of hi s l a u d a bl e pr e d e c e s s or – e s s e nti all y, t h e f o u n di n g of a di o c e s a n s e mi n a r y – y e t b eli e v e d c e r t ai n c h a n g e s w e r e n e e d e d. W hil e c o m m e n di n g t h e v e n er a bl e S er v a nt of G o d w h o, s u st ai n e d b y hi s l o v e f or t h e Q u é b e c C h u r c h t h a t h e – wi t h s u c h g r e a t eff o r t – w o r k e d t o f o u n d a n d d e v el o p, W e g r a n t hi s s u c c e s s o r a n e q u al m e a s u r e of r e s p e c t, t h u s affi r mi n g hi s p ri n ci p al vi r t u e s: h u mili t y a n d a m ut u al att a c h m e nt t o t h e Q u é b e c C h u r c h. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al hi m s elf f ell vi c ti m t o t h e e pi d e mi c of 1 7 0 2. U p o n r e c o v e r y, s u st ai n e d b y t h e c o mf o r t of i nt e n s e a n d al m o st c o nti n u e d pr a y er, h e d e v ot e d hi m s elf t o c a ri n g f o r ot h e r s w h o w e r e si c k, d e s pit e t h e f ati g u e a n d t r e m e n d o u s ri s k t o hi s h e al t h. N o t wi t h s t a n di n g hi s g r a n d a g e a n d di s r e g a r d f o r hi s o w n h e al t h, h e t r a v ell e d f e arl e s sl y a s f ar a s M o ntr é al, t o a d mi ni st er t h e s a cr a m e nt of c o nfi r m a ti o n a n d, o n c e a g ai n, c o mf o r t hi s s pi ri t u al s o n s. H e s p e n t hi s l a st y e a r s a t t h e S e mi n a r y h e h a d f o u n d e d, i n c o m pl et e d ef er e n c e t o t h e c o m m u nit y S u p eri or, d e di c a ti n g hi m s el f u n r e mi t ti n gl y t o p r a y e r a n d c o n t e m pl a ti o n, o bli vi o u s t o all p a s t h o n o r s b e s t o w e d o n hi m. H e w a s p r e p a ri n g t o t a k e hi s pl a c e i n H e a v e n. A n d t h e n, i n f ull c o n s ci o u s n e s s, aft er r e c ei vi n g t h e C h ur c h’ s l a st s a cr a m e nt s, h e f ell i nt o a n et e r n al sl e e p a n d j oi n e d t h e L o r d o n M a y 6, 1 7 0 8, at t h e a g e of 8 5, l e a vi n g a n ot e d l e g a c y of h oli n e s s. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al d e v ot e d all of hi s e n e r g y t o s e r vi n g t h e fl o c k e nt r u st e d t o hi m, s h o wi n g a n u n c e a si n g a n d w h oll y p at e r n al c h a rit y t o hi s f oll o w e r s t h r o u g h o ut hi s t e n u r e a s bi s h o p. H e l e d hi s fl o c k a s a g e n ui n e s h e p h e r d w o ul d d o, s h o wi n g t h e m t h e p at h t o f oll o w b y i n viti n g t h e f ait hf ul t o a c t a s t r u e s o n s of G o d, t h r o u g h t h ei r o b s e r v a n c e of t h e t e a c hi n g s of J e s u s C h ri s t. T hi s m a n of p r a y e r, wi t h hi s d e e p, a bi di n g f ai t h, w o ul d st a r t hi s d a y e x t r e m el y e a rl y. Af t e r r e ci ti n g hi s Di vi n e Offi c e a n d c el e b r a ti n g M a s s, h e w o ul d s p e n d l o n g h o u r s i n e xt e n d e d a d o r ati o n b ef o r e t h e E u c h a ri s ti c p r e s e n c e. T hi s c o u r a g e o u s a n d i n t r e pi d p a s t o r w a s a g e n ui n e d e f e n d e r of h u m a n f r e e d o m, a g g r e s si v el y a n d f e a rl e s sl y o p p o si n g t h e s al e of s pi rit s t o A m e ri n di a n s – a v e ri t a bl e s o ci al s c o u r g e a t t h e ti m e. Hi s e x e m pl a r y h u mili t y a n d u nfl a g gi n g z e al h a v e c o n ti n u e d t o d efi n e hi m a s a r ol e m o d el f o r b o t h t h e bi s h o p s w h o s u c c e e d e d hi m i n Q u é b e c, a n d all t h o s e w h o h a v e u n d e r t a k e n p a st o r al d u ti e s i n t h e C h u r c h. T hi s S e r v a n t of G o d’ s r e p u t a ti o n f o r h oli n e s s r e m ai n s ali v e t o t hi s d a y. I n 1 8 7 8, t h e di o c e s a n i n q ui r y w a s o p e n e d a n d r e c o g ni z e d b y t h e d e c r e e a u t h o ri zi n g i nt r o d u c ti o n of t h e c a u s e i n 1 8 9 0. T h e p r o g r e s s of t hi s c a u s e w a s d el a y e d, h o w e v e r, b y t h e w a r s w a g e d i n t h e 2 0 t h c e nt u r y, u ntil Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s n a m e w a s a d d e d t o t h e li st of Bl e s s e d s o n J u n e 2 2, 1 9 8 0. Si n c e hi s v e n e r ati o n a s t h e F a t h e r of t h e C a n a di a n C h u r c h, h o w e v e r, t h e e pi s c o p a c y, cl e r g y, a n d l a y p e r s o n s of hi s a d o pt e d c o u nt r y h a v e u n r e mi t ti n gl y a n d p r e s si n gl y s o u g h t hi s c a n o ni z a ti o n. O u r c e r t ai nt y i s t h e r ef o r e fi r ml y e st a bli s h e d t h r o u g h t h e r e p u t a ti o n f o r h oli n e s s a n d f o r f a v o r s c o n ti n u o u sl y o b t ai n e d t h r o u g h hi s i n t e r c e s si o n, w hi c h e n ri c h e s t h e m e m o r y of t hi s e x e m pl a r y p a st o r. W e w e r e, a t t hi s p oi nt, willi n g t o c o n s ul t t h e C a n a di a n C o nf e r e n c e of C a t h oli c Bi s h o p s, O u r m u c h- b el o v e d b r o t h e r s – G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x, M e t r o p oli t a n A r c h bi s h o p o f Q u é b e c, a n d M a r c O u ell et, P r ef e c t of t h e C o n g r e g a ti o n f o r Bi s h o p s – a s w ell a s t h e ot h e r p r el a t e s a n d r e q ui si t e e c cl e si a sti c al i n stit uti o n s. W e h a v e t h e r ef o r e o r d e r e d t h e a d v a n c e m e nt of t hi s m a tt e r, i n f ull k n o wl e d g e of t h e o pi ni o n e x p r e s s e d b y O u r B r o t h e r C a r di n al A n g el o A m a t o, P r ef e c t of t h e C o n g r e g a ti o n f o r t h e C a u s e s of S ai nt s. O n c e t h e P o si ti o f or e q ui v al e nt c a n o ni z ati o n h a d b e e n s u b mitt e d, c ar di n al s a n d bi s h o p s g r a n t e d t h ei r a s s e n t w h e n t h e y c a m e t o g et h e r i n O r di n a r y S e s si o n o n A p ril 1, 2 01 4. ( C o n ti n u e d o n p a g e 5) H a n d writt e n L ati n t e xt, p o s si bl y i n c uttl efi s h i n k, fr a m e d i n g ol d, a n d p ri nt e d a s a f oli o (1 2 p a g e s) o n p a r c h m e nt stit c h e d t o g et h e r i nt o a c o d e x ( 21 c m x 31 c m). 4 C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 5 �T h e offi ci al l ett e r of c a n o ni z ati o n ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 4) H a vi n g w ei g h e d all f a c t o r s a n d i n v o k e d t h e n a m e of G o d wi t h c e r t ai nt y of mi n d, W e t h e r ef o r e o r d e r, o n A p ril 3 of t hi s y e a r, t h at t h e c ult u s f o r t hi s e x e m pl a r y di s ci pl e of G o d b e m ai nt ai n e d a n d h e r e aft e r e xt e n d e d t o t h e u ni v e r s al C h u r c h. W e si mil a rl y d e c r e e, b y vi r t u e of O u r a p o st oli c a u t h o ri t y, f o r e x al t a ti o n of t h e f ai t h a n d t h e e x p a n si o n of C h ri sti a n lif e, t h a t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al i s n o w a s ai nt, a n d W e o r d e r hi s n a m e t o b e r e c o r d e d i n t h e C a t al o g u e of S ai nt s, t h a t h e b e t h e o bj e c t of pi o u s d e v oti o n, a n d i n cl u d e d a m o n g t h e s ai nt s of t h e u ni v e r s al C h u r c h. Fi n all y, w e wi s h t h e s e d eli b e r ati o n s t o b e fi r m, i m m ut a bl e, a n d i r r e v o c a bl e. W e wi s h t h e m t o b e j o y o u sl y a n d g r at ef ull y r e c ei v e d b y t h e p a st o r s of t h e H ol y C h u r c h a n d t h ei r f ai t hf ul, w h o, i n li g ht of S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s vi r t u e s a n d s pi rit u al wi s d o m, will, i n f ull c o nfi d e n c e, gi v e t h e m s el v e s u p t o t h e c r u cifi e d C h ri st, t h e S o n of G o d a n d t h e R e d e e m e r, a n d b e a bl e t o a d v a n c e j o yf ull y al o n g t h e p at h s of h oli n e s s, e m ul ati n g t h e e x a m pl e s a n d w o n d e r s of hi s o w n h oli n e s s, i n c o m m u ni o n wi t h S ai nt s P et e r a n d P a ul, t h e a p o stl e s, a n d all t h e ot h e r s ai nt s i n H e a v e n. I s s u e d i n R o m e, i n t h e vi ci ni t y of S ai nt P et e r, o n A p ril 3 i n t h e Y e a r of O u r L o r d 2 01 4, t h e s e c o n d of O u r P o ntifi c a t e. I, Fr a n ci s Bi s h o p of t h e C a t h oli c C h u r c h M a r c ell o R o s s etti, A p o st oli c P r ot o n ot a r y T h e d o c u m e nt b e a r s t h e p a p al s e al, a s w ell a s, at all ti m e s, t h e n a m e s of S ai nt P e t e r a n d S ai n t P a ul, al o n g wi t h t h e n a m e of t h e i n c u m b e n t P o p e. G r a ci n g t h e c o v e r of t hi s d o c u m e nt i s t h e c o at of a r m s of P o p e F r a n ci s. T O O R D E R: c e n t r e @f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m D eli v e r y: 4 o p e n b ui s n e s s - d a y s S hi p pi n g a n d h a n dli n g n o t i n cl u d e d A v ail a bl e at t h e C e nt r e O T H E R A R TI C L E S O N O U R W E B SI T E: h t t p: / / w w w.f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m / e n gli s h / É c ri t s s pi ri t u el s d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al [ S pi ri t u al W ri ti n g s of F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al ] B y M s gr H er m a n n Gi g u èr e, P. H., 2 01 4, 21 2 p. (i n Fr e n c h o nl y) Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al i s pri m aril y k n o w n a s a st e a df a st bi s h o p a n d a gr e at b uil d er. W hil e hi s l e g a c y t o d a y c o m pri s e s m o stl y of fi ci al writi n g s r el at e d t o hi s d uti e s, c ert ai n p a s s a g e s r e v e al hi m t o b e a w a r m a n d c o r di al m a n, hi g hl y s oli cit o u s of hi s fl o c k, w h o b eli e v e d t h at pr a y er s h o ul d pr e c e d e a cti o n. T hi s i s r e v e al e d b y M s g r H e r m a n n Gi g u è r e, P. H., p r of e s s o r e m e ri t u s of s pi ri t u al t h e ol o g y a n d hi st o r y of s pi rit u alit y at t h e F a c ult y of t h e ol o g y a n d r eli gi o u s st u di e s of U ni v e r sit é L a v al ( Q u é b e c). H e i s af fili at e d wit h t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, w h e r e h e s e r v e d a s s u p e ri o r g e n er al fr o m 2 0 0 2 t o 2 01 2. P RI C E: $ 25 ( t a x e s n o n i n cl u d e d) D V D: F r a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e [ F r a n ç oi s, A p o s tl e of A m e ri c a ] T hi s d o c u m e n t a r y p r e s e n t s F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, t h e fi r s t bi s h o p of Q u é b e c. P r o d u c e d i n 2 01 4 b y S al t a n d Li g ht , i n F r e n c h o nl y, 5 0 mi n u t e s. P RI C E: $ 1 9. 9 5 ( t a x e s n o n i n cl u d e d) C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 5 5 �E VE NT A m aj o r fi r st W e a r e pl e a s e d t o a n n o u n c e – wit h a g r e at d e al of q ui e t p ri d e – t h e p u bli c a ti o n of a b o o k ti tl e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, hi s lif e a n d ti m e s , t h e fir st E n gli s h l a n g u a g e r ef e r e n c e w o r k o n t h e li f e of S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al, his lif e a n d ti m es, Gill es B ur e a u, 2 0 1 5, S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c, 2 9 4 p a g es. I S N B 9 7 8- 2- 9 8 1 2 9 5 7- 2- 9, $ 2 5. T hi s h a n d s o m e v ol u m e i s a t r a n sl a ti o n of Fr a n c oi s d e L a v al e t s o n é p o q u e , a h u g el y s u c c e s sf ul w or k writt e n b y M r. B u r e a u t h a t w a s p u bli s h e d i n 2 011. T hi s v e r si o n h a s b e e n r e vi e w e d a n d e x p a nd e d o n b y C a r di n al G ér ar d C y pri e n L a cr oi x, Ar c h bi s h o p of Q u é b e c, w h o al s o w r o t e t h e p r ef a c e. Si n c e t hi s w o r k al s o d e al s wi t h t h e hi s t o r y (i n cl u di n g r eli gi o u s hi st o r y) of N e w Fr a n c e, t h e c h oi c e of t r a n sl a t o r w a s v e r y i m p o r t a nt. W e u n c o v e r e d a g e m i n t h e p e r s o n of B e nj a mi n W at er h o u s e, a f or m er tr a n sl at or i n t h e L e gi sl ati v e aff ai r s b r a n c h of t h e Q u é b e c N a ti o n al A s s e m bl y ( w h e r e h e w o r k e d f o r a d e c a d e o r s o) w h o h a s c o nt ri b u t e d t o a n u m b e r of p r e sti gi o u s hi st o ri c al w o r k s. M r. W at e r h o u s e i s r e c o g ni z e d t o d a y f o r hi s k n o wl e d g e a n d i m m e n s e m u si c al t al e nt, a m o n g ot h e r gif t s. E VE NT O u r c h o s e n a u t h o r a n d hi s c o p y e di t o r, M a r ti n a d e Vri e s, w or k e d v er y c ar ef ull y, s e e ki n g t o a d a pt t h e t e xt – ori gi n all y w ritt e n f o r Fr e n c h- s p e a ki n g r e a d e r s – t o t h e A n gl o- S a x o n c ul t u r e. T hi s d eli c a t e t a s k c all e d f o r m u c h ti m e a n d r e s e a r c h, a n d w e e x t e n d o u r t h a n k s t o t h e m. E v e r y m a n t o hi s o w n t r a d e! A s a n a r c hi vi st, I p a r ti c ul a rl y a d mi r e a u t h o r s w h o – li k e y o u, M r. B u r e a u – a r e c all e d u p o n t o s u m m a ri z e a c o pi o u s a m o u n t of i nf o r m a ti o n, i n t e r p r e t t h e f a c t s wi t h o u t di s t o r ti n g t h e m, w ei g h e a c h c o m m e nt c a r ef ull y, a s s u m e a t e a c hi n g r ol e b y p r o vi di n g i nf o r m a ti o n w h e r e o t h e r s si m pl y a s s u m e e xi sti n g k n o wl e d g e, i n t e r s p e r s e t h e w o r k wi t h vi s u al s (ill u st r a ti o n s, m a p s, p o r t r ai t s) t h a t m a y p r o v e u s ef ul o r n e c e s s a r y, p r e s e nt t h e s u bj e c t m att e r i n a r e a d a bl e f o r m, et c. – a n d d o t hi s n ot o n c e, b ut o v e r a n d o v e r a g ai n i n w o r k s d e ali n g wit h v a ri o u s t o pi c s … s o m e ti m e s i n a w hi rl wi n d of a c ti vi t y! Y o u h a v e d o n e h o n o r t o t hi s i m m e n s e t a s k, r e vi si ti n g a t o w e ri n g fi g u r e of hi st o r y … s o t a k e a b o w! Pi e r r e L af o nt ai n e, a r c hi vi st f o r t h e A r c h di o c e s e of Q u é b e c Cit y ( P h o t o : F eli c e) C ar di n al G ér al d C y pri e n L a cr oi x i ntr o d u c es a ut h or a n d hist ori a n Gill es B ur e a u t o P o p e Fr a n cis at t h e c a n o ni z ati o n M ass of T h a n ks gi vi n g s ai d i n St. P et er’s B asili c a i n t h e V ati c a n, o n O ct o b er 1 2, 2 0 1 4. Fi n e q u ali t y a r t p ri n t s ( gi cl é e s) of S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c I n r e s p o n s e t o a n u m b e r of r e q u e s t s, w e h a v e r e p r o d u c e d t h e p ai n ti n g ti tl e d S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c , w hi c h w a s c r e at e d e a rli e r t hi s y e a r b y a r ti st D a ni el A b el. O n e h u n d r e d c o pi e s of e a c h of t h e s e t w o hi g h q u alit y e di ti o n s a r e p ri nt e d o n A r c h e p a p e r, n u m b e r e d, si g n e d a n d st a m p e d b y t h e a r ti st. E a c h gi cl é e c o m e s wi t h i t s o w n c e r tifi c a t e of a u t h e nti ci t y a n d t w o d o c u m e nt s s u m m a ri zi n g t h e a r ti st’ s w o r k a n d lif e. L a r g e si z e: $1 5 0 M e di u m: 2 6 ” x 31 1 / 2 ” ( 6 6 c m x 7 9 c m) /I m a g e: 2 3 ” x 2 8 ” ( 5 8 c m x 71 c m) S m all: $ 7 5 M e di u m: 1 3’’ x 1 8’’ ( 3 3 c m x 4 6 c m) /I m a g e: 11’’ x 1 5’’ ( 2 8 c m x 3 8 c m) 6 C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 5 �E VE NT P h ot o Al b u m ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) 2 ( P h o t o : J a cl y n Li p p el m a n n) 1 ( P h o t o : Y a n D o u bl e t) 4 3 1 - T h e 2 01 5 e diti o n of L e s F êt e s d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e ( N e w Fr a n c e F e sti v al) i n Q u é b e c Ci t y m a r k e d t h e a r ri v al of t r o o p s f r o m t h e C a ri g n a n- S ali è r e s R e gi m e nt a n d t h e Ki n g’ s D a u g ht e r s. A g u e st a t t hi s p a r a d e w a s H e n ri d e B e r ni è r e s, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s t r a v el c o m p a ni o n, w h o b e c a m e t h e fi r s t S u p e ri o r of t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c a n d i n a u g u r al p a s t o r of N o t r e- D a m e- d e- Q u é b e c p a ri s h. I n t hi s pi c t u r e a r e É ri c C o u t u r e a n d D a wi d B o z el k o. 2- C a r di n al G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x a n d J e a n Fr a n ç oi s L a pi e r r e t a k e a f e w m o m e n t s f o r c o n t e m pl a ti o n a t t h e t o m b of S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, b ef o r e t h e o r di n ati o n t o t h e t r a n si e nt di a c o n at e h el d o n A u g u st 2 9, 2 01 5, i n t h e Q u é b e c Ci t y c a t h e d r al. 3 - A s u p e r b p h o t o of t h e M s g r d e L a v al M o n u m e n t j u x t a p o s e d wi t h t h e “ bl o o d m o o n, ” t a k e n o n S e p t e m b e r 2 7 of t hi s y e a r. P h o t o g r a p h e r: Y a n D o u bl et of Q u é b e c Ci t y’ s L e S ol eil n e w s p a p e r. ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) 4- T h e n ati o n al s a n ct u a r y S ai nt J o h n P a ul II of t h e W a s hi n gt o n di o c e s e h a s r e c e n tl y c o m pl e t e d m aj o r r e n o v a ti o n s, i n cl u di n g i n si d e t h e R eli q u a r y C h a p el. O n O c t o b e r 2 w a s c o n s e c r a t e d t h e n e w al t a r w hi c h c o n t ai n s a r eli c of S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d t h e r eli c s of t e n m o r e s ai nt s li n k e d t o S ai nt J o h n P a ul II o r t h e e v a n g eli z ati o n of t h e N o r t h- A m e ri c a n c o nti n e nt. 5 5 - O n J u n e 2 8 of t hi s y e a r, F a t h e r J uli e n G uill o t w a s p r e s e n t e d wi t h t hi s “ M o s t H ol y Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al ” v o ti v e li g h t, f a s hi o n e d b y c r af t s p e r s o n A n n e D u s a ul t of S ai nt e- M a ri e- d e- B e a u c e, i n g r a ti t u d e f o r t h e mi ni st r y a t N o t r e- D a m e- d e- Q u é b e c p a ri s h ( s t ai n e d gl a s s, oil v a r ni s h, I t ali a n g ol d ( 2 2 k) ill u mi n a ti o n, g ol d a n d sil v e r p o w d e r). C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 5 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHY Laval Monument by Louis-Philippe Hébert, Québec City, 1908 1665 reception given by Msgr de Laval for the Marquis of Tracy and Intendant Talon This painting shows Scene 10 of a pageant presented at the Québec City tricentennial celebrations on the Plains of Abraham. This scene is one of a group of six works created by Frank Craig to illustrate The King’s Book of Québec, published in Ottawa by Mortimer Co. Limited in 1911. The King’s Book of Québec makes reference to the 1908 festivities that culminated in a grand historic reenactment of key episodes in Canada’s history, from 1608 to 1908. Frank Craig (1874-1918) Oil on canvas (1908-1911) Library and Archives Canada/C-010621 Instructions to missionaries, 1668 May they (the missionaries) strive to avoid the opposing ends of the spectrum that should be feared in those who work to convert souls: an excess of hope or of despair. Those who pin their hopes too high are often the first to despair of everything when faced with the major challenges inherent in this enterprise (converting the Infidels), which is God’s work rather than the affair of men.. Source: Les écrits spirituels de François de Laval [The Spiritual Writings of François de Laval], Msgr Hermann Giguère, P.H., 2014, p. 62. Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: May 2016 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 31 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-2 : <em>New!</em> by Jean Duval : New graphic identifier of the Centre d'animation<br />p. 3-5 : The official letter of canonization by Pope Francis<br />p. 5-7 : News<br />p. 8 : Iconography : Painting of the 1665 reception given by Msgr de laval for the Marquis de Tracy and Intendant Talon by Frank Craig Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>Read the <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/6999">whole text </a>of this Newsletter</span> Brèves Oeuvres d’art https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/0c92a2e6c92e2959b9ba4409bf65fe9f.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=jXl4NCyMohoX7dOMrPP1rnhkKpS7vaZBvTb6Kvel-uLAmHH9E5PNNhEV1tbYvaOgDtFATC65Vh3OOKlfOO--Cq-hVmfcflBkv6L8LU1SZ4jhdlvHsfXkjxlIrpcRV0zObSuX6pDZs6lxoBqcQjFfhvs-W5QaOVDMzrbFS-uuK3FaAuQVUri28Qnbjcf9LlbDwNGr9kmED84M7PZrhjlVW4ks45pgdQOsyeNgrUCcoyknE3YNIfPb46O6XACBRzmmEpYvR7UlY4C4jGoPrn-idqvwgF6G2uv-m%7ErydEVKftkoyp4hKji2bRAT9XzpL9I2lFVyiMzPNAbDQghry-oqYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 76dbef83b49fb01da48d4dde9bab3687 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/c6ca3dd9e352f0ca5ad8c1b70fc64cb2.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=VcGa8-DOee0lG3GpQx9qJjvej1AmDshH9A5gDGuaIVL6fOqex9H0DHuy1-k4ClegXohkmPwcuQCRlOAVp4rBm2egnSysS8HjMZsukcYBh7thAFVKd4wOw%7EV6SM-XAmMNxen-NPcDgAOP02GZfRgHWIE-Xo7H1cByBYjt1qR95OlZL38Kc0wYfCZIwm1fN12rVHy16p%7EwsIotELccz1XASbEeVqpxjh89t3zh1AhBx8gQ7jRAeJCPGNP1DwTg-lRCNXF90FHa5szlKphYKosv7tllFRALlMZN%7E37C3mdAN1LaVzcymbdpOLADtPi-cFgRw5xbcyv%7EIHl9fEZKX0kiBg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 00e96b236e5e9d39d1bed880bc76bdff PDF Text Text 30 N° EVENT Number 30 • May 2015 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter Saint François of Québec By Gilles Bureau, retired historian and author of François de Laval et son époque [François de Laval, his life and times] Following the canonization of François de Laval on April 3, 2014, artist Daniel Abel undertook the task of painting the first known portrait, as a saint, of the bishop who founded the Québec Church. He titled his work Saint François de Québec [Saint François of Québec], reflecting the words uttered by Msgr Pierre-André Fournier, Archbishop of Rimouski, a few months before his death on January 15, 2015. A new start “What sets my painting apart, compared to other portraits, is the esthetic I adopted: a contemporary, modern, and energetic look. I saw his canonization as a start rather than the end: a new chapter about to be written.” The author stresses that this modern interpretation is a departure from what was done before, thus marking a new chapter: “We’re far from done with this great man!” And the message carries through in the The same man choice of medium. The artist decided to Daniel Abel wanted to depict Saint use cotton paper – a noble, high-quality François as a confident, welcoming man stock – rather than the usual canvas. in his prime, about to embark on his This was another way of highlighting major construction initiatives. The the change he was looking to make. He artist’s portrayal – showing the simplimanaged to find the white he needed to city of a bishop who had disavowed his express François’s all-encompassing Saint François de Québec noble origins – is as minimalist as saintliness. The technique used was a possible, with a neutral background and combination of pencil, acrylic, oil, and Fabriano Artistico satin ���� nothing but a cross, an attribute of his Liquin – a replacement for traditional cotton paper, 600 gsm, using mission. He also chose to outline the varnish, which always ends up yellowing. pencil, acrylic, oil, and Liquin. face in a dazzling light, rather than the 56 cm x 76 cm (22’’ x 36’’). An oriThe inspiration halo, the usual symbol of sainthood. ginal work created in Québec City, “François de Laval has long been known “His saintliness is fully internal, emanato me,” says Abel. “In 2011, I was asked from January to March 27, 2015. ting from his person,” says the artist, to create a special illustration for the undoubtedly citing testimonials by jacket of Gilles Bureau’s book François François’s contemporaries. “I thought a halo would distance him from us. It would be like a crown de Laval et son époque. My deadline, based on the publi– but the François I know was a simple man, close to the shing schedule, was one month… and since then, I’ve had people. I’m sure he wouldn’t have liked that. I wanted him a number of sketches lying dormant in my boxes. I wanted to remain the man his friends knew. He was already a saint to create another work – perhaps in pencil or in oil. But in his own lifetime.” With this in mind, the artist was careful I always held back. I preferred to let time do its work.” to reproduce the face by which Saint François had always been known. “I wanted him to be recognizable.” (Continued on page 2) Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • May 2015 �C o nt e nt s S ai nt F r a n ç oi s of Q u é b e c ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 1) E v e nt S ai n t F r a n ç oi s of Q u é b e c I n t e r vi e w A n I nt er vi e w wit h C yrill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e ur ...............1- .....................3- 2 4 Hi s t o r y M s g r d e L a v al, i n t h e e y e s of hi s m a n s e r v a n t ..........................5 A v ail a bl e a t t h e C e n t r e P h o t o Al b u m ........................6 ..................................................... 7 I c o n o gr a p h y C e r a mi c w o r k b y R o s e- A n n e M o n n a ...................................... 8 S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al N u m b er 3 0 • M a y 2 01 5 C o nt a ct u s C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al 2 0, r u e D e B u a d e Q u é b e c ( Q u é b e c) G1 R 4 A1 P h o n e: 41 8 6 9 2- 0 2 2 8 E m ail: c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m Vi sit o ur w e b sit e: w w w.fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m T hi s n e w sl ett er i s p u bli s h e d t wi c e a y e ar a n d s e nt f or fr e e b y m ail. It c a n al s o b e f o u n d i n P D F f or m at o n o ur w e b sit e. “ T h e c o n c e pt c a m e a b o ut t h r o u g h a h a p p y c oi n ci d e n c e: I h a d t o t r a v el t wi c e t o P etit C a p, w h er e I w a s a bl e t o l o o k at a r e pr o d u c ti o n of D ufl o s’ s e n g r a vi n g of M s g r d e L a v al. T h e fi r s t t ri p w a s i n A u g u s t 2 01 3, f o r a r e c e pti o n t h at w a s p art of t h e S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c’ s 3 5 0 t h a n ni v e r s a r y c el e b r a ti o n s, a n d t h e s e c o n d ti m e w a s t h e f oll o wi n g y e a r, w hil e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e [ Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, A p o stl e of A m e ri c a] w a s b ei n g fil m e d. Y o u’ll fi n d q uit e a r e s e m bl a n c e, i n f a ct. ” T h e n e xt q u e sti o n w a s h o w t o d e pi ct S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s. H e d e ci d e d o n hi s p e r s p e c ti v e l a st N o v e m b e r. “ A n d m y c h oi c e of c ott o n p a p e r f o r t h e m e di u m m e a nt i t h a d t o b e a mi x e d a p pli c a ti o n. E v e r y t hi n g f ell i n t o pl a c e v e r y q ui c kl y. ” H e p ai nt e d i n t o n e s of bl u e ( a m o n o c h r o m ati c p ai nt, u si n g v a ri o u s t o n e s of t h e s a m e c ol o r r a n gi n g f r o m li g ht t o d a r k). “I w o r k e d o n t h e pi e c e f o r t h r e e m o nt h s – f r o m J a n u a r y t o M a r c h 2 01 5. ” � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � T h e ti tl e “ Y e s, I k n o w – t h e titl e c a n b e s ur pri si n g. I w a s al s o t a k e n a b a c k w h e n I fir st h e ar d M s gr P. - A. F o ur ni er’ s c o m m e nt s, dr a wi n g a n a n al o g y t o St. Fr a n ci s of A s si si, w h o g ot hi s n a m e fr o m t h e cit y w h er e h e di d hi s w or k. T hi n ki n g b a c k o n it, I t h o u g ht it m a d e s e n s e. 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If y o u writ e u s at c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m, y o u will r e c ei v e all f ort h c o mi n g c o pi e s i n P D F f or m at. T h a n k y o u. L e g al d e p o sit: Li br ar y a n d Ar c hi v e s C a n a d a I S S N 2 2 9 0- 3 4 9 6 2 C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 5 A b o ut t h e a rtist D a ni el A b el w as b or n i n Q u é b e c Cit y i n 1 9 5 0. A n artist i n t h e I m pr essi o nist tr a diti o n, h e tr ai n e d at t h e É c ol e d es B e a u x- Arts d e Q u é b e c. H e h as d e dic at e d hi ms elf t o p ai nti n g f or t h e p ast 3 0 y e ars, as w ell as t o p h ot o gr a p h y a n d r e n e w al of t h e i c o n o gr a p h y wit hi n t h e Q u é b e c C h ur c h a n d its r eli gi o us h erit a g e. His w or k c a n b e f o u n d i n a n u m b er of m a g a zi n es a n d b o o ks. Visit his w e bsit e at w w w. d a ni el a b el. n et �I N T E R VI E W A n I nt e r vi e w wit h C y rill e- G a u vi n F r a n c o e u r C y rill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e u r i s t h e c r e at o r a n d a r ti sti c di r e c t o r of Fr a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e , a fil m p r o d u c e d i n 2 01 4. W e a s k e d hi m t o s h a r e hi s hi st o r y wi t h Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d e x pl ai n hi s i nt e r p r et a ti o n of t h e g r e a t m a n f o r t hi s fil m. Fr a n ç oi s, a p ôt r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e d e pi ct s t h e i n n e r lif e of t h e fi r st bi s h o p of N e w Fr a n c e. A y o u n g t e a m, r e c r uit e d b y a fil m m a k e r w h o r e c e ntl y g r a d u at e d f r o m C o n c o r di a U ni v e r sit y, i n vit e s u s t o a n e v e nt t h at gi v e s u s a s e n s e of f oll o wi n g a li vi n g b ei n g r at h e r t h a n w at c hi n g a d o c u m e nt a r y. D V D j a c k et f or Fr a n ç ois, a p ôtr e d e l’ A m éri q u e Fr a n ç oi s, a p ôt r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e, S alt a n d Li g ht, 2 01 4, N T S C, Fr e n c h, 5 0 mi n. A mi s s e d o p p o r t u ni t y ? Li k e m a n y ot h er s w h o h a d att e n d e d t h e P etit S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c, m y fi r st e n c o u nt e r wit h Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s i n t h e o ut si d e c h a p el. Hi s r e c u m b e nt st at u e l a y o n a r ot u n d a, s o m e w h a t di s t a n t a n d al o of, d e e p wi t hi n a m a r m o r e al sl u m b e r. A t o m b-li k e sil e n c e r ei g n e d t h r o u g h o u t. A n d I m u st c o nf e s s t o mi x e d f e eli n g s of t e r r o r a n d r e s p e c t w h e n I f o u n d m y s elf st a n di n g al o n e b ef o r e hi m, hi s m a r bl e e y e s fi x e d o n t h e i nfi nit e – a r e al m t h at w a s i n vi si bl e t o m e – a n d hi s fi n g e r s s tiffl y pl a c e d o n hi s f ri gi d c h e s t. M y i m p r e s si o n w a s t h a t h e h a d n o t b e e n v e r y li k e a bl e. Alt h o u g h h e w a s hi g hl y p r ai s e d f o r hi s m e rit s, m y s e n s e w a s m o stl y of t h e p ri c kl y si d e of t hi s m a n. I b eli e v e, at t h e ti m e, I p r ef e r r e d – o r o nl y u n d e r st o o d – s ai nt s w h o s e li v e s h a d f oll o w e d a p at h of g e ntl e n e s s a n d p ati e n c e. T w o o t h e r o p p o r t u ni ti e s I n t h e e a rl y 1 9 9 0 s, I w a s p a r t of t h e t e a m t h a t s et u p t h e C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al. T hi s h el p e d r ef r e s h m y k n o wl e d g e of t h e Bl e s s e d ( a s h e w a s t h e n), a n d m a d e m e a w a r e of t h e s c o p e of hi s e pi c st o r y a n d t h e i m m e n s e t e r ri t o r y t h a t hi s di o c e s e c o v e r e d u n d e r t h e Fr e n c h R é gi m e. M o s t i m p o r t a n tl y, I l e a r n e d – w hil e p ai n ti n g a m a p o n a w all of t h e v a ri o u s st a g e s of hi s lif e – t h a t h e h a d s p a r e d n o eff o r t i n c r o s si n g t h e o c e a n s o m a n y ti m e s. “ H e m u s t h a v e b eli e v e d i n w h a t h e w a s d oi n g, ” I t ol d m y s elf. I n t hi s c o nt e x t, t h e v e r b “ t o b eli e v e ” i s q ui t e r ed u c ti o ni st i n i t s m e a ni n g, c o n si d e ri n g t h e r e ali t y i t si g nifi e d! H e n e e d e d t o b e p a s si o n a t e a b o u t w h a t h e di d, wi t h a b s ol ut e l o v e f o r t h e s o ul s h e s a v e d, hi s p a ri s hi o n e r s, a n d hi s c a u s e s. B u t I still w a s n’ t r e a d y t o f ull y c o m p r e h e n d t hi s m a n. I n e e d e d t o b e m or e m at ur e if I w a s t o u n d er st a n d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al b ett e r. I n 2 0 0 8, I h a d t o w rit e a d r a m ati c s c ri pt a b o ut t h e f o u n d e r of t h e C h u r c h i n A m e ri c a f o r a s e ri e s of s h o w s a t t h e P al ai s M o nt c al m, p ut o n b y t h e C o m mi s si o n d e l a C a pit al e n a ti o n al e d e Q u é b e c … a n d I w a s e q u al t o t h e t a s k. I w a s m o r e m a t u r e, r e a d y t o a p p r o a c h t h e s u bj e c t of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al m o r e f ull y. A s y o u c a n i m a gi n e, w ri ti n g a s h o r t pl a y m e a n s i m m e r si n g y o u r s elf i n t h e c h a r a ct e r y o u w a nt t o b ri n g t o lif e. Y o u h a v e t o e r a s e a l a r g e p a r t of y o u r o w n p e r s o n t o t r y a n d g et cl o s e r t o t h e ot h e r, w h o i s si mil a r – a n d y e t v a s tl y diff e r e n t – i n s o m a n y w a y s. T h e r e’ s n ot hi n g s ai ntl y a b o u t m e! B u t I p o s s e s s all t h e q u ali ti e s t h a t m a k e u s h u m a n. A n d I w a s, a t t hi s ti m e, a r o u n d t h e s a m e a g e a s Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s w h e n h e b e g a n hi s g r e a t f o u n di n g p r oj e c t s. S o I k n e w m o r e a b o u t lif e. I h a d l e a r n e d a li t tl e a b o u t w h a t i t m e a n t t o fi g h t f o r o n e’ s i d e a s, a n d t o b ri n g t o c o m pl e ti o n a p r oj e c t o n e h ol d s d e a r. T h e i n n o c e n c e of y o u t h h a d p r e v e n t e d m e f r o m u n d e r s t a n di n g h o w lif e f o r c e s u s t o c o nf r o nt u n e x p e c t e d a d v e r s a ri e s d u ri n g t h e c r e a ti v e p r o c e s s. T h e w o r k I w a s c r e a ti n g w a s n ot e q u al i n st a t u r e t o Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s a c hi e v e m e nt s – f a r f r o m i t. B u t I f o u n d m y s elf i n t h e t hi c k of b a ttl e s t h a t c a m e u p al o n g t h e w a y, w hi c h I h a d n e v e r w a nt e d t o w a g e … b attl e s t h a t s e e m e d a n i nt e g r al p a r t of a n y v a g u e d e si r e t o a c t, u nli k e a s o m e w h a t ti mi d, q ui e t c al m t h a t of t e n s t e m s f r o m i n a c ti o n. I u n d e r st o o d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al b e tt e r a t t h a t p oi nt. I s h o ul d m e nti o n t h a t I w a s, a t t h e ti m e, p a r t of t h e t e a m t h at o r g a ni z e d t h e E u c h a ri sti c C o n g r e s s. T hi s w a s t h e s t a r t of a f ri e n d s hi p. I t hi n k a l o t of p e o pl e e nj o y e d t h e d r a m a ti c pi e c e I w r o t e i n 2 0 0 8. I k n o w i t m u st h a v e b e e n i m p e rf e ct. I b eli e v e p e o pl e w e r e t o u c h e d a n d m o v e d b y i t. A f ri e n d w h o s e f a t h e r w a s d yi n g a t t h e ti m e of t h e p e rf o r m a n c e t ol d m e t h at hi s m e m o ri e s of t h e pl a y w e r e o v e r w h el mi n g. S o I c a m e t o r e ali z e t h a t t hi s pi e c e m u st h a v e st r u c k a c h o r d. A n d I’ll al s o t ell y o u, wit h h u mili t y, t h a t I f e el, d e e p d o w n, li k e i t’ s o n e of t h e m o st v ali d a ti n g t hi n g s I’ v e e v e r d o n e o r e v e r will d o. N e v er t o o f ar A n d t h a t’ s w h e r e t hi n g s s t o o d w h e n Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al r e a p p e a r e d i n m y p r of e s si o n al lif e l a s t y e a r – a s a fil m p r e s e n ti n g t hi s n e w s ai n t – w hil e t h e c a m p ai g n f o r hi s c a n o ni z a ti o n w a s u n d e r w a y. I k n e w t h e p e o pl e w h o w e r e w o r ki n g t o k e e p hi s m e m o r y ali v e a n d w a s f a mili a r wi t h t h e pl a c e s h e h a d b e e n. I b eli e v e I c a n n o w s a y I h a d a b ett e r i d e a of t hi s g r e a t fi g u r e i n t h e lif e of N e w Fr a n c e a n d t h e C h u r c h of A m e ri c a. S o I w a s e nli st e d t o st r u ct u r e t h e p r oj e c t: a fil m t h a t w o ul d h el p m o r e p e o pl e di s c o v e r t hi s p e r s o n a n d g et t o k n o w hi m b ett e r. I a p p r o a c h e d t hi s m a n d a t e wi t h r e s p e c t a n d t r e a t e d i t a s a g r e a t p ri vil e g e. Af t e r all, h a d I n ot b e e n p r e p a ri n g f o r s o m et hi n g li k e t hi s all m y lif e, a tt e n di n g t h e P eti t S é mi n ai r e a n d f o r gi n g t h e m a n y c o n n e c ti o n s t h a t c o n n e c t e d m e t o Ol d Q u é b e c ? ( C o n ti n u e d o n p a g e 4) C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 5 3 �A n I nt e r vi e w wit h C y rill e- G a u vi n F r a n c o e u r ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 3) L o v e f o r t h e m a n d e s pi t e g a p s i n k n o wl e d g e W h a t w a s I l o o ki n g f o r a s I w o v e t o g et h e r t h e st r u c t u r e of t h e fil m ? I w a s s e e ki n g t o m a k e S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al k n o w n a n d l o v e d. Ti m e w a s s h o r t, of c o u r s e, a n d t h e s c o p e of t h e p r o d u c ti o n w a s i n a d e q u a t e t o e x pl o ri n g all t h e n u a n c e s of hi s w o r k s a n d hi s st o r y. B u t I w a n t e d t o c r e at e a s e n s o r y e x p e ri e n c e f o r t h e vi e w e r. St. A u g u sti n e s ai d, “ [... ] R el a ti n g p a s t f a c t s d r a w s o u t of m e m o r y s o m e t hi n g o t h e r t h a n t h e t hi n g s t h e m s el v e s t h a t a r e p a s t – i t b ri n g s f o r t h w o r d s c o n c ei v e d b y t h e i m a g e s st a m p e d i n t h e mi n d, li k e t r a c e s l eft a s t h e y p a s s t h r o u g h t h e s e n s e s ” … a n d I b eli e v e t h e s o ul i s m a r k e d m o r e p o w e rf ull y b y t h e s e n s e s t h a n b y r e a s o n. F a bri c e- É d o u ar d L a R o c h e- Fr a n c o e ur, dir e ct or I al s o g ot m y s o n F a b ri c e- É d o u a r d, a p r o d u c e r, t o m a k e t h e fil m. H e’ s a n e x t r a o r di n a r y y o u n g m a n w h o, i n m y vi e w, h a s a v e r y s p e ci al s e n si ti vi t y e nti r el y s ui t e d t o u si n g di s r u p ti o n t o b ri n g c e r t ai n k e y el e m e nt s of Fr a n ç oi s’ s lif e t o t h e s c r e e n, k e e pi n g i n mi n d t h a t t h e c u r r e n t P o p e c all e d o u r s ai n t a n “ A p o s tl e of t h e A m e ri c a s ” w h e n a n n o u n ci n g hi s c a n o ni z a ti o n. Fr a n ç oi s: n o t a s t a t u e O u r y o u n g fil m m a k e r w a nt e d t o d e pi c t S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s i n a c ti o n. H e h a s u s e d t h e i n t ui ti v e si d e of hi s n a t u r e t o c r e at e s o m e e x c e pti o n al m o m e nt s i n t h e fil m, s u c h a s t h e t r e k s t h r o u g h t h e f o r e s t, o n e of w hi c h e n d e d i n o u r a p o s tl e “l e n di n g a h a n d ” o r, a s t h e c a m e r a s u g g e s t s, c o mi n g t o o u r ai d. Ot h e r e x a m pl e s a r e t h e c a m e r a’ s fitf ul m o v e m e nt s a s i t c a pt u r e s t h e fi g u r e s i n c e r t ai n s c e n e s, w hi c h s u g g e st s t h a t e a c h m o m e nt l a st s j u st a n i n st a nt, o r t h e “ t r a v eli n g o ut ” i n t h e l a st s e cti o n of t h e fil m, w h e n w e a r e c h o k e d b y e m oti o n wi t h o u t u n d e r st a n di n g w h y – a r e a c ti o n o u r mi n d s c a n n ot e x pl ai n. T hi s fil m, Fr a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e , i s m e a nt t o b e a st a r ti n g p oi nt, a st e p i n t h e p r o c e s s, o r a c o m pl e m e nt … p a s si n g t h e fl a m e f r o m o n e g e n e r a ti o n t o a n o t h e r, a n d i n vi ti n g t h e m t o pi c k i t u p. T hi s i s w h a t t h e y o u n g e s t a m o n g t h e m t a k e s a w a y f r o m hi s st o r y. Y o u j u st h a d t o b e t h e r e t o s e e t hi s y o u n g g r o u p of fil m m a k e r s, i n l o c ati o n s m a d e s u bli m e b y hi st o r y, li st e ni n g t o a n d w o r ki n g wit h w o m e n a n d m e n oft e n t h r e e ti m e s t h ei r a g e, l o o ki n g N o t r e - D a m e d e Q u é b e c P a ri s h T o r e gi s t e r f o r t h e pil g ri m a g e: 41 8 6 9 2- 2 5 3 3 o r h t t p: / / n o t r e d a m e d e q u e b e c. o r g / - Gif t s h o p - M u s e u m g all e ri e s: T h e T r e a s u r e s of N ot r e- D a m e - G ui d e d t o u r s of t h e c at h e d r al a n d N ot r e- D a m e- d e s- Vi ct oi r e s 4 C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 5 t o t a k e o w n e r s hi p of t hi s 1 7 t h c e nt u r y fi g u r e a n d di s c o v e r t h e b ol d vi si o n a r y w h o s e m e s s a g e r e m ai n s c u r r e nt t o d a y. S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al b el o n g s t o u s n o w, m o r e t h a n i n a n y ot h e r c e nt u r y. C y rill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e u r Af t e r s p e n di n g hi s hi g h s c h o ol a n d c oll e g e y e a r s at t h e P etit S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c, C y rill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e u r b uilt a c a r e e r a s a n a r ti sti c di r e ct o r, a pl a y w ri g h t, a n d a st a g e di r e c t o r. H e h a s f o u r c hil d r e n, s o m e of w h o m a r e al s o w o r ki n g t o w a r d C yrill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e ur a r t s. H e h a s h a d t h e g o o d f o r t u n e t o b uil d s t r o n g ti e s wi t h t h e C o m mi s si o n d e l a C a pi t al e n a ti o n al e d e Q u é b e c ( C C N Q), w h e r e h e h a s s e r v e d a s a r ti sti c di r e ct o r, f o r o v e r t e n y e a r s, of t h e Tri b u n al d e l’ Hi st oi r e s e ri e s a n d s e r v e d i n v a ri o u s c a p a citi e s i n p utti n g o n a n u m b e r of hi st o ri c al e nt e r t ai n m e nt a cti viti e s s u c h a s t h e G r a n d s Q u é b é c oi s s e ri e s. H e i s still wit h t h e C C N Q, w h e r e h e i s n o w di r e c ti n g – a n d, a m o n g o t h e r t hi n g s, w ri ti n g s c ri pt s f o r – a n e w s e ri e s, L e s t r é s o r s d e l a c a pit al e , i n c o nj u n cti o n wit h t h e M u s é e d e s ci vili s ati o n s d e Q u é b e c. F o r t h e p a st t h r e e y e a r s, h e h a s h a d a m a n d at e f r o m Q u é b e c Cit y t o d e v el o p a n d d r a m ati z e t h e hi st o ri c al a s p e ct of Q u é b e c Cit y D a y . H e al s o pl a y e d a r ol e i n t h e a rti sti c di r e cti o n of t h e N ot r e- D a m e d e Q u é b e c p a ri s h 3 5 0 t h a n ni v e r s a r y j u bil e e. T h e hi st o ri c al vi g n ett e h e c o n c ei v e d a n d p r o d u c e d f o r t h e N o ct u r n e d u S ol sti c e at t h e m o st r e c e nt e diti o n of Q u é b e c’ s F ê t e n a ti o n al e w a s a fi n ali st f o r t h e C o u p d’ É cl a t 2 01 4 a w a r d, i n t h e “ N e w o ri gi n al a c ti vi t y ” c a t e g o r y, p r e s e n t e d b y F e s ti v al s e t é v é n e m e n t s Q u é b e c. I n t h e f all of 2 01 5, h e will o v e r s e e t h e g e n e r al p u bli c s e g m e nt of o p e ni n g e v e nt s f o r Q u é b e c Ci t y’ s n e w a m p hit h e at e r. T o Fi n d o u t M o r e a b o u t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al C e n t r e d’ a ni m a ti o n F r a n ç oi s - D e L a v al 41 8 6 9 2- 0 2 2 8 o r w w w.f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m - U n f o n d a t e u r à c o n n aî t r e (i n F r e n c h o nl y) - F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, L o r d of B e a u p r é - F oll o w t h e m a n! - P e r m a n e n t e x hi bi ti o n �HI S T O R Y M s g r d e L a v al, i n t h e e y e s of hi s m a n s e r v a nt I n S e pt e m b e r 1 7 0 8, f o u r m o nt h s aft e r t h e d e at h of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, H u b e r t H o u s s a r d w r ot e a l e n gt h y di s s e r t ati o n r el ati n g s o m e a s p e ct s of t h e Bi s h o p E m e rit u s’ s vi r t u e s. It w a s s e nt t o M r. Tr e m bl a y, att o r n e y f o r t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c i n P a ri s. ( A n e xt r a ct f r o m M s g r d e L a v al v u p a r s o n s e r vit e u r [ M s g r d e L a v al, i n t h e e y e s of hi s s e r v a nt] , 1 9 61, S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, 3 5 p.) D e a r Si r, Y o u h a v e u n d o u bt e dl y l e a r n e d of t h e d e at h of Bi s h o p E m e rit u s M s g r d e L a v al, t h e fi r st Bi s h o p of C a n a d a. I t a k e t h e li b e r t y of w riti n g y o u, n ot t o i nf o r m y o u of hi s p a s si n g, b ut t o att e st t o y o u h o w d e e pl y hi s d e at h – t h e l o s s of s u c h a g o o d, s ai ntl y, a n d c h a rit a bl e l e a d e r – h a s t o u c h e d m e. T hi s w o ul d n ot b e diffi c ult t o c o n c ei v e si n c e y o u c a n b e a s s u r e d t h at I f o r g e d a v e r y s p e ci al b o n d wit h Hi s E x c ell e n c y, h a vi n g b e e n b e st o w e d t h e h o n o r of c o n st a ntl y att e n di n g u p o n Hi s E x c ell e n c y f o r t h e l a st t w e nt y y e a r s of hi s s ai ntl y lif e, a n d Hi s E x c ell e n c y h a vi n g s h o w n m e m u c h c h a rit y, w hil e d e m o n s t r ati n g g r e at c o nfi d e n c e i n m y c a r e f o r hi m. T h e l o s s of a p e r s o n w h o w a s s o d e a r a n d s o f a v o r a bl e t o m e h a s t h e r ef o r e c a u s e d m e i n c o n c ei v a bl e p ai n. T h e c o n s ol ati o n c o m mi n gl e d wit h m y s a d n e s s at wit n e s si n g a s ai nt di e a s a s ai nt, f oll o wi n g a lif e li v e d a s a s ai nt, h a s b e e n a tr e m e n d o u s b al m t o m y p ai n, a s w ell a s t h at of t h e e ntir e S é mi n air e a n d all t h e p e o pl e s of C a n a d a; a n d t h e l oft y i d e a t h at w e s h all all p art a k e of t h e gr e at h e a v e nl y gl or y p o s s e s s e d b y o ur d e c e a s e d s ai nt a n d t h e f at h er w e all s h ar e l e a d s u s t o h o p e t h at t hr o u g h hi s i nt er c e s si o n a n d f a v or wit h G o d, w e will b e r e w ar d e d a b u n d a ntl y f or o ur l o s s of hi s s ai ntl y pr e s e n c e. M a n y h a v e al r e a d y e x p e ri e n c e d t hi s i n t h e f o r m of r eli ef of t h ei r p ai n a n d i nfi r mit y, t h r o u g h i n v o c ati o n a n d t h ei r r e c o u r s e t o t h e o n e w e c o n si d e r o u r d e c e a s e d s ai nt, a s will ot h e r wi s e b e c o n v e y e d t o y o u. 1 I p e r s o n all y r el y g r e atl y o n hi s p o w e r a n d e nt r u st m y s elf t o hi s s u c c o r a n d a s si st a n c e, n ot o nl y f o r d eli v e r a n c e o r, i n p a r ti c ul a r, r eli ef of m y b o dil y i nfi r mit y, a s I h a v e e x p e ri e n c e d m a n y ti m e s b ef o r e, b ut – w h at I c o n si d e r t o b e i nfi nit el y m o r e w o r t h y – f o r a s si st a n c e i n f ulfilli n g m y s o ul’ s i n n e r n e e d s, b ot h i n e st a bli s hi n g it s vi r t u e s a n d d e st r o yi n g vi c e s a n d b a d h a bit s, a s I h a v e p r e vi o u sl y e x p e ri e n c e d o n n u m e r o u s o c c a si o n s. Ms gr d e L a v al a d mi nist ers t h e s a cr a� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � d e l a M a d el ei n e missi o n. A dr a wi n g b y Cl a u d e C h a u c h eti èr e, s.j., 1 6 8 6. E v e r y p e r s o n i n t h e S é mi n ai r e m u st al s o b e e n d o w e d wit h a v e r y s p e ci al c o nfi d e n c e i n t h e m e rit s a n d i nt er c e s si o n s of t h eir fir st F at h er, si n c e w e all h a v e r e a s o n t o b eli e v e w e w e r e gi v e n t o hi m t h r o u g h hi s s uff e r a n c e of p a r ti c ul a r g r a c e s i n o r d e r t o a v oi d si n a n d b e vi r t u o u s, wit h Hi s E x c ell e n c y b ei n g off e r e d u p i n s a c rifi c e, a s w a s t h e c a s e si x d a y s p ri o r t o hi s s a c r e d d e mi s e, t o b e a r t h e p ai n of all t h e S é mi n ai r e’ s si n s, a n d h a vi n g p r a y e d t o G o d t o e xti r p at e it o n it s o w n, i n o r d e r t o s a v e all ot h e r s i n t hi s s ai d S é mi n ai r e, h a vi n g al s o p r a y e d t o Hi m t o e nti r el y d e st r o y t h e si n of t h e h ol y h o u s e a n d t o m ai nt ai n wit hi n it, t o t h e e n d of ti m e, t h e v e r y s a c r e d l o v e a n d t h e g e n ui n e w o r s hi p of G o d a n d t h e V e r y H ol y F a mil y – J e s u s, M a r y, a n d J o s e p h – a n d t h e H ol y A n g el s, wit h Hi s E x c ell e n c y b ei n g f ulfill e d t h r o u g h a r e d o u bli n g of t h e e x c e s si v e p ai n h e e x p e ri e n c e d f r o m t h at d a y u ntil t h e ti m e of hi s d e at h. I c a n n ot r ef r ai n, D e a r Si r, f r o m a d vi si n g y o u t h at, w h e n m y m e m o r y i n v o k e s o n c e a g ai n t h e st r e s s a n d t h e f e r v o r wit h w hi c h Hi s G r e at n e s s p r o n o u n c e d t h e s e w o r d s a n d m a n y ot h e r s f ull of fi r e a n d l o v e, hi s e y e s a n d h a n d s lift e d t o w a r d t h e h e a v e n s, wit h e xt r a o r di n a r y f e eli n g s of h u milit y a n d l a c k of r e g a r d f o r hi m s elf, a n d a r e st o r ati o n of t r u e c o nfi d e n c e i n G o d, n ot wit h st a n di n g, a s o b s e r v e d, hi s i m m e n s e i n di g nit y, m y h e a r t i s p e n et r at e d t o t h e p oi nt t h at I c a n n ot h ol d b a c k m y t e a r s; m y wi s h at t h e ti m e w a s f o r e v e n a si n gl e w o r d of hi s t o r e a c h – a n d s et e nti r el y afi r e – e v e r y p e r s o n i n C a n a d a; si n c e e a c h o n e o n it s o w n c o ul d p e n et r at e, m o v e, a n d r e m o v e e v e n t h e m o st h a r d e n e d of h e a r t s. H u b ert H o u s s ar d O n J u n e 3, 1 6 8 8, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, r eti r e d bi s h o p, m a d e hi s l a st t ri p f r o m Fr a n c e b a c k t o Q u é b e c Cit y. T h e Ol d M o n si g n o r ( w hi c h i s h o w h e w o ul d b e r ef e r r e d t o f r o m t h e n o n) w o ul d n e v e r c r o s s t h e o c e a n a g ai n – a n d i n s o d oi n g, f ulfill e d hi s m o st c h e ri s h e d d r e a m. H u b e r t H o u s s a r d, a y o u n g m a n of 21, w a s at t h e Bi s h o p E m e rit u s’ s si d e f o r 2 0 y e a r s. H e w o ul d b e c o m e M s g r d e L a v al’ s f ai t hf ul s e r v a nt: hi s v al et a s w ell a s hi s n u r s e. T h e s e l a y m e n, w h o r e n o u n c e d t h ei r w o rl dl y g o o d s a n d l e d a lif e of w o r k a n d p r a y e r s e r vi n g t h e S é mi n ai r e, w e r e k n o w n a s “ gi v e n s ” t o t h e c o m m u nit y. Si c k o r w ell, t h e i n stit uti o n t o o k c h a r g e of t h e m. T h e y w e r e a d d r e s s e d a s “ B r ot h e r. ” H u b e r t H o u s s a r d s e r v e d t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c f o r 4 6 y e a r s. ( E x c e r pt e d f r o m t h e p r ef a c e of t o M g r d e L a v al v u p a r s o n s e r vit e u r b y M s g r J e a n- M a ri e F o r ti e r, S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, 1 9 61, 3 5 p.). 1 Br ot h er H o u s s ar d m a y b e all u di n g t o a n arr ati v e d e s cri bi n g s o m e e xtr a or di n ar y f a v or s attri b ut e d t o t h e i nt er c e s si o n of G o d’ s S er v a nt, writt e n b y Mr. Gl a n d el et, w h o w a s t h e n G e n er al Vi c ar of Q u é b e c. U nf ort u n at el y, t hi s n arr ati v e i s l o st t o u s. 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S h e d e v el o p e d a s t r o n g a t t a c h m e n t t o S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d will f u r t h e r p u r s u e h e r r efl e c ti o n s o n s pi ri t u ali t y f o r t h e b e n efi t of u s all. 3 - R eli c of S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al i n Fr a n c e A f e w m o nt h s a g o, a r eli q u a r y c o nt ai ni n g t h e r eli c s of t h r e e S ai n t C a n a di a n m a r t y r s a n d S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s i n st all e d i n t h e si d e c h a p el t h at h a d b e e n r e c e n tl y d e di c a t e d t o Fr e n c h C a n a di a n s ai n t s i n t h e c h u r c h a t t h e C oll è g e d e L a Fl è c h e. 4- B e p r e p a r e d! A n e w s c o ut g r o u p c a m e i nt o b ei n g i n Q u é b e c Ci t y l a st S e pt e m b e r. Wit h t h e s u p p o r t of F at h e r B ri c e P eti tj e a n, p a ri s h p ri e s t of S ai n t- C h a rl e s- G a r ni e r, S ai n t- Mi c h el d e Sill e r y, a n d S ai nt- T h o m a s- d’ A q ui n, Cl é m e nt Vi n c e nt, a 2 3- y e a r - ol d s t u d e n t, i s l o o ki n g f o r f u n di n g t o p u r c h a s e b a si c e q ui p m e n t. T h e mi s si o n of t hi s s c o u t g r o u p, w hi c h h a s b e e n pl a c e d u n d e r S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s p r ot e c ti o n, i s t o p r o m ot e t h e m e s s a g e a n d v al u e s of t h e G o s p el. P a r t of t h e F e d e r a ti o n of N o r t h A m e ri c a n E x pl o r e r s, t hi s g r o u p i s t h e fi r st o n e b a s e d i n Q u é b e c a n d c o m p o s e d e nti r el y of f r a n c o p h o n e s. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 5 7 �(Photo: Daniel Abel) Ceramic work by Rose-Anne Monna Ceramist Rose-Anne Monna has created many works depicting François de Laval, the most recent of which was commissioned in 2014 by Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, after François de Laval had been canonized. What sets this statuette apart is its blue color, proposed by the Archbishop of Québec, and the reworked preacher stance. This is Ms. Monna’s most recent ceramic depicting Msgr de Laval. Others, already known to us, include a work housed in the Grand Séminaire de Québec Chapel; another one, presented to Cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon in 1985, now located in the Archbishop’s residence in Québec City; a third one, for Father Noël Baillargeon, in the Séminaire de Québec; and the one for Cardinal Marc Ouellet, presented in Rome in 2011. (Photo: Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHY The first casket of François de Laval (Source: François de Laval et son époque, 2011, p. 225) Dimensions: � Statuette height: 55.25 cm (21 3/4”) Rectangular base: �28 x 15 x 45 cm (11” x 5 7/8” x 1 3/4”) For many years now, Providence has led this Church – and, therefore, us – along paths that were extremely challenging and excruciating, both spiritually and temporally. This matters not to us, as long as His Holy Will is done. (Letter to his friend Henri-Marie Boudon, written in Québec City on November 6, 1677) Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: December 2015 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 30 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-2 : <em>Saint François of Québec</em> by Gilles bureau : Presentation of the new painting by Daniel Abel<br />p. 3-4 : Interview with Cyrille-Gauvin Francoeur about his new movie<em> François, Apostle of America</em><br />p. 5 : Msgr de Laval, in the eyes of his manservant Hubert Houssart<br />p. 6-7 : News<br />p. 8 : Iconography : Ceramic work by Rose-Anne Monna Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>Read the <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/6997">whole text </a>of this Newsletter</span> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Vries, Martina de Brèves Oeuvres d’art https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/ef5915d8f426babf5458799ef3309c74.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=TAqUsijo-F9IeUan8vsK3n1lakYVq4oke3zXtKay9nUC3F0H7NB8d%7EeRUVZrdTy5y%7E8Zl%7ERLzAYjSjWX1LupnAhb42MHVRNcvtwV7X-SldZAZcBeCF-bakq7ydtwAMDMNyCM2d17aCF%7ErDlG6NdC4WpAXiwItL2Debn3EV%7EfY7u6tgYZ97ghdy8cBwUmnRFx7Rn8pxOJnzabq4JcJHkstVK2KsEk7vqxjW%7EgQKeijuRiBK1Qycyb0NOhnL4YaNPJ%7E5U0eO66Srb76S40YOrXtY7eEzsVXnmVR68aePbsdHGVIqAXNjU53nh0%7E7J7wVefNNGSZA4s4Ft1a%7EHK%7EbwOhg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 58eb73504e3b2008ac09198c27c78821 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/8e3aac12e2ca33382bf47b79f87ba136.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=uDDJHiRDqAOOvGwJH9cCbJ5G5IxYOiGIcG%7EgcCwc%7EcP8rofBMpsCRE-WpLPgX%7E%7E3%7EQNQPXVnAEQds3D84kFz%7Et8KAITcvR76-QsTunT94A8e6iO3vjxjuCqnHS3mSEzAHzt4gESJ6ojQBkqR6hqRv6VVFSeS-lxX71iMAjjIakQ%7Eb%7EDAz-nUFB1zHHtsOc-i%7EBFp3390S9AUFgDO3xHXufpJIAnfRltXwR%7EbxGoBMeuo5Z3feM3DVu3w8vLtQ8h3RnXQoQ1I0K6zXck7y8EDcLZjjuL38tbQPHi3vbrjIIB6wrG9L25iXYGwNA29yki00ISoorQlmTaeIxrzfNo8Tw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 553d9c449d0816b0789062b56fe1e331 PDF Text Text 33 PP42907022 N ° A PAGE OF HISTORY Number 33 • December 2016 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter Pastoral visits by François de Laval, 1660 to 1669 By Gilles Bureau, historian After the Council of Trent, special emphasis was placed on pastoral visits as one of the duties performed by bishops. Msgr de Laval addressed himself zealously to this task, covering mainly the area between the Saguenay river, north of Québec City, and Lac des Deux-Montagnes, south of Montréal. In the words of Bertrand de Latour, his first biographer, “this would be a large diocese in Europe, but none could be so hard to visit.” (Gosselin 1890, T. I, p. 261) Our first bishop devoted fifty years of his life to the service of the church in New France. He accepted all the duties this involved, often in difficult circumstances, letting nothing stand in his way. Even while he was still in France he travelled extensively, covering large distances from Montigny to Paris, and also to La Flèche, Caen, La Rochelle and Méobec. As an archdeacon, he made several visits to the 155 parishes and 4 chapels in the diocese of Évreux. And we cannot forget his nine Atlantic crossings. One of François de Laval’s duties as bishop was to conduct apostolic visits to meet with the faithful, Amerindians and members of religious orders. Eyewitness reports from the time give us more details about his trips. They include the Relations of the Jesuit superiors, the letters and congregational records of the religious orders of women, and above all the confirmation registers, which allow us to put a precise date on each visit by the Apostle of America. First general visit as apostolic vicar (1660) The young François de Laval arrived in New France on June 16, 1659 and began his first pastoral visit a few months later in the depths of winter, on January 23, 1660. He travelled with Henri de Bernières, who was still a deacon, his manservant Durant, and the Jesuits’ right-hand man, Father Bosquet, known as the “apostolic messenger”, who moved around from one mission to another. Marie de l’Incarnation referred to him as the “evangelical visitor”. For Europeans unused to the harsh Canadian winter, these snowshoe treks were difficult (Gosselin 1890, T. I, p. 262). Msgr de Laval began his visit at Beauport, only 2 leagues (4.5 km) from Québec City. He paid a courtesy visit to the (Photo : Daniel Abel) François travelling in his diocese Making of the film François, apôtre de l’Amérique [François, Apostle of America], 2014 (Continued on page 2) �Pastoral visits by François de Laval, 1660 to 1669 (Continued from page 1) The river route Obviously, in New France the St. Lawrence River was used for most long-distance trips. Transatlantic sailing ships could travel upriver as far as Québec City, and from there to Montréal smaller sailing boats or rowing boats were used. Jacques Lacoursière writes that “to cover the distance between Québec City and Trois-Rivières often took five to six days. In general, boats only travelled upriver or downriver in the daytime, since they had to avoid many obstacles. The tide also had to be taken into account, since it could lengthen or shorten each trip.” (Nos racines [Our roots], no. 29, 1979, p. 566.) local seigneur, Robert Giffard, one of New France’s pioneers. The confirmation register shows, under the date of February 2, 1660, that he confirmed 170 people in the church of Château-Richer, including the young Louis Jolliet, who would later become known as the organist of the cathedral in Québec City and a famous explorer of the Mississippi. It was reported that some of the people confirmed were quite old, since the missionaries in New France had not been authorized by Rome to “give” confirmation. At the end of February, after returning to Québec City, François de Laval confirmed another 60 people. He was well acquainted with the three religious communities established in Québec City, since he lived with each of them in turn. This did not prevent him from conducting an official tour of the religious communities of women, beginning with the Hospitaller nuns whose courage he admired. In April, he visited the Ursulines. This encounter is well known because of the objections raised by Marie de l’Incarnation to some of the changes the apostolic vicar wanted to make to their rules. Msgr de Laval’s meeting with the Jesuits was his last apostolic visit during the winter. It is important to note here that, during this whole period, New France was engaged in a war with the Iroquois. Taking advantage of a lull in the conflict, François de Laval left Québec City on August 17, 1660 on a small sailing boat to travel to Montréal, one hundred leagues upstream. The trip took five days. He travelled with On the waterways of his immense diocese Engraving by M aurice Petitdidier in Le Vénérable François Montmorency-Laval, Émile Gervais, Comité des fondateurs de l’Église canadienne, Montréal, 1952, p. 41. Father Charles de Lauzon de Charny and two servants. At this time Montréal was merely a tiny settlement with around thirty houses and a population of 200. He baptized several young Amerindians and then, on August 24, confirmed 107 people, including Maisonneuve. He met Jeanne Mance at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital and Marguerite Bourgeoys at her “school” (Ibid., p. 273). At the end of August, as he was sailing back to Québec City, he crossed a flotilla of 300 Outaouais canoes carrying a cargo of furs that would save the colony’s economy during this period of war. He also encountered the elderly Jesuit Father Ménard and urged him to return to his mission, where he died. François de Laval went to Trois-Rivières in late October. We know that he was absent from Québec City from October 21 to 31, although Abbé Gosselin writes that he knew nothing about the visit. The Jesuits had a house in Trois-Rivières, founded in 1634 by Father Le Jeune (Journal des Jésuites [Jesuit Journal], Ibid., p. 276). On returning to Québec City, he finished writing his report to Pope Alexander VI, dated October 29, 1660, including a remarkable description of the Canadian missions. (Continued on page 3) Saint François de Laval Number 33 • December 2016 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. Executive Editor: Jean Duval Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 2 � aniel Abel Collaborators: D Gilles Bureau Maurice Dussault Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2016 Translator: Benjamin Waterhouse Reviser: Doris Lamontagne Graphic design : Lecourscommunication.com Print run : �2,500 copies, available in French and English We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �Pastoral visits by François de Laval, 1660 to 1669 (Continued from page 2) This first general episcopal visit set the pattern for later visits by François de Laval as a bishop. He never hesitated to spend time with the settlers and to eat and sleep in their houses. He met with the members of the religious communities whose works he admired, visited the Amerindians and confirmed hundreds of people. It is also important to relate other key moments from his visits in following years. The descriptions written by the Jesuit Father François Le Mercier are a precious source for historians. After working for many years as a missionary to the Hurons, he was appointed as superior general of all the missions in New France from 1653 to 1671. First pastoral visit to Trois-Rivières and Montréal (1664) In 1664, François de Laval returned to Trois-Rivières and Montréal. In 1665, he made no visits in order to devote his time to the soldiers of the Carignan-Salière regiment, who had arrived at last to protect the colony against the Iroquois attacks. He confirmed a large number of soldiers. The Jesuit Journal reports that several soldiers recanted their Protestant faith (Msgr de Laval writing to the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda) (Ibid., p. 470). Second pastoral visit (1666) Msgr de Laval was in Montréal with the Marquis de Tracy on St. John’s Eve on June 23. The traditional bonfires, a celebration that had come from Europe, were magnificent. “His Grace the Bishop, in full pontifical vestments, was present with all the clergy and our Fathers wearing surplices. He presented the torch of white wax to Monseigneur de Tracy, who returned it so that he could be the first to light the fire” (Ibid., p. 482). Second pastoral and general visit (1668-1669) The year 1668 is notable for two remarkable events. Msgr de Laval visited all the forts on the Richelieu river (historical letter 78). Abbé Gosselin wrote that this was the bishop’s longest and most difficult pastoral visit. “His charity led him to visit all the forts, as far as the fort closest to the Iroquois (Fort Sainte-Anne at the entrance to Lake Champlain), where he gave the sacrament of confirmation to all those who had not yet received it” (Ibid., p. 524). On June 24 he was in Tadoussac, where 400 Montagnais, “the most docile we had ever met” in the words of Marie de l’Incarnation, had assembled. In 1665, they had lost their chapel in a fire, and expressed a wish to see their bishop. Father Le Mercier explains how he was greeted by a volley of rifle fire and shouts of joy at seeing a person so dear to them who had so often bestowed his goodness on them (Ibid., p. 525). Observers of the period rarely cited the actual words spoken by Msgr de Laval, but here is what Father Le Mercier recorded at the time. “I have come,” Msgr de Laval said, “to rejoice with you in the affection and attachment you feel for our holy Religion. You have been cruelly tried by the destruction of your beautiful church; but the finest Québec, port de mer, 1760, Richard Short temple in which God is pleased to reside is that of your soul. Continue to beautify it with all the Christian virtues. I have come to assure you, at the same time, of the warm regard in which the King holds you. He has but recently given you a clear example of this, by the expedition he caused to be undertaken against the Iroquois, and by the peace he forced them to sign” (Ibid., p. 527). Msgr de Laval, as usual, visited them in their houses, took an interest in the sick, extended his goodness to them, and gave a great feast. He spent five or six days in Tadoussac and confirmed 149 people. He wrote to his friend, the parish priest of Saint-Josse in Paris, as follows: “If Our Lord grants me as much good health next year as I am enjoying this spring, I hope to return there; since I admit that the joy they demonstrated at seeing us there was matched by our own joy in our visit” (Ibid., p. 528). And Father Gosselin added at this point: “During his fifth visit to Montréal in 1669, Msgr de Laval found the institution of Marguerite Bourgeoys so firmly established that he gave it his approval,” and then, “the solemn recognition of the existence of the Congrégation des Filles séculières de Notre-Dame de Montréal [Congregation of the Secular Daughters of Notre-Dame of Montréal] by canonical letters was dated August 6, 1676” (Ibid, pp.576 and 578). It was not until 1676 that his wish to return to Montréal was fulfilled, since on November 3, 1671, he sailed from Québec City to France, returning in September 1675 with the title of Bishop of Québec. He completed three more pastoral visits of his diocese between 1676 and 1681, and also returned to Montréal in 1688 and 1702 during his retirement. Means of transport It was only in the 1730s that a passable road was completed between Québec City and Montréal. Even then, rivers remained an obstacle and had to be crossed by ferry, and nights were spent in settlers’ houses. Horses, which Intendant Talon had ensured were sent to New France, were used mainly for local transportation and farm work. Although François de Laval, like all noblemen, was a fine horseman, it is unlikely that he was able to complete his visits in New France on horseback. Luckily, the ingenious Amerindians had invented snowshoes and birch-bark canoes, which were light and easily repaired. They were quickly adopted by the European population. To avoid piercing the bottom of the canoe, passengers had to remove their shoes, and it is said that the Amerindians were concerned about over-weight passengers such as Father de Brébeuf. Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2016 3 �The ocean crossing to New France was extremely perilous, and travellers ran a number of risks. When the ship Saint-André moored at Québec City on September 7, 1659 with 200 passengers on board, almost all were sick. Ten more had died at sea after being infected by the “purple and pestilential fever”, which then spread to the colony’s inhabitants. Several people died. François de Laval, who had arrived in June, was quick to offer pastoral care. He had barely arrived when an opportunity arose to demonstrate his zeal. One of the ships that returned to Québec carried a contagious disease that spread to the whole country: the hospital was completely full, and the Prelate practically never left it for the entire duration of the sickness, always busy serving, teaching, and consoling the sick. Our Lord Bishop is continually at the hospital, helping the sick and making up their beds. We do what we can to prevent him from going, in order to preserve his own person, but there are no words eloquent enough to turn him away from these acts of humility. The Reverend Father de Quen, in his great charity, caught the sickness and died of it. Marie de l’Incarnation, lettre 183, Marie de l’Incarnation (1599-1672), Correspondance, Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Solesmes, 1997, page 616 EVENT Bertrand de La Tour, Mémoires sur la vie de M. de Laval, premier évêque de Québec, Cologne, 1761 Msgr de Laval at the bedside of the sick Anonymous, stained glass, undated but probably from the 19th century. Séminaire de Québec, Jean-Olivier Briand Building, Québec New books 25 $ (tax not included) TO ORDER: boutique@francoisdelaval.com or our website www.francoisdelaval.com The Spiritual Writings of François de Laval Introduction and selection of texts by Msgr Hermann Giguère, P.H. Preface by Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec, Translation by Benjamin Waterhouse François de Laval is known mainly as a determined bishop and a great builder of institutions. Most of the surviving documents he left concern his official functions. However, by looking in more detail at certain passages, we can discern a warm-hearted man with a constant pastoral focus for whom action was always preceded by prayer, as revealed in this book by Msgr Hermann Giguère, P.H., a retired Professor of Spiritual Theology and History of Spirituality at the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Université Laval in Québec City. He is a member of the Québec Seminary, where he was Superior General from 2002 to 2012. 2017, 212 pages Available soon in printed and ePub versions Also available in French 4 (Photo : Daniel Abel) [...] The Prelate distinguished himself and led others even more effectively by his charity than by his dignity. He was used to sickness since his frequent visits to the hospitals in Caen and the great services he rendered under the direction of Monsieur de Bernières. Shipping extra. Envoyés à toutes rencontres Actualité des repères missionnaires de François de Laval by Doris Lamontagne Preface by Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec When Pope Francis canonized François de Laval in 2014, he confirmed the present-day relevance of the missionary message of the Apostle of America. This book offers a new way of looking at the life of Saint François de Laval and identified the missionary principles that guided him. The missionary bishop drew inspiration from the early Church, since he deeply believed that the church in New France had received a similar gift. Times and places have changed, but the same principles can still provide a firm foundation today. 2016, 316 pages Available soon in printed and ePub versions Also available in French From left to right: Canon Jacques Roberge, Superior General of the Québec Seminary, Sister Doris Lamontagne, PFM and author, and Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, at the book launch on June 16, 2016. Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2016 (Photo : Daniel Abel) A PAGE OF HISTORY Service in the eyes of Saint François de Laval �By Gilles Bureau, historian The last two auxiliary bishops appointed to the diocese of Québec, Msgr Louis Corriveau and Msgr Marc Pelchat, are only the latest in a long line of bishops who studied at the Québec Seminary. It was founded by Saint François de Laval with the goal, as stated in the founding acts, of “constituting a reserve from which we can take pious and able subjects and send them out for all purposes, and if needed to the parishes, and to all other places in the said country, to serve as priests and perform the other duties for which they have been trained.” (Photo : Daniel Abel) A PAGE OF HISTORY Former students at the Québec Seminary who went on to become bishops The Québec Seminary considers Msgr Jean-Olivier Briand as its second founder. He was born in France in 1715 and died at Québec in 1794. He was the first Bishop of Québec after the 1760 Conquest, serving from 1766 to 1784. In all, from 1772 to November 4, 2016, 89 bishops were formerly students at the Québec Seminary: 41 at the Major Seminary only, 43 at both the Major and Minor Seminaries, and 5 at the Minor Seminary only. Legend: • • Minor: Québec Minor Seminary. • Major: Québec Major Seminary. • The first column shows the year of episcopal ordination. Ordin. The “Diocese” column shows the name of the diocese at the time, with its modern name in parentheses. The name of the diocese is in italics when the bishop was appointed as a coadjutor or auxiliary bishop. Bishop Diocese Minor Major Death 1772 Most Rev. Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d’Esgly Québec x x 1788 1786 Most Rev. Jean-François Hubert Québec x x 1797 1789 Most Rev. Charles-François Bailly de Messein Québec x 1794 1795 Most Rev. Pierre Denaut Québec x 1806 1797 Most Rev. Joseph-Octave Plessis Québec x 1825 1806 Most Rev. Bernard-Claude Panet Québec 1820 Most Rev. Joseph-Norbert Provencher Québec /Saint-Boniface x x x 1833 x 1853 1827 Most Rev. Joseph Signay Québec x x 1850 1833 Most Rev. Rémi Gaulin Kingston x x 1857 1834 Most Rev. Pierre-Flavien Turgeon Québec x x 1867 1837 Most Rev. Ignace Bourget Montréal x x 1885 1837 Most Rev. Bernard Donald Macdonald Charlottetown x x 1859 1842 Most Rev. Michael Power Toronto x 1847 1843 Most Rev. William Dollard Saint John 1844 Most Rev. François-Norbert Blanchet Oregon City (Portland) x 1851 x x 1883 1846 Most Rev. Augustin-Magloire Blanchet 1846 Most Rev. Modeste Demers Walla Walla / Nesqually (Seattle) x x 1887 Vancouver Island (Victoria) x x 1851 Most Rev. Charles-François Baillargeon Québec 1871 x 1870 1852 Most Rev. Thomas Cooke Trois-Rivières x x 1870 1858 Most Rev. Edward John Horan Kingston x x 1875 1860 Most Rev. Peter McIntyre Charlottetown x 1891 1860 Most Rev. John Sweeny Saint John x 1901 1867 Most Rev. Jean-Pierre-François Laforce-Langevin Rimouski x x 1892 1871 Most Rev. Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau Québec x x 1898 x x 1893 1874 Most Rev. Antoine Racine Sherbrooke 1875 Most Rev. John O’Brien Kingston 1878 Most Rev. Dominique Racine Chicoutimi 1888 Most Rev. Louis-Nazaire Bégin Chicoutimi / Québec 1890 Most Rev. André-Albert Blais Rimouski 1892 Most Rev. Michel-Thomas Labrecque Chicoutimi 1908 Most Rev. Paul-Eugène Roy Québec / Québec x x 1926 191 1 Most Rev. Olivier-Elzéar Mathieu Régina x x 1929 1921 Most Rev. Joseph Hallé Vicaire apostolique Ontario-Nord (Hearst) 1923 Most Rev. François-Xavier Ross Gaspé 1924 Most Rev. Joseph-Alfred Langlois Québec / Valleyfield 1926 Most Rev. Alfred-Odilon Comtois x 1879 x x 1888 x x 1925 x x Trois-Rivières / Trois-Rivières x 1919 x 1932 x 1939 x 1945 x 1966 x 1945 (Continued on page 6) Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2016 5 �Former students at the Québec Seminary who went on to become bishops (Continued from page 5) Ordin. Bishop Diocese Minor Major Death 1927 Most Rev. Joseph-Omer Plante Québec x x 1948 1928 Most Rev. William Mark Duke Vancouver x 1971 1930 Most Rev. James Charles McGuigan Regina / Toronto x 1974 1934 Most Rev. François-Xavier Lacoursière, (M. Afr.) Mbarara, Ouganda x 1970 1935 Most Rev. Joseph-Oscar Julien, (M. Afr.) Vicaire apostolique Nyassa, Malawi x 1961 1936 Most Rev. Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. Sendai (Japon )/ Gravelbourg /Ottawa x 1994 x 1940 Most Rev. Arthur Douville Saint-Hyacinthe / Saint-Hyacinte 1940 Most Rev. John Michael O’Neill Harbour Grace (Grand Falls ) 1940 Most Rev. Alexandre Vachon Ottawa 1943 Most Rev. Georges-Léon Pelletier Québec / Trois-Rivières 1943 Most Rev. John Roderick MacDonald Peterborough / Antigonish 1944 Most Rev. Charles-Eugène Parent Rimouski / Rimouski 1945 Most Rev. Marie-Antoine Roy (O.F.M.) Edmundston 1946 Most Rev. James Michael Hill Victoria 1946 Most Rev. Maurice Roy Trois-Rivières / Québec 1947 Most Rev. Louis-Joseph Cabana Rubaga, Ouganda 1948 Most Rev. Charles-Omer Garant Québec 1986 1974 x x 1953 x x 1987 x 1959 x x x x 1982 x 1948 x 1962 x 1985 x 1981 x 1962 1951 Most Rev. Bruno Desrochers Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière x x 1976 1952 Most Rev. Lionel Audet Québec x x 1989 1952 Most Rev. Paul Bernier Gaspé x x 1964 1952 Most Rev. Raymond Larose (C.S.C.) Chittagong, Bangladesh x 1984 1953 Most Rev. Aimé Decosse Gravelbourg x 1991 1956 Most Rev. Marius Paré Chicoutimi / Chicoutimi x 2002 1961 Most Rev. Jean-Marie Fortier Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière / Gaspé / Sherbrooke x x 2002 1961 Most Rev. Jean-Louis Jobidon (M. Afr.) Mzuzu, Malawi x x 1997 1963 Most Rev. Laurent Noël Québec / Trois-Rivières x 1965 Most Rev. Charles-Henri Lévesque Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière / Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière x 1971 Most Rev. Pedro Rubiano Sàenz Cúcuta / Cali / Bogota, Colombie x 1973 Most Rev. Bertrand Blanchet Gaspé / Rimouski x 1974 Most Rev. Noël Delaquis (O.C.S.O.) Gravelbourg 1975 Most Rev. Jean-Guy Couture Hauterive (Baie-Comeau) / Chicoutimi 1975 Most Rev. José Dimas Cedeño Delgado Santiago de Veraguas/ Panama x 2015 1977 Most Rev. Jean-Paul Labrie Québec x 2001 1977 Most Rev. Louis-Albert Vachon Québec / Québec x x 2006 1980 Most Rev. Réal Corriveau (P.M.E.) Choluteca, Honduras x x Most Rev. Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon (M. Afr.) Djibouti / Laghouat, Algérie x 1982 Most Rev. Maurice Couture (R.S.V.) Québec / Baie-Comeau / Québec x x x x Québec 1982 Most Rev. Marc Leclerc, Québec 1987 Most Rev. Pierre Morissette 1989 Most Rev. Clément Fecteau 1995 Most Rev. Jean-Pierre Blais 1995 Most Rev. Eugène Tremblay 1999 Most Rev. Jean Gagnon Québec / Gaspé 2004 Québec / Baie-Comeau / Saint-Jérôme x Québec / Baie-Comeau x Québec / Ste-Anne-de-la Pocatière Québec / Amos x x x 2001 Most Rev. Albert LeGatt Saskatoon / Saint-Boniface x Most Rev. Dorylas Moreau Rouyn-Noranda x 2005 Most Rev. Pierre-André Fournier Québec / Rimouski 2005 Most Rev. Gilles Lemay 2008 Most. Rev. Noël Simard 2009 Most Rev. Paul Lortie 2009 Most Rev. Gérald Cyprien Lacroix (I.S.P.X.) 2012 Most Rev. Denis Grondin 2016 Most Rev. Louis Corriveau 2016 Most Rev. Marc Pelchat Sault-Sainte-Marie / Valleyfield x x x x x Québec / Mont-Laurier x Québec / Québec Québec / Rimouski Québec Québec Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2016 2005 x 2002 Québec / Amos 1984 x x 1980 Sources : • LeBlanc, Jean, Dictionnaire biographique des évêques catholiques du Canada, 2002. • Archives of the Archdiocese of Québec: Armand Gagné, Pierre Lafontaine. • Dictionary of Canadian Biography. • Provost, Honorius, Le Québec Seminary, Documents et biographies, 1964. • Internet 6 x x x x x x x 2015 �EVENT Photo Album 5 (Photo : CECC) (Photo : Daniel Abel) (Photo : Pierre Lafontaine) 1 (Photo : Daniel Abel) (Photo : Daniel Abel) 6 2 1. A gift from France Deacon Pascal Champion, chaplain of the Prytanée National military school in La Flèche, France, has sent the Québec Seminary a sketch by Jacques Sergeff, who sculpted the bas–relief of François de Laval in the school’s Saint-Louis chapel: “(…) It would make sense if a piece of the same work of art was kept on each side of the Atlantic,” he wrote to the Superior of the Québec Seminary, Canon Jacques Roberge. 2. Places to see On April 28, 2016, Cardinal Cyprien Lacroix blessed the new premises of the Centre Catherine-de-Saint-Augustin, adjacent to the church of the Augustinian nunnery at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec hospital. This modern, meaningful building offers visitors an opportunity to discover the inner faith of a young woman whom François de Laval already recognized as a saint. 3 3. A lucky coincidence The episcopal ordination of two new auxiliary bishops, Louis Corriveau and Marc Pelchat, took place on December 8, the date of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. In addition to being the patronal feast of the Diocese of Québec, it also marks the anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Saint François de Laval in 1658. 4. End-of-life care One year ago, Québec’s catholic bishops received the pastoral letter Approcher de la mort avec le Christ (“Drawing near to death with Christ”), which set out possible ways to consider end-of-life care in light of the Word of God. The question remains extremely topical, and to illustrate the subject our cover shows Msgr de Laval providing assistance for the sick. 5. A model In September, Catholic Bishops of Canada agreed at their 2016 Plenary Assembly that the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops would issue a decree approving devotional titles for three Canadian Saints, including Saint François de Laval as patron saint of the Bishops of Canada. 6. Once upon a time... Pierre Lafontaine, the Québec archdiocese’s archivist, recently informed us that François de Laval and the Diocese of Québec are featured in a new school textbook used in the Secondary III history program: Histoire 4 du Québec et du Canada, des origines à 1840 (collection Périodes) published by Les Éditions CEC. Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2016 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHY The Québec Seminary is instantly recognizable thanks to the lantern towers on the Camille-Roy Building. Jan Tillemans Father Jan Tillemans (1915-1980), an Oblate of Mary Immaculate, was born in Holland and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Maastricht and the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in the same city, also known as the Jan Van Eyck Academy. The Basilica’s stained glass windows were made using the same techniques as those used in the Middle Ages for gothic cathedrals in Europe such as Chartres, Reims, Le Mans, etc., and mass-tinted glass. Msgr de Laval on a pastoral visit Jan Tillemans o.m.i. 1964, blown and cut glass Basilica of Notre-Dame du Cap, Trois-Rivières François de Laval pursues his fruitful ministry I applied myself to all holy works, preaching, hearing confession, administering the sacrament of confirmation, visiting all the faithful entrusted to my care, especially those living in the countryside who, being far from Québec, receive less assistance. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 33 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-3 :<em> Pastoral visits by François de Laval, 1660 to 1669</em> by Gilles Bureau<br />p. 4; 7 : News<br />p. 5-6 : <em>Former students at the Quebec Seminary who went on to become bishops</em> by Gilles Bureau<br />p. 8 : Iconography : Stained-glass window by Jan Tillemans at the Notre-Dame-du-Cap basilica Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Read the <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/10198">whole text</a> of this Newsletter Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Waterhouse, Benjamin Brèves Oeuvres d’art Visites pastorales https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/25c0d63ebe4bfddb3992f67e86558e47.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=lo60pDmVnbhFTTRgeddnoxp8mRcWpmGCCnUMHjRwHlUWdfqostC-SkrVovNYWxX6skXD02r-nN4RilieSh3yZbaS-XlMqcP8a-LtVmfJGuHQHoGokbWRMhngYhS-XTlMX%7E1dtx5HUCGfKqCD6Dud2iAwEk5zsy2BVd2E4Akt0YpCPcuGZExAA3cW2VLMhuLH%7Egqc9mnU0%7EYUoEMPryp7VjIVt5fThuJ-k%7EfLaumaBmuN%7EdRMfACzfWk0u%7EeQ4PDMoAZOOFgtgGhDm4tVpGNx5cbW1BeGsQ5eVAMmtr99QiH%7E0aETWqukWWvM3Ihd%7EdxiJPfT3RirxuIa%7Ei%7EO-i9ZSA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 76dbef83b49fb01da48d4dde9bab3687 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/7baae0fae1309f6173e34e4fa507ffa7.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=V%7EMlyvkEkvXbNo-SoVK03Bd7M5FYYICiE7QBQS5phYlXMQr%7E425aVVP3e8sk9Ekzf-OvaJJJVK%7EpkLZShCSpuxDfhGO3lUh8mlO5I4Ng9irLocKV1J%7E4CVw1sfkd4EeHk4ghDvx0wsd0AN9%7EgLAbh8CldNMGwrggl9WDnWeaXfie2-YfSsvVUn01kyYh4c6am4hBTW33qhgYwy21lmaPtBCe1jfyC%7Ej1px2sk90Fkelv8sldwREFfCIKxeiD551tL9XPypKQulvUmaLhYKwBjgQ0CJ7pHVczSYXSYbR7hKk7ES%7E8wBAJk6TCEZG5Z5ra%7Ez1kpCZqWvPw764Kp6twwA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM bbc820435c963f07870b2b37a74f6fa6 PDF Text Text 32 PP42907022 N ° EVENT Number 32 • May 2016 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter Msgr de Laval visits La Prairie de la Madeleine in 1676 By Gilles Bureau, historian The parish of the Nativité de la Sainte-Vierge [Nativity of the Holy Virgin] in La Prairie will host two festive years in 2016 and 2017. A number of activities are being planned to mark the 175th anniversary of the present church and the 350th anniversary of the parish’s foundation. Festivities will begin with an opening Mass to be presided by Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec City. One of the giclées Saint François de Québec will be unveiled to commemorate Msgr de Laval’s pastoral visit to La Prairie on May 25, 1676. Historian Gilles Bureau summarizes this event for us. Upon receiving the papal bulls officially recognizing him as Bishop of Québec on April 22, 1675, François de Laval returned to New France after a four-year absence. His arrival was eagerly awaited. He resolved various administrative issues, embarked on the construction of the Petit Séminaire, and decided to set off on another major pastoral visit of his diocese, from April to August 1676, to meet his diocesan priests who were scattered from Tadoussac to Montréal. Father Claude Dablon, who was Superior of the Society of Jesus in New France at the time, wrote a detailed description of Msgr de Laval’s visit to La Prairie, from May 25 to 27, 1676. This account has been preserved in the extensive biography Vie de Mgr de Laval [Life of Msgr de Laval], published in 1890 by Abbé Auguste-Honoré Gosselin, who writes: “Msgr de Laval’s happiness at seeing so many virtues among the poor Indians can well be imagined. We cannot resist the pleasure of quoting in its entirety this account taken from a Report that had remained hidden for two centuries.” (Photo : Daniel Abel) A fresco, created by Marius Dubois in 2005, depicting François de Laval’s pastoral visits in his vast diocese and his closeness to the natives. (Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Basilica, Immaculate Conception Chapel) We pay tribute to this great artist from Québec, who died on January 14 this year, at the age of 71. The Jesuits set up missions in Sillery, Lorette, and La Prairie. In 1667, Father Pierre Raffeix set up a residence in La Prairie where Jesuit missionaries could stop for a rest. Iroquois families and some French settlers quickly came together to form a village around this residence. When Father Dablon heard during a stay in La Prairie that Msgr de Laval was on his way to Montréal, he left to meet with the bishop and invite him to visit the mission. The bishop was traveling light: “In visiting his diocese, this great man was conveyed by two peasants in a small bark canoe, followed only by a single clergyman [Mr. de Bouy] and carrying nothing more than a wooden stick, a very (Continued on page 2) �Msgr de Laval visits La Prairie de la Madeleine in 1676 (Continued from page 1) simple miter, and the vestments essential to a “golden bishop”, as authors when speaking of the early Christian prelates.” Msgr de Laval accepted the invitation and asked the Superior to convey to the Indians his tender affection. Preparations and greeting The missionaries told the neophytes about the bishop, since “this news gladdened the hearts of the entire village – and the joy they felt at the mere hope of seeing him was indescribable.” Branches were used to embellish their site, from the chapel to the shore of the river, where they set up a small dais and raised two bowers at each end of a passageway. Father Jacques Frémin, the missionary in charge, even allowed them to work on Pentecost Monday, which was usually a day of rest at the time: “They all left to don their finest garb, so they could rush out at the sound of the first signal – the ringing of the church bell.” While still in his canoe, Msgr de Laval was, surprisingly, addressed by a Huron “captain” upon his arrival: “Your Eminence, stop your canoe and hear what I have to say!” François de Laval willingly complied with these customs. The captain had prepared an address in praise of this noble visitor – his spirit, his virtue, and his dignity – while hoping for heavenly blessings, and then invited him to follow a solemn procession. ‘‘Msgr de Laval stepped onto the shore and once he had donned his manteletta and surplice, placed a blessing on them all while they were on their knees.” Father Frémin, who translated the speeches given by François de Laval, then launched into an Iroquois rendition of Veni Creator, which the Indians then took up, alternating with the French, who chanted in Latin. The bishop was then accompanied by the Jesuits’ Superior, the Superior of the Sulpicians’ Seminary, missionaries, and some French settlers. (Continued on page 2) CORRECTION The Decree of canonization of Saint François de Laval In the last issue if the Newsletter, we should have shown, with the wet seal called “Rota”, the seal made of lead threaded with a braided hemp cord (see image) which, with the “Rota”, gives the apostolic document its full authenticity and its very high authority. Our apologies to the translator, Msgr Armand Gagné, c.s.s. (Photos : Daniel Abel) Saint François de Laval Number 32 • May 2016 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. Executive Editor: Jean Duval Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 2 Collaborators: D � aniel Abel, Gilles Bureau, Pascal Champion Msgr Armand Gagnée, c.s.s. Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • May 2016 Reviser: Martina de Vries Graphic design : Lecourscommunication.com Print run : �2,500 copies, available in French and English We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �Msgr de Laval visits La Prairie de la Madeleine in 1676 (Continued from page 2) (Archives of the Gironde Department, Bordeaux, France) Beneath the first bower, a chief of the five Iroquois nations delivered another oration. Beneath the second bower, a catechist [referred to as “dogiques”] named Paul climbed a tree trunk that he used as a seat and “paid a compliment with incredible strength of spirit, piety, and eloquence.” Upon reaching the chapel, the bishop blessed the Holy Sacrament. Two choirs – one French and one Indian – then sang Pange Lingua, Ave Maris Stella, and Domine Salvum Fac Regem alternately. Abbé Gosselin continues: “Once this greeting was over, Msgr de Laval had arrived in our house and, seeing that the Indians followed him, he had the men enter our room, letting them all kiss his hand and bestowing a thousand caresses, especially on those he was told were the most fervent. He then moved into another room adjacent to the chapel, where he let the women enter, and praised their piety in the right proportion to the good he was told about each one. He then sent them on their way, with a blessing for them all.” In his account, Father Dablon notes that even the non-believing Iroquois greeted the bishop, with each one paying him as much of an homage as did the Christian ones, adding that “[it was] as if the presence of such a good shepherd had changed cruel wolves into gentle lambs.” The bishop’s role The next day, Msgr de Laval had “the Holy Spirit descend” on the mission through the grace of the sacraments, which he administered with all of the goodness and joy possible and which the Indians received with admirable modesty and devotion. “He began early in the morning, baptizing ten adults: four men and six women. He then went on to bless three marriages,” after which he celebrated a High Mass sung by the Indians, most of whom had received communion from him personally. “He also confirmed those among the French who had not yet received this sacrament,” even though the Indians were his main reason for being there. Father Frémin then translated the prelate’s entreaty. A feast The dogique then gave a grand feast in his longhouse. Knowing that Msgr de Laval wanted to be there, the Indians prepared places at the table, for him and his entourage, which were adorned with their best blankets and finest clothes. “More time was given to the speeches, singing and ceremony than to the feasting itself.” The bishop, “in his excessive generosity and with his common touch,” visited each family and single person in their own hut. The Indians had embellished their homes with all of their most precious possessions and offered him the place of honor, on wellworked mats and their best-looking hides. “His Eminence could not have been happier or more edified by these sincere expressions of affection and respect.” To close the evening, he accepted an invitation from parents who asked him to baptize their children – seven of them in total. He then attended the greeting ceremony, which was celebrated with much “pomp, as on the previous day.” ������������������������������� Claude Chauchetière, Jesuit, pen and ink drawing with a wash, from his Narration annuelle de la Mission du Sault depuis la fondation jusqu’à l’an 1686 [Annual narrative of the Du Sault mission from its inception to 1686]. He worked at the La Prairie mission for 16 years. Day 3 Before leaving, François de Laval presided over a Mass at which the Indians “sang very well, as usual.” He then prepared for his return to Montréal. “Just as he was about to board his canoe, they all went down on their knees to receive his blessing. He did this for all who were gathered there, and they followed him as far as they could, giving him their hearts, just as he left his with them.” Comments None of my research has unearthed an account more moving than this, of François de Laval’s attachment to his faithful and his flexibility in responding to numerous requests. What stands out here is his affable nature and his concern with being close to the people, whatever their status in life. Abbé Gosselin concludes: “As we read the above account, we note the good grace with which this devout bishop agreed to whatever was asked of him, when the goal was to give pleasure to someone – even the most humble of his children.” Source : A-H Gosselin, Vie de Mgr de Laval premier évêque de Québec et apôtre du Canada, T. 2., 1890, p. 52-58. Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • May 2016 3 �E VE NT C o m m e m o r ati v e pl a q u e A d r ei p e r p e t u a m m e m o ri a m O n O ct o b e r 8, 2 01 4, Hi s E mi n e n c e C a r di n al G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x, P ri m at e of C a n a d a, A r c h bi s h o p of Q u é b e c, a n d o n e h u n d r e d t w e nt y-fi v e C a n a di a n pil g ri m s c a m e h e r e t o gi v e t h a n k s f o r S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. O n t h at d a y, C a r di n al L a c r oi x i n st all e d t h e r eli q u a r y a n d i n a u g u r at e d t hi s c h a p el, w hi c h i s n o w d e di c at e d t o all t h e s ai nt s w h o h a v e c o m e f r o m t hi s s c h o ol. P r e s e nt at t hi s c e r e m o n y w e r e M s g r L ui gi V e nt u r a, A p o st oli c N u n ci o t o Fr a n c e Y v e s L e S a u x, Bi s h o p of L e M a n s A r m a n d M aill a r d, A r c h bi s h o p of B o u r g e s E m m a n u el D el m a s, Bi s h o p of A n g e r s L u c- A n d r é B o u c h a r d, Bi s h o p of Tr oi s- Ri vi è r e s D e ni s G r o n di n, A u xili a r y Bi s h o p of Q u é b e c Cit y E u g è n e Tr e m bl a y, Bi s h o p E m e rit u s of A m o s R o b e r t P oi n a r d, Vi c a r G e n e r al, r e p r e s e nti n g M s g r L u c R a v el, Bi s h o p of t h e Fr e n c h milit a r y R e v e r e n d F at h e r s G e o r g e s C ol o m b, S u p e ri o r g e n e r al of t h e Mi s si o n s ét r a n g è r e s d e P a ri s J a c q u e s Tr u bl et, P r o vi n c e r e p r e s e nt a ti v e f o r t h e S o ci et y of J e s u s C a n o n J a c q u e s R o b e r g e, S u p e ri o r g e n e r al of t h e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c D o m J e a n- P hili p p e L e m ai r e, P ri o r of St. P et e r’ s A b b e y of S ol e s m e s M. R. F. D o mi ni q u e- M a ri e d e S ai nt L a u m e r, p ri o r of t h e Fr at e r nit é S ai nt- Vi n c e nt- F e r ri e r, Fr a n ç oi s Cl é r et, S e ni o r P a ri s h p ri e st at L a Fl è c h e, a n d B e n oi st d e Si n et y, P ari s h pri e st at S ai nt- G er m ai n- d e s- Pr é s. Y v e s d e L o n g u e vill e, I n s p e ct o r g e n e r al of a r m s ( off g r a d e), r e p r e s e nt e d t h e P r yt a n é e al u m ni a s s o ci ati o n. Ei g ht y-t h r e e st u d e nt s, c a d r e s a n d al u m ni t h e n j oi n e d t h e C a n a di a n s i n R o m e t o gi v e t h a n k s, wit h Hi s H oli n e s s P o p e Fr a n ci s, o n O ct o b e r 1 2, 2 01 4, i n St. P et e r’ s B a sili c a. C ol o n el J a c q u e s D uff o u r, c o m m a n di n g t h e P r yt a n é e, m a r a b P a s c al C h a m pi o n, c h a pl ai n. Al u m ni a s s o ci ati o n of t h e P r yt a n é e N ati o n al milit a r y a c a d e m y 4 C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 6 ( P h o t o : P a s c al C h a m pi o n) P a s c al C h a m pi o n, c h a pl ai n of t h e P r y t a n é e n a ti o n al mili t a r y a c a d e m y i n L a Fl è c h e ( F r a n c e), s e n t u s t hi s pi c t u r e of t h e c o m m e m or ati v e pl a q u e i n st all e d l a st D e c e m b er i n t h e c h ur c h of S ai n t- L o ui s, u n d e r t h e b a s- r eli ef of F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. �A P A G E O F HI S T O R Y L ett e r f r o m F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al t o R e n é d’ A r g e n s o n F o u r m o n t h s af t e r hi s a r ri v al i n Q u é b e c Ci t y, F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al w r o t e t o o n e t hi s f ri e n d s f r o m t h e H e r mi t a g e of C a e n, R e n é d’ A r g e n s o n, w h o w a s t h e ol d e r b r ot h e r of t h e n- g o v e r n o r of N e w F r a n c e Pi e r r e V o y e r d’ A r g e n s o n (1 6 5 7-1 6 61). T h e 2 n d C o u n t of A r g e n s o n w a s a m e m b e r of t h e C o m p a n y of t h e Bl e s s e d S a c r a m e n t, w hi c h w a s d e di c a t e d t o r efl e c ti o n, m e di t a ti o n, p r a y e r a n d c h a ri t y. M o s t of i t s m e m b e r s h el d a hi g h r a n k a n d w e r e w ell pl a c e d t o i ni ti a t e w o r k s of c h a ri t y a n d p a r ti ci p a t e i n v a ri o u s i ni ti a ti v e s t o r e n e w t h e C h u r c h o f F r a n c e b e t w e e n 1 6 3 0 a n d 1 6 6 0. T h e b a c k d r o p t o t hi s l e t t e r i s t h e l o n g c o nfli c t l e d b y t h e I r o q u oi s, w h o w a n t e d t o d o mi n a t e t h e f u r t r a d e w hil e d e ci m a ti n g t h e o t h e r A m e ri n di a n p o p ul a ti o n s a n d t h ei r alli e s. O c t o b e r 2 0, 1 6 5 9 D e a r Si r, C urr e nt st at e of p aris h es a n d missi o ns i n C a n a d a, 1 6 8 3 T h e l o w a m o u nts p ai d i n tit h es a n d t h e s m all c o u nt of h e a ds of h o us e h ol ds m e a nt t h at v er y f e w p aris h es w er e a bl e t o s u p p ort a pri est. S o u r c e : A. V a c h o n, R ê v e s d’ e m pi r e. L e C a n a d a a v a nt 1 7 0 0 , 1 9 8 2, p. 3 7 6 ( P h o t o: N a ti o n al A r c hi v e s, P a ri s, F r a n c e: T h e C ol o ni e s F o n d s, S e ri e s F 5 4 , V ol u m e 3, F oli o 4) M a y J e s u s C h ri st f o r e v e r b e t h e o nl y lif e wi t hi n o u r s o ul s. I h a v e n o d o u bt of y o u r v e r y s p e ci al i nt e r e st i n t h e s al v ati o n of o u r p o o r i nfi d el s’ s o ul s. T h e c a r e e nt r u st e d t o y o u b y t h e h ol y C o m p a n y of Mi s si o n s, c o u pl e d wi t h y o u r c o m mi t m e n t t o t h e s a m e i n t h e p e r s o n of y o u r b r ot h e r, a r e s u r el y p o w e rf ul r e a s o n s f o r e nli sti n g y o u r s e r vi c e, wi t h y o u r h a bi t u al z e al a n d pi et y. T hi s i n s pi r e s h o p e i n m e t h a t t h e b e n e v ol e nt p r o vi d e n c e of O u r L o r d will o bt ai n t h e e x t r a o r di n a r y s u c c o u r n e e d e d b y o u r p o o r C h u r c h, w hi c h i s i n e vi d e nt p e ril of [ b ei n g] stifl e d i n i t s i nf a n c y. W h a t e v e r c a r e a n d vi gil a n c e y o u r b r ot h e r c a n a d d t o s u p p o r t t hi s c o u nt r y, if h el p i s n ot f o r t h c o mi n g t hi s y e a r, it c a n n ot s u b si st wit h o ut a n e x t r a o r di n a r y eff e c t of t h e Di vi n e P o w e r t h a t c a n n ot b e a s s u r e d, al t h o u g h w e m u st pl a c e o u r h o p e s i n Hi s g o o d n e s s. I c a n n ot t ell y o u of t h e p e a c e a n d c o n s ol a ti o n m y h e a r t f e el s a t s e ei n g m y s elf i n a pl a c e w h e r e I a m a s s u r e d t h at Hi s S a c r e d Will wi s h e s m e t o b e, a n d w h e r e I a w ait t h e p r e ci o u s m o m e nt of s a c rifi ci n g m y lif e t o hi m f o r t h e s al v ati o n of t h e s o ul s H e h a s l o v e d f o r s o m a n y y e a r s. Si n c e m y a r ri v al i n t hi s, y o u r b r ot h e r’ s c o u nt r y, I h a v e b e e n t h e r e ci pi e n t of e v e r y f o r m of e x t r a o r di n a r y ki n d n e s s. I h a v e m a d e e v e r y eff ort t o a c k n o wl e d g e t hi s a n d h a v e p ai d hi m e v er y r e s p e ct I w o ul d o w e t o a p er s o n of hi s vi r t u e a n d m e ri t, c o u pl e d wi t h hi s c u r r e nt r ol e, a s hi s m o st g e n ui n e f ri e n d a n d f ai t hf ul s e r v a nt. ( S o u r c e: Alt e r a n o v a p o sit o, p. 4 3) T h e H ol y D o o r a t N o t r e - D a m e d e Q u é b e c C a t h e d r al Pil g ri m a g e wi t h a c a t e c h e si s o n m e r c y - T o m b of S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al - C at h e dr al m u s e u m: L e s tr é s or s d e N otr e- D a m e [ T h e t r e a s u r e s of N o t r e- D a m e] - G ui d e d t o u r s of t h e c a t h e d r al a n d c r y p t, i n t h e s u m m er - Gif t s h o p T o g e t t o k n o w s ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al b e t t e r • • • • - Vi si t w w w.f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m F oll o w t h e c al e n d a r of e v e n t s o n F a c e b o o k o r T wi t t e r: @ C e n t r e F d L B o o k a g r o u p p r e s e n t a ti o n F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, u n h o m m e à d é c o u v ri r [ F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al – A m a n t o k n o w b e t t e r] ( a t y o u r h o m e o r i n t h e C e n t r e) Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, s ei g n e ur d e B e a u pr é [ Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al – S ei g n e ur of B e a u pr é] ( b u s t o ur) S ui v e z l’ h o m m e, F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al [ F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al – F oll o w t h e m a n] ( hi k e) Pl a c e a n o r d e r a t o u r o nli n e s t o r e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al e t s o n é p o q u e - F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, Hi s Lif e a n d Ti m e s L e s é c ri t s s pi ri t u el s d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al – ( T h e s pi ri t u al w ri ti n g s of F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al) E n gli s h v e r si o n a v ail a bl e i n t h e f all D V D: F r a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e [ F r a n ç oi s, A p o s tl e of A m e ri c a] – ( a v ail a bl e o nl y i n F r e n c h) C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 6 5 �E VE NT A v ail a bl e at t h e C e nt r e W e a r e pl e a s e d t o a n n o u n c e – wit h a gr e at d e al of q ui et p ri d e – t h e p u bli c ati o n of t h e b o o k titl e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, hi s lif e a n d ti m e s , t h e fir st E n gli s hl a n g u a g e r ef e r e n c e w o r k o n t h e li f e of S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al, his lif e a n d ti m es, Gill es B ur e a u, 2 0 1 5, S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c, 2 9 4 p a g es. I S N B 9 7 8- 2- 9 8 1 2 9 5 7- 2- 9, $ 2 5. T hi s h a n d s o m e v ol u m e i s a t r a n sl a ti o n of Fr a n c oi s d e L a v al e t s o n é p o q u e , a h u g el y s u c c e s sf ul w or k writt e n b y Gill e s B u r e a u t h a t w a s p u bli s h e d i n 2 011. T hi s v e r si o n h a s b e e n r e vi e w e d a n d e x p a nd e d o n b y C a r di n al G ér ar d C y pri e n L a cr oi x, Ar c h bi s h o p of Q u é b e c, w h o al s o w r o t e t h e p r ef a c e. Si n c e t hi s w o r k al s o d e al s wi t h t h e hi s t o r y (i n cl u di n g r eli gi o u s hi st o r y) of N e w Fr a n c e, t h e c h oi c e of t r a n sl a t o r w a s v e r y i m p o r t a nt. W e u n c o v e r e d a g e m i n t h e p e r s o n of B e nj a mi n W at er h o u s e, a f or m er tr a n sl at or i n t h e L e gi sl ati v e aff ai r s b r a n c h of t h e Q u é b e c N a ti o n al A s s e m bl y ( w h e r e h e w o r k e d f o r a d e c a d e o r s o) w h o h a s c o nt ri b u t e d t o a n u m b e r of p r e sti gi o u s hi st o ri c al w o r k s. M r. W at e r h o u s e i s r e c o g ni z e d t o d a y f o r hi s k n o wl e d g e a n d i m m e n s e m u si c al t al e nt, a m o n g ot h e r gif t s. E VE NT O u r c h o s e n a u t h o r a n d hi s c o p y e di t o r, M a r ti n a d e Vri e s, w or k e d v er y c ar ef ull y, s e e ki n g t o a d a pt t h e t e xt – ori gi n all y w ritt e n f o r Fr e n c h- s p e a ki n g r e a d e r s – t o t h e A n gl o- S a x o n c ul t u r e. T hi s d eli c a t e t a s k c all e d f o r m u c h ti m e a n d r e s e a r c h, a n d w e e x t e n d o u r t h a n k s t o t h e m. E v e r y m a n t o hi s o w n t r a d e! A s a n a r c hi vi st, I p a r ti c ul a rl y a d mi r e a u t h o r s w h o – li k e y o u, M r. B u r e a u – a r e c all e d u p o n t o s u m m a ri z e a c o pi o u s a m o u n t of i nf o r m a ti o n, i n t e r p r e t t h e f a c t s wi t h o u t di s t o r ti n g t h e m, w ei g h e a c h c o m m e nt c a r ef ull y, a s s u m e a t e a c hi n g r ol e b y p r o vi di n g i nf o r m a ti o n w h e r e o t h e r s si m pl y a s s u m e e xi sti n g k n o wl e d g e, i n t e r s p e r s e t h e w o r k wi t h vi s u al s (ill u st r a ti o n s, m a p s, p o r t r ai t s) t h a t m a y p r o v e u s ef ul o r n e c e s s a r y, p r e s e nt t h e s u bj e c t m att e r i n a r e a d a bl e f o r m, et c. – a n d d o t hi s n ot o n c e, b ut o v e r a n d o v e r a g ai n i n w o r k s d e ali n g wit h v a ri o u s t o pi c s … s o m e ti m e s i n a w hi rl wi n d of a c ti vi t y! Y o u h a v e d o n e h o n o r t o t hi s i m m e n s e t a s k, r e vi si ti n g a t o w e ri n g fi g u r e of hi st o r y … s o t a k e a b o w! Pi e r r e L af o nt ai n e, a r c hi vi st f o r t h e A r c h di o c e s e of Q u é b e c Cit y ( P h o t o : F eli c e) C ar di n al G ér al d C y pri e n L a cr oi x i ntr o d u c es a ut h or a n d hist ori a n Gill es B ur e a u t o P o p e Fr a n cis at t h e c a n o ni z ati o n M ass of T h a n ks gi vi n g s ai d i n St. P et er’s B asili c a i n t h e V ati c a n, o n O ct o b er 1 2, 2 0 1 4. Fi n e q u ali t y a r t p ri n t s ( gi cl é e s) of S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c I n r e s p o n s e t o a n u m b e r of r e q u e s t s, w e h a v e r e p r o d u c e d t h e p ai n ti n g ti tl e d S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c , w hi c h w a s c r e at e d e a rli e r t hi s y e a r b y a r ti st D a ni el A b el. O n e h u n d r e d c o pi e s of e a c h of t h e s e t w o hi g h q u alit y e di ti o n s a r e p ri nt e d o n A r c h e p a p e r, n u m b e r e d, si g n e d a n d st a m p e d b y t h e a r ti st. E a c h gi cl é e c o m e s wi t h i t s o w n c e r tifi c a t e of a u t h e nti ci t y a n d t w o d o c u m e nt s s u m m a ri zi n g t h e a r ti st’ s w o r k a n d lif e. 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T hi s c o m m u ni t y, l o c a t e d i n S h e r b r o o k e, f oll o w s a y e a rl y t r a di ti o n of pi c ki n g t h e n a m e of a s ai n t i t s m e m b e r s w o ul d li k e t o k n o w b e t t e r. T h e c h o s e n s ai n t b e c o m e s o n e of t h ei r p r o t e c t o r s f o r t h e y e a r. 4. T h e F r a n ç oi s d e M o n t m o r e n c y - L a v al O r d e r T hi s O r d e r, d e di c a t e d t o F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, w a s f o u n d e d i n 2 0 0 3 a n d a c k n o wl e d g e s y e a rl y t h o s e w h o h a v e m a d e a n e x c e p ti o n al c o n t ri b u ti o n t o t h e w o r k of t hi s mi s si o n, a n d t h e d e v el o p m e n t o r o u t r e a c h of t h e M o n t m o r e n c y C oll e g e i n t h e ci t y of L a v al. 5. M e n a n d w o m e n of m e r c y T hi s w a s t h e t h e m e of t h e 2 01 6 n o v e n a f o r t h e s ol e m ni ti e s of M a ri eC a t h e ri n e d e S ai n t- A u g u s ti n, M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n, a n d F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. A n u m b e r of e v e n t s w e r e h el d f r o m A p ril 3 0 t o M a y 8: E u c h a ri s ti c c el e b r a ti o n s, c o nf e r e n c e s, a n d a pil g ri m a g e t o t h e t h r e e t o m b s. 6 ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) 6. A vi si t f r o m t h e U. S. Af t e r a w al k of al m o s t 4, 0 0 0 k m ( 2, 5 0 0 mil e s), A m e ri c a n pil g ri m A n n Si e b e n st o p p e d i n Q u é b e c Cit y o n M ar c h 2 4 t o g o t hr o u g h t h e C at h e dr al’ s H ol y D o or. P ari s h pri e st D e ni s B él a n g er t o o k t hi s o p p ort u nit y t o i ntr o d u c e h er t o S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a n d s h o w h er hi s t o m b. A n u cl e ar e n gi n e er b y pr of e s si o n, s h e l eft D e n v er, C ol or a d o, o n N o v e m b er 1 l a st y e ar a n d e n d e d h er pil g ri m a g e o n E a s t e r S u n d a y a t t h e S ai n t e- A n n e- d e- B e a u p r é B a sili c a. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 6 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHY Stained glass window in the Séminaire de Québec chapel (detail) Nicolas Sollogoub Nicolas Sollogoub (1925-2014) was a Canadian artist and master glassmaker. Born in France, he settled in Montréal in 1950, and in 1964, was hired by the Radio-Canada network as a graphic designer, illustrator, and set decorator, later becoming an assistant to Frédéric Back. He also worked, during this time, at perfecting the art of glassmaking and went on to create a number of works in Montréal. The best known of these is La Vie à Montréal au XIXe siècle [Life in Montréal in the 19th century], on view in the McGill Metro station. His fascination with French history in Québec led him to create a series of six stained glass windows commemorating the origins of New France, housed today in Saint Peter and Paul Church in Brouage, France. The year appearing on the main door of this church is 1608 – the year the city of Québec was founded by Champlain. Mgr de Laval Created and donated by Nicolas Sollogoub, 1995, Saint Peter and Paul Church in Brouage, France Excerpt from a letter to the directors of the Séminaire de Québec, 1687 But since Our Lord, in His goodness, never turns away a heart that is contrite and humble, which humiliat et sublevat [he lowers and then raises], He conveyed to me that this was the greatest grace He could bestow upon me: sharing with me His desired state in life and in death, out of love for us. Source: Mgr H. 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Perhaps its members identified with a bishop who had had a lot of concerns in organizing and running a diocese… Let’s examine some of the challenges faced by François de Laval during his tenure as bishop. First impermanent districts Msgr de Laval landed on the shores of a country still in its infancy. As Auguste Gosselin so aptly describes it, “This was not the time for pastoral letters, synods, or councils; it was a time to take action, organize, and create – and the first bishop of Quebec was steadfast in pursuing his mission.” (Gosselin, II, p. 318) Knowing full well that Canada was sparsely populated and the people were much too poor to fund a priest in every village, François de Laval first created impermanent districts served by itinerant clergymen who called themselves missionaries. His Seminary therefore served as a general rectory, providing priests for these districts and missions while managing income from the tithes collected (Bureau, p. 142). He justified the itinerant clergy by citing “the sacred practice of the early centuries, which a number of dioceses in this Kingdom follow even today” (Pastoral Order, 1663). This practice was approved by the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, through a rescript in 1666, until the diocese of Quebec was canonically established. 1679: A royal decree Louis XIV, however, needed funds for his army and the expansion of Versailles, which prompted his decision to withdrawfinancial support for the Canadian clergy. Detail of the Monument Laval, Msgr de Laval meets Louis XIV (Photo : Daniel Abel) He asked the bishop to set up a Canadian Church similar to its French counterpart: with a system of ‘fixed cures’ (permanent districts), where the parishioners’ tithes would fully cover the costs of the parish, the churches, and the priests.   The king imposed his will in May 1679, withdrawing the tithes from the Seminary of Quebec and requiring parishioners to cover all church- and clergy-related costs. The outcry within Canada was strident and unanimous. The Sovereign Council asked the king to moderate his edict and agree to continue his “largesse1”, since the Canadian Church was absolutely unable to survive without it (Bureau, p. 143). (suite en page 2) �An underfunded diocese (Continued from page 1) A first petition to the king On November 10, 1680, Msgr de Laval and Intendant Duchesneau wrote a paper titled [Status of the cures and missions that can be set up in Canada, based upon the supplement that His Majesty will be pleased to provide, due to the low amount collected in tithes and the considerable expenditures required of the clergy for a canoe and a manservant, in most locations]. They sent it to France, along with a [Dissertation on the subsistence of priests in Canada]. Msgr de Laval wrote that, in keeping with the king’s wishes, he had divided his diocese in 25 districts in 1678. His initial estimate to cover a Canadian priest’s subsistence was 800 pounds yearly. In response to pressure from Frontenac, this amount was reduced, in 1681, to 500 pounds. sacrament of confirmation to 212 souls. On this first stage of his grand visit, he noted once again the poverty of his flock. The third most developed locale, after Quebec City and Montreal, was Champlain, in present-day Mauricie – home to 40 families and 285 communicants, and the site of a large wooden chapel, a rectory, and a convent housing the Congregation of Our Lady (Gosselin, II, p. 253). Abbé Jean Dudouyt, who served as procurator for Msgr de Laval in Paris, had helped his bishop in the matter of the alcohol trade with the Amerindians in 1677. Minister Colbert, nicknamed “the man of marble,” was highly influenced by Governor Frontenac and unwilling to support the Canadian clergy. However, the king had often expressed his appreciation for the bishop’s work. Abbé Dudouyt therefore recommended that Msgr de Laval write a status report, as it were, on the places where he had set up his Church, and draft his arguments, backed by reliable figures. He would then propose solutions for setting up self-financing cures. (Gosselin, II, p. 251). The 1681 pastoral visit Sur les chemins liquides de son diocèse immense [On the waterways of his immense diocese] – engraving by Maurice Petitdidier. And so it was that Msgr de Laval set out on the longest and most complete visit of his diocese, in 1681, accompanied by Abbé Ango des Maizerets, his vicar general; a priest; and a few oarsmen (see map, pages 4-5). “Never, we believe, has an old man – a sexagenarian!– shown such enthusiasm, energy, and perseverance while making his pastoral visit,” asserted Gosselin (Gosselin, II, p. 251). He made a brief stop on June 20 and spent a few days with the Amerindians in La Prairie de la Madeleine, where he had so enjoyed his 1676 visit and had vowed to return, health permitting. “[They] had not forgotten the man of great deed; they often spoke of him to their children, instilling in them a hope that the saintly bishop would come to bless them someday. And now, this great day had arrived.” (Gosselin, II, p. 253) He set out from Quebec City in late May, travelling up the St. Lawrence river in a small boat and on the Richelieu river in a bark canoe, stopping at villages and remote dwellings, eating and sleeping in the homes he visited or beneath the stars. He visited 14 places, covering over 60 leagues (84 miles) in 19 days, and administered the Nine days had passed before he returned to Montreal. During his visit, he canonically established the Montreal parish and joined it in perpetuity with the Seminary of St. Sulpice. He also traveled to Marguerite Bourgeoys’s Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours chapel, which he also joined with the Seminary. (Continued on page 3) Saint François de Laval Issue 35 • December 2017 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Reviser: Martina de Vries Graphic design : Lecourscommunication.com Print run : �2,000 copies, available in French and English This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Executive Editor: Jean Duval Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 2 Contributors : �Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Martina de Vries Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2017 Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �An underfunded diocese (Continued from page 2) He was barely rested when he left Montreal, returning to his boat at the height of a heatwave and traveling down the St. Lawrence to Île-aux-Grues and Cap-Saint-Ignace. He then headed upstream to Pointe-Lévy and returned to Quebec City, thoroughly exhausted, on August 10. In two and a half months, Msgr de Laval had visited 31 places, covered over 200 leagues (280 miles), given the sacrament of confirmation to hundreds of people, and gathered almost all of the statistics he needed for his dissertation. (We know that visits were made to the Côte de Beaupré and Île d’Orléans, since the dissertation contains data related to these communities, but who compiled them – and when – is unknown to us.) (Gosselin, II, p. 256) The Bishop of Quebec was, unsurprisingly, seriously ill shortly after his return. His absence at the Sovereign Council is recorded in the registers, which indicate that “a dangerous disease precluded his attendance.” One Recollect wrote that he hovered between life and death for 15 days. We do not know at what point he was healthy enough to work on his dissertation, but the record does show that he only returned to the Council on October 20 (Gosselin, II, p. 259). Reorganizing his diocese Our bishop had to contemplate a thorny problem. Based on his observations as he had traveled throughout the diocese, an effective, lasting solution was needed. One thing was certain: the status quo and premature fixed cures were not viable options. At the same time, he had to confront both opposition and disparagement. Governor de Frontenac wrote the Court to say that the bishop was fiercely opposed to setting up fixed cures and his priests were not content with a reasonable tithe amount. In a letter to Minister Seignelay dated November 2, 1681, he said: “I must, once again, tell you of the difficulties our bishop continues to make in establishing fixed cures (…) Duchesneau and he have created a new district of parishes, in which some of his missionaries – who can no longer be called parish priests – were granted a territory of either 30 or 40 leagues, along with so many residences of various types (…) and yet, they continue to claim all those tithes will be insufficient for their subsistence!” Msgr de Laval had, in fact, with the help of Intendant Duchesneau, tried to better distribute the districts in order to set up permanent priests as ordered by the king, and to secure the 500 pounds in tithing income proposed by the Governor for the clergy’s subsistence. In a letter the intendant wrote Minister Colbert on November 13, 1681, he explained that they had had to increase the territory of each cure in order to ensure this amount. Since the priests had farther to travel, however, they could not say a lot of Masses at each locale. Residents therefore threatened to withhold their tithes or demanded a sizeable reduction. He also reiterated that “the cost of living in Canada is infinitely higher than in France. No one in Canada is able to underwrite the cost of building and endowing a church.” For or against fixed cures? The reflection was barely underway, however, when the king recalled Frontenac and Duchesneau, replacing them with a new governor, de La Barre, and a new intendant, de Meulles. The process had to be started all over again, since they needed to form their own opinion of the situation in Canada. In his written instructions on May 10, 1682, the king warned Governor de La Barre of Msgr de Laval’s opposition to creating fixed cures, probably to keep a greater authority over the clergy. The king warned him against this sentiment. He repeated that the parishes had to be self-supporting, through tithes alone. “Tracy has reduced the tithe from the 13th to the 26th (bushel) – we will need to see if things (Continued on page 4) Detail of the Monument Laval, Msgr de Laval submits a report to the king. (Photo : Daniel Abel) Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2017 3 �Trois-Rivières Up 6 Down 20 17 13 12 18 Montreal 14 16 19 15 9 10 9 4 22 1681 pastoral visit – traveling up the St. Lawrence River 11 21 7 5 1 . Notre-Dame de Québec, April 7 and May 26 2. Lotbinière, June 1 3. Batiscan, June 2 4. Champlain, June 3 5. Cap-de-la-Madeleine, June 4 6. Trois-Rivières, June 5 7. Sorel, June 8 8 8. Fort Saint-Louis de Chambly, June 11 9. Saint-Ours and Contrecœur, June 13 10. Verchères, June 15 1 1. Boucherville, June 16 12. Repentigny, June 17 13. La Chenaye, June 18 14. Montreal, June 19 15. La Prairie-de-La-Madeleine, June 20 to 29 1681 PASTORAL VISIT An underfunded diocese (Continued from page 3) can be restored to their previous state.” He did not understand how the bishop arrived at an estimate of 800 pounds for priests’ subsistence in Canada, he added, when it was no more than 200 pounds in France. This amount must be grossly overstated! While de La Barre was writing to Minister de Seignelay, in October 1682, to say that Msgr de Laval “very deftly equivocates” on the topic of fixed cures “making the feat impossible to execute,” Intendant de Meulles found him to be extremely reasonable, “having clearly demonstrated that setting up fixed cures throughout the territory is not feasible, given the enormous distances between dwellings – this calls for missionary visits when possible, since the roads present a challenge when covered in snow six months of the year, not to mention the distance from one house to another.” (Letter to Seignelay, October 6, 1682) In favor, with conditions As it were, François de Laval did agree with the king on the need to set up fixed cures and permanent priests. He had always seen these impermanent districts as a temporary solution, pending the titular establishment of his diocese. Thinking ahead to the longevity of his Church, however, he first sought to ensure an adequate income enabling priests to survive, through tithes, a supplement from the king, or both. The tithes collected still fell far short of the mark, and those who demanded fixed cures “were in no great hurry to provide the funds needed to make up the shortfall.” (Gosselin, II, p. 212) Msgr de Laval’s income was also falling, while the costs of building the Church in New France and covering priests’ expenses continued to rise2. He did not give up, however, trying once again to convey that the king’s expectations could not be met under the prevailing conditions. Since his move to create districts had faced opposition at Court, primarily because of their extensive territory, Intendant de Meulles set off with Abbé des Maizerets, the bishop’s vicar general, on another tour of the diocese, over 1682 and 1683, to personally verify the numbers (Baillargeon, p. 23). The 1683 General plan The Bishop, the Governor and the Intendant then jointly wrote a status report on locations in the diocese, titled [General plan for cures and missions in Canada, including parish boundaries, church or chapel sizes, names and ages of assigned priests, the population, value of tithes, etc., etc.]. In 1683, Canada’s French population stood at 10,251 and 1,512 Amerindians were housed in permanent missions. Only 25,217 arpents of land were cleared for their subsistence. An arpent is an old French measurement equivalent to approximately 192 feet or the size of an arable plot of land producing enough to feed one person year-round. Since a single family in New France could have up to 20 children, this situation essentially left them in a state of abject poverty (Gosselin, II, p. 257). Listed in the Plan were 20 priests, nine of them born in Canada and educated at Msgr de Laval’s Seminary. While most were young and strong, the constant travel throughout their vast districts quickly wore them down. Only eight or nine churches were built of stone. Most of the parishes had no rectory or even a permanent residence for priests. (Continued on page 5) 4 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2017 23 3 24 �3 24 25 2 Quebec St. Lawrence River 1 32 31 26 30 29 1681 pastoral visit – traveling down the St. Lawrence River 1 6. Montreal, June 29 to July 10 1 7. Île Jésus, July 10 1 8. Cap-Saint-Michel (Varennes), July 11 1 9. Longueuil, July 11 20. La Valtrie, July 12 2 1 . Cressé (Nicolet), July 14 22. Rivière-Puante (Bécancour), July 15 23. Gentilly, July 16 24. Sainte-Anne-de-La-Pérade, July 17 25. Deschambault, July 19 to 29 26. Île-aux-Oies (Île-aux-Grues), July 29 27. Cap-Saint-Ignace, July 30 28 27 28. Rivière-du-Sud (Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny), July 31 29. La Durantaye (Saint-Michel), August 1 30. Beaumont, August 9 3 1. Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy, August 10 32. Quebec City, August 10 (Based on the sacrament of confirmation registers kept in the archives of the Quebec City archdiocese) An underfunded diocese (Continued from page 4) Two examples of this situation are worth mentioning. Abbé Thomas Morel, a founding priest of the Quebec Seminary, was in charge of a 27 league (38 miles) zone located between Rivière-du-Loup and Berthier, populated by only 63 families. Priests in France traveled an average distance of 2 leagues. Poor Abbé Morel’s district had neither a chapel nor a rectory (Gosselin, II, p. 256). Abbé de Saint-Claude was assigned a cure extending from Berthier to Pointe-Lévy. Following his first visit to the diocese, Msgr de Saint-Vallier wrote: “I visited every church I came upon along my route, on either side of the river (…) they were either on the verge of ruin or lacking in the bare essentials – so much so that the sight of their poverty greatly distressed me (…)” (Gosselin, II, p. 264). Laval had to maintain only those cures with the means to ensure their priest’s subsistence. His Seminary, that served as supplier to the priests and faithful in Canada, therefore ensured the Church’s longevity in the country through its own funding, as its founder had intended (Bureau, p. 146). François de Laval could have felt demoralized by the state of his Church, given the many years and all of the efforts he and his priests had put into it. “He took consolation, however, in the thoughts he had sown abundantly throughout the land the fertile seed of the Christian faith that would ultimately produce wonders.” (Gosselin, II, p. 264) 1 In the Plan, Msgr de Laval listed the 25 districts he had established in 1678, which could, under the right conditions, become nodes for many new parishes. They became, in and of themselves, the mother parishes of all the others. Most of these districts already had a priest onsite. The intendant suggested that Recollects be used as priests – a move that would reduce the costs to the State and provide the faithful with reliable service (Letter to Seignelay, November 4, 1683). This solution, however, would not reduce the inhabitants’ tithes and did not have any follow-up. Conclusion Despite the Plan, the petitions, and the solutions proposed, the king reduced the amount sent to the Canadian Church from the royal coffers as early as 1684. Msgr de The amount of this royal subsidy varied from 4,000 to 8,000 pounds yearly. Of this amount, 2,000 pounds paid directly for the care of priests who were sick or infirm, and 1,200 pounds was earmarked for the building of churches. Msgr de Laval estimated the cost of a priest’s subsistence in Canada at 800 pounds yearly (Gosselin, I, p. 414). 2 Msgr de Laval’s income had diminished by 10,000 pounds since the King had given him the revenue of the Estrées Abbey, in 1672, to finance his diocese, but in fact the abbey was in constant deficit. He no longer received the 6,000 pounds in pension that the Court had promised him, nor the 2,000 pounds the Frech West India Compagny used to give him before its dissolution in 1674. He also lost 2,000 pounds per year since the exchange of Île d’Orléans for Île Jésus he had made in 1675 to obtain money for the construction of his Seminary. (Gosselin, II, p. 218). Bibliography Baillargeon, N. “Le Séminaire de Québec et les cures sous l’épiscopat de Mgr de Laval [The Séminaire de Québec and cures in the Episcopate of Msgr de Laval]”, Cap-aux-Diamants, Special issue, Spring 1993, pp. 22-25. Bureau, G. François de Lava et son époque [his life and times], 2012, Quebec City: Séminaire de Québec, 264 pages. Gosselin, A. Vie de Mgr de Laval [The life of Msgr de Laval] Vols. I and II, 1890, Quebec City: Demers et Frères, 704 pages. Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter • December 2017 5 �B y M a rti n a d e Vri e s I n N o v e m b er 2 01 6, t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n ar y u n d ert o o k a n e x h a u sti v e i n v e nt or y of all d o c u m e nt ati o n, a r ti f a c t s, a n d a r ti s ti c r e p r e s e n t a ti o n s – i n v a ri o u s f o r m s – t h a t c all t o mi n d o r r ef e r t o St. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. T o d o s o, t h e C e nt r e d’ a ni m a ti o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al w a s a s si g n e d t h e t a s k of d e v el o pi n g a d e s cri pti v e c at al o g li sti n g t h e c o nt e nt of t h e s e d o c u m e nt s, b y c o nt a cti n g pl a c e s of c u s t o d y a n d, if p o s si bl e, c a p t u ri n g t h e i t e m s f o r i n v e n t o r y i n b o t h di gi t al a n d p h ot o g r a p hi c f o r m. T hi s e x h a u sti v e d o c u m e nt a ti o n will b e a v ail a bl e t o r e s e a r c h e r s w o r ki n g i n t h e fi el d s of hi st o r y a n d s pi ri t u ali t y. P h a s e I of t hi s i m m e n s e pr oj e ct w a s dr a wi n g u p a n i n v e nt or y of t h e e nti r e c o r p u s of M s g r d e L a v al. W h at a s u r p ri s e t o di s c o v e r t h at o u r i n v e nt o r y t o d at e c o m p ri s e s m o r e t h a n 4, 0 0 0 e ntri e s!!! W e h a v e i d e ntifi e d 1, 0 0 0 or s o bi bli o gr a p hi c m at e ri al s i n t hi s c oll e cti o n – i. e., b o o k s, j o u r n al a r ti cl e s, t h e s e s, et c. – a n d 3, 0 0 0 s o ur c e d o c u m e nt s: c orr e s p o n d e n c e, p a st o r al o r d e r s, r e c o r d s, et c. d ati n g b a c k t o t h e bi s h o p’ s e r a. T h e l att e r c at e g o r y w a s t h e m o st c h all e n gi n g, si n c e t h e s e pi e c e s ar e s c att er e d t hr o u g h m a n y ar c hi v e s a n d ar e n ot al w a y s i n v e nt ori e d, a n d t h e d e s cri pti o n s a n d s u m m ari e s ar e n ot c o n si st e nt. W e e x p e ct t o c o m pl et e t hi s i niti al p h a s e i n D e c e m b er 2 01 7. t h e H o s pit all e r s i n M o nt r e al. G o v e r n m e nt r e c o r d s i n cl u d e t h e p u bli c ar c hi v e s of C a n a d a, i n Ott a w a, t h e ar c hi v e s m ai n t ai n e d b y t h e p r o vi n c e of Q u e b e c, a n d t h e c oll e c ti o n s of o r d e r s i s s u e d b y bi s h o p s a n d t h e S o v e r ei g n C o u n cil of N e w Fr a n c e. O n e t hi n g a p p a r e nt t o u s i s t h e i m m e n s e t a s k t hi s h a s e nt ail e d f or t h e bi o gr a p h er s of M s gr d e L a v al a n d t h e p o s t ul at or s f or t h e C a u s e … e s p e ci all y w or ki n g wit h o ut t o d a y’ s t e c h n ol o g y! L et u s a c k n o wl e d g e t h e w or k of A b b é s G e or g e sÉ d o u a r d D e m e r s, H o n o ri u s P r o v o s t, A u g u s t e G o s s eli n, A m é d é e G o s s eli n, T h o m a s- É ti e n n e H a m el, a n d N o ël W e b eli e v e d at fir st t h at e v er yt hi n g h a d b e e n pri nt e d i n t h e Alt e r a N o v a P o siti o , t h e m ai n d o c u m e nt f o r t h e C a u s e of c a n o ni z ati o n, p u bli s h e d i n 1 9 5 6. W h at a mi st a k e! T h e g o al at t h e ti m e w a s t o d e m o n str at e t h e s ai ntli n e s s of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al – a n d a r e pr e s e nt ati v e s el e cti o n of s o ur c e d o c u m e nt s w a s m or e t h a n a d e q u at e f or t hi s p ur p o s e. O ur s i s a br o a d er o bj e cti v e. W e a r e s e e ki n g t o i n v e nt o r y e v e r yt hi n g d e ali n g wit h t h e v ari o u s f a c et s of t hi s m a n: h e h a d s er v e d a s bi s h o p, a d mi ni st r at o r, p a st o r, S ei g n e u r, p oliti ci a n, m a n of c h a rit y, t r a v el e r, a d v o c a t e f o r t h e A m e ri n di a n s, c o m m e n d a t o r y a b b ot, s u bj e ct of t h e ki n g a n d s u bj e ct t o t h e P o p e, e v a n g e li z er, pi o n e er, a n d f o u n d er. O n e e x a m pl e i s A b b é G o er g e s- É d o u ar d D e m er s, vi c e- p o st ul a t or f or t h e C a u s e a n d m ai n a ut h or of t h e Alt er a N o v a P o siti o , w h o s o u g ht t o e x pl ai n t h e diffi c ulti e s f a c e d i n h a vi n g Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a p p oi nt e d A p o st oli c Vi c ar i n N e w Fr a n c e, b et w e e n 1 6 5 7 a n d 1 6 5 8. H e s el e ct e d fi v e l ett er s fr o m t h e c orr e s p o nd e n c e of É ti e n n e G u effi e r, a n e n v o y s e n t t o R o m e b y t h e Ki n g of Fr a n c e. T w o e x c e r pt s f r o m t h e s e l ett e r s w e r e r e p r o d u c e d i n t h e Al t e r a N o v a P o si ti o . O u r p r oj e c t will i n cl u d e all of G u effi e r’ s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e: 3 9 l ett e r s a n d 2 di s s ert ati o n s. A n u m b e r of ot h e r d o c u m e nt s m u st b e u n e a r t h e d f r o m s e v er al m u s e u m s, di o c e s e s, p ari s h e s, a n d r eli gi o u s c o m m u ni ti e s. I n Fr a n c e, w e m u s t s e a r c h r e c o r d s f r o m C a e n, C h a r t r e s, É v r e u x, L a R o c h ell e, M o nti g n y- s u r- A v r e, P a ri s, a n d V er s aill e s, a m o n g ot h er s. T h e ar c hi v e s i n R o m e c o nt ai n t h e V ati c a n ar c hi v e s ( s o m e p a p al f o n d s a n d c orr e s p o n d e n c e wit h n u n ci o s i n Fr a n c e, t h e C o n si st ori al C o n gr e g ati o n, t h e S e cr et ari at of St at e a n d t h e A p o st oli c D at ar y), t h e ar c hi v e s of t h e S a cr e d C o n gr e g ati o n of Pr o p a g a n d a a n d t h o s e of t h e S a c r e d C o n g r e g a ti o n of Ri t e s. I n Q u e b e c, w e h a v e t h e a r c hi v e s of t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y, t h e di o c e s e of Q u e b e c, t h e f o n d s of t h e p o st ul at or s f or t h e C a u s e, t h e ar c hi v e s of di o c e s e s a n d p a ri s h e s c r e at e d b y M s g r d e L a v al, a n d t h e ar c hi v e s of t h e S ul pi ci a n, Ur s uli n e, A u g u sti ni a n, a n d J e s uit c o m m u niti e s, a s w ell a s t h e C o n gr e g ati o n of O ur L a d y a n d 6 M os ai c of a n a cti v e lif e D o c u m e nts i n v e nt ori e d i n t h e or d er of Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al’s ti m eli n e. O ur visit ors ar e al w a ys i m pr ess e d b y t his m os ai c. B aill a r g e o n, a m o n g ot h e r s, a s w ell a s t h e w o r k of F at h e r R o g e r L a b e r g e, t h e l a st p o st ul at o r f o r t h e C a u s e, w h o i s pr e s e ntl y tr a n sl ati n g t h e n ot e s i n cl u d e d i n t h e Alt er a N o v a P o siti o , w hi c h w er e writt e n i s It ali a n. P h a s e II of t h e p r oj e c t – cl a s sifi c a ti o n of t h e d o c u m e nt s i n v e nt ori e d – will b e gi n i n 2 01 8. H a v e t h e y b e e n di giti z e d ? Ar e t h e s c a n s of hi g h q u alit y ? Will tr a n sl ati o n s fr o m It ali a n o r L a ti n i nt o Fr e n c h b e n e e d e d ? A d di ti o n al w o r k will b e r e q ui r e d t o s t a n d a r di z e d o c u m e n t a b s t r a c t s a n d t h ei r bi bli o gr a p hi c d at a, et c. T hi s p h a s e of t h e pr oj e ct will li k el y e xt e n d o v er t h e b ett er p art of 2 01 8. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 7 ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) P R OJECT K e e pi n g t h e m e m o r y of St. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al ali v e �E VE NT P h ot o Al b u m 1 2 ( P h o t o : Cl ai r e D u M e s nil) ( P h o t o s : Cl ai r e D u M e s nil) 3 1. SI G NI S C o n g r e s s a n d o u r m aj o r fi g u r e s of f ai t h T h e i nt e r n ati o n al C o n g r e s s e s of t h e W o rl d C at h oli c A s s o ci ati o n f o r C o m m u ni c a ti o n ( SI G NI S) a n d t h e C a t h oli c P r e s s A s s o ci a ti o n w e r e h el d a t L a v al U ni v e r si t y f r o m J u n e 1 9 t o 2 2. T h e o r g a ni z e r s pl a c e d t h e e v e n t u n d e r t h e p r o t e c ti o n of o u r m aj o r fi g u r e s of f ai t h h e r e i n Q u e b e c Ci t y: Bl e s s e d C a t h e ri n e d e S ai n t- A u g u s ti n, S t. M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n, a n d S t. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. A pil g ri m a g e t o t h e t o m b s, a c el e b r a ti o n, m o r ni n g p r a y e r s, r o o m s n a m e d af t e r t h e s e t h r e e fi g u r e s, a n d a w o r k s h o p a b o u t t h e m w e r e all p a r t of t h e p r o g r a m. 2. T ri b u t e O n e of t h e e v e n t s m a r k e d a t t h e 3 5 0 t h a n ni v e r s a r y c el e b r a ti o n s of L a N a ti vi t é d e l a S ai n t e- Vi e r g e p a ri s h w a s S t. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s s t o p i n P r ai ri e- d e-l a- M a g d el ei n e i n 1 6 7 6. I n t e r p r e ti v e si g n a g e, i n s t all e d i n f r o n t of t h e c h u r c h, w a s u n v eil e d o n M a y 1 9, wi t h C a r di n al C y p ri e n L a c r oi x, A r c h bi s h o p of Q u e b e c, a n d a n u m b e r of di g ni t a ri e s o n h a n d, al o n g wi t h m a n y of t h e f ai t hf ul. ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) 4 ( P h o t o : J e a n D u v al) 5 3. T ri b u t e, P a r t II T h a t e v e ni n g, af t e r a s ol e m n M a s s i n c o m m e m o r a ti o n of o u r s ai n t, t h e C a r di n al w a s i n vi t e d t o bl e s s t h e S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c gi cl é e, w hi c h will b e h u n g i n t h e v e s ti b ul e of t h e c h u r c h. Pi c t u r e d h e r e a r e A b b é J a c q u e s R o b e r g e, S u p e ri o r g e n e r al of t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y; a r ti s t D a ni el A b el, c r e a t o r of t hi s w o r k; C a r di n al L a c r oi x; a n d p a ri s h p ri e s t F a t h e r M a ri o D e s r o si e r s. O u r t h a n k s t o t h e o r g a ni z e r s f o r t hi s i ni ti a ti v e a n d f o r a m e m o r a bl e d a y. 4. ‘‘ H e r e li e s S t. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al’’ I n r e s p o n s e t o a q u e s ti o n of t e n a s k e d b y vi si t o r s ( E x a c tl y w h e r e a r e S t. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s r e m ai n s ?), a u t h o ri ti e s of t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y a n d N ot r e- D a m e d e Q u é b e c h a v e a g r e e d t o c h a n g e t h e i n s c ri pti o n o n t h e sl a b i n t h e f u n e r al c h a p el. 5. C hi n e s e m e di a A T V p r o d u c ti o n t e a m f r o m F o u n t ai n of L o v e a n d Lif e , b a s e d i n O n t a ri o, vi sit e d Q u e b e c Cit y t o fil m a r e p o rt o n o u r m aj o r fi g u r e s of f ai t h f o r t h ei r C hi n e s e- C a n a di a n vi e w er s. Fr o m A u g u st 4 t o 7, t h e t e a m w a s a bl e t o fil m i m a g e s o n l o c ati o n a n d i nt er vi e w v ari o u s p e o pl e w h o t ol d t h e m a b o ut C a t h e ri n e d e S ai n t- A u g u s ti n, M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n, a n d F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. T h e s t o r y w a s d o n e i n b o t h E n gli s h a n d M a n d a ri n. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • D e c e m b e r 2 01 7 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) A tribute to François de Laval This piece was commissioned by Jeannine Hot and Wilfrid Paré to commemorate the accidental death of their son, Serge Paré, age 21 years, on October 2, 1980. It was unveiled and blessed the following year, at a Eucharistic celebration on October 10, 1981, in the church of the Visitation in Château-Richer. Also present were the parish priest of the time, Henri Goulet, and Canon Jacques Lemieux, then Director of the Centre. Paul Y. Gagnon (1932- ) Glazed pine, 43.3 X 13.8 inches, 1981 Church of the Visitation, Château-Richer, Quebec Pope Alexander VII to Msgr de Laval We know full well that your zeal needs no stimulus; it blazes spontaneously when you see what needs to be done for the propagation of our sacred Faith. Dedicate yourself to this noble task with love and ardor. You are aware of the paternal affection we have for you, as well as for your Church, and the new Christian roots it has put down. Your apostolic work will increasingly merit this affection and, especially, the blessing of the All-Powerful. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 35 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-5 : <em>An underfunded diocese</em> by Martina de Vries<br />p. 6 : <em>Keeping the memory of François de Laval alive (continued)</em> by Martina de Vries<br />p. 7 : News<br />p. 8 : Iconography : Statue by Paul Y. 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St François de Laval knew them well and visited them often. Let’s briefly step back in time, to the very early days of this great metropolis. A “mad venture” Ville-Marie was founded in 1642, by Maisonneuve and Mance, who both hailed from the Champagne region of France. Their goal was purely religious: to convert the Amerindians. They believed Montreal Island – the convergence point of various fur trading routes – was the ideal site for this. Unfortunately, it was also a convergence point for the Iroquois wars (which continued incessantly between 1643 and 1665) and the site of multiple epidemics (Baboyart, p. 20). Governor de Montmagny would have preferred they settle on Orleans Island. Christianizing the Amerindians was already a daunting task; trying to get them to settle in one place and become French was a “mad venture,” especially in such a dangerous place! Indeed, Marie de l’Incarnation once said: “It is easier to make a Savage of a Frenchman than a Frenchman of a Savage!” Ville-Marie could have been abandoned very early on. The founders of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal [Society of Our Lady], Olier and de la Dauversière, died in 1657 and 1659 respectively, leaving a debt of 130,000 tournois pounds. As firm believers in the benefits of their enterprise, however, Montrealers exerted pressure to keep the mission going. The new Superior of the Sulpicians in France, de Bretonvilliers, bestowed the princely gift of the seigneurie [fiefdom] on the Sulpicians of Montreal, on behalf of the community (Litalien, p. 16). Four Sulpicians arrived on the island in 1657, including Gabriel de Queylus, who later founded the Montreal Seminary, Composite photo of the bas-relief statues of, in order, Marguerite Bourgeoys, François de Laval, and Jeanne Mance, on the Joan of Arc Monument by Jules Déchin, in Quebec City. (Photo : Daniel Abel) and Gabriel Souart, the first parish priest (1657 to 1666). In 1660, Jeanne Mance and Marguerite Bourgeoys also brought in recruits for their respective institutions. In August 1660, François de Laval made his first pastoral visit to Montreal, whose population of 375 included both settlers and Amerindians. From 1659 to 1683, the Saint-Joseph chapel in the Hôtel-Dieu hospital served as the parish church. The Sulpicians practiced their ministry and ran a seminary for educating boys. Jeanne Mance ran the Hôtel-Dieu and the children were taught by Marguerite Bourgeoys and a few (Continued on page 2) young girls. �M o nt r e al – st e e p e d i n pi et y ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 1) T w o t e n a ci o u s w o m e n h el d i n hi s e s t e e m Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al k n e w – a n d li k e d – t h e w o m e n i n v ol v e d i n f o u n di n g M o nt r e al. J e a n n e M a n c e a r ri v e d i n 1 6 4 2, t o c a r e f o r t h e si c k a n d w o u n d e d. Wi t h f u n di n g s u p pli e d b y M a d a m e d e B o uli o n, s h e o p e n e d t h e H ô t el- Di e u i n 1 6 4 8. M a r g u e rit e B o u r g e o y s j oi n e d h e r i n 1 6 5 3, a n d o p e n e d h e r s c h o ol f o u r y e a r s l a t e r, i n a f o r m e r st a bl e b el o n gi n g t o t h e C o m p a g ni e d e M o nt r é al. I n 1 6 5 8, J e a n n e M a n c e a n d M a r g u e ri t e B o u r g e o y s r et ur n e d t o Fr a n c e t o r e cr uit c o m p a ni o n s. T h e y r et ur n e d o n S e p t e m b e r 8, 1 6 5 9, af t e r a g r u eli n g v o y a g e o n t h e S ai n t- A n d r é . J e a n n e M a n c e w a s a c c o m p a ni e d b y M a ri e M aill e t, J u di t h M o r e a u d e B r é s ol e s a n d C at h eri n e M a c é, w hil e M ar g u erit e B o ur g e o y s r et ur n e d wi t h E d m é e C h a st el, C a t h e ri n e C r ol o, A n n e Hi o u x a n d M ari e R ai si n. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, w h o h a d arri v e d t o Q u e b e c Ci t y o n J u n e 1 6, 1 6 5 9, w a s t h e r e t o g r e et t h e m. T h e p a s s e n g e r s r e m ai n e d t h e r e f o r a m o nt h, t o c a r e f o r t h e si c k a n d d e ci d e w h at t o d o a b o ut t h e H o s pi t all e r s of L a Fl è c h e. T h ei r r et u r n t o M o nt r e al o n t h e St. L a w r e n c e t o o k t w o w e e k s. T h e bi s h o p of Q u e b e c vi si t e d t h e m i n M o nt r e al a n u m b e r of ti m e s af t e r w a r d s. M a p of t h e b e gi n ni n gs of Vill e- M ari e a c c or di n g t o A. L é o L e y m ari e, fr o m t h e 1 6 7 2 m a n us cri pt b y Fr a n ç ois D olli er d e C as o n, a S ul pi ci a n, i n Hist oir e d u M o ntr é al d e 1 6 4 0 à 1 6 7 2. m a tt e r a n d s e e if t h e y c o ul d e st a bli s h a p r e s e n c e t h e r e. ” ( G o s s eli n, p. 1 2 3) H o w e v e r, t h e r e w e r e t h r e e o b st a cl e s t o hi s pl a n: t h e l a c k of a v ail a bl e n u n s i n Q u e b e c Ci t y, t h ei r l a c k of f u n d s t o m ai n t ai n t w o i n s ti t u ti o n s, a n d t h e r e m a r k a bl e t e n a ci t y of M o nt r e al’ s f e m al e pi o n e e r s. T h e o ri gi n al f e a t u r e of t h e C o n g r é g a ti o n d e N ot r e- D a m e [ of O u r L a d y] w a s t h a t t h e n u n s w e r e n o t cl oi s t e r e d. M ar g u erit e B o ur g e o y s h a d q ui c kl y r e ali z e d t h e a d v a nt a g e s of a n e w a p p r o a c h i n a c o u nt r y li k e C a n a d a. S h e b eli e v e d it w a s pr ef er a bl e f or h er t e a c h er s t o tr a v el t o t h eir st u d e nt s, r a t h e r t h a n f o r c e t h e st u d e n t s t o c o m e t o t h e c o n v e n t. S h e m a d e a n ot h e r t ri p t o Fr a n c e i n 1 6 7 0, t o o bt ai n l ett e r s p a t e nt r e c o g ni zi n g h e r c o m m u ni t y. I n t h e i nt er e st s of cr e ati n g a u nit e d di o c e s e, M s gr Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w o ul d h a v e p r ef e r r e d t h e U r s uli n e s t o e d u c a t e gi rl s i n M o nt r e al a n d t h e A u g u sti ni a n n u n s t o t a k e c h a r g e of t h e h o s pit al. I n t h e A n n al e s d e l’ H ôt el- Di e u d e Q u é b e c, Si st e r J u c h e r e a u w r ot e: “ H e o nl y w a nt e d o n e H o s pit all e r i n sti t u t e i n C a n a d a, f o r t h e s a k e of p e a c e; h e e v e n s e nt t w o m e m b e r s f r o m Q u e b e c t o M o nt r e al t o l o o k i nt o t h e A s e a rl y a s 1 6 6 7, M s g r d e L a v al h a d a s si g n e d t h r e e p r o mi n e n t p e o pl e t h e t a s k of a t t e m p ti n g t o s e t tl e t h e q u e sti o n of f or m ali z ati o n of M ar g u erit e B o ur g e o y s’ s w or k. ( C o n ti n u e d o n p a g e 3) C O R R E C TI O N Fr o m Gill e s B u r e a u’ s p r o di gi o u s r e s e a r c h t o p r o d u c e a li s t of bi s h o p s e d u c a t e d a t t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y, w hi c h w e p u bli s h e d i n o u r l a st i s s u e, a f e w w ell-i nf o r m e d r e a d e r s h a v e p r o vi d e d u s wi t h t h e f oll o wi n g d et ail s. W e t h a n k t h e m f o r t h ei r i n p u t. T h e f oll o wi n g li n e s o n p a g e 6 s h o ul d r e a d a s f oll o w s: 1 9 7 4: M s g r N o ël D el a q ui s s h o ul d n ot b e f oll o w e d b y t h e ( O. C. S.O.) d e si g n a ti o n. S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al I s s u e 3 4 • M a y 2 01 7 1 9 9 9: M s g r J e a n G a g n o n att e n d e d t h e M aj o r S e mi n a r y, a n d di e d i n D e c e m b e r 2 01 6. 2 0 0 8: M s g r Y v o n - J o s e p h M o r e a u, S. E., w a s a s t u d e n t a t t h e M aj o r S e mi n a r y a n d i s bi s h o p of t h e S ai n t e- A n n e- d e-l aP o c a ti è r e di o c e s e. P h o n e: 41 8 6 9 2- 0 2 2 8 C o urri el : c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m Vi sit o ur w e b sit e: w w w.fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m R e vi s er: M arti n a d e Vri e s Gr a p hi c d e si g n : L e c o ur s c o m m u ni c ati o n. c o m Pri nt r u n : 2, 5 0 0 c o pi e s, a v ail a bl e i n Fr e n c h a n d E n gli s h T hi s n e w sl ett er i s p u bli s h e d t wi c e a y e ar a n d s e nt f or fr e e b y m ail. It c a n al s o b e f o u n d i n P D F f or m at o n o ur w e b sit e. W e c ar e a b o ut t h e e n vir o n m e nt. B y v ol u nt aril y si g ni n g o n t o o ur E m ail di stri b uti o n li st, y o u will h el p u s mi ni mi z e o ur u s e of p a p er. If y o u writ e u s at c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m, y o u will r e c ei v e all f ort h c o mi n g c o pi e s i n P D F f or m at. T h a n k y o u. E x e c uti v e E dit or: J e a n D u v al C o nt a ct u s C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al 2 0, r u e D e B u a d e, Q u é b e c ( Q u é b e c) G1 R 4 A1 2 C o ntri b ut or s : D a ni el A b el Gill e s B ur e a u M arti n a d e Vri e s C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 7 L e g al d e p o sit: Li br ar y a n d Ar c hi v e s C a n a d a I S S N 2 2 9 0- 3 4 9 6 �M o nt r e al – st e e p e d i n pi et y ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 2) A s writt e n b y G o s s eli n, “ h a vi n g M s gr d e L a v al’ s p er mi s si o n u n d o u bt e dl y c a r ri e d m u c h w ei g ht i n m a ki n g t hi s b u si n e s s a s u c c e s s, si n c e t h e p r el a t e w a s hi g hl y r e p u t e d f o r hi s wi s d o m a n d c a u ti o n. ” ( G o s s eli n, p. 11 7-11 8) H e offi ci all y a p p r o v e d t h e H o s pit all e r s of St. J o s e p h of t h e H ôt el- Di e u of M o nt r e al d u ri n g hi s 1 6 71 p a st o r al vi sit, a n d t h e C o n g r é g a ti o n d e N ot r e- D a m e i n 1 6 7 6. M s g r d e L a v al al s o k n e w M a ri e M o ri n (1 6 4 9-1 7 3 0), t h e fi r st C a n a di a n w o m a n ( b o r n i n Q u e b e c Ci t y) t o j oi n t h e H o s pi t all e r s of S t. J o s e p h of M o n t r e al. G a bri el S o u art, t h e s e c o n d S u p eri or of t h e S ul pi ci a n s, r e c ei v e d h e r v o w s i n M o n t r e al o n M a r c h 2 0, 1 6 6 5. S h e w a s t h e a ut h o r of U n e hi st oi r e si m pl e [ A si m pl e st o r y]. L e s A n n al e s d e l’ H ô t el- Di e u d e M o nt r é al d e 1 6 5 9 à 1 7 2 5, a n i nt er e sti n g st or y of h er c o m m u nit y a n d, b y t h e s a m e t o k e n, of t h e e a rl y d a y s of M o n t r e al. S h e s p e a k s m a g nifi c e ntl y of t h e Bi s h o p of P et r a e a: “ a g r e a t s er v a nt of G o d a n d a hi g hl y a p o st oli c m a n. ” ( G o s s eli n, p. 1 2 3) H e r ol d e st b r ot h e r, A b b é G e r m ai n M o ri n (1 6 4 2-1 7 0 2), w a s t h e fi r st C a n a di a n t o b e o rd ai n e d a s a p ri e st, o n S e pt e m b e r 1 9, 1 6 6 5. H e w a s M s gr d e L a v al’ s s e cr et ar y fr o m 1 6 5 9 t o 1 6 6 5, a n d t h e n w e nt o n t o b e c o m e a mi s si o n a r y p ri e st, s e r vi n g a s vi c a r o r p a ri s h p ri e st i n r o u g hl y t e n p a ri s h e s. M o v e d b y t h ei r mi sf o r t u n e W h e n t h e C o n g r e g a ti o n b uil di n g s w e r e r a v a g e d b y a fi r e d u ri n g t h e ni g h t of D e c e m b er 6- 7, 1 6 8 3, M s gr d e L a v al wr ot e: “I a m d e e pl y s t ri c k e n b y t hi s a c ci d e n t, e s p e ci all y t h e l o s s of o u r t w o si s t e r s, G e n e vi è v e a n d M a r g u e ri t e, w h o w e r e c o n s u m e d i n t h e fi r e. T h e y w e r e f r ui t s ri p e f o r H e a v e n, b ut y o u r c o m m u nit y still n e e d e d t h e m. ” ( G o s s eli n, p. 11 9) H e w a s j u s t a s s a d d e n e d b y t h e fi r e a t t h e H ôt el- Di e u of M o nt r e al, i n 1 6 9 5. Alt h o u g h h e h a d r eti r e d t o t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y, h e s e nt t h e m 2 0 0 p o u n d s 1 f or t h e r e c o n str u cti o n f u n d. Hi s s u p p o r t of d e v o t e d mi s si o n a ri e s Fr o m t h e ti m e of i t s f o u n d a ti o n, t h e r e m o t e n e s s of M o n t r e al m a d e i t a v e r y i n d e p e n d e n t c o m m u ni t y, of t e n e s c a pi n g t h e a u t h o ri t y of t h e G o v e r n o r of N e w Fr a n c e. M s g r d e L a v al’ s a u t h o ri t y w a s si mil a rl y c h all e n g e d a t ti m e s. 2 T h e j u ri s di c ti o n of a n a p o st oli c vi c a r, a n o v el t y a t t h e ti m e, w a s n o t i m m e di a t el y a c c e p t e d b y all, a n d a p e ri o d of u n c e r t ai nt y m a r k e d t h e fi r st y e a r s of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s e pi s c o p a c y. I n M o n t r e al, t h e “fi e r y ” A b b é d e Q u e yl u s, a S ul pi ci a n, at s o m e ti m e s s u b mitt e d t o M s g r d e L a v al, w h o all o w e d hi m t o p r e a c h a t a c e r e m o n y, a n d a t ot h e r s h e e x e r ci s e d t h e r ol e of Vi c a r G e n e r al a s si g n e d b y t h e A r c h bi s h o p of R o u e n, w h o c h all e n g e d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al’ s a u t h o ri t y o v e r t h e C h u r c h of C a n a d a. A b b é d e Q u e yl u s w a s r e c all e d t o Fr a n c e, b ut all o w e d t o r et ur n t o N e w Fr a n c e i n 1 6 6 8. M s g r d e L a v al t h e n d e si g n a t e d hi m Vi c a r G e n e r al of M o nt r e al, w h e r e h e a ct e d a s S ei g n e u r a n d fi r st S u p e ri o r of t h e S ul pi ci a n s. H e r e t u r n e d t o Fr a n c e f o r h e al t h r e a s o n s, a n d di e d t h e r e i n 1 6 7 7 ( B u r e a u, p. 7 9). M s g r d e L a v al t r a v el e d t o M o nt r e al i n t h e s p ri n g of 1 6 7 6, a s s o o n a s t h e w at e r w a y w a s r e o p e n e d. Hi s vi sit s p a n n e d s e v e r al d a y s, a n d h e p e rf o r m e d t h e fi r st o r di n a ti o n of a S ul pi ci a n p ri e st i n t h e H ôt el- Di e u c h u r c h o n M a y 31. A b b é Pi e r r e R é m y (1 6 31-1 7 2 6) s e r v e d p ri m a ril y a s p a ri s h p ri e st i n L a c hi n e, a s c h a pl ai n of t h e H ôt el- Di e u, a n d a s pr o c ur at or of t h e M o nt r e al S e mi n a r y. Af t e r t h e I r o q u oi s r ai d i n 1 6 8 9 – al s o c all e d t h e “ L a c hi n e m a s s a cr e ” – h e a s k e d M ar g u erit e B o ur g e o y s t o t a k e c h ar g e of t h e or p h a n s. Hi s p ari s hi o n er s al w a y s h el d hi m i n e st e e m. H e s e r v e d a s a p ri e st f o r fif t y- o n e y e a r s. T h e f oll o wi n g y e a r, i n 1 6 7 7, M s g r d e L a v al o f fi ci all y a p p r o v e d t h e S é mi n ai r e d e S ai n t- S ul pi c e d e M o n t r é al, f oll o wi n g t w o d e c a d e s of w o r k b y i t s m e m b e r s, w h o h a d s u c c e e d e d t h e J e s ui t mi s si o n a ri e s i n 1 6 5 7. T h e S ul pi ci a n s w e r e t h e S ei g n e u r s of M o n t r e al f r o m 1 6 6 3 t o 1 8 4 0, s e r vi n g f o r a l o n g ti m e a s c h a pl ai n s f o r t h e r eli gi o u s c o m m u ni ti e s a n d a s p a ri s h p ri e s t s f o r t h e i sl a n d, a s w ell a s t h o s e al o n g t h e n o r t h a n d s o u t h s h o r e s f o r v a r yi n g p e ri o d s ( Li t ali e n, p. 1 5). A t o t al of 1 2 6 S ul pi ci a n s c a m e t o J e a n n e M a n c e di e d i n 1 6 7 3 a n d h a d n a m e d C a n a d a d u ri n g t h e Fr e n c h R é gi m e. B et w e e n t h e Bi s h o p of P et r a e a t h e e x e c ut o r of h e r 1 6 6 8 a n d 1 6 8 0, s e v e n S ul pi ci a n s t r a v el e d will ( s e e p a g e 5). M a r g u e ri t e B o u r g e o y s n o r t h of L a k e O n t a ri o t o w o r k a m o n g t h e li v e d u n til 1 7 0 0, a n d w a s t h e s u bj e c t of T h e tr u e m oti v es of t h e m e n a b e a u tif ul t ri b u t e b y M s g r d e L a v al: a n d w o m a n of t h e S o ci et y of H u r o n s. M s g r d e L a v al w r ot e hi s w ell- k n o w “I n s t r u c ti o n s t o mi s si o n a ri e s ” f o r t w o of “ Si s t e r B o u r g e o y s w a s a f r ui t ri p e f o r O ur L a d y of M o ntr e al, t h e m – Tr o u v é a n d F é n él o n – a n d t h ei r H e a v e n – a h u m bl e, si m pl e b ei n g. G o d p u blis h e d i n 1 6 4 3. c oll e a g u e s. T h e S ul pi ci a n s, w h o h a d m o r e h a s b e st o w e d all of Hi s g r a c e u p o n h e r; f u n d s a t t h ei r di s p o s al, fi n a n c e d t h e s h e will b e a t O u r L o r d’ s si d e, a p o w e rf ul c o n st r u c ti o n of m a n y b uil di n g s. O n e of t h e m w a s N ot r ep r ot e c t o r of y o u r h o m e. ” ( B u r e a u, p p. 1 5 8-1 5 9) D a m e- d u- B o n- S e c o u r s [ O u r L a d y of G o o d H el p], a st o n e ( C o n ti n u e d o n p a g e 4) 1 I n t h e 1 7t h c e nt u r y, a m a n wi t h t w o o c c u p a ti o n s – e. g., m a s o n r y a n d cl e a ri n g t h e l a n d – e a r n e d a n a v e r a g e of 1 0 0 p o u n d s y e a rl y. 2 T h e r el a ti o n s hi p b et w e e n M o nt r e al a n d t h e a u t h o ri ti e s i n Q u e b e c Ci t y w a s c h a n g e d af t e r t w o n e w d e v el o p m e nt s: i n 1 6 6 3, L o ui s XI V d e c r e e d h e w o ul d r ul e al o n e a n d g r a nt e d t h e G o v e r n o r of N e w Fr a n c e i n c r e a s e d p o w e r s; a n d Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s offi ci all y a p p oi nt e d Bi s h o p of Q u e b e c i n 1 6 7 4. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 7 3 �M o nt r e al – st e e p e d i n pi et y ( C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 3) c h ur c h or d er e d b y t h e s e c o n d S u p eri or, D olli er d e C a s s o n, a n d t h e s e c o n d p a ri s h p ri e st, Gill e s P é r ot. T h e bi s h o p offi ci all y o p e n e d i t t e n y e a r s l a t e r, d u ri n g hi s 1 6 81 p a st o r al vi si t, al t h o u g h i t still h a d n o f a ç a d e or b ell t o w er. H e h a d c a n o ni c all y e st a bli s h e d t h e t h e N ot r e- D a m e d e M o nt r é al p ari s h t hr e e y e ar s e arli er, a n d u nit e d it wit h t h e S e mi n ar y i n p e r p et ui t y. S o m e d a y s l a t e r, h e al s o u ni t e d i n p e r p et ui t y t h e c h a p el b uil t b y M a r g u e ri t e B o u r g e o y s i n 1 6 5 7. Fr a n ç oi s D olli e r d e C a s s o n, P S S (1 6 3 6-1 7 01), s e r v e d t wi c e a s S u p e ri o r of t h e S ul pi ci a n s – 1 6 71-1 6 7 4 a n d 1 6 7 8-1 7 01 – a n d w a s S ei g n e ur of M o ntr e al I sl a n d, p ari s h pri e st, Vi c ar G e n er al of t h e Q u e b e c di o c e s e, e x pl or er, ar c hit e ct, a n d hi st ori a n, a s w ell a s a fri e n d of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. H e f o u n d e d t h e Mi s si o n d e l a M o n t a g n e [ Mi s si o n of t h e M o u nt ai n] o n t h e i sl a n d, t o mi ni st er t o t h e Ir o q u oi s a n d t h e H ur o n s. W hil e t h e S ul pi ci a n s c h o s e t o m a k e t h e A m eri n di a n s i nt o Fr e n c h m e n, at t h e ki n g’ s r e q u e st, t h e J e s ui t s o pt e d t o l e a r n t h ei r l a n g u a g e s. T h e J e s uit s’ m et h o d w a s l at er a c c e pt e d b y t h e S ul pi ci a n mi s si o n ari e s, si n c e t h eir o w n h a d mi x e d r e s ult s. i n Fr a n c e, b e c a m e c o n c e r n e d a b o ut hi s h e alt h, b ut pr ai s e d hi s c o u r a g e i n t r a v eli n g t o a d mi ni st e r t h e s a c r a m e nt of c o nfi r m a ti o n i n t h e a b s e n c e of t h e a c ti n g bi s h o p. A n of t e n f o r g o tt e n f a c t i s t h a t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al k n e w a n d i n t e r a c t e d wi t h t h e r eli gi o u s f o u n d e r s of M o n t r e al. A s A b b é G o s s eli n c o n cl u d e d: “ T h e f o r e g oi n g r e v e al s t h a t n o r el e v a nt a s p e c t of t h e s pi ri t u al w ell- b ei n g of M o nt r e al w a s u n k n o w n t o M s g r d e L a v al. T h e t h r e e p r e d o mi n a n t r eli gi o u s c o m m u ni ti e s of t hi s ci t y – S t. S ul pi c e, t h e C o n gr e g ati o n of O ur L a d y, a n d t h e H o s pit all er s of St. J o s e p h – f o u n d i n hi m a f ai t hf ul f ri e n d a n d a wi s e p r o t e c t o r, c a u ti o u s a n d w ell e d u c a t e d. ” ( G o s s eli n, p. 1 4 9) Bi bli o g r a p h y: B a b o y a nt, M. “ S ai nt e M o nt r é al, ” C a p- a u x- Di a m a nt s , n o 2 7 ( F all 1 9 91), p. 1 8- 21. B u r e a u, G. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, hi s lif e a n d ti m e s , 2 01 6, Q u e b e c Ci t y: S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, 31 4 p. D a v el u y, M.- C. J e a n n e M a n c e , 1 9 6 2, M o nt r e al: Fi d e s, 41 8 p. D e sl a n d r e s, D. et al. L e s S ul pi ci e n s d e M o nt r é al, u n e hi st oi r e d e p o u v oi r et d e di s c r é ti o n, 1 6 5 7- 2 0 0 7 , 2 0 0 7, M o nt r e al: Fi d e s, 6 7 0 p. A pr ot e ct or A s A p o s t oli c Vi c a r, Bi s h o p of Q u e b e c, a n d t h e n Ol d M o n si g n o r Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al t r a v el e d t o M o nt r e al at l e a st t e n ti m e s. T h e s e d a t e s a r e c o nfi r m e d: 1 6 6 0, 1 6 6 4, 1 6 6 8, 1 6 6 9, 1 6 7 6, 1 6 7 8, 1 6 81, 1 6 8 8, a n d 1 7 0 2. W h e n h e m a d e hi s l a st vi si t, Tr e m bl a y, p r o c u r a t o r of t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y G o s s eli n, A. Vi e d e M g r d e L a v al , V ol. 2, 1 8 9 0, Q u e b e c Ci t y: D e m e r s & f r è r e s, 7 0 4 p. L a c o ur si èr e, J. “ Vill e- M ari e, d u r ê v e à l a r é alit é, ” C a p- a u x- Di a m a nt s , n o 2 7 ( F all 1 9 91), p. 9-1 2. Li t ali e n, R. “ L e s S ul pi ci e n s a u C a n a d a d e 1 6 5 7 à a uj o u r d’ h ui, ” C a p- a u x- Di a m a nt s , n o 5 8 ( S u m m e r 1 9 9 9), p. 1 4-1 9. NE W N e w b o o k o n F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al T H E S PI RI T U A L W RI TI N G S O F F R A N Ç OI S D E L A V A L T h e C e n t r e d’ a ni m a ti o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al of t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y r e c e n tl y p u bli s h e d T h e S pi ri t u al W ri ti n g s of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al , a t r a n sl a ti o n of M s gr H er m a n n Gi g u èr e’ s b o o k, L e s é crit s s pirit u el s d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al , p u bli s h e d i n 2 01 6. Af t e r Gill e s B u r e a u’ s fi r st b o o k – Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, hi s lif e a n d ti m e s, a d e s c ri pti o n of w h at a w ait e d t h e fi r st bi s h o p of N e w Fr a n c e a n d t h e c h all e n g e s h e f a c e d – w a s p u bli s h e d, t h e E n gli s h s p e a ki n g c o m m u ni t y s h o w e d a d efi ni t e, o n g oi n g i n t e r e st i n t hi s A p o stl e of A m e ri c a. R e a d e r s will di s c o v e r 3 9 of t h e s ai nt’ s s pi rit u al w riti n g s – w ritt e n, f o r t h e fi r st ti m e, i n t h e l a n g u a g e of S h a k e s p e a r e. I n a n ot h e r m aj o r fi r st, t hi s w o r k i s al s o a v ail a bl e a s a n e- b o o k. D et ail s : B o o k: 21 4 p a g e s, I S B N 9 7 8- 2- 9 81 2 9 5 7- 4- 3 $25 4 pl u s t a x e s o r e - b o o k $1 5 o n o u r w e b si t e. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 7 T h e S pirit u al Writi n gs of Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al b y Ms gr H er m a n n Gi g u èr e F or e w ar d b y C ar di n al G ér al d C y pri n L a cr oi x �A P A G E O F HI S T O R Y J e a n n e M a n c e’ s will B y Gill e s B u r e a u, hi st o ri a n R e s e a r c h of t e n b ri n g s s u r p ri s e s t h a t s h e d li g h t o n t h e p a s t, eli ci t s t r o n g e m o ti o n s, a n d i n s pi r e o u r a d mi r a ti o n. I n cl u d e d i n M a ri e- Cl ai r e D a v el u y’ s b o o k J e a n n e M a n c e ( Fi d e s, 1 9 6 2) i s a r e p r o d u cti o n of h e r h e r oi n e’ s h ol o g r a p h will. T h e f o u n d e r of t h e St. J o s e p h H o s pi t al of M o nt r e al a p p oi nt e d t h e Bi s h o p of P et r a e a t h e e x e c u t o r of h e r will, w hi c h w a s fi r st d r a w n u p i n 1 6 6 9 – a y e a r M s g r d e L a v al vi si t e d M o nt r e al. T h e p e r s o n n a m e d e x e c u t o r i s u s u all y a d vi s e d, b u t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s, u nf o r t u n a t el y, a w a y i n Fr a n c e w h e n J e a n n e M a n c e di e d o n J u n e 1 8, 1 6 7 3 i n M o nt r e al. H e h a d l ef t i n 1 6 71 a n d o nl y r et u r n e d i n 1 6 7 5. W h a t f oll o w s i s a t r a n sl a ti o n of t h e t e x t, r e p r o d u c e d f r o m p a g e 2 7 4, w hi c h I t r a n s c ri b e d i nt o p r e s e nt d a y Fr e n c h. Gill e s B u r e a u, hi st o ri a n I h e r e b y a p p oi nt t h e M o st Ill u st ri o u s a n d M o st R e v e r e n d Bi s h o p of P e t r a e a, o u r m o s t h o n o r a bl e p r el a t e, a s t h e e x e c u t o r of m y c u r r e n t will, m o s t h u m bl y s e e ki n g t h e i n d ul g e n c e of Hi s G r e a t n e s s, wi t h t h e g r e a t e st r e s p e c t I a m a bl e t o s u m m o n u p, i n f o r gi vi n g m y a u d a ci t y a s I t a k e t h e li b e r t y of a p p oi nti n g hi m t o t hi s t a s k of s u c h mi n o r i m p o r t, w hi c h I n o n et h el e s s b eli e v e i s n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e w ell- b ei n g a n d t r a n q uilit y of t hi s H o u s e, s o it m a y r e m ai n u n di s t u r b e d a n d u n t r o u bl e d b y m y f a mil y o r a n y o t h e r p e r s o n. I m o st h u m bl y i m pl o r e Hi s G r e a t n e s s t o a c c e pt t hi s t a s k i n hi s g r a ci o u s n e s s, a n d I a s k t h a t, i m m e di a t el y u p o n m y d e mi s e, t h e d o or s t o m y a p art m e nt s b e l o c k e d fr o m wit h o ut, a n d all of m y p a p e r s – b ot h p e r s o n al a n d t h o s e p e r t ai ni n g t o t h e H o s pi t al, a s w ell a s a n y l e tt e r s s e n t t o m e f r o m Fr a n c e – b e pl a c e d i n hi s h a n d s, a n d I a s k hi s i n d ul g e n c e i n h a vi n g pr a y er s off er e d u p t o G o d f or t h e r e p o s e of m y s o ul. T hi s i s w h a t I m o st h u m bl y i m pl o r e of Hi s G r e a t n e s s a n d w h at I h o p e will e m a n at e fr o m hi s g o o d n e s s, f or G o d’ s l o v e. E x e c u t e d b y m e, t h e u n d e r si g n e d, a d mi ni st r a t o r of t hi s H o s pi t al i n M o n t r e al, o n t hi s, t h e t hi r d d a y of J u n e si xt e e n h u n d r e d si xt y- ni n e, i n t h e H o u s e f r o m w hi c h I r u n t h e H o s pi t al t h a t al s o b el o n g s t o t h e p o o r s o ul s wi t hi n i t. Si g n e d b y m e. J e a n n e M a n c e. C o di cil a d d e d i n 1 6 7 2 I n t h e a b s e n c e of M o n s ei g n o r t h e Bi s h o p of P e t r a e a, I wi s h M r. S o ü a r t t o a c t a s t h e e x e c u t o r of t hi s will a n d, i n hi s a b s e n c e, t h a t t hi s d u t y b e di s c h a r g e d b y t h e E c cl e si a sti c S u p e ri o r of t h e S ei g n e u r s of M o nt r e al I sl a n d. E x e c u t e d i n M o n t r e al o n F e b r u a r y 1 6 si x t e e n h u n d r e d s e v e n ty- t w o. J e a n n e M a n c e . Si g n e d h e r e u n d e r b y m e, t h e cl e r k of t h e c o u r t [...], o n t hi s, t h e ni n et e e nt h d a y of J u n e 1 6 7 3. B a s s et, Cl e r k of t h e c o u r t. A st at u ett e of St. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al Aft er Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al w a s c a n o ni z e d, it s e e m e d a p pr o pri at e f or t h e S e mi n ar y t o c o m mi s si o n a st at u ett e of M s gr d e L a v al. T h e t a s k w a s e ntr u st e d t o t h e F a mill e m o n a sti q u e d e B et h l e h e m, a c o m m u ni t y of Si st e r s of t h e M o n a st e r y N o t r eD a m e- d e- Piti é [ O ur L a d y of Pit y] of M o u g èr e s i n C a u x, Fr a n c e. T h e M o n a st er y i s h o m e t o v ari o u s l ar g e w or k s h o p s w h er e t h e Si st er s, wit h h el p fr o m w o m e n i n t h e ar e a, w or k o n t h e d e si g n a n d c r e a ti o n of s t a t u e tt e s. “ T hi s s t a t u e tt e, i n s pi r e d b y hi st o ri c al a r t a n d t h e c r af t s kill of y e st e r y e a r, i s a c r e ati o n st e e p e d i n p r a y e r t h at r efl e ct s t h e q u e st f o r a n e nti r el y diff e r e nt f o r m of B e a u t y. I t s p ri m a r y mi s si o n i s i n t h e s e r vi c e of t h e C h u r c h, ” s a y s t h e M o n a s t e r y’ s w e b si t e. T h e Si st e r s m a k e t h ei r li vi n g f r o m t hi s a r t w o r k. T h e missi o n ar y bis h o p is d e pi ct e d i n a w al ki n g st a n c e, bri n gi n g t h e G os p el t o t h e N e w W orl d. T his b e a utif ul c oll e ct or’s it e m, m a d e fr o m p o w d er e d st o n e a g gr e g at e a n d h a n d p ai nt e d, is a v ail a bl e at t h e C e ntr e. $1 6 5 pl u s t a x e s. ( H ei g ht: 4 0 c m, 3. 5 k g) C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 7 ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) NE W F r o m t h e b o o k J e a n n e M a n c e, Fi d e s, 1 6 9 2, p. 2 7 4 5 �B y M a rti n a d e Vri e s T h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y h a s r e m ai n e d f ai t hf ul t o t h e s pi ri t of i t s f o u n d e r f o r o v e r t h r e e c e n t u ri e s. I t h a s w o r k e d ti r el e s sl y t o h a v e hi m k n o w n a s a r ol e m o d el f o r t h e U ni v e r s al C h u r c h. I n 1 9 9 3, t h e S e mi n a r y s e t u p t h e C e n t r e d’ a ni m a ti o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al t o e n s u r e hi s lif e, w o r k, a n d s pi ri t u ali t y w o ul d b e m o r e wi d el y k n o w n a n d l o v e d. I n A p ril 2 01 4 – 3 0 6 y e a r s aft e r hi s d e at h – t h e fi r st Bi s h o p of Q u e b e c, F a t h e r of t h e C a n a di a n C h u r c h, a n d A p o stl e of A m e ri c a w a s fi n all y c a n o ni z e d. T hi s c o m pl e xi t y, h o w e v e r, i s w h a t m a d e t h e p r oj e c t s o i n s pi ri n g. F or e v er y pitf all w e e n c o u nt er e d, w e h a d t o p ut o u r h e a d s t o g et h e r t o c o m e u p wit h a s ol uti o n. A s e a c h n e w c h all e n g e a r o s e, w e w e r e i n s pi r e d b y t h e d a ri n g of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Af t e r all, h e al s o h a d t o f a c e t h e u n k n o w n a n d a d a pt t o w h a t e v e r si t u a ti o n h e w a s f a ci n g! “ O u r w o r k i s d o n e; w e c a n n o w r e ti r e! ” j o k e d t h e t e a m a t t h e C e nt r e af t e r t h e c a n o ni z a ti o n w a s p r o cl ai m e d. I n f a c t, t h e C e nt r e w a s a b o u t t o l a u n c h i t s m o st a m bi ti o u s p r oj e c t … T h r e e m o nt h s af t e r e m b a r ki n g o n t hi s s m all u n d e r t a ki n g of n o w- c ol o s s al p r o p o r ti o n s, w e h a v e n o w c a t al o g u e d e v e r y m o d e r n d o c u m e n t w ri t t e n a b o u t o u r b el o v e d bi s h o p. T h e n e x t s t e p i s u n d e r w a y: t a ki n g i n v e n t o r y of e v e r y s o u r c e d o c u m e nt – i n cl u di n g w ritt e n w o r k s, offi ci al r e c o r d s, l ett e r s, et c. – c o m p o s e d o r si g n e d b y Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al o v e r t h e c o u r s e of hi s l o n g lif e. Si n c e t h e s e d o c um e nt s a r e h o u s e d i n a n u m b e r of m u s e u m s, di o c e s e s a n d p a ri s h e s s p r e a d o v e r a v a s t t e r ri t o r y, m a n y of y o u c a n e x p e c t a vi si t f r o m u s. A n d t o t h a n k y o u f o r y o u r h el p, w e’ll di gi ti z e t h e m all f o r y o u, a t n o c h a r g e! I nt e r e st i n M s g r d e L a v al h a s g r o w n c o nti n u o u sl y a m o n g t h e Fr e n c h, E n gli s h, a n d S p a ni s h s p e a ki n g c o m m u ni ti e s si n c e 2 01 4. T o b ett e r m e et t h e n e e d s v oi c e d b y r e s e a r c h e r s, pil g ri m s, a n d t o u ri s t s, t h e C e n t r e h a d t o s t r e n g t h e n i t s r ef e r e n c e a n d d o c u m e nt a ti o n c o m p o n e nt s, a n d t h e n c e nt r ali z e t h e s e h ol di n g s – i. e., c r e a t e a n i m m e n s e o nli n e d o c u m e nt a r y d a t a b a s e t h a t c o ul d b e a c c e s s e d r em o t el y. W h y n o t ? Af t e r all, i t h a d n e v e r b e e n d o n e b e f o r e … w h a t c o ul d p o s si bl y g o w r o n g ?! “ W o w!!! W e s h o ul d b e d o n e i n t h r e e w e e k s!!! ” … b u t w e m e t o u r fi r s t s e t of h u r dl e s j u s t t h r e e d a y s l a t e r. T h e m o r e w e a d v a n c e d i n o u r s e a r c h f o r e v e r y w ri ti n g a b o ut Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al / Fr a n ç oi s d e M o nt m o r e n c y- L a v al / Fr a n ç oi s- X a vi e r d e M o nt m o r e n c y d e L a v al d e M o nti g n y/ M s g r d e L a v al /t h e Ol d M o n si g n o r … y o u s e e t h e p r o bl e m ? W e h a d t o filt e r o ut d u pli c at e s i n t h e d o c u m e nt i n v e nt o r y, c o m b t h r o u g h g e n e r al a n d t h e m e- s p e cifi c hi st o r y b o o k s, a n d di sti n g ui s h b et w e e n “ M o n s ei g n or of Q u e b e c ” r ef erri n g t o M s g r d e L a v al v e r s u s M s g r d e S ai nt- V alli e r, t h e n s e a r c h “ M o n s ei g n o r o u r p r el a t e ” a n d fil t e r s o m e m o r e … M r. T e a s d al e s u m m e d u p o u r j o b p e rf e c tl y, v e r y e a rl y i n t h e p r o c e s s: “It’ s n ot c o m pli c at e d; it’ s j u st v e r y c o m pl e x! ” 6 C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 7 ( P h o t o : J e a n D u v al) T h e fi r st st e p w a s t o i n v e nt o r y all p r e s e nt- d a y d o c u m e nt s w ri t t e n – o r c o n t ai ni n g a p a s s a g e – a b o u t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. W e n e e d e d t o c o n s ul t a n e x p e r t f o r t hi s t a s k. G u y T e a s d al e, f o r m e r di r e c t o r ( u n til 2 01 3) of i nf o r m a ti o n t e c h n ol o g y a n d t h e di gi t al li b r a r y a t t h e L a v al U ni v e r si t y li b r a r y, h e a d e d u p a n u m b e r of p r oj e c t s, i n cl u di n g N ot r e m é m oi r e e n li g n e, N o s r a ci n e s a n d a f ull r e w o r k of t h e A ri a n e c a t al o g u e. G u y w a s al s o h e a d of t h e P r o g r a m c o m mitt e e f or t h e 2 01 3 C o n gr e s s of ar c hi v al s etti n g s wit hi n Q u e b e c. H e p r e s e n t e d u s wi t h Z o t e r o , a n i n c r e di bl e bi bli o g r a p h y c r e a ti o n s of t w a r e t h a t l e t s t h e u s e r e n t e r bi bli o g r a p hi c m e t a d a t a f r o m e v e r y d o c u m e n t f o u n d t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o rl d’ s m aj o r li b r a ri e s, al o n g wi t h d e s c ri pti o n s b y t y p e ( b o o k, j o u r n al a r ti cl e, et c.); i n c o r p o r a t e bi bli o g r a p hi c m et a d a t a (i n v a ri o u s f o r m a t s) t a k e n f r o m ot h er d at a b a s e s, t o mi ni mi z e m a n u al e ntr y (t h u s a v oi di n g t y pi n g e r r o r s); d o p r e ci s e s e a r c h e s i n v a ri o u s fi el d s; g e n er at e bi bli o gr a p hi e s ( u p o n r e q u e st) f or m att e d t o m e et m aj o r u ni v e r siti e s’ r e q ui r e m e nt s; a n d c r e at e a n i nt e rf a c e wi t h t h e C e nt r e’ s w e b si t e, all wi t h r e m ot e a c c e s s. ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) P R OJECT K e e pi n g t h e m e m o r y of F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al ali v e W e a r e f o r t u n a t e t o b e w o r ki n g, a t t hi s st a g e, wi t h P et e r G a g n é, a n a r c hi vi st a t t h e C oll e c ti o n s a n d r el a ti o n s wi t h Q u e b e c m u s e u m s b r a n c h of t h e M u s é e s d e l a Ci vili s a ti o n i n Q u e b e c Ci t y, a n d wi t h hi st o ri a n Gill e s B u r e a u, w h o h a s d o n e a l ot of s e a r c h e s i n t h e Q u e b e c S e mi n a r y a r c hi v e s. W e h a v e al s o b e g u n a n i c o n o g r a p h y i n v e nt o r y of St. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. E v e r y i m a g e, st at u e, p ai nti n g, st ai n e d gl a s s wi n d o w, et c. i s b ei n g p h ot o g r a p h e d t o m u s e u m st a n d a r d s b y o u r p h o t o g r a p h e r, D a ni el A b el. W e a r e k e e pi n g hi m v e r y b u s y ri g ht n o w o n t h e B e a u p r é C o a st, t h e bi s h o p’ s f o r m e r s ei g n e u ri e . F oll o w o u r p r o g r e s s i n t h e n e x t i s s u e of t hi s n e w sl ett e r! �E VE NT P h ot o Al b u m 1 ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) ( P h o t o : M s g r T e r r e n c e P r e n d e r g a s t) ( P h o t o p r o vi d e d b y L e s M é ri t e s d’ a r c hi t e c t u r e ) 2 3 3 1. T ri b u t e w all A f e w m o nt h s a g o, w e c a m e u p o n a w all d e pi cti n g t h e S ai nt s a n d Bl e s s e d s of C a n a d a at t h e C a n a di a n C o nf er e n c e of C at h oli c Bi s h o p s ( C C C B) offi c e. H er e’ s a s c r e e n s h o t of a pi c t u r e s e n t o u t i n a t w e e t l a s t y e a r, o n N o v e m b e r 2 3, b y M s g r T e r r e n c e P r e n d e r g a s t, A r c h bi s h o p of O t t a w a: C a r di n al G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x p r o u dl y p o si n g b ef o r e a p o rt r ait of St. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. 2. A s s e r m e n t a ti o n O n D e c e m b e r 8 l a s t y e a r, t w o n e w a u xili a r y bi s h o p s of Q u e b e c Ci t y – L o ui s C o r ri v e a u a n d M a r c P el c h a t – w e r e s w o r n i n i n t h e f u n e r al c h a p el d e di c a t e d t o F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. R efl e c ti n g i n p r a y e r a t t h e t o m b of t h e fi r s t bi s h o p of Q u e b e c – w h o h a s n o w b e e n m a d e a S ai n t – c e r t ai nl y a d d e d a n e m o ti o n al el e m e n t t o t h ei r n e w e pi s c o p al mi s si o n. 4 3. P ri d e I n 2 01 6, t h e M érit e s d’ ar c hit e ct ur e d e Q u é b e c p ai d tri b ut e t o É mil e Gil b ert, “ a g r e a t c h a m pi o n o f h e ri t a g e. ” I n a n a r ti cl e p u bli s h e d i n t h e d ail y L e S ol eil o n D e c e m b e r 1 0 l a s t y e a r, Mi c h èl e L af e r ri è r e a n d t h e a r c hi t e c t di s c u s s s o m e of hi s w o r k, i n cl u di n g d e si g n s s u c h a s t h e P al ai s d e j u s ti c e [ c o u rt h o u s e] a n d t h e M é d u s e c o- o p, a s w ell a s t h e al t e r a ti o n of D o m ai n e C at ar a q ui ( a hi st ori c sit e), r e h a bilit ati o n of t h e P oi nt e- d e s- M o nt s li g ht h o u s e, a n d – “ o n e of hi s p r o u d e s t a c hi e v e m e n t s ” – t h e f u n e r al c h a p el d e di c a t e d t o F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, b uil t i n 1 9 9 3. 4. C el e b r a ti o n s O n A p ril 2 3, t h e S ai n t e- F a mill e d e B o u c h e r vill e p a ri s h, p a r t of t h e S ai n t- J e a n- L o n g u e uil di o c e s e, m a r k e d t h e ci t y’ s 3 5 0 t h a n ni v e r s a r y b y c o m m e m or ati n g it s f o u n d er s: Pi err e B o u c h er a n d hi s wif e J e a n n e Cr e vi er, a s w ell a s t h e “f o u n d er ” of t h e p ari s h, St. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. F at h er D a ni el B oi vi n, t h e c u r r e nt p a ri s h p ri e st, s h a r e s t hi s hi st o ri c n ot e wit h u s: “ Pi e r r e B o u c h e r w a s t h e g r e a t- g r a n df a t h e r of S t. M a r g u e ri t e d’ Y o u vill e, w h o s e s o n w a s a p a ri s h p ri e s t h e r e. ” 5 5. T ri p t o F r a n c e O n J u n e 1 t hi s y e a r, t h e M C R- 2 8 g r o u p ( A s s o ci ati o n of C h ri s ti a n r e ti r e e s – C h a r t r e s di o c e s e) will t r a v el t o M o n ti g n y- s u r- A v r e, i n a q u e s t t o “ di s c o v e r S t. F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. ” B ef o r e M a s s, F a t h e r Di di e r H e n ri, t h e f o r m e r p a ri s h p ri e s t, will s p e a k o n t h e s till r el e v a n t m e s s a g e l ef t b y t h e fi r s t bi s h o p of N e w F r a n c e. T w o h u n d r e d p e o pl e a r e e x p e c t e d. C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett e r • M a y 2 01 7 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHY Fresco by Patrick Rodrigue, painter and artist. Complexe funéraire de la Cité, in Quebec City St. François de Laval stained-glass window in Peru Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix has graciously accepted to tell us the story behind the creation of a stained-glass window of St. François de Laval that has recently been installed in Peru. We wish to thanks him for the initiative and for this article. In the summer of 2015, I had the pleasure of participating, as a guest speaker, at the National Eucharistic Congress in Peru. This event was held in the city of Piura, where the evangelization of Peru began and from which missionaries set forth to spread the Gospel throughout the country. The Evangelization cross was erected in Piura in the early 16th century. This archdiocese proudly bears the city’s name, and the pastor, Msgr José Antonio Eguren Anselmi, is an old friend. Naturally, this led me to think about the cross put up by Jacques Cartier in Gaspé when he arrived on this continent. Our diocese, like Piura, was also fertile ground in which the Gospel took root and grew, spreading out over a vast territory. I also visited the Piura Major Seminary, where the chapel was undergoing renovations. They had decided to add stained-glass windows depicting Saints – both evangelists and pastors – of America. At the top of the list, of course, was St. Toribio de Mongrovejo, a major figure in the country’s evangelist history and patron saint of the bishops of Peru. I noticed a few empty spaces among the stained-glass windows and Centre d’animation François-De Laval the idea came to me spontaneously: Why not offer them a window depicting St. François de Laval, the great apostle, pastor, and evangelist in New France? The archbishop of Piura quickly accepted my offer. The window was created by artists in the capital, Lima, and installed in the chapel. The picture shows the final product. I believe this is the first stained-glass window of our beloved founding bishop in Latin America, and I am very proud of it. I have had the opportunity to share a few inspiring aspects of St. François de Laval’s life with the seminarians. My next suggestion, in the near future, will be to film an interview in Spanish, so I can provide more information on the life and mission of this great evangelist from Quebec. Isn’t it time we began seeing stainedglass windows of St. François de Laval here at home? Our Church needs the light that shone as he bore witness, to continue his mission today. † Gérald C. Card. Lacroix Archbishop of Quebec Let us pray for this sister church in Peru. Let us also pray that the Good News of the Gospel is experienced, on our continent, with the same courage and perseverance – and burning with the same inner flame – as those of the saints (both men and women) who came before us. twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: December 2017 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter no 34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Even before he set foot on these shores, François de Laval, much against his will, found himself at the heart of a veritable saga in Europe. In celebration of the 360th anniversary of his ordination as bishop, here are the challenges he faced, presented as episodes in a TV series. On the morning of December 8, 1658 – the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, for which he had a great devotion – François de Laval was ordained bishop by Msgr Piccolomini, the nuncio in Paris, in a private ceremony at the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey. The nuncio later confided to Jérôme Lalemant that “rather than anointing a bishop, he felt like he was consecrating a martyr.” (Letter from Lalemant to Nickel, September 16, 1659) Propaganda. A number of petitions were made in the 1640s and 1650s, proposing either Sulpicians or Jesuits, but they all failed. (Continued on page 2) However, the Archbishop of Rouen, who claimed Canada fell within his jurisdiction, saw this ceremony as a challenge to his authority. And the pitfalls to François de Laval’s appointment as the bishop of New France certainly did not start, nor end, with the Archbishop! Episode 1: We want a diocese! The chronicles of the creation of a Canadian diocese date back to 1631 with the initial attempts by Msgr François Ingoli, first Secretary to the A bas-relief of François de Laval’s consecration, in a chapel of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church, by Henri Charlier, 1923 Photo : Daniel Abel �The chronicles of a consecration (Continued from page 1) On January 26, 1657, King Louis XIV wrote to Pope Alexander VII to finally request the appointment of a bishop in his colony, putting forth the name of “Fr. François de Laval, whose virtues have made him such a commendable candidate.” According to Rochemonteix in Vol. 2 (p. 278), it was Fr. Bagot who “first had the idea of proposing Abbé de Laval as a candidate to oppose Mr. de Queylus – and sounded out the Abbé on this topic.” The King charged Mr. Gueffier, his dynamic and highly effective agent in Rome, with a mandate to hasten the matter… a task much easier said than done. Episode 2: To each his own pace Customs of the time dictated that Gueffier could not enter the picture until the nuncio, Msgr Bichi, had made a submission to the Pope. Bichi, however, suffered from gout, and could not leave his bed. Then, he was unable to emerge because of his brother’s death. To explain the slow pace of proceedings, Gueffier wrote of the Cardinal’s promise that “he would see the Pope as soon as he could leave his room (…) but I fear he may remain bedridden for quite some time.” Indeed, he died on May 25, 1657, which prompted a handover of the file – which did not happen until early 1658. And Msgr Bichi wasn’t the only one who was sick – an outbreak of the plague was raging in Italy and gatherings in Rome were only allowed on an exceptional basis. Episode 3: Some answers, please! Gueffier was not one to drag his feet. A lot of ink flowed in his correspondence with the Count of Brienne, first Secretary of State to the King… but it was rather short on answers to the information requested! Pope Alexander VII. Funerary monument in St. Peter’s Basilica, in the Vatican Photo : Daniel Abel Inquiry number one: the King had referred to François de Laval by the title “Father,” inciting Gueffier to write, in March 1657, to ask for a clarification – a request he had to make three times before he finally got an answer… two months later. He insisted that he could “do nothing to get this bishopric set up unless he knew to which Order the appointee belonged.” Inquiry number two: The last Canonical Information on the life and morals of François de Laval dated back to 1653, when his name had been suggested for service in Tonkin. Therefore Rome needed new ones. But the nuncio’s death and the time it took to replace him meant the update was not written until July 1657, and Gueffier could not present them to the Propaganda before March-April 1658. (Continued on page 3) This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Saint François de Laval Issue 37 December 2018 2 Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Executive Editor: Jean Duval Contributors : �Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Martina de Vries Cyrille-Gauvin Francoeur Research: Gilles Bureau Review: Martina de Vries Graphic design : Lecourscommunication.com Print run : �2,500 copies, available in French and English Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2018 Member of AMéCO (the Association of Catholic and ecumenical media) Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �Episode 5: Exasperation!!! One year after the King’s petition to the Pope, the matter remained unresolved. The monarch was highly displeased and made this known to his agent. Poor Gueffier, in his February 24, 1658 letter, tried to explain himself: “But I most humbly beg (His Majesty) to believe that the reason for this delay lies not in my failure to take every possible measure necessary.” He expressed his exasperation to Brienne: “I am starting to harbor some hope that (the appointment) will, ultimately, be granted,” referring to “the great harm these delays are creating for Christianity in Canada.” And there were still more delays to come! His Most Christian Majesty Louis XIV. Bust in Place Royale, Quebec City. Photo : Daniel Abel Episode 4: A little, too much Indeed, despite repeated requests, he still needed answers! The Propaganda made it official in its February 18-21, 1658 Report: “You have repeatedly pressured His Most Christian Majesty to have a Church built in Canada (…). However, a number of required documents, which you were told were necessary for establishing the new Church, (remain) missing.” The main question was: “Where and how does (His Majesty) ensure the provision of one thousand francs – the sum he had ordered assigned for the yearly upkeep [of the bishopric]?” On June 14, 1657, a General Congregation was held in Rome And how should the papal bulls be worded? If the king to discuss the creation of the bishopric. The project put was granted this one-time right to appoint the Canadian forward was maybe a little too ambitious: the erection of bishop, it had to be ensured that he “would not claim the a Metropolitan Church in Quebec City named for Saint right in the future to appoint the head of this bishopric, Louis, with five Ecclesiastical Provinces – one for each as (His Majesty) does for those in France,” wrote Gueffier Native region – and to establish canons, with fixed revenues on January 21, 1658. Once corrections had been made in perpetuity for both the bishop and the Chapter. The to the bulls, they were finalized in April 1658… proposals were approved by the Pope and, since Brienne but could only be sent in July… and were only received was the author, were also to the King’s satisfaction… but not in August. to the Jesuits’. According to Faillon in Vol. 2 (p. 320), Episode 6: “Although the Court of the Objection, Meanwhile in Caen… Propaganda believed an Your Majesty! apostolic vicar would be All through these chronicles, Gueffier found it “a And now, after all these insufficient in Canada, the strange thing” that François de Laval did not play an twists and turns, had the Jesuits (…) deemed the active role in securing his episcopate. In his letter moment finally arrived? country much too young, dated May 29, 1657, Gueffier declared himself Could François de Laval with matters not advanced “somewhat astonished that this Sieur de Montigny be ordained bishop? Of enough to establish a has written nothing here about this business, nor course not! bishop and his Chapter.” charged any Paris banker with initiating the request Gueffier reported this to and sending the Information about his life and morals, Because enters stage the the King in his letter dated attested by notaries and even before the Nuncio, as per 1 Archbishop of Rouen! After 17 December, 1657. the usual procedure.” Maybe, as Demers suggests, disputing the legitimacy of François de Laval, retired at the Hermitage of Caen, François de Laval’s papal chose to leave it up to Providence, “remaining faithful bulls, he succeeded in getto a maxim very close to Mr. de Bernières’ heart – ‘Life ting the Assembly of bishops is only found in death’ – and thus made every effort to quell any earthly ambition within him, to prepare better for his life as a future missionary”? (Continued on page 4) 3 �Anne of Austria sets up a fund to generate an income of 1,000 livres for François de Laval. Archives of the Musée de la Civilisation, Séminaire 11, no 3. (Continued from page 3) of France to vote in favor of a ban on any prelate in Paris performing the consecration – hence the private ceremony in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey, which did not fall within the jurisdiction of Paris. He also secured two bills of attainder – one each from the Parliaments of Rouen and Paris – to summon Laval with his papal bulls and royal letters patent. In the end, the King and the Pope had to intervene to defuse the situation. What New France needed was a well-defined ecclesiastical authority to solve problems and organize the Church… which is exactly what it didn’t get. The colony was assigned an apostolic vicar rather than an empowered bishop, with an archbishop whose claim on the diocese continued until 1669 and a metropolitan diocese that was only created in 1674… 43 years after the original proposal! Surely François de Laval foresaw the future episodes of these chronicles as he sailed to America. 1 On December 12, 1657, Anne of Austria, Queen Mother of France, had donated a 14,000-livre property in Normandy, which brought in an annual revenue of 1,000 livres, to finance the bishopric. The notarized copy was, however, created on January 25, 1659 (see image at top of page 4). 2 Demers, “Nomination et sacre de Mgr de Laval [Appointment and consecration of Msgr de Laval]”, in Société canadienne d’histoire de l’Église catholique [Canadian society for the history of the Catholic church], vol. 25, 1957-1958, p. 24. 3 For more details on the Archbishop of Rouen’s opposition, read the chapter titled “The choice of a bishop for New France” in François de Laval, his life and times by Gilles Bureau. The issue of jurisdiction The Concordat of Bologna, signed in 1516, gave the right to the King of France to appoint the bishops in his country, with subsequent approval from the Pope. The Propaganda, created a century later in 1622, was charged with running the Missions and could appoint bishops in these new territories. Canada presented a problem at this point: Was it a new missionary territory or an extension of France, as claimed by the Archbishop of Rouen?2 With no immediate solution in sight and faced with the urgent need to create a bishopric, the appointment of François de Laval as an apostolic vicar in New France was a compromise between these two powers. 4 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2018 François II Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Rouen (1651-1671), then of Paris (1671-1695). Photo : Wikipedia �Towards a new image Recent visitors probably noted that the Centre d’animation François-De Laval is undergoing a major renovation. The previous facilities were now 25 years old, and it was time to meet the new goals set for the Centre, and to respond to current visitors’ and pilgrims’ expectations, while acting on the recommendations of the Opportunity study conducted in the fall of 2014, and updating the premises for today’s technology. In the early 1990s, then-director Sister Doris Lamontagne, P.F.M., sought my help in designing the new Centre, located in the Notre-Dame de Québec Basilica-Cathedral. With the passage of time, some elements – such as the planisphere fresco with historical cartouches and the various wallmounted interpretive panels – remained, but new features had to be added, in response to additional needs, resulting in an uneven esthetic. At the invitation of Jean Duval, the current director, I now have the honor of reworking the concept and overseeing development of the site. The work will be done in two phases: first, the renovations, intended to create an attractive backdrop for the project, followed by the installation of new elements, to be completed in time for the inauguration, planned for the spring of 2019. A temporary exhibit currently bridges the gap between the two phases. Image by Cyrille-Gauvin Francoeur The intent of the concept is to let the visitor experience an encounter with an inspiring figure. We find ourselves, very quickly, in the presence of a missionary bishop, given charge of a Church in its infancy, in a new world where everything needed to be done. We will focus more on the aspects of his spirituality that make him a role model for the Universal Church and for today’s society. This major project by the Séminaire de Québec is intended to make us rediscover, under a new image, he who was named an Apostle of America by Pope Francis, St. François de Laval. The logo for the Centre in 1993 and in 2010 Photo : Daniel Abel PROJECT By Cyrille-Gauvin Francoeur, artistic director The Centre, which was opened in 1993, is visited by over 33,000 people yearly. Since his canonization in 2014, interest in François de Laval has grown five-fold, primarily among English speakers. While most visitors to the Centre are there for cultural or educational reasons, more and more people attend for spiritual reasons. Source: Opportunity study for the modernisation of the Centre d’animation François-De Laval, 2014 View of the Centre in the spring of 2018, before the renovations began 5 �A pr of u si o n of p ar c h m e nt s P R OJ E C T B y M arti n a d e Vri es T h e g o al of o ur w or k o n t h e pr oj ect K e e pi n g t h e m e m or y of St. Fr a nç ois d e L a v al ali v e is t o m a k e all d oc u m e nts a b o ut, writt e n b y, a n d a d dr ess e d t o o ur s ai ntl y f o u n d er acc essi bl e. W e h a v e n o w c o m pl et e d t h e i n v e nt or y of m us e u ms, arc hi v es, a n d p aris h es i n Q u e b ec. W e h a v e als o m etic ul o usl y r e vi e w e d e v er y n ot ari al i nstr u m e nt si g n e d b y t h e bis h o p a n d s ei g n e ur (l a n d o w n er). T h e fi n al st e p w as t o o bt ai n all t y p e d a n d tr a nsl at e d v ersi o ns of t h es e writi n gs – b ot h p u blis h e d a n d u n p u blis h e d – r e pr es e nti n g ar o u n d 4 0 % of o ur c or p us. F or t h e r e m ai ni n g 6 0 %, m a n y, m a n y st e ps a w ait us – s o m a n y, i n f act, t h at o ur w or k pl a n t a k es u p ar o u n d 2 m et ers of p a p er! A n d w e h a d t o s et u p a t er mi n ol o g y list, t o e ns ur e e v er y p artici p a nt u n d erst o o d t h e pr oc ess a n d t h e t er ms t o b e us e d!! W e ar e n o w r e vi e wi n g all of t h e ori gi n al d oc u m e nts, w hic h w er e h a n d writt e n o n 1 7 t h c e nt ur y p arc h m e nts t h at ar e s o m e w h at h ar d t o vi e w. T his is t h e m ost i m p ort a nt st e p of t h e pr oj ect: tr a nscri b e a n d tr a nsl at e t h es e ori gi n als t o m a k e t h e m m or e i nt elli gi bl e t o r es e arc h ers. Ty pi n g t h e h a n d writt e n d oc u m e nts – a pr oc ess k n o w n as p al e o gr a p h y – c a n pr es e nt a tr e m e n d o us c h all e n g e: e v er yt hi n g d e p e n ds o n t h e st at e of t h e m a n uscri pt, t h e q u alit y of di giti z ati o n, a n d t h e a ut h or ’s c alli gr a p h y. W e h a v e bl a c k a n d w hit e mi cr ofil ms of p o or vis u al q u alit y ( E x a m pl e 1 ); a n d d oc u m e nts writt e n b y Ms gr d e L a v al ( E x a m pl e 2 ), w h o – l et’s f ac e it – w as n ot as d eft wit h a p e n as H e nri d e B er ni èr es ( E x a m pl e 3 )! 3 T h e pr ot oc ol i n p al e o gr a p h y c alls f or a li n e b y li n e tr a nscri pti o n of t h e t e xt, e x actl y as w e s e e it, wit h t h e ori gi n al s p elli n g, a n d t h e ill e gi bl e p arts i ncl u d e d (E x a m pl e 4 ). 4 A n d t h at’s n ot all! O nc e t y p e d u p, t h e t e xts h a v e t o b e tr a nscri b e d i n m o d er n Fr e nc h (Ex a m pl e 5 ). A n d t h e writi n gs i n It ali a n or L ati n, of c o urs e, h a v e t o b e tr a nsl at e d i nt o Fr e nc h. Fr. R o g er L a b er g e, w h o h as alr e a d y tr a nsl at e d t h e Alt er a N o v a P ositi o ( A N P) f or us, h as gr aci o usl y a gr e e d t o b e t h e p al e o gr a p h er a n d tr a nsl at or of t h e t e xts writt e n i n It ali a n. A n d t h at’s n ot t h e e n d of it! M a n y of t h es e t exts n e e d t o b e a n n ot at e d, s o t h e y c a n b e pl ac e d i n c o nt ext, a n d c ert ai n st at e m e nts ex pl ai n e d or c orr ect e d, as Ms gr G e or g es- É d o u ar d D e m ers di d wit h t h e d oc u m e nts h e r ec or d e d i n t h e A N P. 1 2 5 R e a di n g t h es e d oc u m e nts is a hi g hl y r e w ar di n g e x p e ri e nc e. Di d y o u k n o w, f or i nst a nc e, t h at Ms gr d e L a v al w as gift e d a l ar g e wil d s al m o n i n J ul y 1 6 6 0 ? H o w a b o ut his tr e m e n d o us act of c h arit y i n l e n di n g a l act ati n g d air y c o w t o a f a mil y i n n e e d ? Or t h e f act t h at h e b e g a n t o s uff er fr o m art hritis as e arl y as 1 6 6 4 ? A l ot m or e disc o v eri es a w ait us! 6 C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett er | D e c e m b er 2 0 1 8 �ALBUM 1 1 Sent out as apostles to all 2 Online In Issue #35, we ran an item about a Chinese-Ontarian film crew that traveled to Quebec City to produce a documentary about our major figures of faith (TV production Fountain of Love and Life). We can now watch Pioneers of New France (in English and Mandarin) at http://fll.cc/en/video/pioneers-of-new-france/ 3 Towards a new image Photo : Gérard Brouillon Such was the wish of St. François de Laval, also reflected in the title of Sister Doris Lamontagne’s book. Msgr Jacques Habert, Bishop of the Séez diocese, asked her to lead the retreat for priests in the three dioceses of Lower Normandy, France (Bayeux-Lisieux, Coutances, and Séez), to be held in Tressaint from January 29 to February 3, 2019. This idea came to him in the spring of 2017, when he traveled to Quebec City with a group of pilgrims. The theme of the retreat: Only he who serves with love can protect. Let us protect with love what God has given us! Let us keep them in our prayers. Phase 1 of the renovations is now complete. A temporary exhibit is presently on display at the Centre, until the start of Phase 2 next spring. 2 tourism – a flourishing segment 4 Genealogy of the industry 3 Photo : Daniel Abel For some years now, Guillaume de Morant, a journalist specializing in genealogy, has been studying “heritage tourism” – a growing phenomenon that includes genealogy tourism. In the October 8 issue of La revue française de généalogie (a magazine covering French genealogy), he writes about a current market research study looking into a new form of “roots tourism,” primarily in Eure and other departments in France. The results will be released in June 2019. De Morant refers to a newspaper in Perche: ‘’ (…) They will have to prepare for more tourists. Verneuil-sur-Avre in Eure is the birthplace of Paul Bertrand a.k.a. Paul Saint-Arnaud, whose descendants in North America now number more than 25,000 (…). Montigny-sur-Avre is the birthplace of François de Laval, the first bishop of New France. And the Pays de Marennes is the area where explorer Samuel de Champlain, who founded Quebec City in 1608, was born.” 4 Photo : Daniel Abel Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2018 7 �Photo : Daniel Abel Communion of saints icon Originally titled Tous-Saints [All Saints], this icon was created with the major feast of All Saints’ Day in mind (November 1 on the Church calendar). Christ is surrounded by an immense crowd of people. The icon conveys the timelessness of the Communion of saints, depicting saints from a distant past along with their present-day and future counterparts. The figures look directly at us, as a symbol of their invitation to follow them. This was the last work of Gilberte Massicotte-Éthier, who began writing it it in 2012 and was seriously ill in the months that followed. She finished the work a few days before her death on September 24, 2013. The day before she died, Msgr Lacroix comforted her with these words: “Rejoice – the great host of saints you have depicted in your work are ready to welcome you.” The icon was blessed on All Saints’ Day 2013. Photo : Daniel Abel ICONOGRAPHY Séminaire de Québec, inner courtyard QUOTE Sources: Icône de la Communion des saints [Icon of the Communion of saints], Mireille Éthier, 17 pages, 2014 All that remains to me, Gentlemen and my very dear brothers, is to thank you for your kind affection toward me, and to assure you of my dear wish to reunite with you post-haste in a burgeoning Church that I have always cherished as the portion and heritage it has pleased Our Lord to preserve for me for almost thirty years. I pray to His infinite goodness that all of my faults be repaired by my successor (Saint-Vallier), into whose hands He has conveyed (this Church) upon my departure. In His love and that of the Holy Virgin, I remain your very humble and affectionate servant. Signed by me, François, first bishop of Quebec. From Paris, on this the 18th day of January 1688. Excerpted from the Approbation [approval document] of Msgr de Laval of the statutes sent by the Quebec City Chapter. He finally arrived in Quebec City on June 3 of that year. Depicted in the Ciel d’Amérique [Heavens of America] section (just below Christ): François de Laval, Catherine de Saint-Augustin and Marie de l’Incarnation Jean de Brébeuf, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Marguerite d’Youville, Kateri, Dina Bélanger, Frédéric Janssoone, Brother André and Marie-Rose Durocher Gilberte Massicotte-Éthier (assisted by Nicole Éthier) 2013, 110 cm x 74 cm, Quebec City Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: May 2019 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter n o 37 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Most visitors are surprised when we tell them he is buried under the funeral chapel in the Quebec City cathedrals and has been for 25 years. Let's take a look back at history in this milestone anniversary year Inauguration On May 29, 1993, Msgr Maurice Couture, then Archbishop of Quebec City, officially inaugurated the new chapel dedicated to Blessed François de Laval. The event is also marked by a commemorative plaque. In delivering his homily, Msgr Couture said, “As we cele­ brate the Feast of the Pentecost today, right here on the site of the first Notre-Dame church built in 1645; in this cathedral that has been expanded, caught fire, and rebuilt so many times... always on the same site, with the remains of the venerable François de Laval nearby; his remains having been transferred a few times between his cathedral and his Séminaire, our saintly Bishop will now lie in repose - and, we hope, forever (he added, with a touch of humor) - in this chapel, which we will inaugurate at the end of this Eucharistic celebration. A chapel whose existence we now owe to the generosity of Msgr de Laval's direct heirs, the community of priests at the Séminaire de Québec."' Msgr de Laval's remains had previously been placed in the new chapel, following a brief ceremony conducted by Msgr Jean-Paul Labrie, auxiliary bi shop in Quebec City, on April 30, 1993. Missed by a few short months Sadly, Msgr Couture passed away on January 19 this year - a few short months before this 25"* anniversary. He was first approached by the Séminaire de Québec authorities to discuss moving Msgr de Laval's tomb to this site (Continued on page 2) Detail of the recumbent effigy in the St. François de Laval funeral chapel, Notre-Dame cathedral, Quebec City Photo : Daniel Abet �Here lies St. François de Laval (Continued from page 1) from their exterior chapel, which has now become a museum. The Archbishop, the parish priest, and the church wardens of the cathedral parish had already agreed to the plan. Speaking at the November 10, 1992 press conference to announce the beginning of construction, canon Louis-Joseph Lépine, Superior general of the Séminaire, explained the choice of this site: “The main objective in transferring his remains to the cathedral is to make Msgr de Laval’s tomb more accessible to the general population, thus encouraging devotion to this man, the founder of the Canadian Church and of a diocese running the length and breadth of America, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 22, 1980.” Architectural design Architect Émile Gilbert was tasked with drawing up plans for the chapel, which was built by the firm Hervé Pomerleau Inc. Artists Jules Lasalle and Ducharme Marion were selected to design the theme and artistic elements. An important aspect, in Mr. Gilbert’s view, was architectural continuity between the new chapel and the cathedral. After analyzing three possible sites inside the cathedral, they settled on the idea of building it inside the Holy Family chapel, near the access point to the cathedral crypt, where most of the successor bishops of the Quebec City diocese lie in repose. This called for removal of a stainedglass window, drilling holes in the thick wall and digging to extend the foundations toward the side street. Description of the 1993 chapel At the May 25, 1993 press conference, canon Lépine stated, “We are proud to present the new chapel – the resting place of Blessed François de Laval (…) Note, first Detail of The Visitation of Mary stained-glass window, moved into the entryway of the Notre-Dame de Québec presbytery. Photo : Daniel Abel of all, the floor of this chapel, made of polished black granite with a relief map of the emerging diocese that extended from the Gaspé region to Louisiana. Using a 17th century map, they raised a rectangle to form the litter on which lies the magnificent bronze recumbent effigy of Blessed François de Laval in his liturgical vestments, with his miter and his crozier. This is obviously the key exhibit. Observe how he is depicted: with his eyes open, and no sign of rigor mortis in his hands or feet. Inspired by recumbent effigies of the Middle Ages, they sought to recall the Blessed’s new life, with his eyes looking to the heavens, toward the beatific vision.” Here is canon Jacques Lemieux’s description of the interior wall elements, taken from an article presenting the chapel2: “Four bas-reliefs in thermoformed glass have been applied to the wall, suggesting to pilgrims that the various stages of our first bishop’s life are also within their reach. The first one depicts François de Laval hearing the call to spread the Good Word of the Gospel in New France. The second one suggests the foundation of the (Continued on page 3) This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Saint François de Laval Issue 36 May 2018 2 Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2018 Executive Editor: Jean Duval Contributors : �Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Martina de Vries Research: Gilles Bureau Review: Martina de Vries Member of AMéCO (the Association of Catholic and ecumenical media) Graphic design : Lecourscommunication.com Print run : �2,500 copies, available in French and English Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �work to which the bishop devoted his entire life: a Church extending the length and breadth of America. “The third bas-relief helps us realize that this work, which sprang from very modest beginnings, deserved to expand and grow. And the fourth one depicts the last stage of François de Laval’s life – retreat and contemplation. Every visitor finds something to identify with. Each and every one hears a call, experiences a vocation that needs to be expressed by consecrating their life to a gradually developing work. We all reach a time, however, where we must divest ourselves of earthly ties to prepare for our return to God.” “The band of glass at the back of the chapel, lit both inside and out, symbolizes Msgr de Laval’s spiritual life: in reaching for the sky, it bridges the gap between the temporal here and now and the spiritual above, and also symbolizes the Blessed’s power of intercession as he turns his gaze towards us from Heaven.” Outside ornamentation Canon Lépine points out another detail: “The artists also wanted to embellish the chapel’s outer walls with an imposing sculpture that could attract the attention of passersby. On each side of the glass band, illuminated by optical fiber, is a group of three people: a man, a woman, and a child – i.e., a family: a Native family on one side, and a (Canadian) family on the other. It reminds us that family was one of the great values that marked Msgr de Laval’s apostolic work (…) Finally, the composition is intended to highlight exchanges between two cultures, two different worlds, and the fascination each felt for the other – the Natives’ oral culture versus the Europeans’ written culture. Various items and symbols from each culture are engraved in the stone.” The tomb of François de Laval is buried under the slab holding the current recumbent effigy, April 1993. Photo : Séminaire de Québec fonds all listen to God and be ready to answer His call; that we need to accede to His wishes and develop a task equal to our capacities; that we need to commit our resources and summon up our energy to expand the reach of this work and ensure it is fruitful; that we should be able to commend ourselves to God and leave things up to Him in full confidence and serenity.” 1 Excerpt of the homily given by Msgr Couture in 1993, at the inauguration of Msgr de Laval’s funeral chapel, video recording Sur la Place , Program 77 “François de Laval,” Media 2000 inc., 27.30 min. 2 Jacques Lemieux, « Une nouvelle chapelle pour Mgr de Laval » (A new chapel for Msgr de Laval), Pierres vivantes, 1997, p. 5-7. 2 A wish fulfilled Abbé Lépine ended his speech with these words: “This chapel provides François de Laval with a new way to continue his proclamation to visitors: that we must 1 1 Ornamentation on the outside of the funeral chapel 2 The funeral chapel of St. François de Laval Photos : Daniel Abel 3 �A colossal undertaking by Georges-Édouard Demers PROJECT Par Martina de Vries In his April 3, 2014 address at the press conference held in conjunction with the Vatican’s official announcement of François de Laval’s forthcoming canonization, canon Jacques Roberge, Superior general of the Séminaire de Québec, said, “We are therefore witnessing today the culmination of a long process with numerous participants (…) I would like to recall one of them today: the late Msgr Georges-Édouard Demers, who spent a good part of his life on the Cause of François de Laval.” 1 As part of the project Keeping the memory of St. François de Laval alive, we would like to present this man’s tremendous work. Georges-Édouard Demers (1906-1983) was ordained in 1931 at the Séminaire de Québec. Described as very discreet, even shy, the very incarnation of humility, he certainly does not stand out in photos of that time… but what a remarkable man he was! In 1932, the Cause of François de Laval had reached an impasse in Rome, for the third time, due to various complications, including the insufficiency of historical documents. The problem was reported to Msgr Villeneuve, then Archbishop of Québec, who offered to send a priest from the Séminaire to Rome, to work under the direct supervision of the Relator in the Historical Section of the Congregation of Rites, which had been created in 1930 to handle Ancient Causes.2 This priest would have to work long and hard, doing exhaustive searches for sources and analyzing them fully. Who could be entrusted with this colossal mandate? Msgr Paul Bernier suggested the young Abbé Demers, who, in 1925-1926, went to Europe a first time to help the Postulator, Abbé Eugène Garnier. “And that’s how I was led by Providence to contribute to the Cause of Msgr de Laval. The Altera Nova Positio of 1956, most of which was written by Abbé Demers Photo : Daniel Abel Georges-Édouard Demers, studying a document Photo : Séminaire de Québec archives Being quite inexperienced in historic issues and research methods, all I could offer was my willingness to do the work,” Abbé Demers told La Nouvelle Abeille magazine in February 1949 (Volume 5, Issue 3, p. 3). Abbé Demers lived for seven years at the Canadian Pontifical College in Rome and at the Séminaire de Paris. He visited 45 different archives, as well as 5 public libraries. Searches in only 8 locations were done by local archivists, who sent him photostats of the documents he asked for. He faithfully transcribed almost 700 source documents and, as a precaution, sent carbon copies separately to Abbé Amédée Gosselin, Séminaire archivist and Vice-Postulator. He maintained regular correspondence with Gosselin, often asking him for copies of letters to be sent to Rome, so he could do a more in-depth study of certain topics, especially the most delicate issues, which he tackled head-on. He deployed an exemplary scientific discipline while always defending François de Laval and demonstrating his saintliness. This demonstration was nonetheless a difficult task, since, in Abbé Demers’s words, “I wasn’t studying the life of a good little nun who spent her entire life in a cloister3 – this was a bishop who had founded and organized the Canadian Church in the thick of ongoing religious and political difficulties. The research would, of course, be long and complicated.” (L’Abeille, February 1949, p. 3) (Continued on page 5) 4 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2018 �the Cause since 1932 and – I must confess – the reward for a lot of sacrifices…” The documentary record was therefore closed. Msgr Demers sent instructions to Rome on which documents of the Cause should be returned to Quebec City for preservation. His very humble pride is evident in this letter, dated March 22, 1960: “3) The 2,000 loose papers. I think these are the documents I copied in the Archives in Paris, Rome, Évreux, etc. The ANP does not contain all of this material.5 Additionally, I am inclined to request them for a somewhat sentimental reason… Since this is what I personally worked on for many weeks and months … I almost want to write: Return to Quebec City…” Example of one of the 2,000 carbon copies of documents transcribed by Abbé Demers He started his well-deserved retirement in 1975, after several years of teaching at the Petit Séminaire. He felt his last ‘’moment of great joy’’, no doubt, at being sent to Rome, as one of the Séminaire’s delegates, to attend the beatification ceremony on June 22, 1980. He died in 1983, at the age of 77 years. Although he did not live to see the canonization of his beloved founding bishop, to whom he had devoted a large part of his life, we can be sure they have met each other in death… 1 Bulletin #29, p. 4 2 Ancient Causes are those supported by written documentation but with no eyewitness accounts by contemporaries legally gathered from the lifetime of the Servant of God. The entire Documenta portion of the Altera Nova Positio (the texts and their annotations, which runs to over 600 pages) was ready by 1940. The start of World War II, however, led to the Cause being put on hold until 1948. From that year until 1956, Abbé Demers returned to Rome from time to time, to help finalize the ANP. His 50th birthday in the fall of 1956 brought him two wonderful gifts: In September, Pope Pius XII appointed him Camerarius a secretis supernumerary,4 granting him the honorific title of Monsignor; and in November, his successor as Postulator, Father Romain Saint-Cyr, sent him a newly printed copy of the ANP. “Since tonight the first vespers of my feast day will be sung at the Séminaire,” Abbé Demers wrote him on November 8, 1956, “and many of my brethren will do me the honor of visiting my room, as per the custom, I shall take that opportunity to show them this work, even if the contents are still officially cloaked in the secrecy of the Congregation of Rites.” After 80 years of effort, the decree of heroic virtues was finally read by Pope John XXIII on February 28, 1960. “Dear Father,” wrote Msgr Demers to Fr. Saint-Cyr on this occasion, “our wishes are finally being fulfilled! (…) This is truly a moment of great joy for me, since it is the crowning achievement of all the work I have done for 3 He was referring, no doubt, to St. Therese of Lisieux, who was canonized in 1925. 4 Camerarius a secretis supernumeraries have been called “Chaplains of His Holiness” since 1968. This was an ancient duty of the Papal Household, where they were in charge of the Pope’s so-called “secret” antechamber – a waiting room for private audiences. These chaplains were then granted the first and lowest of the three ranks of Monsignor. 5 Only 45% of Demers’ work was published in the ANP. Until now, the rest has remained in his Collection at the Séminaire Archives, held by the Musée des civilisations in Quebec City. Our project will make it accessible to the public. Our thanks to… We take this opportunity to acknowledge the tremendous work of Fr. Roger Laberge, RSV, the last Postulator for the Cause of St. François de Laval, who spent more than 220 hours translating the Italian annotations into French, from the 1956 Altera Nova Positio, mostly compiled by Abbé Demers – a valuable source of information that will be accessible shortly. Photo : Daniel Abel Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2018 5 �IN MEMORIAM Msgr Maurice Couture [1926-2018] We are all aware of Msgr Couture’s great attachment to St. François de Laval and his Church. Our contribution to this memory is a reproduction of the press release issued by the diocese of Quebec City at the inauguration of the funeral chapel on May 25, 1993, where the Archbishop shared his pastoral vision for the future. At the dawn of the third millennium, the Universal Church is called to spread the Word for a second time. Those who have been baptized need to rethink their responsibilities as Christians emulating Christ, so the world knows that God sent His Son to lead us to the Promised Kingdom. It became obvious to me, during a pastoral reflection, that someone came here more than 300 years ago to spread the Gospel for the first time, and was able to accomplish his mission. This certainty emboldened me to revive, once again, the devotion to the founder of the Canadian Church, a devotion that must be promoted. Was Msgr François de Laval not a man of genius who made our country’s spiritual, humanist, and social history strong and imposing? Above all, he was a pastor filled with the spirit of the apostles, the “perfect model for bishops,” as Father Paul Ragueneau wrote. He saw his priesthood and episcopate as duties in the service of the community, rather than an honor. His pastoral stance was highly evangelical. In practicing his apostolate, his main goal was to reach people’s hearts and open them up to the Good News lived in fraternity, faithfully, and radically. Long before the UN wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he fought steadfastly – despite all opposition – for the respect of human dignity. Msgr de Laval, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 22, 1980, is a model of courage, lucidity and faith presented for our devotion, guiding us along the path of our personal vocations. Wouldn’t this man, who launched our Church in a diocese as big as America, be the ideal figure to inspire pastoral action for the second evangelization in today’s “de-Christianizing” world? 6 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2018 Msgr Maurice Couture, during the filming of François de Laval, Apôtre de l’Amérique (Francois de Laval, Apostle of America), in the spring of 2014. Photo : Daniel Abel In the 17th century, he was seen as part of the tradition of “new priests” who devoted themselves entirely to their pastoral ministry (Cap-aux-Diamants, 1993, p. 16). His life was modeled on the pastoral duty that he chose for himself or the situation imposed on him. Isn’t that the deepest meaning of what we seek in this synodic period? Despite his attachment to the French spirituality of his era through mortification and devotions, he maintained a fortuitous internal freedom, as did Francis de Sales and Vincent de Paul, which impelled him to build the Church on this continent, drawing on inspiration handed down through the centuries that can be adapted, today, to the directives of Vatican II. Msgr de Laval had a grand vision, as grand as the country he was discovering; he had a successful approach in training priests whom he then appointed to the evangelization at the time, in the educational and charity institutions he had launched; and he had a far-reaching view of the future, setting up the ecclesiastical structure he bequeathed to the diocese of Quebec – the springboard of almost 250 (Catholic) dioceses set up in Canada and the U.S. Maurice Couture, Archbishop of Quebec �ALBUM 1 1 Civil recognition On February 9 this year, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard designated François de Laval as a person of historical importance under the Cultural Heritage Act, at the launch of festivities marking the 350th anniversary of the Collège François-de-Laval. Photo : Daniel Abel 2 Rejoining the family The remains of Msgr Maurice Couture are now in the crypt at the Notre-Dame de Québec cathedral, along with most of the other successors to Msgr de Laval. Photo : Daniel Abel 3 Well-worn with fervor In addition to the usual maintenance work on the funeral chapel, the Séminaire de Québec will take on another task in autumn: a thorough clean-up, using the appropriate solvent, applying two layers of wax to the recumbent effigy and restoring the well-worn brass on the balustrade. Photo : Daniel Abel 2 4 Congratulations Msgr Antoine de Romanet, Bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces, will ordain Pascal Champion as a priest on May 8. Mr. Champion was the Marab (2009 to 2016) at the Collège du Prytanée national militaire de La Flèche (formerly the school attended by François de Laval). He commissioned the bas-relief Msgr de Laval serving the poor (Newsletter no. 26). He is pictured below, as part of the group on hand to welcome Cardinal Lacroix and some Canadian pilgrims on October 8, 2014. We wish him a successful ministry, and may St. François protect him. Photo : Daniel Abel 3 4 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2018 7 �Photo : Daniel Abel A stop at the Hôtel-Dieu In late May 2017, Ms. Ariane Blanchet-Robitaille, Curator at the Monastère des Augustines de Québec, advised us of an immense canvas depicting Msgr de Laval’s coat of arms, part of the Monastère’s collection. Upon learning of our project – the inventory of all images and documents related to St. François de Laval – she invited us to record the details of this painting. No sooner had Monsignor the Bishop of Petraea learned of this plan than we embarked on this mission; he appeared seized with an affection beyond all belief. His all-embracing zeal, unlimited even by the ocean, instilled in him a wish to become one of those with the good fortune to witness it and, at the expense of a thousand lives, seek the lost sheep, for whom he had traversed the seas, in the very heart of these forests. (Jérôme Lalemant, Jesuit) Monsignor de Laval’s coat of arms McDonald Oil on canvas, 1878, 51 X 74 inches Monastère des Augustines Collections, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec 1 The relocation of Msgr de Laval’s remains to the Séminaire de Québec chapel. A complete account of all events from the time Msgr de Laval’s bones were exhumed on September 19, 1877, to the re-interment at the Séminaire on May 23, 1878, Thomas-Étienne Hamel, Typographie d’Augustin Côté et Cie, 1878, p. 62. Excerpt from the Jesuits’ Relations, 1659-1660, describing the last mission opened in 1660. (Thwaites edition, vol. 45, p.77-79) Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: December 2018 TESTIMONY Our research revealed that this painting adorned the outside wall of the Hôtel-Dieu chapel at the time of the 1878 relocation: “The all-pervasive delicacy and taste of the Hôtel-Dieu ornamentation would be hard to surpass. (…) Above the gate was a green foliage cross adorned with a floral wreath. White drapery hung from the foot of the cross, embellished by wreaths also made from green foliage, running the full length from the roof to just above the wall. Decorating the top of the gate is a painting of Msgr de Laval’s coat of arms; this work was surrounded by crosses of white roses and violets, which in turn were topped by wreaths of the same colors. Beneath the coat of arms was an inscription that read, A tribute to Monsignor de Laval.”1 Photo : Daniel Abel ICONOGRAPHY Recumbent effigy in the St. François de Laval funeral chapel � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter no 36 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Before we move into the New Year and a range of unworkable resolutions, here’s an opportunity to present St. François de Laval as he faced the contradictions inherent in human nature! In the 1950s, those involved in the Cause for beatification for François de Laval redoubled their efforts to encourage popular devotion to this “Apostle of America.” A temperance league known as the Ligue antialcoolique asked David Levack to write a booklet, with the help of Georges-Édouard Demers, relator for the Cause, setting out our first bishop’s battle against alcohol, with the goal of making him their hero. The work, published in 1952,1 presented a man who battled the abuse stemming from the alcohol trade – but not alcohol itself. At the Centre d’animation François-De Laval, located in Old Quebec, we often hear tour guides and visitors say, to this day, that “Msgr de Laval was against alcohol” and “was stubbornly opposed to drink.” And yet, our bishop’s own writings reveal a man who was tolerant and thoughtful rather than reactive and uncompromising. As the saying goes, “Patience and the fullness of time do more than force or fury” or, to quote St. François directly, “You must win love through gentleness, patience, and charity.” Two small “shots” Like most Europeans in the 17th century, François de Laval considered alcohol a natural part of a working man’s day. In his pastoral orders dated May 5, 1660 and February 24, 1662 forbidding the alcohol trade with Natives, he refers to “the small, standard measure” of drink and even goes so far as to quantify it: “A drink or two daily of the small, standard measure of brandy that is given to working people or two small measures of wine,” and, for those who went into the woods, “a jar of alcohol per man for eight days, two jars for a fortnight, and so on, in proportion to the time spent there” (edict dated June 26, 1669, issued by (Continued on page 2) Photo : Daniel Abel �The small, standard measure A PAGE OF HISTORY (Continued from page 1) the Sovereign Council). Any trade in alcohol over and above this “small permitted quantity” was forbidden, at the risk of excommunication. The Sovereign Council, however, issued a stricter order on September 28, 1663: alcohol traffickers were forbidden to “have dealings with the Natives, either directly or indirectly,” by trading “any intoxicating drink, whatever the cause or the reason – not even a small amount.” This level of rigorousness remained unequalled until Msgr de Laval’s pastoral order dated February 9, 1668. One of life’s little pleasures foodstuffs cost much more in Canada than in France, “they will be thoroughly dissatisfied unless we maintain the same way of life, diet, and sustenance.” Exceeding the limit Typical of Msgr de Laval’s approach, he consulted with his clergy and even with his former teachers – the Jesuits – before taking any action. When he arrived in New France, he quickly perceived the “tremendous unrest” that the alcohol trade had caused among Natives – “frequent murders, adultery, and rapes” (pastoral order dated April 30, 1662) committed by the French and the Natives alike, coupled with financial abuses, by “giving them very strong drinks […] in order to get beavers from them,” as Marie de l’Incarnation wrote her son on August 10, 1662. He held assemblies on four dates in 1659 – November 26 and 27, and again on December 4 and 5 – to discuss the problem and possible solutions. François de Laval also referred to drink as one of life’s “little pleasures.” During his time in France in 1685, he had a long discussion with Jean Dudouyt, his procurator, about “the prescribed type and use of food and sustenance” for priests and givens (letter sent by Laval to the Séminaire de Québec, May 1685). He acknowledged that “being reduced to consuming nothing but water all their lives would be very difficult for them.” The word “reduce” appears frequently in his reflections, which are reproduced in this letter: reduced to consuming water, reduced as they are, to reduce them to drinking water. He asserts that “in the face of temptation and upheaval, they will sometimes see themselves as unfortunate to be deprived of life’s little pleasures, especially those of drinking wine or, at least, beer.” He explains that while The temperance movement, which was active in a number of countries during the 19 th and early 20 th centuries, favored complete or partial abstention from alcohol. Its members believed alcohol consumption was the source of most social problems. The Ligue antialcoolique, founded in Quebec in 1906, viewed abstention as an extreme solution, favoring instead regulation of alcohol sales and moderate consumption.2 Booklet L’Œuvre antialcoolique de Mgr de Laval Did he, as a bishop – but with the title of apostolic vicar – have the power (Continued on page 3) This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Saint François de Laval Issue 39 December 2019 2 Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Executive Editor: Jean Duval With assistance from: Daniel Abel, Marc-André Gagnon and Pierre Gingras Translation: Alpha traduction et interprétation, Inc. Historical revision: Gilles Bureau Graphic design: Lecourscommunication.com Print run: �2,500 copies, available in French and English Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2019 Member of AMéCO (the Association of Catholic and ecumenical media) Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �(Continued from page 2) to excommunicate those who supplied the Natives with drink? Could absolution of this sin be declared a bishop’s prerogative? Yes, absolutely, answered his clergy. Nonetheless, he waited until May 1660 to issue his pastoral order. In order to be sure, he wrote to the renowned theologians at the Sorbonne, seeking their opinion, in February 1661 (they were in favor of his proposed course of action). Similarly, in April 1661, when he found he had to excommunicate Pierre Aigron dit La Mothe, he only did so after investigating his case, since Aigron was a repeat offender who had previously been granted absolution after vowing before God he would no longer trade in alcohol. François de Laval also met with him to apply persuasion, and then threats, to get him to stop. The Dictionnaire universel des poids et mesures anciens et modernes [Universal dictionary of ancient and modern weights and measures] identifies the “small measure of liquid capacity” used in Paris at the time as a roquille: equivalent to 1/32nd of a quart (93 cl) or 1 liquid ounce. This is likely the measure referred to – one mouthful. In English, this is referred to as a “shot,” from which the current term “shooter” was derived. Another measure used for wine – the poinçon – is a cask holding 180 to 205 ml, depending on the region where it was produced. Reduced to consuming water The same approach was used in his discussion with Dudouyt about the small, standard measure of alcohol for the Séminaire de Québec. In his May 1685 letter, he wrote that he had consulted Mr. Vachet, who worked in China and Siam, and inquired about the conditions of missionary life in the Far East. He was told that both priests and servants could drink nothing but water, since alcohol imported from France was too costly. “The rest of the time, they have some sort of local liquor that is not very expensive, and each member of the Church keeps a bottle of it in his room, so he may drink a little from time to time, since it sustains them better than water.” Mr. Vachet added, however, that they “find it harder to abstain from wine and brandy than in France and all cold countries, since they often find their strength and vigor depleted […] on very hot days.” Msgr de Laval objected, saying the people of Canada were quite poor, but unless they were “nourished as they are in France, we do not believe we can subsist.” He quickly corrected himself by adding: “If we were reduced to what they are experiencing, we would subsist in the same state of good health they are enjoying, and may enjoy even more the grace of evangelical poverty.” In order to find a solution that would “alleviate their condition and render it more tolerable than being reduced to consume water,” he proposed setting up a brewery in Canada and getting the settlers accustomed to drinking beer. In Raisonnement sur ce qui est nécessaire à un curé de Canada [Rationale for what is required for a priest in Canada], a dissertation written in 1683, Msgr de Laval wrote that “he needs two poinçons of wine, which cost 40 écus in Canada but would only cost 20 in France.” Since the king had set the annual stipend for a priest at 400 livres, this expenditure for wine to be used at Mass represented 30% of the clergy’s income.3 We can assume the price for ordinary wine was similar. Locally produced beer – even of mediocre quality – would therefore be much less costly than imported wine Eggs and butter Msgr de Laval’s willingness to adapt to local realities (and human needs!), rather than maintain strict adherence to the rules, also applies to food. The rigors of Canada’s climate were brought home to him during his very first winter: for his first pastoral visit, he travelled “not on horseback or in a carriage, but wearing snowshoes and walking on ice” (The Jesuits’ Relations, 1659-1660) and, as early as 1664, complained of arthritis to his friend Henri-Marie Boudon (letter from Laval to Boudon, dated August 27, 1664). He obviously came to the conclusion that people in this country needed more fat and protein in their diet than in France! He therefore allowed the consumption of eggs, cheese, and butter during Lent in 1660 and 1661, and perhaps in other years (the Jesuits’ Journal only (Continued on page 4) Photo : Daniel Abel Centre d’animation François-De Laval Décembre Newsletter 2019 3 �T h e s m all, st a n d ar d m e a s ur e A P A G E O F HI S T O R Y ( C o nti n u e d fr o m p a g e 3) m a k es t his r ef er e nc e f or t h e y e ars cit e d). H e g o es e v e n f urt h er, r e q uiri n g t h e Urs uli n e a n d A u g usti ni a n n u ns i n Q u e b e c, f or w h o m h e d e e m e d t h e f ast t o o stri ct, t o c o ns u m e m e at a n d f at o n W e d n es d a ys a n d S at ur d a ys i n wi nt er ( p ast or al or d er d at e d D ec e m b er 2 7, 1 6 6 0). Y es, h e w as “z e al o us” i n all m att ers r el ati n g t o t h e gl or y of G o d, as M ari e d e l’I nc ar n ati o n ass ert e d i n 1 6 6 0, b ut h e w as c ert ai nl y n ot “i nfl e xi bl e. ” As G. d e C h a m pris st at es i n his 1 9 0 4 b o o k a b o ut Ms gr d e L a v al, p p. 8 3- 8 4: “ S uc h w as his c o n d uct i n all circ u mst a nc es: strict a n d ri g or o us – e v e n u ns y m p at h etic – w h e n n e e d e d; b ut o nl y w h e n n e e d e d a n d o n c e all ot h er m e a n s h a d b e e n e x h a ust e d; t his w as f oll o w e d b y a r et ur n, as s o o n as p ossi bl e, t o i n d ul g e nc e or l ess h ars h pr actic es.” 1 D a vi d L e v ac k, L’ œ u vr e a nti alc o oli q u e d e M o ns ei g n e ur d e L a v al : 2 5 a ns d e l utt es h ér oï q u es [ M o nsi g n or d e L a v al’s b attl e a g ai nst t h e alc o h ol tr a d e: 2 5 y e ars of h er oic str u g gl es], 1 6 5 9- 1 6 8 5 , C e ntr e c a n a di e n d es c ercl es L ac or d air e et S ai nt e J e a n n e d’ Arc, 1 9 5 2, 6 4 p a g es. 2 Gr a e m e D ec ari e, “ Te m p er a nc e M o v e m e nt i n C a n a d a,” T h e C a n a di a n E nc ycl o p e di a , 2 0 1 3. 3 B as e d o n o ur c alc ul ati o ns, t his a m o u nt w o ul d b e e q ui v al e nt t o $ 4 0 p er lit er of wi n e i n t o d a y’s c urr e nc y. T h e p h ot os i n t his articl e w er e t a k e n d uri n g t h e fil mi n g of Fr a nç ois, a p ôtr e d e l’ A m éri q u e [ Fr a nç ois, a p ostl e of A m eric a], dir ect e d b y F a bric e- É d o u ar d L a R oc h e- Fr a nc œ ur i n 2 0 1 4 a n d pr o d uc e d b y S alt + Li g ht. Act ors: S er g e B o ni n ( H e nri d e B er ni èr es) a n d J e a n- Mic h el D ér y ( Fr a nç ois d e L a v al). T E S TI M O N Y L ett er fr o m L o ui s Tr o n s o n S u p eri or G e n er al of t h e S o ci et y of t h e Pri e st s of S ai nt- S ul pi c e i n P ari s, t o M s gr Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al ( P ari s, A pril 1 6 9 8) As w e w or k e d o n o ur i n v e nt or y of d o c u m e nts a b o ut St. Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al ( E ntr et e nir l a m é m oir e d e s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al [ K e e pi n g t h e m e m or y of St. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al ali v e]) , w e f o u n d t hi s l ett er – w hi c h w e b eli e v e h a s n e v er b e e n p u bli s h e d b ef or e – a m o n g c o pi e s of ori gi n al s b y G e or g e s- É d o u ar d D e m er s. P h ot o: R ei m s m u ni ci p al li br ar y, B M R 4 1 M o nsi g n or, W hil e I h a v e l o n g b e e n c o n vi nc e d of t h e g o o d n ess a n d t e n d er n ess r esi di n g i n y o ur h e art, t his t h o u g ht is f ull y affir m e d b y w h at I h a v e l e ar n e d fr o m t h e m ost r ec e nt l ett ers I r ec ei v e d fr o m C a n a d a. I h a v e b e e n as k e d b y all a n d s u n dr y t o r ec o u nt w h at y o u h a v e d o n e f or o ur cl er g y u p o n t h eir arri v al i n Q u e b ec Cit y, es p eci all y f or Mr. d e R ol o n, t o w h o m y o u h a v e r e n d er e d all g o o d offic es t h at c o ul d h a v e b e e n pr o vi d e d w hil e h e w as ill a n d aft er his d e at h. H a vi n g l e ar n e d of a n d r efl ect e d u p o n t h e d et ails, I c a n n ot b ut a d mir e y o ur c h arit y a n d pr ais e G o d f or h a vi n g s o a m pl y e n d o w e d y o u wit h t h es e q u aliti es. Y o u w ill u n d er st a n d, M o n si g n or, t h at m y h e art i s t h or o u g hl y i m b u e d wit h a p pr eci ati o n f or t h es e d e e ds a n d I all o w m ys elf t h e h o n or of writi n g y o u t his l ett er i n or d er t o c o n v e y s o m e i n dic ati o n of t his t o y o u. I t h er ef or e e x pr ess m y m a nif ol d t h a n ks, M o nsi g n or, f or y o ur hi g hl y 4 C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al N e w sl ett er | D e c e m b er 2 0 1 9 c h arit a bl e b e h a vi or t o o ur d e ar c hil dr e n. Pl e as e all o w m e t o r ef er t o t h e m as “c hil dr e n” s o y o u c a n u n d erst a n d t h at I c o nsi d er – a n d a m as o bli g e d t o y o u f or – all y o ur g o o d c ar e of t h e m as if y o u h a d r e n d er e d it t o m ys elf. I w o ul d b e d e ci d e dl y pl e a s e d t o d e m o n str at e t hi s t o y o u ot h er wis e t h a n i n writi n g. I h o p e y o u will t a k e m y w or d f or t his. T h at, M o nsi g n or, is n ot t h e s ol e f a v or I r e q u est of y o u. I i m pl or e y o u m ost ur g e ntl y t o c o nti n u e b est o wi n g y o ur g o o d n ess a n d y o ur pr ot e cti o n u p o n o ur Br ot h ers i n M o ntr e al a n d t o acc e pt m y ass ur a nc e t h at I r e m ai n, wit h t h e d e e p est r es p ect, M o nsi g n or, Y o ur v er y h u m bl e a n d m ost o b e di e nt s er v a nt, L. Tr o ns o n �Inventory project: Entretenir la mémoire de saint François de Laval [Keeping the memory of St. François de Laval alive] Over the past several months, the Séminaire de Québec has been working on an exhaustive inventory of all documentation that calls to mind or refers to St. François de Laval. The Centre d’animation François-De Laval has been assigned a part of this undertaking: the task of developing a descriptive catalog of the content of these documents, notifying the various repositories, and, where possible, digitizing the items to be inventoried. The man behind the saint PROJECT By Martina de Vries Entretenir la mémoire de saint François de Laval is an ambitious endeavor, to say the least… with many bumps along the road at times. What makes this project so interesting on a day-to-day basis, and so relevant for future researchers, are the various finds we make, which help us learn more about the man behind the saint. Our bishop’s battle against the alcohol trade with Natives shows that persuasion and a gentle manner were his preferred course of action before resorting to threats and penalties, and he also could be conciliatory. In a letter he wrote our bishop in 1677, Jean Dudouyt, Msgr de Laval’s procurator in Paris, recounts his meeting with Minister Colbert, a man reputed to be so cold and adamant that Mme de Sévigné nicknamed him “The North.” Dudouyt, unable to convince him of the human injustice caused by the alcohol trade, asked his bishop to return to France to plead for abolition, which Msgr de Laval did in 1678. His request was construed as stubbornness at the royal court, and he received nothing from the Minister and very little from King Louis XIV. That’s a brief summary of the story of François de Laval’s third voyage to France, from 1678 to 1680, as I have always heard it. I therefore had the impression that Msgr de Laval believed he could convince The North, solely on the strength of his personage, his high rank, and his reputation. This image was quite the opposite of the humble, sensible man I am beginning to discover. A Catalogue of inestimable value In the course of later research on an entirely different topic, I lingered over what Georges-Édouard Demers had dubbed the “Catalog of lost documents,” which he refers to from time to time in the Altera Nova Positio (ANP). Demers said that this catalog had been written by Glandelet, Msgr de Laval’s vicar general, who drew up, in 1687, an inventory by topic of the Séminaire’s and the bishop’s papers. Once we had eliminated other documents from the list, the meticulous research of Peter Gagné, archivist at the Musée de la Civilisation, led us to this undreamed of discovery, which proved to be an invaluable source of information. (Continued on page 6) Photo : Daniel Abel Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2019 5 �The man behind the saint PROJECT (Continued from page 5) The Catalogue is divided into 23 bundles (liasses), each of which contains the inventory of documents related to a specific topic. Liasse M included all of the papers, notes, orders, and studies on the alcohol trade in Canada, and Liasse N contained “letters from various individuals to Msgr de Laval regarding said trade in alcohol, which bring to the fore the horrible unrest and the need to defend said trade,” in Glandelet’s words. Taken together, there were some 100 pieces, statistics, and testimonials that were sent to Msgr de Laval between 1677 and 1679. We could presume these were replies to a request our bishop sent out to his clergy, the religious communities, and some laypeople in order to have suitable “ammunition” for his meeting with Colbert. This was the reasoned, prudent man I had been looking for in the account of his third ocean crossing, and which I had finally found: someone who had thoroughly studied the issue before taking action, had consulted others before sailing to France, and thought of both the short and long term. A man in the know In the ANP, Demers transcribed excerpts from long administrative letters written by Msgr de Laval. He chose these passages with a specific goal in mind: to demonstrate that our bishop always possessed a heroic level of the cardinal and theological virtues. Since the goal of our project was to make the full contents of these documents accessible, we had the other, previously omitted, passages transcribed, as well as more than 650 notarial instruments, and notes on simple topics such as how to make good flour millstones, what stones to use in building a church structure that would last, and repairs needed on the cathedral bell tower, just to mention a few. Photo : Daniel Abel 6 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter And these documents about the man, the Seigneur, the administrator, describing his day-to-day life, reveal once again a wise person who was aware of actual local circumstances, always seeking the best long-term solution, and, while always keeping complete trust in Providence, he would sometimes give it a helping hand. Glandelet’s Catalogue also contains an inventory of papers on topical subjects from Msgr de Laval’s times: the most recent news from the missions in China, resolutions on Jansenism from Rome, readings in the Index, developments in the jura regalia affair in France, etc. Msgr de Laval conducted an ongoing correspondence with Tronson, Superior General of the Society of Saint-Sulpice in France, as well as with Brisacier, Superior of the Séminaire de Paris, and the nuncios, such as Piccolomini, Nerli, and Spada. Glandelet wrote Boudon, a theologian and a great friend to Msgr de Laval, requesting works on spirituality and methods for the schools. Notwithstanding the distance that separated Europe from Canada, our bishop and his priests stayed “in the know,” to borrow a modern saying. A number of hitherto unseen documents will be transcribed over the next few months. We look forward to the next series of finds! �ALBUM A number of the events held to commemorate St. François de Laval are often unknown and deserve a mention. Feel free to share them with us. 1 Show the image and spread the word 1 During the Extraordinary Missionary Month, the pastoral team of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste parish in Quebec acquired a giclée titled Saint François de Québec, which they presented to parishioners at Sunday Mass on October 20 this year, which depicted St. François de Laval as a quintessential missionary. Pierre Gingras, the parish priest, installed it in the rectory of SaintsMartyrs-Canadiens church. It hangs in a prominent place, where all staff members and volunteers pass by it in the course of their regular comings and goings. We wanted to recognize this initiative. Photo : Daniel Abel 2 A reunion 2 Cardinal Lacroix, the archbishop of Quebec, was invited to lead the celebration for the feast of St. Thérèse de Lisieux in France last September. He also spent a “day of relaxation” in Caen, where he made a pilgrimage to the place where the spirituality of several founders of the North American Catholic Church had been forged. We see him pictured here with Laurent Berthout, parish priest of Saint-Jean de Caen, holding a box containing the ashes of Jean de Bernières de Louvigny and his sister Jourdaine. François de Laval studied under Mr. de Bernières at the Hermitage of Caen, from 1654 to 1658. Photo : Aubert Guinamard, RCF Calvados-Manche 3 Patron saint of Canadian bishops The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (The CCCB’s) annual Plenary Assembly, held in Cornwall from September 23 to 27, was an opportunity for the bishops to venerate their patron saint in situ, for the first time, with the major relic of St. François de Laval. This followed Mass on the closing day, “to invite us to be fervent pastors for serving the Gospel,” said Msgr Pierre Goudreault, who headed up the Eucharistic celebration. 3 Photo : Taken from Salt + Light tv Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter 7 �Photos : Daniel Abel Imagine the surprise of our photographer, Daniel Abel, when he made a chance discovery last October: a large stained-glass window paying tribute to the history of Quebec City, in the lobby of the Travelodge hotel on Hochelaga Boulevard, borough of Sainte-Foy, Quebec City. This work was a co-creation by two well-known artists: Frédéric Back, who did the initial drawing, and Nicolas Sollogoub, who applied the colors. Here’s a translation of the text on the two banners displaying the title and extending the length of the city view: On the site of the Huron village of Stadaconé, discovered in 1535 by Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City, the capital of Canada, in 1608 and Quebec City was the departure point for the bold missionaries and hardy explorers who extended the frontiers of New France to the far reaches of America. Prominently depicted are the major founding religious communities that helped make Quebec City the cradle of the Catholic faith in North America, as we can see in the other two images – a detail of the Séminaire de Québec and another of its founder, François de Laval. Quebec City – a view from the east A composition of 24 panels, 40 sq. cm. (16 sq. in.) each, for a total of 163 X 244 cm. (64” X 96”). Commissioned work created in 1962 for the Holiday Inn & Suites Clarion, now known as the Hôtel Travelodge Québec. Frédéric Back (1924-2013), painter and illustrator Nicolas Sollogoub (1925-2014), drawings and master glassmaker Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL TESTIMONY ICONOGRAPHY Quebec City – a view from the east [Msgr de Laval] is not impoverished by gambling or the consumption of fine fare. He is frugal, abstemious, and thrifty; he has no mistress; he is neither a paramour nor a dupe. To what end, therefore, this life of poverty, except to support his Church, the priests, the poor who are his children, to build churches, endow the hospitals, and lay foundations […] These are the deeds for which he will one day be canonized at the tribunal of the Congregation of Rites. Excerpt from a letter by Michel Gazil sent to François Pallu, April 6, 1675. www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: May 2020 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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With kind permission from Pastorale-Québec, we reproduce here a far-sighted article by the great Laval scholar Georges-Édouard Demers. It dates back to 1977 but remains surprisingly up-to-date.1 The subheadings, references and illustrations are editorial. We are only too quick to take offence: “Young people today know nothing about history! Quiz show contestants can identify any tune by Harmonium, but cannot state the exact (and unforgettable!) date of the Battle of Carillon!” We, the adults, are proud of the few details we have garnered from our history lessons, but do we really apply them as we should, especially the lessons from the saints? Our pride in being scientific men and women of the 20th century has lessened our capacity to feel wonder at the exploits of our predecessors in the faith. We do not, of course, deny the “communion of the saints” in the Credo, but our current worries cut us off from a remote past that is so different to the civilization that surrounds us. However, the saints in heaven are not indifferent onlookers as we struggle with anxiety and fatigue. They continue to live with us and “share” our difficulties, and their intercession protects us even when we consider them merely as “models from the past”. Models for the present Msgr. François de Laval is one such model. During the fine days of summer many tourists, especially from the United States, come to admire the polychrome marble adorning his funeral chapel. Teachers, touring Old Québec with their secondary school students, bring them to see the tomb of this historical figure. (Continued on page 2) Detail of the Monument Laval on côte de la Montagne, Québec Photo : Fonds Daniel Abel �Msgr. de Laval and the Church for our time A PAGE OF HISTORY (Continued from page 1) Sometimes, a solitary pilgrim can be found kneeling on the granite slab that covers the mortal remains of the man who is known as, and who was in reality, the founder of the Canadian Church. In fact—and it would be a mistake to forget this— Msgr. de Laval was not just the founder of the institution known as the Québec Seminary. He was also the spiritual father of practically the whole of North America, which originally made up his diocese, and specifically of the diocese of Québec. Msgr. de Laval built a new Church in a new country, among a Christian community that was still young but already marked by the zeal of the first missionaries and enriched by the blood of its martyrs. We, in turn, need to consolidate the structure of a renewed Church in an unstable world that is seeking direction, in an unusual context that has been called “the uncertain aftermath of the Council”. Our apostolic work, even though it takes place in a transformed social context, is like that of our first bishop: the joys and disappointments he faced are similar to our successes and failures. To deal with uncertainty, he took the somewhat daring step of bringing all his diocesan priests together in a sacerdotal community. This is how he instilled a team spirit or collegial approach, as we would say today, by pooling the resources of many different individuals. “The prelate,” one of his first collaborators said, “never did anything important unless in collaboration with us.” (Continued on page 3) Tomb of François de Laval in the Exterior Chapel of the Québec Seminary, 1950 Photo : Fonds Daniel Abel This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Saint François de Laval Issue 42 May 2021 2 Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2021 Executive Editor: Jean Duval Collaborators: Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Martina de Vries Translation: Benjamin Waterhouse Historical revision: Gilles Bureau Graphic design: Lecourscommunication.com Print run: �2,500 copies, available in French and English Member of AMéCO (the Association of Catholic and ecumenical media) Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �(Continued from page 2) His project, which led to the foundation of the Québec Seminary in 1663, was undermined by his successor’s lack of understanding, when his divergent views reduced the Seminary to a mere educational institution. An organized clergy One of Msgr. de Laval’s first tasks, when he arrived at Québec as the Apostolic Vicar of New France, was to organize the ministry for settlers living in the three villages of Québec, Montréal and Trois-Rivières, as they were at the time, or scattered along the shores of the St. Lawrence. “The prelate never did anything important unless in collaboration with us. Our property was held in common with his. I never saw him make any distinction between us, between poor and rich, or consider a person’s birth or standing, seeing us all as his brothers. We also preserved a perfect union with the Jesuits and the Seminary of SaintSulpice, and this union was never disrupted. Msgr. de Laval neglected nothing to ensure that a spirit of charity would be perpetuated in his Church; he succeeded and during his episcopate, the union was perfect. All the ecclesiastics, canons and parish priests and the Seminary formed a single community, whose saintliness earned the respect of all.” (Letter from Maizerets to Denonville, quoted in La Tour, Vie de M. de Laval) Union with God In his hectic life as a pastor facing inevitable administrative difficulties, and also when plunged into his apostolic activities, Msgr. de Laval felt the need for a deep union with God through preaching and prayer, like Jesus in his years as a preacher and also like us, on certain days. He knew that an intense inner life was the “soul of any apostolic teaching”, as we used to say not so long ago. It is true that the regimen of spiritual exercises to which he subjected himself every day required the kind of heroism that is not part of our easy lifestyle and capricious behaviour today. However, this is where he found peace, consolation, and the same “solace” that makes our present-day activism effective. It is also where, according to Marie de l’Incarnation, he achieved “a sublime degree of prayer”. Like us, at some points in our lives, Msgr. de Laval experienced despondency following the failure of certain undertakings that he believed to be essential for the good of his Church and the faithful placed in his care. His recourse in times of difficulty and trial (and once again, this can serve as a lesson to us) was prayer, and his unfailing trust in and total abandonment to divine Providence. “The first and, I believe, the best way is to rely on prayer2,” he wrote one day when the Seminary was in the midst of a dire financial crisis. (Continued on page 4) Finding future candidates for the priesthood was a major concern for Msgr. de Laval, just as it is for us, but for entirely different reasons. The shortage of priests made it difficult to ensure that they had the necessary contact with their parishioners. How to find missionaries in France who would agree to exile themselves in a country with such a harsh climate? In addition, Msgr. de Laval was apparently planning to prepare Indigenous clergy members, who would have a clearer understanding of the aspirations of their community and bring them closer to the requirements of Christianity. This is why, starting in 1668, some “children from the forest” were admitted to the Seminary along with the young sons of several settlers. Although the idea of an Indigenous clergy turned out to be a chimera, a few years later the Bishop had the joy of performing the imposition of hands on priests newly graduated from the Minor Seminary, dedicated to the Infant Jesus. The Saint-Joseph staircase in the Procure Wing of the Québec Seminary Photo : Fonds Daniel Abel 3 �(Continued from page 3) This is not to say that he neglected the human means suggested to him by the Lord. “To expect victory without being willing to fight is a sign of bad breeding,” Charles Péguy wrote at a later date.3 Msgr. de Laval was too well-bred and too distant from the quietist doctrine of his time to refuse either to fight or to work. However, his trust in God led him to believe that, without divine assistance, nothing durable could be achieved on Earth. “However, in the midst of our troubles we must not lose heart; if men have the power to strike down, the hand of Our Lord has infinitely more power to raise up.”4 Coloured sketch by Jacques Sergeff, presented to the Québec Seminary for the completion of a bas-relief in the Saint-Louis chapel at the national military school of La Flèche in 2013. Photo : Fonds Daniel Abel To help the poor, he deprived himself of everything. The eldest son of his family, he gave up his inheritance when he was asked to become Apostolic Vicar for Vietnam; he handled and administered substantial amounts of money to support good works in his Canadian diocese; but at the end of his life, after giving everything away, he had nothing. In the fall of 1707, he sadly admitted that he would not live for much longer, because he lacked the resources he needed to relieve poverty. Rich in poverty Georges-Édouard Demers in the tomb of François de Laval, February 1964. Photo : Séminaire de Québec Charity Msgr. de Laval liked to serve the sick and the poor, in the name of the God whose suffering they represent and in the name of human dignity, as stated at the last Council. In the far-off days of his young priesthood, he had worked as a volunteer nurse with the plague victims of small towns in Normandy. Later he could be found at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Québec, in the infirmary at the Seminary, and in Amerindian huts performing the same acts of compassionate charity. Marie de l’Incarnation was overcome with admiration. 4 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2021 A few months later, on May 6, 1708, he departed for his Father’s house, rich in his voluntary poverty. However, his heart remained with us, we who continue his work. “The [present-day] Church is in the desert […] The desert has always been, in the history of salvation, the place where God’s connection with His people had been made manifest” (Pierre Bockel). To find its way through the obstacles of the desert, the Church has always had the assistance of the Holy Spirit and its representatives. It also needs the invisible guides who, like the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire, will bring it, purified and renewed in strength, to the promised land. These guides are the saints, our brothers in heaven. It would be ungrateful and imprudent to ignore them. “I believe in the communion of saints.” 1. Demers, “Monseigneur de Laval et l’Église de notre temps”, Pastorale-Québec, vol. 89, no 9, 12 May 1977, p.196-197 2. Letter from Laval to Saint-Vallier (15 February - 15 March 1686) 3. Charles Péguy, “L’Argent, suite” in Œuvres en prose complètes, t. 3, 1913 4. Letter from Laval to Milon (Québec, fall 1689) �François, my friend EXPRESSION Lyrics by: André Fontaine On a boat where illness was rife, A boat filled with all the misery of life, As you set course For a new country. François, my friend, you left a life of abundance In the sun-filled land of France, To come here, in the reign of Louis. The shores on which you set foot as you stepped off the boat, Exhausted, sick, desperate for the sight of land Remember you. “I remember” you. As the sun of Resurrection shone, As the waves of April pointed to a new horizon Where a thousand cares and a thousand songs awaited. François, my friend, you came bearing the flame, To a place where you improvised, imagined, Invented, created almost. François, my friend, I write this letter today To you, my friend, for all the madness, All the love that carried you towards the infinite, François, my friend. Engraving by Gérard Castonguay for the Comité des fondateurs FONTAINE, André, Par-dessus les toits, 33 1/3 microgroove, Les disques Ville-Marie, VM-69201 Photo : Fonds Daniel Abel François of Québec He was called François. François of Québec. He walked, like us, on dusty roads. He came to know the tempestuous sea, at a time of heroic ocean crossings. History has left us a severe official portrait. But did he not, like us, spend time with the poor and care for the sick? And how could he not have listened, for hours at a time, to the wild geese at his haven in Saint-Joachim? A colossus like Abraham, he is our spiritual father, the father of the French Canadian people. Roger Leclerc, producer, Radio-Canada, in François de Laval, seigneur de la Côte, Gilbert Lévesque, Leméac, 1978, 94 p. Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2021 5 �Inventory project: Entretenir la mémoire de saint François de Laval [Keeping the memory of St. François de Laval alive] Over the past several months, the Séminaire de Québec has been working on an exhaustive inventory of all documentation that calls to mind or refers to St. François de Laval. The Centre d’animation François-De Laval has been assigned a part of this undertaking: the task of developing a descriptive catalog of the content of these documents, notifying the various repositories, and, where possible, digitizing the items to be inventoried. To infinity and beyond!1 PROJECT By Martina de Vries In recent months I have had more time than ever to spend on our inventory project—while, in the evening, enjoying Disney movies with my 6-year-old niece. I have had expert assistance from Father Roger Laberge, rsv, the last postulator for the Cause, and Abbé Paul-Hubert Poirier, emeritus professor at Laval University, who have begun translating the letters in Italian and Latin between Msgr. de Laval and Rome. Reading this official (and infinitely courteous) correspondence, I realize that, like the heroes in children’s films, François de Laval was a man of action, a person who “decided to see every problem as the opportunity to find a solution” (Walt Disney). It’s better to use your head than break your back! 2 As soon as he landed at Québec in 1659, he decided to conduct a grand tour of his diocese to assess the current situation. “My first care was to travel to the villages close to Québec, on a six-day tour, to meet at least part of my flock, to observe and not just to listen.”3 He quickly noted the numerous problems and shortcomings of the Church in Canada, despite the best efforts of the missionaries who had gone before. Even Lightning McQueen found it difficult to win a race with two blown tires!4 What was needed was solid, durable foundations backed up by an enthusiastic, skilled team, “because I believed there was no better way to lay out the foundation for the Québec Church than to strengthen everything, correctly and solidly, in such a way that it cannot be destroyed by the passage of time.”5 All it takes is faith and trust! 6 And a little bit of pixie dust 6, or, for François, a few royal and papal decrees. He crossed the ocean, second star to the right and straight till morning6, to attend the civil foundations at 6 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2021 the court of the King of France, “where my solicitude for the Church caused me to go, to come more surely to the assistance of Christianity which was going to wrack and ruin, to say the least, because of the Governor’s neglect. The Most Christian King received me with great kindness and agreed to all my requests; he established a new governor for those regions, who will support and promote Christianity through his piety; he next created a Sovereign Council, placing all business in its hands; last, he promised auxiliary troops for next year, who will crush and disperse the baleful Iroquois, enemies of the Church, already greatly enfeebled by their numerous defeats; in addition, the said Most Christian King gave me an abbey to support the Canadian episcopate.”7 (Continued on page 7) �(suite de la page 6) As an righteous man, he felt the need to inform Rome that “our King has confirmed all of this by his authority and the Supreme and Royal Council of New France has made note of it”15 and he begged the Pope that “for the rest, if the Sacred Congregation sees any difficulty in any of the aforementioned things, I humbly request that, as far as possible, these initiatives be tolerated. It will be easy to put things to rights later.”16 Don’t just fly, soar! 17 For the religious foundations, François wrote to Rome, first to request the creation of a titular bishopric for Québec (since, as G.-É. Demers explains, “the title of Bishop of Petra and Apostolic Vicar diminished his authority in the eyes of the people and the civil governors”)8 and, second, the creation of a parish in Québec and its affiliation with the Québec Seminary “filled with men of sound doctrine and proven morals, [on whom] is founded all our hopes of strengthening, preserving and promoting Christianity in this country.”9 But even miracles take a little time10 and he had to repeat the same requests for more than eleven years … By time and toil we sever, what strength and rage could never.11 The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all 12 While waiting for the country to develop and prosper, François found some temporary solutions, keeping Rome and the King informed to obtain their approval. His “masterstroke”13 was to found the Québec Seminary, which became the centre of the Church in Canada. The Bishop mentioned, in the decree creating the Seminary, that “It is of the greatest importance in these early stages to give the clergy the best possible structure in order to train them as workers able to cultivate the Lord’s new vine […] in accordance with the holy practices of the first centuries, retained and followed even today in several dioceses of this Kingdom.”14 He explained to the Pope that “I have seriously considered the need to entrust, and I have entrusted, the direction and care of the Seminary to six priests, who strive principally, with all their strength and excellence, on this work. […].” From the Seminary, he gained movable priests “until it appears appropriate to do otherwise, according to the canons, and there can be nothing more suitable for this Church, especially since this is but a first step.”15 And everything was put to rights when, at last, in 1674 the diocese was officially created, along with the parishes, to which “fixed, stable priests” could be assigned “to care for souls, so that the shepherd may know his sheep and the sheep, hearing the voice of their shepherd close by, become more accustomed to the discipline of salvation. I have applied myself to this task even more conscientiously since the Most Christian King indicated to me more than once that it would be agreeable to him and that all the people were calling keenly, by their wishes and shared entreaties, for this consolation for their souls. […] I have entrusted to the Seminary […] the parish of Québec […] and I have joined them together in perpetuity; because one can scarcely say how greatly the priests of the said Seminary have contributed to the good and the edification of the work and endeavours of our Church.”5 The moral of the story? In the words of Walt Disney: “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” Photos from the film François, Apostle of America, Salt & Light, 2014. Photos : Fonds Daniel Abel 1. Lasseler J. (1995), Toy Story, Pixar animation studios - Walt Disney Pictures 2. Annakin, K. (1960), Swiss Family Robinson, Walt Disney Pictures 3. Letter from Laval to the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda (Québec, October 29, 1660) 4. Lasseler J., Ranft, J., (2006), Cars, Pixar Animation Studios 5. Letter from Laval to Innocent XI (Québec, November 6, 1678) 6. Geronimi C., Jackson W., Luske H. (1953), Peter Pan, Walt Disney Pictures 7. Letter from Laval to the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda (Québec, October 26, 1663) 8. Relation of the Canadian Missions (Québec, October 29, 1660) 9. Letter from Laval to Clement IX (Québec, 1667) 10. Geronimi C., Jackson W., Luske H. (1950), Cinderella, Walt Disney Pictures 11. Jean de La Fontaine, The Lion and the Rat, The Fables of La Fontaine, A New Edition, Book II, 1882 12. Cook, B., Bancroft, T. (1998), Mulan, Walt Disney Pictures 13. Gilles Routhier, L’invention du Séminaire de Québec. Un coup de génie de François de Laval, une histoire à réactualiser 14. Order establishing the Québec Seminary (Paris, March 26, 1663) 15. Letter from Laval to the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda (Québec, August 29, 1667) 16. Letter from Laval to the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda (Québec, October 26, 1668) 17. Sharpsteem, B. (1941) Dumbo, Walt Disney Pictures Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | May 2021 7 �Saint-Michel BasilicaCathedral in Sherbrooke At the request of Msgr. Jean-Marie Fortier, Patricio Rivera created the altarpiece in the founders’ chapel. It comprises 5 panels and depicts the Canadian Blesseds (today recognized as Saints). In the centre, François de Laval presents the Canadian Church with Marie de l’Incarnation, Marguerite d’Youville, Kateri Tekakwitha and Marguerite Bourgeoys. The Chilean sculptor was inspired by primitive African art. He settled in Sherbrooke after fleeing the Pinochet dictatorship established after the coup in 1973. Patricio Rivera (1948-2000), completed in 1981, enamel on embossed copper (2 m x 3 m) Photo : Martin Brideau TESTIMONY ICONOGRAPHY Photos : Fonds Daniel Abel Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL I am sure that you will find Msgr. the former Bishop of Québec in the same frame of mind. You are familiar with his piety, selflessness, prudence and intelligence; he knows the country, and he knows better than anyone the state of its Church. Ask for his advice and do whatever he tells you to do blindly, since we are all simply seeking God’s intentions and this is how to discover them. Excerpt from a letter from Tronson to Dollier (Paris, May 20, 1687) www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: December 2021 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter no 42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Instead of looking the other way, these remarkable people dedicated themselves to showing their love for their fellow beings, in full knowledge of what was involved. Saint François de Laval (1623-1708) was familiar with epidemics. Following the Black Death caused by bubonic plague in 1347-1352, a long-running “second wave” led to sporadic outbreaks across Europe from the 14th to the 19th centuries. During Msgr. de Laval’s own lifetime, a major outbreak occurred in London from 1664 to 1666. It was of historical importance because public health measures were applied for the first time—for example, the sick were confined to their houses for 40 days or grouped together in hospitals known as pest-houses. When the virus spread to northern France in 1667, Colbert, First Minister under Louis XIV, ordered the creation of a sanitary cordon to contain the disease. His efforts were successful, and the disease never reached Paris. However, London lost 20% of its population, with almost 75,000 deaths, peaking at 8,000 per week. François de Laval never caught the disease himself, but was directly affected by the Great Plague of Naples in 1656, which reached Rome in 1657 and forced the cancellation of meetings of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith for several months, delaying his appointment as apostolic vicar to Canada. (Continued on page 2) Bas-relief Abbé Taschereau helping Irish victims of the 1847 pandemic on the Taschereau Monument by André Vermare, 1923, City Hall Square, Quebec City Photo : Fonds Daniel-Abel �We have seen this before A PAGE OF HISTORY (Continued from page 1) Social distancing Europeans in the 17th century had a vision of disease that stretched back to Antiquity and was defined by authors such as Hippocrates and Aristotle. Although they had no notion of contagion, they understood that it was necessary to isolate the sick and keep a distance of more than two metres in order to avoid the “miasma”, or putrid odours, that carried disease and were absorbed through the pores of the skin. This involved wearing long clothing and taking “dry baths” with vinegar, per fume or alcohol instead of hot water, which was believed to be dangerous because it opened the pores. In Canada, the air was considered healthier because the cities were sparsely inhabited compared to France. Its inhabitants experienced no epidemics until the winter of 1687-1688 (typhus) and 1702-1703 (smallpox). In the latter case, between 1,000 and 1,200 people died, or 8% of the Canadian population at the time.1 with the sick. […] The prelate distinguished himself and led others even more effectively by his charity than by his dignity. He was used to sickness since his frequent visits to the hospitals in Caen and the great services he rendered under the direction of M. de Bernières. His charity was striking. He distributed tasks to the lesser clergy, while keeping the most arduous for himself. Although inconvenienced by his own frequent vomiting, he was always at the side of the sick, encouraging, consoling, and soothing them and rendering all kinds of assistance. He often returned covered in pests; more than once it was feared that he had contracted the contagious disease himself.”2 The Hôtel-Dieu hospital overrun Once the ships docked at Quebec, the Hôtel-Dieu hospital was often overrun with patients. The AugusShip-borne infection tinian nuns had far too much to do, and Msgr. de Laval once again Social distancing was impossible on volunteered to assist them to the the narrow, overcrowded ships of the best of his ability. La Tour explains time, whose holds and decks were that “He had barely arrived when an nests of infection. Influenza and Stained-glass panel showing François de Laval opportunity arose to demonstrate at the bedside of the sick, Great Hall in the gastroenteritis, which are easily his zeal. One of the ships that returned Olivier-Briand wing, Quebec Seminary treated today, racked everyone on to Quebec carried a contagious Photo : Fonds Daniel-Abel board. There were no nurses, and disease that spread to the whole priests and nuns tended to the sick and, if needed, to country: the hospital was completely full, and the prelate their souls, as reported by Bertrand de La Tour, François practically never left it for the entire duration of the sickness, de Laval’s first biographer: “All these worthy people toiled always busy serving, teaching, and consoling the sick. (Continued on page 3) This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. 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Saint François de Laval Issue 41 December 2020 2 Contact us Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Executive Editor: Jean Duval Collaborators: Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Martina de Vries Translation: Benjamin Waterhouse Historical revision: Gilles Bureau Graphic design: Lecourscommunication.com Print run: �2,500 copies, available in French and English Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2020 Member of AMéCO (the Association of Catholic and ecumenical media) Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �(Continued from page 2) However much he was begged to take care of himself, he believed that it was his duty to begin his career by displaying the most heroic form of charity. His fellow clergy assisted him. One Jesuit died, and two Hospitaller nuns were at death’s door. Fortunately the prelate was spared.”2 Marie de l’Incarnation confirmed his concern for others: “Msgr. our prelate spends all his time there, tending to the sick and making up beds. We do everything we can to prevent him from going there in order to protect his person, but eloquence is not enough to divert him from these acts of humility.”3 However, his most important job in the hospital was to care for souls. At the time, illness was believed to reflect an imbalance on the mind, such as an unconfessed sin or a need for spiritual renewal. Although medical science was less advanced than today, doctors understood that the body and spirit needed to be treated together, through science and religion, physical exercise and piety. The Hospitaller nuns had mastered both aspects.4 The strength of youth Support in old age Another of François de Laval’s concerns was to support his priests during illness, times of discouragement, and old age. This was the second function of the Quebec Seminary he founded in 1663. As summarized by La Tour: “He wanted all the clergy members to form one family, with the bishop’s house serving as the shared home of all the priests and the centre for all temporal and spiritual services. He undertook to provide them with all that was necessary. He wanted to ensure that when they came to Quebec for reasons of business, sickness or piety, they would always be able to find refuge in his house, even if they came every year for a retreat, and that, when age or infirmity prevented them from performing further duties, they would be assured of support, food and shelter for the rest of their days, and of prayers after their death.”2 (Continued on page 4) Sickness and death were facts of life for 17th-century Europeans, who were more accustomed to them than we are today, and Msgr. de Laval took them into account in the decisions he made, for example in relation to young people. When selecting priests to come to work in Canada, his first criterion was good health. “Mr. Le Fèvre, a priest in the town of Pontoise, 27 years of age, […] in good health, active and conscientious, and appears to have a strong vocation. He has always desired to devote his life to work in the missions, and in particular the mission in Canada.”5 Given Canada’s harsh climate and the large distances they needed to cover, strong young men were at an advantage, but were not invincible. The bishop himself was not spared the fatigue and strain caused by the enormity of his task in Canada. “He developed several serious ailments there that lasted his whole life. A few years later, he became so dangerously ill that there were fears for his life. He had barely recovered a little when he returned to his apostolic trips. He once again became so exhausted and in such discomfort that he withdrew to the Seminary’s country house to recover.”2 “I am sending you a second box of eyeglasses, containing six like last year, for a person of your age.” Letter from Tremblay to Laval (Paris, June 19, 1705) Painting of Msgr. de Laval by Jacques Leblond de Latour, c. 1700, and slightly modified for this article. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval 3 �(Continued from page 3) In the eyes of the bishop, access to a place of worship was an essential spiritual resource. At the end of his life, bed-ridden, he was comforted by the presence of a small chapel in his room, where priests could come to say a private mass. While his health permitted, he rose every morning to prepare the church, break the ice in the holy water basins in winter, and light the candles. He was present for all funerals and visited the dying in the hospital, whether they were French or Amerindian.6 Despite all difficulties, and in the face of all dangers, Saint François kept his faith that “it’s going to be alright”. In the current context, he can be an inspiration to us all. Hope in the face of adversity François de Laval died on May 6, 1708. In the funeral oration given in Montreal by Sulpician priest François Vachon de Belmont, he reminded us that the saints are there to greet us: “What is left to us, Christians? The saints have no need of our empty comments about their fine actions; we, on the other hand, need to imitate them and demand their intercession. Yes, we must be careful to love what he [Laval] loved, the glory of God, hate what he hated and fight sin all our lives. Be afraid, prevaricators, who afflicted him during his lifetime, lest he condemn you from the place of his sainthood. But let us hope that, if he loved us on this earth, he will love us even more from the place of true dilection.”7 1. Virtual museum of New France https://www.museedelhistoire.ca/ musee-virtuel-de-la-nouvelle-france/vie-quotidienne/sante-et medecine/ #:~:text=Les%20personnes%20et%20les%20b%C3%AAtes, fi%C3%A8vre%20typho%C3%AFde%20et%20fi%C3%A8vre%20jaune. 2. L.-B. de La Tour, Mémoires sur la vie de M. de Laval, premier évêque de Québec, 1761 3. Letter from Marie de l’Incarnation to her son (Quebec, September-October 1659) 4. Augustines : Soigner corps et âme. [Healing body and soul] Permanent exhibition at the Musée du Monastère des Augustines de Québec 5. Letter from Dudouyt to Laval (Paris, April 28 – May 7, 1683) 6. Letter from Houssart to Tremblay (Quebec, September 1, 1708) 7. Funeral oration by Vachon de Belmont (Montreal, June 1708) PRAYER Lord, hear our prayer As we prepare to welcome the arrival of Our Lord during this tragic period, we take this time to make our prayers known. François de Laval arrived in a country where practically everything had yet to be done. He was not discouraged— his great love of God gave him the strength to persevere. Let us pray for the bishops, priests and deacons of our country, and for the laypersons who share their pastoral duties when so much remains to be done. François de Laval recognized the importance of the family. He had a particular devotion for the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the Holy Angels. Let us pray for all the world’s families, and for the families to which we belong that we cannot meet at present. When ships arrived, François de Laval never failed to go to the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Quebec to assist the Hospitaller nuns in their work. 4 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2020 Let us pray for all those who courageously devote their time to caring for those who are sick or vulnerable. François de Laval saw his projects destroyed several times, and each time he raised them anew. He understood that in a world of discouragement, he could build hope. Let us pray for all those who bear responsibility in the civil, religious, industrial, commercial, academic and community support sectors, and for all those who are discouraged; let us retain our hope in a better future. Jean Duval �Montmorency-itis: tracking the disease PROJECT By Martina de Vries Obviously, we are talking here about the “bug” that causes people, even today, to refer to our saint as “François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval de Montigny”. And this, despite the fact that in 1980, Abbé Honorius Provost, then the Quebec Seminary archivist and vice-postulator for the Canonization Cause, showed exactly why it was a mistake to add so many suffixes, in his article François de Laval est son nom [His name is François de Laval].1 When did Montmorency-itis first appear, and why is it taking so long to eradicate? For the documentation project Keeping the memory of Saint François de Laval alive, we surveyed over 2,600 ancient documents written by, addressed to, or concerning Msgr. de Laval. Not a single document produced during his lifetime contained an extended version of his name. However, two common practices at the time may have led to some confusion. First, under the Ancien Régime in France, a nobleman was known by the name of the place he governed. The Laval family were lords of the seigneurie of Montigny, and François, as a priest, was referred to as the Abbé de Montigny. In the same way, when he became Bishop of Quebec, he was known as Msgr. de Quebec—but nobody has thought of calling him François de Laval de Quebec. Second, François de Laval was, in fact, a descendant of the Montmorency family. In 1230, the family split into two branches: the senior, Montmorency, branch and the junior, Montmorency-Laval branch that included our bishop, whose coat of arms retained the “cross gules” of the Montmorency family and the motto “May God help the first Christian baron”. So, although he signed his documents as “François de Laval”, his seal bore the Montmorency-Laval arms, creating another possible source of confusion.2 The initial outbreak When François de Laval died in 1708, several funeral orations were delivered, three of which have come down to us. The oration given in Montreal by the Superior of the Saint-Sulpice Seminary, François Vachon de Belmont, was designed to rouse public sentiment. He stated that “the sole subject of this eulogy will be the late, saintly bishop of most illustrious and reverend memory, François de Montmorency-Laval, first and former bishop of Quebec, founder and apostle of the Church in Canada.” Belmont was the first to name him in this way, perhaps hoping to raise him to even higher heights. He began by Msgr. de Laval’s coat of arms, slightly truncated, in the Olivier-Briand wing of the Quebec Seminary Photo : Fonds Daniel-Abel describing “his great birth”, but insisted that “this is only to illustrate the disdain for grandeur that his saintliness instilled in him.”3 He continued to develop this theme, stating that the bishop, when he came to work in Canada, voluntarily sacrificed what he could have had easily in France as a descendant of the Montmorency line, one of the most ancient and illustrious of French families. Contagion The next person to write in laudatory terms of the bishop was Abbé Bertrand de La Tour in 1761. It appears that his goal was to write a hagiography, or “Life of the Saint”, about the father of the Church in Canada, and during the two years he spend in New France, he gathered oral testimony from people who had known the former bishop, (Continued on page 6) Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2020 5 �(Continued from page 5) as well as several documents. Although his book was entitled Vie de M. de Laval 4 and he used the term “Msgr. de Laval” almost exclusively, La Tour began by stating that “nobody can be unaware of how illustrious the Montmorency house is” and that the bishop came from this branch. Maybe his goal, like Belmont, was to highlight his subject; but while Belmont’s oration remained relatively unknown, the book by La Tour became the main source of contagion for Montmorency-itis. The 1845 epidemic Montmorency-itis went viral. The Seminary organized celebrations to mark key moments in its founder’s life, and in books and speeches he was referred to as MontmorencyLaval.9 This is the name appearing on the printed version of the official documents for the Cause, backed by the Seminary. In both the Decree of Introduction for the Cause in 1890 and in the Decree of Beatification in 1980, canonization was requested for the “Servant of God François de Montmorency-Laval. ” On the other hand, looking at the testimony gathered during the primary investigations10 For almost a century, we find nothing held in Quebec between 1880 and 1883 new written about the bishop. The book on the founding bishop’s reputation for by La Tour was published in 1761 (in the saintliness and his life, virtues and miracles, aftermath of the Conquest), and the it becomes clear that the witnesses had Quebec Seminary did not even have a come to know François de Laval through copy. As soon as the political situation period documents. An Ursuline nun and stabilised following the Act of Union Augustinian nun quoted from the Annals in 1840, the Superior of the Seminary, of their communities, which referred Copy of La Tour’s book É.-G. Plante, wrote to France to obtain to Msgr. de Laval; a Canadian historian the book, which he received in 1844.5 The news must explained the difficulties that arose between the governors have spread fast: on March 24, 1845, F.-X. Garneau, who and Msgr. de Laval; and Abbé Verreau, who was sent to was busy writing his 6-volume History of Canada (the France by the Archives of Canada to copy documents abridged version of which, published in 1856, became about the country’s early history, never even mentioned the standard history textbook in the province of Quebec the name Montmorency. and was so popular that in 1882 it had a new print run of 30,000 copies6), asked Abbé Plante to borrow his copy An isolated case of La Tour’s book.7 Two priests affiliated with the Seminary also used it as the principal source for their biographical In addition to the book by La Tour, one source of Montsketches: one about Msgr. de Montmorency-Laval de morency-itis appears to be specific to the Major and Montigny and the other about Msgr. François-Xavier de Minor Seminaries of Quebec. Laval-Montmorency.8 In 1977, Abbé Georges-Édouard Demers, the relator of the A mutation: Xavier Cause, mentioned an anecdote he had heard from Abbé Verreau, who had heard it from Abbé Jérôme Demers Given that the relevant register of baptisms has never been (1774-1853), who had heard it at the Seminary: “According found, historians have justified the addition of the given to a certain tradition, Louis XIV himself considered Msgr. name Xavier by the fact that the Jesuit François-Xavier had de Laval to be a saintly man. One day, the great king, been canonized a few months before François de Laval’s seeing Msgr. de Laval poorly dressed and barely visible birth, therefore that his extremely pious mother must have in the crowd of courtiers, called out to him and introduced given him the same name. Abbé Provost remarks that him saying “Here is my cousin Laval de Montmorency, a “the suggestion is within the bounds of possibility, for saintly prelate”, or something along those lines.” 11 the reason given, but nevertheless gratuitous and not based on any document or later usage.”1 We have examined 118 letters by Louis XIV concerning Msgr. de Laval, none of which describe him in these terms. New outbreaks No documents, either, allude to this connection. It appears At this point, it appears that contagion grew according that the story is an oral tradition that has existed at the to the documents to which people had access. Seminary since at least the early 19th century. We cannot identify its source, but is has clearly helped keep the name It is clear that in public celebrations, oratory or poetry contests, of Montmorency connected with the Seminary’s founder. and anything aiming to glorify the figure of Msgr. de Laval, (Continued on page 7) 6 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2020 �The vaccine In November 2013, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints asked Father Roger Laberge, rsv, postulator of the Cause of François de Laval, to prepare a positio for his canonization. The actor of the Cause, the Quebec Seminary, was immediately made aware of the event by Rome, but instructed to keep the process a secret. The Superior General, Canon Jacques Roberge, in agreement with the Vice-Posulator, Abbé Jacques Lemieux, sent an E-mail to Father Laberge asking him to take steps to correct a specific error contained in all the previous documents, backing up the request with copies of the above articles. From left to right, Abbé Georges-Édouard Demers and Abbé Honorius Provost Photo : Fonds du Séminaire de Québec (D.A.) The discrete Demers From 1925 to 1940, G.-É. Demers devoted most of his time to identifying, transcribing and making a meticulous examination of documents from the lifetime of François de Laval in order to produce the Altera Nova Positio (ANP) of 1956. This is the document that led to François de Laval’s beatification and remains, to this day, the main documentary source for researchers. Demers, who is considered to be a leading expert on François de Laval, was discrete and subtle. He was well aware that the name of Montmorency was wrongly attributed, but instead of stating this openly in a detailed article, possibly to avoid a polemic that could have harmed the Cause, he simply avoided using it in anything he wrote. Besides the title page presenting the “Servant of God François de Montmorency-Laval”, the only name used throughout the ANP was Msgr. de Laval. And then, in 1977, Demers slipped an observation into an article about the bishop’s coat of arms: “Msgr. de Laval never relied on his noble birth, his title of baron and his Montmorency ancestry. He was content, throughout his life, to refer to himself and to sign his letters as: François de Laval.”2 His comment was perhaps too subtle, since Abbé Provost is now given the credit for discovering the Montmorency-itis virus in 1980. Seeing how difficult it is to correct old habits, historian Gilles Bureau felt it necessary to conduct further research and review the question in 2011 in his biography François de Laval, His Life and Times.12 The secretary of the Congregation, Msgr. Marcello Balducci, accepted the rectification. Even then, Father Laberge had to insist that the Vatican printer did not use the title from the ANP as the model for the Positio canonizatione. Old habits die hard! In this way, the same people who were first afflicted by Montmorency-itis were also those who developed the vaccine. And today, thanks to their efforts, we can be thankful that the decree canonizes… Saint François de Laval. Decree of Canonisation by Pope Francis, April 2014: Spiritui sancto obnoxious, Franciscus de Laval… Photo : Fonds Daniel-Abel 1. H. Provost, François de Laval est son nom (Pierres vivantes, 1980, spécial béatifications, p. 12-18 and L’Église canadienne, vol. 13, no 17, p. 535-537) 2. G.-É. Demers, « Les armoiries de Mgr de Laval », Pierres vivantes, 1977, p. 12-13 3. Funeral oration of Laval by Belmont (Montreal, June 1708) 4. B. de La Tour, Mémoires sur la vie de M. de Laval, premier évêque de Québec, 1761 5. Dictionary of Canadian Biography, François-Xavier Garneau http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/garneau_francois_xavier_9F.html 6. Letters from Auger to Plante (May 21, 1841 and September 3, 1844) 7. Letter from F.-X. Garneau to Plante (March 24, 1845) 8. C.-É. Brasseur de Bourbourg, Esquisse biographique sur Mgr de Montmorency-Laval de Montigny, premier évêque de Québec, 1845, 43 p. and L.-É. Bois, Esquisse de la vie et des travaux apostoliques de sa grandeur Mgr Fr. Xavier de Laval-Montmorency, premier évêque de Québec, suivie de l’éloge funèbre du prélat, 1845, 145 p. 9. See for example, Notice historiographique sur la fête célébrée à Québec le 6 juin 1859, jour du deux centième anniversaire de l’arrivée de Monseigneur de Montmorency-Laval en Canada, 1859, 72 p. 10. Primary investigations recorded in three Copia publica between 1880 and 1904 11. Excerpt from the testimony by Verreau, reproduced in the ANP, Doc 70-5 12. Gilles Bureau, François de Laval, His Life and Times, 2014, p. 20-21 Centre d’animation François-De Laval Newsletter | December 2020 7 �ICONOGRAPHY Photos : Fonds Daniel-Abel Stained-glass panel by Wallace J. Fischer This stained-glass window, in the north wall of the SaintJoseph-de-Beauce church, was designed by Wallace J. Fisher in 1901. He was a master craftsman, born in Ireland, who worked for Maison Bernard-Leonard (1897-1921) in Quebec City. Msgr. François de Laval (1623-1708) is the only figure [of all those depicted in the church] without a halo, because he had not yet been canonized. He is dressed in the violet robe of a bishop and carries a book of religious instruction, while his bishop’s mitre is shown in the rosace above. This is one of the few stained-glass windows showing François de Laval.1 A gift of Florian Lessard. TESTIMONY 1. Daniel Carrier, L’Ensemble institutionnel et le palais de justice de Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Société du patrimoine des Beaucerons, 2007, 64 pages I am writing to you on the orders of Msgr. de Laval; he was unable to do so himself, having fallen sick after two and a half months of excessive fatigue caused by his visits. He was reduced to such an extremity for the space of twelve hours that he was given the last rites. However, Our Lord was moved by the prayers of his Church and returned him [to health], so great was the need for him to continue with the good work he has begun with such success. Letter from Dudouyt to F. Pallu (Paris, March 8, 1682) Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: May 2021 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter no 41 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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FRANCOIS z - i :i:: :!a DE LAVAL ~--4- m ""·•·•·w·~·•·•· . £ Issue 38 I May 2019 '- .·~ • •• i.. ..,,. :..~-~-~-tA>..,.;: ---~·-~ . Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter Sainthood-not an easy path By Martina de Vries Five years ago, on April 3, 2014, Pope Francis signed the papal decree conferring sainthood on Fran~ois de Laval, marking the end of a 134-year endeavour by the Quebec Seminary. It is interesting to look back over this little-known story of unexpected obstacles and extraordinary dedication because, like the life of our Saint, it features both patience and perseverance. On May 6, 1708, Fran~ois de Laval died in odour of sanctity, as attested in the funeral eulogy. The people of New France lost their "Old Monsignor", and many of them took a scrap of clothing or hair as a relic, considering that he had lived as a saint One question comes to mind: why was he not recognized as a saint immediately? It is important to remember the political and social situation at the time, which was and remained unstable for many years. Msgr de Saint-Vallier, Fran~ois de Laval's successor as bishop, was forced to remain in Europe for thirteen years, and was absent when the Old Monsignor died. The next bishop never came to Quebec, and his successor was concerned with questions of jurisdiction. In other words, the Church's attention was not focused on canonization. The British Regime {Treaty of 1663) threatened the very existence of the Catholic Church until 177 4, although the situation stabilised in 1840 after the Act of Union was passed (1840). This led to a multiplication of Canadian (Continued on page 2) Thanksgiving Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, October 12, 2014 Photo : Daniel Abel �® Sainthood-not an easy path A few definitions: (Continued from page 1) causes (the Martyrs, Marie de !'Incarnation, Marguerite Bourgeoys, etc.) but, in the case of Msgr de Laval, nobody could remember the exact location of his tomb. At last, and completely by chance, labourers working in the basement of Notre-Dame cathedral in Quebec located the grave in 1877. The following year, a re-enactment of the funeral procession that had taken place in the streets of the city in 1708 was organized, marked by a similar level of popular fervour. This was the turning-point. 0 -::c: 1-- V\ LL 0 w The first inquiries C, Canonization, however, is a serious, strict and often lengthy process. <( First, a petitioner, in this case the Quebec Seminary, has to address a written petition to the bishop of the diocese in which the Servant of God (SoG) died. Msgr Taschereau supported the petition, and the Seminary was then able to forward the case to the Sacred Congregation (S.C.) of Rites (today known as the S.C. for the Causes of Saints). The two petitioners proposed a postulator in Rome, Abbe Pierre-Xavier Cazenave, of the Paris Seminary, and a vice-postulator in Quebec, Abbe Thomas-Etienne Hamel. The two men corresponded regularly during their highly productive mandate. Since the S.C. of Rites (the authority at the time) had accepted the Cause, the Seminary could begin multiple initial inquiries. Each inquiry took place initially in Quebec, where information was gathered, before being sent to Rome for acceptance by the Curia. The years 1880 to 1883 were devoted to inquiries to gather information. The Copia publica contained 1,873 pages and 18 testimonies which, according to the custom of the time, were then translated into Italian and, as stated by the relator, Abbe G.-E. Demers, "not always properly (Continued on page 3) ~@/- i FRANCOIS z _ :;: :1:j DE LAVAL Saint Fran~ois de Laval Issue 38 May 2019 2 Animadversiones: Objections to the canonization of the SoG, which must be rebutted by the advocate of the Cause Blessed: A person whose cult is public but not universal and is, for example, limited to a diocese or religious congregation Consulta medica: the body of expert physicians at the S.C. of Saints that studies the miracles submitted Copia publica: Transcriptions (and sometimes translations) of testimony collected about the life and virtues of the SoG Experts: Teams of expert theologians, historians or physicians consulted during the inquiry Heroicity of virtues: Proof that the SoG acted for a considerable period of time with all the cardinal and theological virtues Petitioner: The person or persons who request that a Cause for canonization be initiated and undertake to support it, even financially Positio: A report drawn up in two parts: one part describing the life and virtues of the SoG, and the other offering testimony about his or her reputation as a saint and about miracles or favours obtained through his or her intercession Postulator: The person responsible for promoting the Cause in Rome. The postulator may request assistance from specialists to answer any difficulties raised by the devil's advocate (today known as the promoter of justice) with respect to the sainthood of the SoG Relator: The person responsible for written documentation, the life story of and testimony concerning the SoG, drafted by the postulator or any other qualified person. The completed file is known as the Positio Relator General: The person in charge of studies of SoGs Saint: A person whose cult is universal Servant of God (SoG): A candidate for sainthood whose Cause has been accepted by the S.C. of Saints Venerable: A person whose life and virtues have been recognized as heroic, in other words beyond the common lot of Christians, and whose cult is local Vice-postulator: An assistant to the postulator outside Rome who promotes devotion and gathers the information and documents needed to advance the Cause Witness contesti: A co-witness Witness de auditu a videntibus: A witness who has received direct testimony from someone who knew the SoG Witness de visu: An eyewitness who knew the SoG Witness ex officio: A witness called by the S.C. of Saints The rota (papal signature), with Petrus and Paulus, on the Bull of canonization This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Contact us Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval 20, rue De Buade Quebec (Quebec) Gl R4A 1 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter I May 2019 Executive Editor: Jean Duval With assistance from: Daniel Abel, Julien Guillot, Doris Lamontagne, pfm et Phillippe Pottier Member of AMeCO (the Association of Catholic and ecumenical media) Translation: Benjamin Waterhouse Revision: Gilles Bureau and Roger Laberge, rsv Graphic design : Lecourscommunication.com Print run: 2,500 copies, available in French and English Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 ai ..0 < ai ·c 0"' .s ... C .r;; �(Continued from page 2) translated". Unfortunately, the original French versions have not yet been found, and excerpts translated back into French can be ungrammatical. These testimonies were sufficient to convince the S.C. of Rites that the exemplary life of Msgr de Laval deserved a more in-depth examination, and Pope Leo XIII issued the decree allowing the introduction of the Cause on September 24, 1890. The next three steps were designed to verify the validity of the Cause for the purpose of beatification and, ultimately, canonization. First, an inquiry was held to show that no public cult to Fran~ois de Laval already existed. Although children were taught that "he was a saint", as stated by Gedeon Ouimet, superintendent of public education for the Province of Quebec, quoting his mother (ANP, Doc 70-3), the decree noting the absence of veneration was easily obtained on February 4, 1893. Next came the inquiry into the reputation of sanctity. As stated by Hospice-Anthelme Verreau, director of the Jacques-Cartier teacher training school in Montreal and the archivist dispatched by the Canadian government in 1873 to obtain copies of documents relating to the history of Canada from archives in Paris, Rome and London (ANP, Doc 70-5), ':411 the books that mentioned Msgr de Laval, along with all the manuscripts I saw, presented him as a person longing for the glory of God and the salvation of souls, and full of apostolic zeal." Leo XIII signed the 3rd decree on Fran~ois de Laval on January 11, 1897. Short history of the S.C. of Rites On January 22, 1588, Pope Sixtus V founded a congregation to provide stricter control over the nomination of saints. Between 1734 and 1738, Benedict XIV wrote the treatise De servorum, which established the official procedure. On May 8, 1969, Paul VI divided the S.C. of Rites into two: the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Last, on June 28, 1988, John Paul II redefined the Congregation's operations and role. Its main task is now to examine potential causes for canonization and to determine without a shadow of doubt that the SoG lived in a degree of sanctity allowing his or her Cause to be presented to the Pope to obtain a universal cult. The College of Relaters, assisted by expert theologians, historians and physicians, examines causes and rules on their validity. The ultimate decision, however, rests with the Pope. Last, two series of inquiries were held to detail the virtues and miracles of the SoG. A weighty Copia publica in three volumes, totalling 2,939 handwritten pages, contained testimony from 18 individuals, in addition to two ex officio witnesses and four contesti witnesses (image p. 6). Some of the testimony occupied almost 500 pages! The only person who appears to have addressed the question of miracles was Auguste-Honore Gosselin, author of the first methodical and historical biography in 1890 (ANP, Doc 71-1 ): "We know that after the death of the venerable SoG, Abbe Glandelet, who was Vicar General at the time, collected testimony about a great many miracles obtained through the intercession of Msgr de Laval. Unfortunately, this testimony no longer exists, after being destroyed, I believe, in a fire." On November 9, 1904, Pius X confirmed the validity of the inquiry into Fran~ois de Laval. Venerable To be venerable, an SoG's virtues has to be shown to be heroic beyond any doubt. This presented a number of difficulties: 1) Apart from the Memoire written by Bertrand de La Tour and the letter from Brother Houssart, there was no de visu or de auditu a videntibus testimony and, above all, no such testimony that had been legally recorded. 2) Although the Copia publica contained some moving accounts, it was based on ancient documents that the experts had not seen. They needed to be provided. 3) As stated by G.-E. Demers, "the goal was not to investigate the life of a good little nun shut up all her life in a cloister, but the life of a bishop who, in the midst of constant religious and political strife, founded and organized the Canadian Church. The search was clearly going to be long and complicated." (~Abeille, February 1949). 4) Not all the documents were kept in the archives of the Quebec Seminary (and this is still the case). They are scattered across Canada, France, Italy and even England! A difficult period In 1912, following death of the postulator in Rome, Abbe Cazenave, Abbe Joseph-Victor Grosjean took his place for two years before his own death. Abbe Eugene Garnier, also from the Paris Seminary, volunteered to replace him, while in Quebec, the archivist Abbe Amedee-Edmond Gosselin provided assistance and later became the official vice-postulator. However, communications between Rome and Quebec were not as fluid as before. The new advocate for the Cause, appointed in 1915, was, in the words of the Relator General, (Continued on page 4) Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter I May 2019 3 �1880 11 1883 1890 1893 1897 1898-1904 1891 1894 1895 I 111111 Informative inquiries 1 1 111 1912-1914 1915 11111 1 1 Inquiry Decree of into vertues validity of and miracles the inquiry Decree of reputation of sanctify Inquiry into reputation of sanctify Decree of no public cult Inquiry into non-veneration Decree for the introduction of the Cause I 11 1918 1 111111111 1~ consultation 2nd consultation of experts of experts Inquiries • 1937 1930 1932 Decrees I 1111 11 1940 11111111 Fondation of the Historical Division Postulators Vice-postulators Relator (Continued from page 3) Msgr Antonelli, "more of a literary expert than a historian". He asked A.-E. Gosselin to provide copies of the documents kept in Quebec that he considered the most significant. The advocate brought them together, with a few omissions and errors, and with no presentation, in the Nova Positio of 1918. The experts in Rome were unable to accept this text compilation. First, they needed many more documents, covering a greater timespan, to show all aspects of the SoG's extremely long life; second, the documents had to be annotated, to demonstrate sanctity; and third, the layout prescribed by the S.C. of Rites had to be followed . As a result, the Cause could not be presented again immediately; more work was needed, and the results had to be submitted to a new preparatory congregation. February 6, 1930 saw a major change at the S.C. of Rites which benefitted the Cause: Pius XI created the historical division, for old cases, with a Relator General who could guide postulators through the official procedure. The colossal accomplishment of Demers Given the new process that applied, the first relator general, Father Henri Quentin (replaced after his death five years later by Msgr Ferdinando Antonelli), suggested that the Seminary should send out a priest who, under his direction, would be responsible for locating, transcribing, summarizing and annotating the ancient documents and drafting the final Positio; in other words, a Relator of the Cause (today he would be as a collaborator). The choice was obvious, and Abbe G.-E. Demers was asked to cross the ocean again, for a period of seven years. From December 1932 to 1940, G.-E. Demers scoured 45 archives and five public libraries in France, Canada and the Vatican. He copied 306 documents or excerpts, including 126 that were formerly unknown. His abundant, in-depth annotations not only presented each document, but also in many cases answered the Animadversiones which had obstructed the Cause in 1918. Mosaic of an active life: each paper represents a document written by, addressed to or concerning Msgr de Laval. To deal with this situation, Abbe Garnier asked two French priests to extend the search for documents in France. Despite locating many items, they made no copies. The whole process had to be repeated. The Quebec Seminary decided to offer the assistance of a young priest of known competence and skill, Abbe GeorgesEdouard Demers. He spent the years 1925 and 1926 in Europe, and his travel diary is now carefully preserved. Between 1937 and 1950, Abbe Paul-Emile Leger, later a bishop, was appointed as postulator but thanks to World War II and its aftermath, nothing could be achieved. Work began again in 1952 under Father Romain SaintCyr, an energetic man who was determined to bring the cause to a successful conclusion. He was assisted by Abbe Jean-Marie Fortier who, in Quebec, became the "propagandist" for Msgr de Laval and spared no effort to generate popular fervour (through prayers, images, celebrations, school activities, museum exhibitions, articles, and so on). (Continued on page 5) 4 Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter I May 2019 1949 1952 1 1 11 �1960 IIIII 96 11 1 1 1971 IIIIII IIIIIIII ~Interim H. Provost ___ _ 1980 1981 1999 ~Interim J. Lemieux _________________ _ Decree on the heroicity of virtues Decree of canonisation Timeline of the Cause of Fran~ois de Laval (Continued from page 4) In 1956, the results of Demers' work were published as the Altera Nova Positio. Only an introduction, and the complete answers from the advocate to the 1918 objections were needed to complete the report. Despite Father Saint-Cyr's growing exasperation, Msgr Antonelli, who had many things to attend to, delayed writing the introduction and rejected all offers of assistance. Father SaintCyr was unable to find an advocate who could act quickly and, to make matters worse, the S.C. of Rites took several months to move its offices! The skilful postulator begged the Seminary to dispatch Antonelli's protege to Rome once again, and G.-E. Demers helped his former mentor in the drafting process and suggested a "costly but efficient" advocate who, in later correspondence with Quebec, was nicknamed "le cher Serafini" (a wordplay on "dear" and "costly"). This led to the publication of the Novissima Positio in 1959 and, at last, to the decree recognizing heroic virtues issued by Pope John XXIII on February 28, 1960. 1) They submitted several cases of healing for examination by the Consulta Medica, including the case of Rosie O'Farrell, attested by Dr. Piuze, which had already been studied in 1923. 2) To continue the effort to instil popular veneration, a provincial Comite des Fondateurs was founded, each member with a centre dedicated to their own venerable founder. 3) They also involved lay men and women, asking experts to draft articles, homilies, radio broadcasts, etc. For example, on May 4, 1965, Abbe Provost sent the letter by Brother Houssart to Dr Alexandre Morissette to obtain a psycho-analysis of Fran~ois de Laval's soul (but given the immense size of the Provost deposit in the Seminary archives, we have not yet found his response). Blessed Sainthood The designation of "blessed" normally requires a miracle directly attributed to the intercession of the SoG or, in other cases, martyrdom. The postulator in Rome, Father Angelo Mitri (from 1971 ), and the vice-postulator in Quebec, Abbe Honorius Provost, decide to "attack" on three fronts. While waiting for a miracle, the Seminary did not send a postulator to Rome before 1999, when some highly interesting cases were presented. They included, between 1996 and 1999, the recovery of J. Labrecque from Hepatitis C; of G. Paquet from pancreatic cancer; and of G. Paquette from Guylain-Barre syndrome. Father Roger Laberge spent 15 years at the Vatican while, in Quebec, vice-postulator Abbe Jacques Lemieux took charge of popular veneration and recorded the favours obtained. Cloth dipped in the blood of Msgr de Laval following his death Photo : Daniel Abel On March 10, 1978, Cardinal Roy sent a long letter to the Pope, setting out the request from the Canadian bishops to obtain beatification despite the difficulty of proving miracles in the past. John Paul II signed the decree of beatification on June 22, 1980. In October 2013, Father Laberge was informed that Pope Francis had proposed an equipollent canonization, the equivalent of a normal canonization but without the customary ceremony, based on the fact that the sainthood of the SoG is proved de facto by his or her life. (Continued on page 6) May 2019 5 �e,yia.cP..,&Cica.. 'v-o.p.,o1,1u•Uyl • cft.41C£J•••" ~ , t .. rH ... ...... t ... . 1... t. , .... ., t ,.ul• u,e.,.i,.,._$d~<l. ol...t1ot.., !l,ne,f,i;c IL) l jM.;.P'~ "''''••l,tu, ,I 01,,.-1.,,;_,.ft, ,.,. "J'<'"•c.. "\ 1,00~1, -."l<t\- o ~-H~IHt,d ilc :m,11.. t. .... .,1c11n. <1,,u,, !-;,1,,.,,.JI, ~,,(.,u..,,11, , ,- va. f Copia publica of 1904, vol. 3, contains testimony from the inquiry into the heroic virtues of Msgr de Laval Image: Musee de la civilisation de Quebec, MS947c °' of. Jlf. And so, after 134 years of work, Fran~ois de Laval was raised to the sainthood on April 3, 2014. (And since every papal bull concerning Msgr de Laval always seemed to be delayed, almost one year elapsed before this bull was received). As we celebrate the 5th anniversary of his canonization, we can only note that here, at the Centre, our work has increased fivefold since 2014. Saint Fran~ois de Laval is more popular than ever. Bibliography : Correspondence between the postulators, kept at the Musee de la Civilisation (Continued from page 5) The procedure had a long history in the Church, although seldom used and only at the discretion of the Pontiff. Pope Francis had already used it on two occasions, for Angele de Foligno and Pierre Fabre. This step proved no easier than any of the others. Father Laberge had to stop work for several days in December 2013 for health reasons, and in addition he had reached the age limit for a postulator. The secretary of the S.C. of Saints extended his mandate en sursis and, with assistance from a colleague, Father Yvon Sabourin, he completed the 10th and last Positio, for canonization, before the deadline. The bishops and cardinals gathered on April 1, 2014, decided to submit the canonization of Msgr de Laval to Pope Francis. The prefect of the S.C. of Saints offered to meet the Pope the next day, but the Pope could receive him only on April 3. Father Laberge announced the good news to the Seminary. Sent out as apostles to all > - ....J Why not mark the fifth anniversary of the canonization of Saint Fran~ois de Laval by giving your community a chance to venerate the major relic of our Saint? :::, In addition to the reliquary, we have prepared a meditation guide on various themes. <( To receive the reliquary, please send your request to the Centre at 418 692-0228 or centre@francoisdelaval.com 1- <( 1- u 6 Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter I May 2019 lnformatio from the Altera Nova Positio, 1956 Table showing the history of the Cause, published in Pastorate-Quebec. Livret Sp. t:heritage de saintete de la Nouvelle-France, 1980, p. 8-9 The Copia pub/ica, Positio and decrees are kept at the Archives de l'archidiocese de Quebec and at the Musee de la Civilisation. The 10 Positios 1890: Positio Super /ntroductione Causae (Report on the introduction of the Cause of the SoG) 1892: Positio Super Non-Cu/tu (Report on the absence of public veneration of the SoG) 1896: Positio Super Fama Sanctitatis (Report on the reputation of sanctity of the SoG) 1904: Positio Super Vadidate Processuum (Report on the validity of the inquiry into the Cause of the SoG) 1911: Positio Pars Prima (or Summarium) (Report, part one, summarizing the testimony from the inquiry, planned in two parts but never completed) 1918: Nova Positio (New report) 1931 : 1'1 Altera Nova Positio (1st Other new report, never completed) 1956: Altera Nova Positio (Other new report) 1959: Novissima Positio (The newest report, completing the 1956 report) 2014: Positio Super Canonizatione A:quipollenti (Report on equivalent canonization) �ALBUM Getting to know a saint The Centre's official historian, Gilles Bureau, was asked by Patrice Breton, priest of the parish of Bon-Pasteur in the diocese of Quebec, to share his knowledge of Saint Fran~ois de Laval with an audience of around forty people on January 15, 2019, in the church Saint-Pierres-auxLiens. In the photo, Gilles Bureau is seen after the Thanksgiving Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on October 12, 2014. Thanksgiving Mass A decree issued by the Archbishop of Quebec on October 30, 2018, combined all the parishes in the Limoilou neighbourhood of Quebec City with the parishes previously joined together under the parish name of "Fran~ois de Laval" in 1998. The pastoral team organized a Thanksgiving Mass on January 25, 2019, at which parish priest Julien Guillot presided. In the photograph, he is seen receiving a small statue of our saint at the offertory. People from the past Working with a group of volunteers, the pastoral team at Sainte-Marie-du-Lac in the archidiocese of Sherbrooke is offering parishioners a series of meetings on "Our History", beginning on March 18. It uses a "talkshow" format featuring the historical figure of Abbe Choquette, the first priest of the parish of Sainte-Agnes du Lac Megantic, a role taken by the current parish priest, Father Gilles Baril. He evokes key figures from the past such as Samuel de Champlain, Msgr de Laval, Marie de !'Incarnation, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Mere d'Youville, Jeanne Mance, Brother Andre, the Canadian Martyrs and many others ... It's an entrancing concept! He was French We would like to share this comment by Abbe Philippe Pottier, vicar general of the diocese of Seez and one of the organizers of the annual retreat that attracted around sixty priests and three bishops to the Foyer du Tressaint from January 28 to February 2 earlier this year: "Sister Doris, I appreciated the way in which you helped us develop our friendship with Fran~ois de Laval in order to shed light on our mission and ministry today; and the strong connection with our Pope, Francis, whose intuition and commitment is so precious to our Church today, and his courage." We thank them both for their actions. �,.. ( MONTSEI EUR DE ~MONTMOR CY. LAVAL DECEDE U6 MAI 11oe OEPOS[K1LB23 IIAI 1878 ~TE"D~Po:t Nouvuu t 16 D(r DnE " ""' 1so, > The Apotheosis of Christopher Columbus <C An unfinished painting by Napoleon Bourassa (1827-1916). He began it at the age of 78 and struggled in vain to finish it before his death 7 years later. ::c: c.. cc: C, 0 :z 0 u - This immense work, planned for the Parliament Building in Quebec, depicts a pantheon of key figures from universal history and the Americas, gathered around Christopher Columbus. He is shown in the upper centre, crowned by the allegorical figure of Glory. In the background, close to the three sitting women representing the allegorical figures of Constancy, Strength and Vigilance, we see Fran~ois de Laval, Cartier and Champlain L'Apotheose de Christophe Colomb (1905-1912), grisaille, oil on canvas, 484 cm x 734 cm Musee national des Beaux-arts du Quebec .,, .c a.. Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdl www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: December 2019 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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FRANCOIS z - I-ft~ ~ ""·····-······· i :i:: :!a m' JL,~ DE LAVAL £ -.,_ Issue 40 I May 2020 -- ~ . ..... ..,,.. ~~-~-~-:a;-~...:---~., . Centre d'animation Fran~ois•De Laval Newsletter .. Many are called, but few are chosen By Martina de Vries 0 - I- V\ :c u.. 0 w C, ct C. ct The project Keeping the memory of St. Fran~ois de Laval alive involves creating an exhaustive inventory of all the documents that mention or refer to Fran~ois de Laval. As part of this project we have transcribed several long administrative letters in which Msgr. de Laval showed himself to be a discerning human resources manager, and excerpts from these letters are presented here. When Fran~ois de Laval was appointed as bishop and given the task of establishing the Catholic Church in Canada, he already knew that he would be going to a new country where he would have to build everything up from scratch. He arrived with the firm intention of establishing a Church that would endure, and he applied the same strategy to everything he did, from selecting candidates to choosing materials for building parish churches. Quality took precedence over quantity, and sustainability over short-term savings. The need for a seminary During his first pastoral visit in the winter of 1660, Fran~ois de Laval noted the harsh climate, the large distance between villages, the isolation, and the lack of workers. In this view, the first step in ensuring a solid foundation for the Church in Canada was to create a lever that would maximize his efforts and resources-the Quebec Seminary. "It is necessary in New France more than in any other place to have [a Seminary] because (1) It is not possible to find ecclesiastics in France willing to go there and leave their establishment unless they can be assured of spending their life in a place where they will be taken care of; (2) The duties of priests are so continual and so time-consuming that (Continued on page 2) Detail of Monument Laval Photo : Fonds Daniel-Abel �Many are called, but few are chosen (Continued from page 1) often, for a considerable time, they are barely able to say their Office, and unless they can revive themselves in a seminary, they grow weary and return to France, which happened to several ecclesiastics. 111 In addition, the Seminary could train clergy members locally, reducing the need to rely on France: ''A Seminary to serve the clergy of this new Church [ ... ] in which young clerics will be educated and trained to make them suitable for God's service [... ] a continual school for virtue and a place from which we can draw pious and capable members. 112 0 -:"":c ILL 0 w The need for reliable priests <C c.. <C The second step was to select priests who could travel to Canada. In the earlier part of his career, as Archdeacon of Evreux, Fran~ois de Laval had gained experience in assessing the merits of various candidates and during his trips to France, he studied each prospect carefully. He then described them in long letters to the directors of his Seminary, listing their qualities and weaknesses along with the positions for which they seemed most suited. Unfortunately, ''A number of mediocre applicants have presented themselves, but it is rare to see any that have what are known as the right qualities, either in terms of grace or natural talent, to perform the duties needed at the Quebec Seminary, and suitable for our union and for sharing in the direction and governance of the Seminary. All those who have worldly property or are clearly endowed with qualities of grace or nature take the view of the Eastern missions. 113 Key qualities 1: Health It is easy to suppose that the first quality sought by Msgr. de Laval in his candidates was zeal or virtue, and this would probably have been the case had he been a bishop in France. But the priests were needed in Canada, and the first criterion for selection, even before a candidate's character could be considered, was good health. They had to be able to withstand hardship: 11 [ •• • ] it would not be charitable to expose his health, which is not strong, in such a remote and forsaken place.114 Winter was glacial and "woodstoves can ruin the best and strongest constitution. People who are not accustomed to them quickly develop a chest complaint, which gradually becomes so intense that there is no remedy. 115 Abbe Dudouyt, Fran~ois de Laval's procurator in Paris, recommended "Mr. Lefebvre, a priest in the town of Pontoise, 27 years of age, [who] is ready to travel with Mr. Dombourg for our Seminary. He is a good subject who will be able to preach in Quebec and work in all the other missions. He is in good health, active and conscientious, and appears to have a strong vocation.116 2: Intelligence The second criterion appears to have been intelligence, or at least resourcefulness. In a country that lacked everything, priests had to be versatile. "Mr. Geoffroy [ ... ] is a good prospect and is well endowed with grace, courage (Continued on page 3) FRANCOIS ~~/- i z UJ u _ •\~.....__ :;: :1:j 0 z DE LAVAL Saint Fran~ois de Laval Issue 40 May 2020 2 This newsletter is published twice a year and sent for free by mail. It can also be found in PDF format on our website. We care about the environment. By voluntarily signing on to our Email distribution list, you will help us minimize our use of paper. If you write us at centre@francoisdelaval.com, you will receive all forthcoming copies in PDF format. Thank you. Contact us Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval 20, rue De Buade Quebec (Quebec) Gl R 4A 1 Phone: 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visit our website: www.francoisdelaval.com Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter I May 2020 Executive Editor: Jean Duval Collaborateurs: Daniel Abel Andre Gagne Yannick Morin Lubna Seba Translation: Benjamin Waterhouse Historical revision: Gilles Bureau Graphic design: Lecourscommunication.com Print run: 2,500 copies, available in French and English Member of AMeCO (the Association of Catholic and ecumenical media) AMeCO ;. Legal deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN 2290-3496 �(Continued from page 2) and willingness; we will be able to do anything with him, and he will always be happy and content. He lacks neither judgment not wit. He has been at the Seminary for about three months, and his conduct was edifying, being always ready to do what he was asked, putting his own wishes aside. He is completely suitable for the Seminary and has the true mettle we need in Canada." 3 The same approach was used for workers and "givens" [lay brothers] at the Seminary, and Msgr. de Laval sought references from other authorities. "He looks like a fine fellow, and appears to me to be more sober and discreet and to have a strong feeling for piety. [ ... ] He has very good manners, is robust and does not appear lacking in spirit or conduct. [ ... ] He openly stated that there is no heavy work he will not undertake willingly, and he appears to me to be entirely capable of performing all the tasks that we continually have to deal with on all sides. My only conclusion about this boy is that he will be useful for all kinds of things." 3 "His great desire to serve the Seminary and the strong morals attested to by the Freres de la Charite give me a strong inclination towards him, and there is some hope that his conduct will become more constant and firm. He shows great promise[ ... ]." 3 Other candidates, however, were quickly rejected : "Mr. Valet[ ... ] would not be suitable for administering a parish, his underlying nature being rustic, coarse and distasteful; which is not suitable for ecclesiastical functions, where one is constantly required to converse and interact with other people, whether children or adults"; and "Charprenet, who clearly has too little wit or judgment to be of the slightest use to the Seminary."3 3: Seminary values Last, the candidates had to agree with the Seminary's values, which included renunciation of their property. "It appears doubtful that he will be able to dispose himself to "disappropriation, " which is nevertheless the essence of and constitutes the spirit of grace that supports the Seminary, and if he cannot agree to it, it would be better for him not to stay too long [ ... ] We must pray to the Holy Family to ensure that people who are not imbued with Detail of Monument Laval Photo : Fonds Daniel-Abel this spirit are not allowed to remain in a house which is so particularly devoted and consecrated to it."3 The right person in the right place Once he had selected candidates, Msgr. de Laval ensured that their specific talents could be put to good use and that their weaknesses were compensated. "Mr. Mossu [... ] has much grace and gentleness. He is believed to be suitable for administering the parish of Quebec: he gains the love of all who know him. There is no doubt that he is considered to have enough of an outgoing nature to speak in public, at least to preach, and is well suited to that task, because he is also able to do a great deal of good, being possessed of unction and an extremely attractive outside appearance." 3 To help Abbe Thury in his mission in Acadia, Msgr. de Laval believed "that Mr. Volant would be more suitable than Mr. de Saint-Claude[ ... ] This does not mean that, if you consider that someone else is more suitable, you should not settle the matter in another way, for the greater good of the mission. [... ] Mr. Buisson is a canon, and I believe him to be more useful either at Cap-de-Tourmente with the children, or at Quebec, [rather] than sending him further away. [ .. .] For Mr. Pinguet, apart from the fact that he too is a canon, I find him still very young and not possessed of all the qualities needed to stand on his own, as Mr. Volant would be able to do." 3 The ideal candidate At last, the bishop had found his ideal ecclesiastical candidate: "He has grace and docility; he has a firm and generous spirit, even and regular, sound and capable judgment, in addition to being well liked at the Seminary and a good support for it; he is wise and prudent and capable, as far as I can tell, of keeping a secret, and someone one can trust. I noted all these qualities in him, and I believe that he will be extremely useful to the Seminary and, clearly, he is the best of all the candidates who have come forward in more than two years." 5 The candidate concerned was Henri-Jean Tremblay, who was ordained by Msgr. de Laval and went on to become the Quebec Seminary's procurator in Paris. 1 : Reasons for establishing a seminary in New France, by Laval (Quebec, after March 26, 1663) 2 : Letters patent establishing the Quebec Seminary, by Laval (Paris, March 26, 1663) 3 : Letter from Laval to the Quebec Seminary (Paris, May 1685) 4 : Letter from Laval to the Quebec Seminary (Paris, March 18, 1687) 5 : Letter from Laval to the Quebec Seminary (Paris, June 9, 1687) 6 : Lettre from Dudouyt to Laval (Paris, April 28 to May 7, 1683) Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter 3 �@ Quebec under siege, as reported by Laval > z Photo : Fonds Daniel-Abel In a letter to his friend and former governor of New France, the Marquis de Denonville, Msgr. de Laval described the 1690 siege of Quebec. As far as we know, this excerpt from the letter hasn't been published since 1940 and remains little known. 0 - I- V\ You are right to call this country a country of miracles: never has God shown his power over it more than He has this year. w I- Since your departure we have had an almost universal famine but, through God's mercy, no-one has died from starvation. At the same time, we saw an English naval force lay siege to Quebec with 32 sailing ships, although some say 34. They demanded that the city surrender along with the entire country, allowing only one hour's deliberation, after which they would put everyone to the sword and lay waste to everything else. They began by pounding the lower and upper town with cannon-fire, firing, as I have heard, at least 2,000 shots. We had recourse to God, his Holy Mother, the angels and all the patron saints of our poor Church, afflicted on all sides, and the most bitter disappointment of the enemy was to hear, during the siege, the bells ringing for divine service as usual, from which they inferred that we were not frightened of them, although most people were dismayed. Practically all the pelts and furniture from the lower town were brought to the Seminary, along with many families who had sought refuge there, including the family of the Intendant. In a case of such necessity the Seminary could not refuse to provide all possible charity, at the cost of a large part of its provisions. The soldiers and others who were present seized and used at least 100 cords of wood, and more than 15 or 16 planks that were broken up and burned; in short, in terms of cattle and other damage, the Seminary lost something like 1,000 ecus. But in times like these one must be patient and do whatever good one can, however great one's own needs. Major-General William Phips of Massachusetts laid siege to Quebec from October 18 to 24, 1690. The upper town was fortified behind high walls, while the lower town was defended by two riverside batteries. Over 1,500 cannonballs were fired. Some of the English force attempted to land at Beauport, but were pushed back by soldiers and armed civilians. The 6-day siege followed Phips' demand that Quebec surrender, to which Frontenac famously replied, "I have no reply to make to your general other than from the mouths of my cannons". (Continued on page 5) 4 Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter I May 2020 �(Continued from page 4) The enemy disembarked with more than 2,000 men between Quebec and Beauport. They made several attempts to move towards Quebec in order to encircle it, two vessels having sailed upriver to halfway along Chemin de Saint-Michel to join up with those who were moving by land, preparing the way for an army that was to come from Orange and Manhattan, made up of English and Savages, both Delawares and Iroquois, numbering it is said 4,000 men, after the enemy arranged to join with it at the same time as they besieged Quebec. If the naval force had arrived 8 days earlier, and if God had permitted, it would inevitably have taken Quebec, where there were not even 150 men all told. You can clearly see that they would have had no difficulty, the city being unfortified, as you know. We sent dispatch after dispatch to Montreal, where Governor Frontenac and the Intendant were, with all the troops. In the meantime, we did what we could to marshal a few settlers and at last, Governor Frontenac and the Intendant arrived with their soldiers. A few cannon batteries were positioned at various places and did quite a lot of damage to the enemy ships, which were forced to distance themselves but lost none of their resolution to continue the siege, meaning that Quebec was doubly besieged by enemies and by famine. If the inhabitants of Beaupre, Beauport and Tie d'Orleans had not shown their courage by attacking the enemy in their camp, there is every reason to believe they would have remained on shore longer and would have reduced everyone in Quebec to the direst extremity. As it was, they were forced to return to their ships at night in the greatest confusion, leaving in their camp 5 cannons and one flag, which the inhabitants seized after firing shots at the enemy, who did not dare to approach in boats to recover them and then, through God's special protection, which put consternation in their minds, they withdrew, forced in part by the bad weather which was truly extraordinary for the season. But where God showed us His special and wholly miraculous protection was in the case of three of our ships, which were arriving just as the enemy was sailing to meet them and which, had they not been warned at Baie Saint-Paul, would have fallen into their hands. They could not however totally escape the enemy's attention and were seen to enter the Saguenay river, having no other refuge, and just as the enemy sailed after them to enter the river behind them, the wind which had been in our ships' favour suddenly turned and, when fog and a swirl of snow arose, they were driven out of the Saguenay and despite trying as many as four times over the space of 5 days, were never able to enter. At last, a sort of tempest of snow occurred that forced them to give up and leave. Our three ships were the Saint-Fran~ois-Xavier, the Glorieux and a frigate loaded with flour and lard, and in the two first was all the silver the King sends to this country, amounting to 200 or so thousand livres in coin . It is estimated that the loss of these three ships would have been scarcely less than 1,000,000 livres, which would have reduced the county to the direst misery and poverty. There were another seven ships following, of which we have had no news and some of which, unless they enjoyed the same protection from God as the first three ships, may have fallen into the hands of the enemy. The dispersion of the army from Manhattan, Orange and the whole of New Albany, composed of the Iroquois and English, was no less miraculous. They came as far as Lac du Saint-Sacrement [part of Lake Champlain], where they were spotted by our Savage scouts, but God sowed division among them [ ... ] May God grant that the country makes better use of all these graces than it has done in the past. We have prayed continuously here for three months, which no doubt helped attract all these blessings. Excerpt from a letter from Laval to Denonville, November 20, 1690 The thick stone vaults of the Quebec Seminary provided a refuge for the city's population during the siege of 1690. Photo : Fonds Daniel-Abel Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter 5 �® Are you interested in consecrated life? -<C Prayer network to support sacerdotal and religious vocations: Alliance Fran~ois-de-Laval . ..J :::, t- The team that offers pastoral care for vocations in the diocese of Quebec has set up a prayer network to support sacerdotal and religious vocations, under the name Alliance Fran<;ois-de-Lavat. u <C As faithful members of the Church, and following in the footsteps of our saint, the missionary bishop, we all have a role to play in the attraction, training, support, and sanctification of new clergy members. If this subject interests you, you are invited to recite a daily prayer with a rosary specially produced for this purpose. The rosary comes with a prayer image, and is distributed only to people who have signed a good faith agreement. Photo: Fonds Daniel-Abel The 15-bead rosary, in white and gold, represents the priesthood and the Virgin Mary, known as Marie-Reinedu-Clerge [Mary Queen of the Clergy]. One medallion is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, while another shows St. Fran~ois de Laval on one side and the Holy Family on the other. A financial contribution is suggested to cover the cost of producing the rosary. Individuals or Christian communities that wish to support or take more responsibility for vocations can contact the diocesan team at 418 692-3981 (255) or vocations@ecdq.org. 6 Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter I May 2020 The vocations team in the diocese of Quebec: You cannot "possess" a vocation as you would an object; it is an invitation to progress and grow alongside a person, who is Christ. If you would like to talk about a possible call to live a consecrated life or the priesthood, you can consult the www.ecdq,org website under the "Vocations" tab, or contact Abbe Andre Gagne at 418 692-3981, extension 255 or Ginette L'Heureux at 418 692-0645, extension 303. The Major Seminary of Quebec team Following the lead of Msgr. Fran~ois de Laval, who believed that the Church should not accept all candidates without discernment, the Quebec Seminary can only agree with the views of Pope Francis on the urgent need to renew the priesthood. In his own words, "How important it is for young priests to find parish priests and bishops who encourage them in this perspective, not only because they are waiting for them because they need a replacement or to fill vacancies! I would like to say two things on this, off the cuff. Vacancies: Do not fill these empty posts with people who were not called by the Lord; do not take men from anywhere. Carefully examine a young man's vocation, its authenticity, and whether he is in search of refuge or because he hears the Lord's call. To accept someone only because there is a need, dear bishops, is a lien on the Church! A lien." 1 The Quebec Major Seminary offers a program of discernment and preparation for the priesthood for all Francophone and bilingual dioceses. All candidates considering entry to the Major Seminary are invited to undertake a process that is both practical and specific. At the end of this process, a decision is made as to whether the candidate has sufficient maturity and experience of community and Christian life, and is suitably disposed to be guided through a process of discernment and training. Consult the website www.gsdq.org or call 418 692-0645, extension 300 or, toll-free, 1 877 692-0645, or write to secretariatgsq@gmail.com 1 Pope Francis, To participants in the Plenary Session of the Congregation for the Clergy, June 1, 2017 �A number of the events held to commemorate St. Fran~ois de Laval are often unknown and deserve a mention. Feel free to share them with us. A source of inspiration Msgr. Francis Y. Kalabat is the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Michigan, a parish of Iraqis who fled religious persecution in their country to settle in the United States. He likes to present St. Fran~ois de Laval as the first Catholic leader in North America and as a man who had to build a life in a new country after being uprooted-an experience they all share. To mark the historical and spiritual link between the Church and St. Fran~ois, Msgr. Kalabat, during a talk on February 6 that was followed by a special ceremony, offered a first-class relic to his Archbishop, Msgr. Allen H. Vigneron, who also holds a deep admiration for Quebec's first bishop. The relic is now available for public veneration in the cathedral of Detroit. Mont Fran~ois-De Laval Mont Fran~ois-De Laval was named on October 17, 1994 to mark the three-hundredth anniversary of the diocese of Quebec. The mountain rises to a height of 1,082 metres in the Jacques-Cartier national park, 60 km north of Quebec City, making it one of the highest peaks in the Laurentian mountain chain. It can be seen northwest of the 112 km marker on highway 175. https://goo.gl/maps/6xkneyEL7upav1 Wy6 Msgr. Francis Kalabat (right) offers a first-class relic of St. Fran~ois de Laval to Msgr. Allen Vigneron. Photo: Lubna Seba a Photo : Google Maps Out of luck! The long-awa ited dedication of the cathedral of Saint-Hyacinthe, scheduled for May 24, 2020, has been postponed to a later date in order to comply with the public health measures in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. '~fter 140 years, the cathedral can wait another few months," says Abbe Pierre Cordeau. The original date was chosen in memory of the Blessed Louis-Zephirin Moreau, the 4th bishop, who led the project to build the current cathedral. The dedication ceremony will include a number of rites, such as the placement of saintly relics in the altar by the bishop, and these will include a relic of the Blessed Moreau as well as a relic of St. Fran~ois de Laval. Photo : wikipedia.org Cen re u animation Fran~ois-De Laval Newsletter 7 �> ::c c.. <C cc: C, 0 z 0 u Quebec under the French Regime When the insurance company L'lndustrielle built its head office, it decided to embellish the entrance hall with a work of art celebrating the saga of the French Regime . A panel of architects and staff members selected a sketch by Jean Dallaire, a teacher at the School of Fine Arts in Quebec City. The artist chose to mark various key moments using grand classical figures. The mural is a chronology viewed from left to right, and features the figures of Champlain, Hebert, Frontenac turning his back on Phipps' ships, Montcalm sitting injured on horseback and facing away from Wolfe's ships and troops, and, last, the valiant Levis, holding in one hand the fleur-de-lys flag and, in the other, the document surrendering New France. The centre of the work is reserved for Fran~ois de Laval blessing a young Aboriginal boy, an Ursuline nun teaching young girls, and an Augustinian hospitaller nun caring for the injured. Quebec sous le Regime fran~ais Jean Dallaire (1916-1965) A commission for the insurance company L'/ndustrie//e, today known as /ndustrie//e Alliance, in the entrance hall to the head office at 1080, Grande-Allee Quest in Quebec City. Oil on backed canvas, 3 by 12 metres, 1951 . We thank Yannick Morin, from the communications department, for his assistance and research. Centre d'animation Fran~ois-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL I serve the Bishop of Petra [Franrois de Laval] with the same affection as I would the Holy Apostles of Our Lord or their disciples: tor I consider him to be of the same rank and [... ] I believe that the merit of those who devote themselves to the Gospel in these times is at least equal to that of the first [apostles]. Letter from William Lesley, procurator of the Quebec Seminary in Rome (Rome, July 20, 1664) www.francoisdelaval.com Next issue: December 2020 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Le P. Laberge travaille à sa cause depuis février 1999. Saint François de Laval et sainte Marie de l’Incarnation ont été canonisés d’une manière particulière, appelée « équi­pollente » ou équivalente. Celle-ci n’est pas une canoni­sation « au rabais », mais elle est proclamée par le pape après une sérieuse enquête. Elle a lieu quand le pape étend à toute l’Église, par décision obligatoire, le culte d’un serviteur de Dieu (non encore canonisé) au moyen de l’insertion de sa fête et de l’office divin au calendrier de l’Église universelle. Il s’agit d’une sentence définitive du pape sur la sainteté du serviteur de Dieu. Un processus exigeant Cela se fait sans formule de canoni­ sation, sans procès juridique, mais après la rédaction d’un document à présenter aux cardinaux et évêques nommés par le pape pour vérification et appro­bation, sans l’habituelle cérémonie au Vatican. Une telle canonisation, selon l’ensei­ gnement du pape Benoît XIV, exige trois éléments : 1) un culte manifesté depuis longtemps ; 2) une constante et commune attes­t ation d’historiens dignes de foi et de théologiens sur les vertus ou sur le martyre et 3) une réputation ininterrompue de prodiges ou de faveurs obtenues. Si ces conditions sont assurées et s’il y a plusieurs demandes de la part des évêques ou des conférences épiscopales, le souverain pontife peut alors procéder à la canonisation équipollente. Octobre 2013 Notre « histoire » débute au mois d’octobre 2013. L’archevêque secrétaire de la Congrégation pour la cause des saints me croise en sachant, je suppose, que je suis le postulateur de la cause de Mgr de Laval et me demande : « Êtes-vous le postulateur de la cause de Marie de l’Incarnation ? » ; je lui réponds que les responsables de cette cause sont probablement les pères jésuites. Quelques jours plus tard le 23 octo­bre, Mgr le Secrétaire revient à la charge, puis finit par m’avouer que le SaintPère songe à cano­niser de manière équipollente les bienheureux Joseph de Anchieta, missionnaire fondateur de l’Église au Brésil, et nos deux mission­naires fondateurs de l’Église canadienne. Devant cette nouvelle, je lui rappelle que j’ai atteint l’âge limite fixé par le Vatican pour travailler aux causes et que le Séminaire de Québec, à ma demande, a déjà contacté un successeur. Il fallait éviter tout imbroglio. Le secrétaire décide alors de me confirmer dans mes fonctions comme postulateur « en sursis ». Le lendemain, nous devions communiquer avec le « postulateur élu » pour lui demander de ne pas donner suite à sa récente nomination. (suite en page 2) Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-de Laval • Décembre 2014 �Sommaire L’histoire d’une canonisation (suite de la page 1) Événement L’histoire d’une canonisation.......1-3 Événement Un moment exceptionnel pour l’Église canadienne....................................4-5 Nouvellement disponible au Centre..............................................................5 Faits saillants Demandes d’intercession auprès de saint François de Laval..................5 Communiqué François de Laval rejoint les saints de l’Église universelle. ...........6 Album photos................................................... 7 Iconographie Mise à jour........................................................... 8 Saint François de Laval Numéro 29 • Décembre 2014 Pour nous joindre Centre d’animation François-de Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Téléphone : 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visitez notre site web : www.francoisdelaval.com sur Facebook et sur Twitter : @CentreFdL Ce bulletin est publié deux fois l’an et est envoyé gratuitement par la poste. Il se retrouve en format PDF sur notre site web. Rédacteur en chef : Jean Duval Collaborateurs : �Daniel Abel Roger Laberge Jacques Roberge Réviseur : Gilles Bureau Conception graphique : Lecourscommunication.com Tirage : �2 500 exemplaires, disponibles en français et en anglais. Nous avons le souci de l’environnement. Votre inscription volontaire à notre liste d’envoi électronique permettra de minimiser l’utilisation du papier. Vous recevrez les prochains exemplaires en format PDF en vous adressant à centre@francoisdelaval.com Merci. Le 29 octobre, je suis convoqué, ainsi que le postulateur des deux autres causes, chez le préfet de la Congrégation pour la cause des saints, Son Éminence le cardinal Angelo Amato et le secrétaire, Son Excellence Marcello Bertolucci. Les postulateurs devront recueillir tous les éléments requis, demander quelques lettres postulatoires supplémentaires à celles déjà reçues pour la béatification, compiler un travail d’environ 200 pages par cause et remettre le tout le 21 janvier 2014. Le travail sera relié en un seul volume, appelé positio, signifiant la somme des éléments requis pour franchir une étape. Un travail de recherche Et le travail commence. Les recherches ne se font pas en un jour et la rédaction de ce genre de rapport nécessite un travail délicat où nous devons faire dans la nuance pour s’assurer d’une bonne compréhension de tous les éléments inscrits. Et en plus, le délai est court : 3 mois. Il y a donc urgence… Il faut exprimer les arguments démontrant l’opportunité de cette canonisation et produire une biographie du bienheureux de Laval. Il faut démontrer que le culte à François de Laval continue et qu’il se développe toujours depuis le transfert du tombeau de la chapelle extérieure du Séminaire à la cathédrale de Québec en 1993. Il faut aussi exposer l’histoire de la cause depuis sa béatification en 1980 jusqu’à nos jours, présenter une iconographie, sans oublier de faire valoir la spiritualité propre de saint François de Laval, les témoignages de miracles et de faveurs qui se poursuivent. Évidemment, pour compliquer le tout, il fallait faire ce travail sous le sceau du secret. Il n’est pas toujours facile de contacter les personnes qui pouvaient fournir les informations recherchées sans que rien ne s’ébruite. Le supérieur général du Séminaire de Québec et d’autres personnes de Québec, qui ont dû être initiés à l’importance de la démarche, m’ont rendu de précieux services. Novembre Le 8 novembre, je rencontre le rapporteur, dont la fonction ressemble à celle d’un directeur de thèse, pour lui présenter la synthèse biographique récente. Elle est refusée. Le rapporteur exige une biographie plus consistante. Le 26 novembre, le cardinal Marc Ouellet est convoqué, lui aussi, par le secrétaire de la Congrégation pour la cause des saints pour le mettre au courant du projet de canonisation. Avec empressement, il accepte de rédiger une lettre postulatoire pour les deux causes. Mieux encore, il me conseille de prendre pour biographie le travail de l’historien Gilles Bureau, François de Laval et son époque, publié en 2011. Devant cette « brique » pleine d’images et de notes, il faut retenir les éléments essentiels, puisque nous sommes limités aux 200 pages attribuées, afin de répondre à toutes les autres exigences. Un travail qui a nécessité plusieurs régimes minceur. Des changements en cours de route Contrairement aux recommandations de mes confrères postulateurs, le rapporteur exige l’insertion de lettres du bienheureux. Je me retrouvais devant deux indications opposées… le stress augmente. L’espace se fera encore plus restreint et il faut bien les choisir. Pour assurer encore plus de rigueur aux documents, le rapporteur insiste pour que j’aille vérifier aux archives secrètes du Vatican et à celles de la Propaganda Fide les nouvelles références des lettres. De temps en temps une rencontre tripartite s’impose avec mes confères postulateurs pour une mise en commun de l’avancement des travaux. Après réflexion, les responsables de la Congrégation pour la cause des saints se sont mis d’accord pour que chaque compilation soit présentée dans un volume séparé. Une bonne nouvelle, enfin presque… car maintenant le rapporteur trouve certains documents trop succincts. Et l’échéance qui approche… Dépôt légal : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ISSN 1920-1117 (suite en page 3) 2 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-de Laval • Décembre 2014 �L’histoire d’une canonisation (suite de la page 2) L e père Roger L aberge, r.s.v. tenant la Positio super canonizatione aequipollenti en présence de son confrère collaborateur, le père Y von Sabourin, r.s.v. (6 avril 2014) Janvier Vous aurez compris, ordinairement, être postulateur d’une cause n’est pas une tâche à plein temps. J’ai plusieurs autres causes à m’occuper en plus de mon ministère dans une paroisse romaine. Les nuits sont perturbées par toutes ces préoccupations et par ce dossier si sensible. Le secret commence à s’ébruiter. Il faut le contenir le plus possible et détourner la curiosité. Au début de janvier, je dois me résoudre à suspendre mes engagements en paroisse et, sur le conseil du médecin, à prendre un repos « forcé » de plusieurs jours. Le père Yvon Sabourin, un confère de ma communauté, me vient en aide et se met à la tâche. Il consulte d’autres personnes pour étoffer le travail déjà rassemblé et retravaille certaines présentations. Tant et si bien qu’à la fin de janvier, le document prend sa forme définitive pour être remis au rapporteur, qui s’en montre très satisfait. Tout est accompli Le typographe s’occupe ensuite de l’impression. Un volume de 354 pages, relié en rouge selon les normes pour une présentation officielle, est remis à chacune des personnes qui auront à juger la cause. Au total, 50 exemplaires ont été imprimés pour remettre aux différentes instances et aux collaborateurs. Les responsables sont satisfaits du travail accompli et sont en mesure de le présenter aux cardinaux et évêques nommés à cet effet par le pape. Ces derniers devront l’étudier et confirmer au pape si le tout répond aux exigences établies pour une canonisation. Cette réunion a lieu le 1er avril 2014 et leur réponse est pleinement positive. Et le 3 avril, le cardinal préfet rencontre officiellement le souverain pontife au sujet de ces canonisations. Devant l’exposé qui lui est fait, le pape constate la présence des conditions requises pour ce genre de canonisation et proclame l’extension du culte à l’Église universelle. François de Laval, Marie de l’Incarnation et Joseph de Anchieta sont officiellement proclamés saints. Bien qu’il n’y ait pas de cérémonie spéciale pour une canonisation équipollente, le pape François ajoute en temps opportun une célébration d’action de grâce qu’il veut bien présider en l’honneur de ces nouveaux saints. Cette fête a lieu le 12 octobre 2014, au dimanche des missions, à la fin d’un pèlerinage de plusieurs Canadiens sur les lieux, en France, où ont vécu les nouveaux canonisés. Notre archevêque émérite, Mgr Maurice Couture, qui a lui aussi collaboré, peut dire comme le prophète Siméon : « Nunc dimittis, mon grand souhait a été exaucé. » Enfin presque… Ma fonction n’est pas terminée. Un texte a été proposé au souverain pontife pour la rédaction de la lettre apostolique décrétant ces canonisations ; ce texte a été traduit en latin et corrigé. Tout semble prêt, mais la personne de la secrétairerie d’État chargée de copier à la main les lettres apostoliques est surchargée de travail. Notre précieuse lettre sera ensuite remise au pape pour qu’il y appose sa signature. Je devrai la récu­pérer et la faire parvenir au responsable de la cause, le Séminaire de Québec. Alors seulement, j’aurai terminé ma fonction. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-de Laval • Décembre 2014 3 �ÉVÉNEMENT Un moment exceptionnel pour l’Église canadienne Par l’abbé Jacques Roberge, supérieur général du Séminaire de Québec Présentation de l’allocution du supérieur général du Séminaire de Québec, le chanoine Jacques Roberge, lors de la conférence de presse conjointe de l’archevêque de Québec, le cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, ainsi que de sœur Louise Gosselin, supérieure générale des Ursulines de l’Union canadienne, lors de l’annonce officielle de la canonisation de sainte Marie de l’Incarnation et de saint François de Laval le 3 avril 2014. Nous vivons aujourd’hui un moment exceptionnel pour l’Église canadienne, tout spécialement pour l’Église de notre diocèse et pour le Séminaire de Québec. La canonisation de François de Laval est un événement que nous souhaitions et attendions depuis fort longtemps. C’est le 2 mai 1880 que Mgr Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, archevêque de Québec (créé cardinal en 1886), amorce la démarche qui nous a conduits à l’annonce d’aujourd’hui. Mgr Taschereau crée alors un tribunal ecclésiastique diocésain chargé d’étudier la vie, les vertus de Mgr de Laval et les miracles attribués à son intercession. Ce tribunal siège durant plus de trois ans et les conclusions de son travail sont envoyées à Rome. Dix ans plus tard, soit en 1890, le pape Léon XIII, après étude du dossier, signe le décret d’introduction de la cause de François de Laval et, à partir de ce moment, ce dernier reçoit le titre de vénérable. Puis le 28 février 1960, le pape Jean XXIII signe un nouveau décret reconnaissant l’héroïcité des vertus du premier évêque de la Nouvelle-France. En 1980, le pape Jean-Paul II béatifie François de Laval. On lui donne alors le titre de bienheureux et il peut faire l’objet d’un culte plus généralisé. Aujourd’hui, François de Laval est canonisé par le pape François, c’est-à-dire qu’il est proposé comme modèle de vie évangélique et de pasteur à l’Église universelle, inscrit au calendrier des saints dont la fête sera célébrée le 6 mai dans toute l’Église. Nous vivons donc aujourd’hui l’aboutissement d’un long processus auquel ont participé plusieurs personnes, dont les évêques de notre diocèse, les biographes de François de Laval, les postulateurs et vice-postulateurs de la cause et, plus près de nous, les responsables du Centre d’animation François-de Laval qui ont travaillé à faire connaître et aimer le premier évêque de notre diocèse. Parmi ceux-là, j’aimerais rappeler à notre mémoire feu Mgr Georges-Édouard Demers qui a travaillé une bonne partie de sa vie pour la cause de François de Laval. Plus près de nous, j’aimerais souligner également le travail du chanoine Jacques Lemieux, vice postulateur depuis plus de 30 ans. Si l’annonce du pape François aujourd’hui est un peu le fruit du travail de nos prédécesseurs, cette annonce est surtout la confirmation de ce que ses contemporains ont toujours perçu de lui. Dès son arrivée en Nouvelle-France, le jeune évêque a su toucher le cœur de ses diocésains. « Je dirai qu’il vit en saint et en apôtre, écrit Marie de l’Incarnation. C’est un homme saint, poursuit-elle, le père des pauvres et du public […] Il donne tout et vit en pauvre et l’on peut dire qu’il a d’esprit de pauvreté. Il tient tout le pays en admiration. » François de Laval avait é g a l e m e nt u n g ra n d amour pour les malades. Il aimait leur rendre visite à l’Hôtel­-Dieu, les consoler, les accompagner dans L ’ abbé Jacques Roberge, leurs souffrances et leur supérieur général du venir en aide tant qu’il le Séminaire de Québec pouvait. On tentait de l’empêcher d’entrer en contact avec les malades de peur qu’il n’attrape quelques maladies mortelles, mais rien ne pouvait l’arrêter et calmer sa grande charité. Après sa mort en 1708, l’intendant écrivait à la cour de France : « Aussitôt après son décès, les peuples l’ont pour ainsi dire canonisé, ayant eu la même vénération pour son corps qu’on a pour ceux des saints, étant venus en foule de tous côtés pendant qu’il a été exposé sur son lit de parade et dans l’église, lui faire toucher leurs chapelets […] Ils ont même coupé des morceaux de sa robe, que plusieurs ont fait mettre dans de l’argent et ils les regardent comme des reliques. » Imprégné des grandes vertus évangéliques, le premier évêque de la Nouvelle-France a également été un pasteur dynamique, ingénieux et audacieux. Arrivé dans un pays où tout était à bâtir, il a eu l’inspiration d’organiser la mission autour de son Séminaire qu’il a fondé en 1663. Ce Séminaire était non seulement une maison de formation pour le clergé, mais c’était aussi le cœur du diocèse, un lieu de résidence pour tous ses prêtres. Le diocèse de François de Laval avait la taille de l’Amérique du Nord. Il n’y avait alors aucune division paroissiale. Il s’est vite rendu compte qu’il était inutile de commencer par fonder des paroisses pour y envoyer des curés résidants. La population était trop clairsemée et les premiers habitants trop pauvres pour construire églises et presbytères et pour faire vivre leur curé. Les premiers prêtres de son Séminaire ont donc été des missionnaires. Ils allaient de région en région visiter leurs ouailles et administrer les sacrements. Ils revenaient au Séminaire, leur port d’attache, pour se ressourcer, refaire leurs forces et repartir par la suite. Afin de pourvoir aux besoins de son Séminaire, François de Laval a eu l’audace et la clairvoyance d’acheter avec ses propres deniers la seigneurie de Beaupré et l’Île d’Orléans. À sa mort, il a tout légué à son Séminaire, afin (suite en page 5) 4 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-de Laval • Décembre 2014 �Un moment exceptionnel pour l’Église canadienne (suite de la page 4) de permettre à ce dernier de poursuivre son œuvre et de continuer à soutenir l’Église qu’il a fondée. Aujourd’hui, la canonisation de François de Laval est, pour les prêtres du Séminaire de Québec, non seulement un aboutissement, mais surtout un encouragement très fort à continuer la belle aventure humaine et spirituelle entreprise en 1659 par leur saint fondateur auprès des gens de ce pays. Nous travaillerons à le faire connaître davantage, convaincus que sa fidélité dans la foi, sa détermination et son audace sauront encore inspirer les femmes et les hommes d’aujourd’hui dans la poursuite de la mission de l’annonce de la Bonne Nouvelle et de l’édification d’une société encore plus juste. Beaucoup trouveront certainement en lui force et courage pour relever les défis d’aujourd’hui et surmonter les difficultés qui se présentent à nous. Dans l’espérance, saint François de Laval nous invite à voir grand et à croire en l’avenir de notre Église. Nous accueillons donc cet événement de la canonisation de François de Laval et de Marie de l’Incarnation comme un don extraordinaire du pape François. Il propose aujourd’hui ces deux fondateurs de l’Église canadienne comme des modèles à imiter : des modèles de foi et de persévérance dans la mission ; des modèles d’amour des pauvres, des malades et des petits ; des modèles d’éducateurs ; bref, de grands modèles de vie chrétienne. �Nouvellement disponible au Centre www.francoisdelaval.com DVD : François, apôtre de l’Amérique Le fascicule de la solennité de saint François de Laval du 6 mai La CECC a procédé à la mise à jour du fascicule consacré à saint François de Laval. La publication comprend le propre de la messe, les textes pour la liturgie de la Parole, des notes pour la préparation de l’homélie, des monitions et de toutes nouvelles suggestions de prières pénitentielles, de prières universelles et de chants. PRIX : 9,50 $ FAITS SAILLANTS Consultez notre boutique sur Ce documentaire présente François de Laval, premier évêque de Québec. Produit en 2014 par Sel et Lumière, en français seulement, 50 minutes. PRIX : 19,95 $ Demandes d’intercession auprès de saint François de Laval 23 272 intentions inventoriées depuis 1993 1 117 intentions en moyenne par année Depuis 2011, les intentions rédigées en anglais dépassent celles en français En 2013, 49 % en anglais, 43 % en français et 8 % en espagnol et autre langue. 79 % concernent la famille : pour une guérison, une réconciliation, un désir d’avoir un enfant, pour rencontrer l’âme sœur, pour un problème judiciaire, pour du travail, pour une conversion, pour des problèmes de compulsion ou pour un membre défunt. 21 % ont recours à lui pour l’Église et ses décideurs, les vocations, la paix dans le monde, pour des problèmes d’argent, pour sa protection ou pour le remercier pour différentes faveurs obtenues. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-de Laval • Décembre 2014 5 �COMMUNIQUÉ Nous vous présentons le communiqué de presse du Séminaire de Québec diffusé le 3 avril 2014, lors de l’annonce officielle de la canonisation de François de Laval. APÔTRE DE L’AMÉRIQUE François de Laval rejoint les saints de l’Église universelle C’est avec joie et action de grâce que la communauté des prêtres du Séminaire de Québec accueille la procla­mation de la canonisation de son fondateur, Mgr François de Laval, par le pape François. Cette nouvelle arrive comme l’heureuse conclusion des fêtes du 350e anniversaire de fondation du Séminaire de Québec, célébrées il y a quelques mois, et comme un extraordinaire complément au jubilé de la paroisse NotreDame, aussi érigée par Mgr de Laval en 1664. C’est cette église paroissiale qui est devenue la cathédrale du diocèse de Québec en 1674 quand Rome a accepté que le vicariat apostolique de la Nouvelle-France établi en 1658 devienne un tout nouveau diocèse. Nous nous réjouissons avec la communauté des Ursulines de Québec. Marie de l’Incarnation, fondatrice de leur monastère, reconnue, elle aussi, comme une sainte aujourd’hui, a été un soutien inestimable dans la mission de François de Laval. Tous les deux ont fait preuve d’ingéniosité, d’audace et de détermination afin de répondre aux besoins de ce pays encore bien fragile en ses débuts. Depuis plus de trois cents ans, nos deux communautés ont œuvré côte à côte et, ensemble, elles ont été témoins des événements qui ont marqué notre histoire. Nous partageons cette joie avec toutes celles et tous ceux qui ont espéré et prié depuis des années pour que ce jour vienne et nous sommes fiers que ce pasteur exceptionnel et ce grand témoin de la foi en Jésus-Christ soit proposé comme un modèle à toute l’Église. Aujourd’hui, la canonisation de François de Laval est, pour les prêtres du Séminaire de Québec, non pas un aboutissement, mais plutôt un encouragement à continuer la belle aventure humaine et spirituelle entreprise en 1659 par lui auprès des gens de ce pays. Nous travaillerons à le faire connaître davantage, convaincus que sa détermination et sa persévérance sauront encore inspirer les femmes et les hommes d’aujourd’hui dans la poursuite de la mission de l’annonce de la Bonne Nouvelle et de l’édification d’un monde meilleur. Beaucoup trouveront certainement en lui force et courage pour relever les défis et surmonter les difficultés qui se présentent à nous. Dans l’espérance, François de Laval nous invite à voir grand et à croire en l’avenir. Les croyants apprendront de lui à ne jamais désespérer et à faire confiance en la providence de Dieu qui a toujours répondu à ses appels. Une vie de prière a conduit cet homme humble et missionnaire à des actions dont on voit les effets encore aujourd’hui. L’homme de « toutes les rencontres » n’a jamais hésité à soutenir les plus faibles, à réparer les injustices et à faire respecter la dignité des peuples autochtones. Nous invitons toute la population d’ici et d’ailleurs à parti­ciper aux célébrations de réjouissances et d’actions de grâce. POUR EN SAVOIR PLUS Pour en savoir plus sur les différents événements entourant la canonisation de Marie de l’Incarnation et de François de Laval : 6 Portail ECDQ.tv : www.ecdq.tv/fr/ Site du diocèse de Québec : beta.ecdq.org Site de Séminaire de Québec : www.seminairedequebec.org Site du Centre : www.francoisdelaval.com Site de Daniel Abel, photographe : www.danielabel.net Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-de Laval • Décembre 2014 �ÉVÉNEMENT Album photos (Photo : Jean Duval) 1 (Photo : Jean Duval) 2a 2b (Photo : Jean Duval) (Photo : Daniel Abel) 3 (Photo : Daniel Abel) 5 (Photo : Jean Duval) 4 (Photo : Daniel Abel) 6 (Photo : Daniel Abel) 7 1- �François de Laval, un évêque réformateur et réformé ? �Tel était le sujet abordé le 21 mai dernier par l’abbé Gilles Routhier, doyen de la Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses de l’Université Laval. Jouant habilement sur l’ambivalence de ces deux qualificatifs, ce spécialiste du concile de Trente nous a présenté une dimension humaine et spirituelle inédite de notre nouveau saint. Cet événement était organisé par la Faculté en collaboration avec le Séminaire de Québec et la Chaire Monseigneur-de Laval. 4- Un 6 mai particulier cette année �La fête liturgique de François de Laval du 6 mai était empreinte d’une émotion particulière cette année : c’était la première fois qu’elle s’adressait à François de Laval à titre de saint. Pour l’occasion, elle a été présidée par le cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix avec plusieurs invités et une grande participation du public. 5- Première paroisse Saint-François-de Laval �Le 6 mai dernier a aussi été l’occasion pour Mgr Gérald C. Lacroix de répondre favorablement à la demande 2- Pèlerinage au tombeau de saint François de Laval d’une lettre du curé qui, au nom des fidèles, demandait �Le 1er janvier dernier, l’évêque du diocèse de Nicolet, de changer le nom de la paroisse Bienheureux-FrançoisMgr André Gazaille, donna le nom de Bienheureux-­ de Laval érigée par Mgr Maurice Couture pour celui de François-de Laval à une nouvelle paroisse regroupant Saint-François-de Laval. Ici, séance de signatures du plusieurs communautés de Princeville. L’équipe pastodécret en présence du chancelier Jean Tailleur, du curé rale a profité de la canonisation et de la Porte sainte Claude Gagnon, de Mgr Maurice Couture et du cardinal. pour venir faire un pèlerinage à son tombeau et ce, non pas une, mais deux fois : en autobus et… à pied ! 6- Messe d’action de grâce à Québec �Les canonisations de François de Laval et de Marie de Un périple d’une centaine de kilomètres. l’Incarnation ont été soulignées à Québec lors d’une 3- De François de Laval… à Laval grande célébration à la cathédrale de Québec le 18 mai. �Nous avons répondu à l’invitation de la paroisse L’archevêque de Québec a présidé cette messe en Bienheureux-François-de Laval à … Laval, afin de présence du représentant du pape au Canada, le nonce présenter saint François auprès des fidèles au cours apostolique Mgr Luigi Bonazzi. d’une conférence et des différentes célébrations les 18 et 19 octobre. Ici, plusieurs jeunes entourent l’autel 7- Messe d’action de grâce à Rome lors de la messe familiale à l’église Saint-Gilles. Nos �Un groupe de 135 pèlerins canadiens ont répondu l’invitation du cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix pour participer remer­c iements au curé Jean-Pierre Messier et au pèlerinage « Sur les pas de François de Laval et de à Jeannine Custeau pour l’accueil chaleureux et le Marie de l’Incarnation » qui les ont menés en France pour soutien efficace. se conclure à Rome à l’occasion de la messe d’action de grâce le 12 octobre, présidé par le pape François. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-de Laval • Décembre 2014 7 �(Photo : Jean Duval) Mise à jour En 2006, l’artiste-peintre québécois Marius Dubois complétait cette fresque sur François de Laval illustrant son immense diocèse et son amour pour les amérindiens. Il terminait ainsi un long carnet de commandes pour agrémenter la chapelle de l’Immaculée Conception de la basilique de Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré d’une représentation de Marie de l’Incarnation (2005), de Catherine de Saint-­Augustin (2004), de Katéri Tékakwita (2003) et du Frère André (2000). L’artiste a ajouté, 20 jours après la canoni­ sation, l’auréole ! Mais au milieu de toutes ces agitations, nous ne devons pas nous abattre ; si les hommes ont du pouvoir pour détruire, la main de Notre-Seigneur est infiniment plus puissante pour édifier. Nous n’avons qu’à lui être fidèles et le laisser faire. (Photos : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHIE Chapelle funéraire de saint François de Laval Centre d’animation François-de Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Mai 2015 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Par Jean Duval, directeur Voici la nouvelle identification graphique de saint François de Laval. Il s’agit certainement d’une première sous la forme d’un logo. Il fallait distinguer de façon efficace les activités promues par le Centre et celles qui lui font spécifiquement référence. Par le passé, l’identification visuelle empruntait à l’iconographie de François de Laval des portraits issus de tableaux d’une autre époque. Ces peintures, riches et diversifiées, le représentent souvent en costume d’apparat avec un air emprunté. Avouons que ces poses officielles sont peu appropriées pour une promotion dynamique. présenter son humanité. Nous apprécions depuis son sens de la justice, sa confiance en la Providence, sa détermi­ nation et son audace. Le comité reprenait les mots de M. de la Colombière : voici « l’homme qu’on avait tant de plaisir à voir vivre et dont la mémoire ne mourra jamais ». Depuis, le Centre fait écho à ces qualités et à ces valeurs. Afin de changer l’image d’un homme austère et rigide bien ancrée dans le souvenir de plusieurs générations, nous avons mandaté, en 2013, Mme Véronique Dumont, scénographe, pour concevoir l’habit « ordinaire » et usuel que pouvait porter notre évêque au 17e siècle. Ses recherches rigoureuses l’ont amené à confectionner un vêtement authentique que nous pouvons admirer dans le film François, apôtre de l’Amérique tournée en 2014, où notre héros se promène dans des sentiers avec la mosette, le rabat et le chapeau Saturno. Au début 2015, le Centre a entrepris de réaliser une image graphique à l’effigie de l’évêque devenu saint. Idée audacieuse s’il en est. Pour sa réalisation, nous avons formé une équipe de travail avec un graphiste professionnel, M. Steeve Lecours, de Lecours Communication, et de l’artiste-peintre, M. Daniel Abel, fervent amoureux de François de Laval, qui a réalisé deux portraits dont celui de Saint Francois de Québec. M. Lecours nous a invités à considérer trois points pour réussir le défi de dessiner une représentation visuelle simple : faciliter la compréhension ; refléter des valeurs ou une mission ; et laisser une empreinte visuelle marquante pour sa reconnaissance. De plus, ces œuvres d’art ne reflètent pas tout à fait ce que nous connaissons de l’homme, surtout depuis l’année jubilaire de 2008 soulignant le 300e anniversaire du décès de Mgr de Laval. Le comité de ces fêtes a préféré nous Nous avons dû faire des choix déchirants pour définir notre « message ». Nous avons choisi d’exprimer la dimension missionnaire de notre apôtre. Nous voulions percevoir une grande détermination, sentir l’homme réfléchi et conserver sa dimension humaine, souvent oubliée chez les saints. (suite en page 2) �Du nouveau! (suite de la page 1) M. Abel devait ensuite composer avec toutes ces contraintes et tracer des esquisses dans les semaines suivantes. C’était une tâche ardue pour ce créateur, qui tantôt réussissait à bien illustrer une des dimensions recherchées, tantôt une autre, mais sans jamais être pleinement satisfait du résultat. Il ne réussissait pas à synthétiser en un seul dessin tous les attributs que nous voulions exprimer. Il manquait « l’angle ». Tant et si bien que d’un commun accord, nous avons laissé murir le projet au cours de la période estivale. « Il faut savoir être humble et laisser venir, disait notre artiste, il n’est jamais heureux de forcer une idée. Laissons le cœur réfléchir à la place de la tête. » Heureuse initiative puisqu’en septembre, M. Abel a repris sa plume avec l’intention, cette fois, de s’éloigner des représentations connues de Mgr de Laval. C’est en revisitant ses photographies prises lors du « making of » du film produit en 2014 mentionné précédemment qu’il découvre enfin « l’angle » tant recherché. « Au final, dit-il, j’avais déjà saisi son essence. » (Photo : Daniel Abel) Sur cette base, ses croquis ont rapidement pris forme, en accentuant ou en atténuant quelques détails. La tête mise clairement de profil accentue la détermination, le regard porté vers la droite exprime une vision et une écoute. La posture a été modelée pour évoquer une pause (plutôt qu’un arrêt), temps nécessaire pour que naissent les solutions avant toute action. Le port de la mosette et du chapeau Saturno le présente comme un « homme de terrain », disponible et accessible. La croix pectorale le distingue des autres membres du clergé. Mais selon les deux spécialistes, le bâton est « la clé de lecture de tout le reste ». Il peut être pris pour le bâton pastoral ou comme celui du pèlerin. Ce dernier doit primer. D’ailleurs, « François, le pèlerin » s’est rapidement imposé pour désigner ce logo. Jean-Michel Déry, comédien ������ François de Laval, apôtre de l’Amérique, 2014, Séminaire de Québec. Costume : Véronique Dumont. M. Lecours a ensuite confié à Mme Stéphanie Poirier le soin de réaliser une traduction graphique de l’esquisse. Tâche tout aussi difficile puisqu’il lui fallait répondre à d’autres contraintes « très techniques ». Sous les recommandations de nos deux graphistes et avec des exemples, nous avons préféré le « trait d’esquisse » afin d’éviter une rigidité à l’image et lui conserver un caractère inachevé. Nous avons volontairement omis les détails du visage, les oreilles, les yeux et la bouche, laissant ainsi à chacun le plaisir de lui mettre un âge ou une expression et d’empêcher toute comparaison avec un portrait connu. La police de caractère du lettrage se veut sobre et classique. Facile à lire sous toutes les grandeurs et sur différents supports. La couleur principale retenue s’imposait d’elle-même : le bleu est, dans le monde artistique et graphique, associé au ciel et à la mer, et ouvre les horizons. Des valeurs lui sont associées comme la paix, la sérénité, la protection, la loyauté, la sagesse et la pureté. Avouons que cela fait grandement écho à ce que nous connaissons de la vie de notre saint. Désormais, seuls le temps, les réactions et les commentaires confirmeront la justesse de notre démarche. Saint François de Laval Numéro 31 • Décembre 2015 Pour nous joindre Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 2 Téléphone : 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visitez notre site web : www.francoisdelaval.com sur Facebook et sur Twitter : @CentreFdL Réviseur : Gilles Bureau Conception graphique : Lecourscommunication.com Tirage : �2 500 exemplaires, disponibles en français et en anglais. Ce bulletin est publié deux fois l’an et est envoyé gratuitement par la poste. 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Vous recevrez les prochains exemplaires en format PDF en vous adressant à centre@francoisdelaval.com Collaborateurs : �Daniel Abel Steeve Lecours Stéphanie Poirier Martina de Vries Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2015 Dépôt légal : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ISSN 1920-1117 �P A G E D’ HI S T OI R E L a l ett r e offi ci ell e d e c a n o ni s ati o n E n s e pt e m b r e d e r ni e r, à s o n r et o u r d éfi nitif d e R o m e à tit r e d e p o st ul at e u r d e l a c a u s e d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, l e p è r e R o g e r L a b e r g e, r. s. v. , a r e mi s a u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c l’ u ni q u e e x e m pl ai r e d u d é c r et m a n u s c rit, r é di g é e n l ati n, p o rt a nt l a si g n at u r e et l e s c e a u d u p a p e F r a n ç oi s, q ui c e rtifi e l a c a n o ni s ati o n d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. N o u s p r é s e n t o n s i ci l a t r a d u c ti o n f r a n ç ai s e d e M g r A r m a n d G a g n é, c. s. s., a n ci e n a r c hi vi st e d e l’ a r c hi di o c è s e d e Q u é b e c. N o u s l e r e m e r ci o n s vi v e m e nt d’ a c c e pt e r l a p u bli c ati o n d e s o n t r a v ail. L E T T R E S A P O S T O LI Q U E S p o u r l a c a n o ni s a ti o n é q ui p oll e n t e d u bi e n h e u r e u x Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al F R A N Ç OI S É V Ê Q U E S E R VI T E U R D E S S E R VI T E U R S D E DI E U P O U R P E R P E T U E L L E M É M OI R E « All e z d o n c, d e t o u t e s l e s n a ti o n s, f ai t e s d e s di s ci pl e s, l e s b a pti s a nt a u n o m d u P è r e et d u Fil s et d u S ai nt E s p rit, et l e u r a p p r e n a nt à o b s e r v e r t o u t c e q u e j e v o u s ai p r e s c rit. » ( Mt 2 8, 1 9- 2 0) À l’ é c o ut e d e l’ E s p rit S ai nt, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al m é dit ait d e s e d o n n e r à Di e u p o u r all e r a n n o n c e r l’ É v a n gil e, n o n s e ul e m e n t d a n s s o n p a y s d’ o ri gi n e, l a Fr a n c e, m ai s a u s si d a n s l e s r é gi o n s i n c o n n u e s d e l’ A m é ri q u e s e pt e nt ri o n al e, a uj o u r d’ h ui l e C a n a d a, o ù il e st all é f o n d e r l’ É gli s e d e Q u é b e c. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al n aî t l e 3 0 a v ril 1 6 2 3 à M o n ti g n ys u r- A v r e a u di o c è s e d e C h a r t r e s. A s pi r a nt à l’ é t a t e c cl é si a s ti q u e, il e s t t o n s u r é e t p r e n d l a s o u t a n e à l’ â g e d e 9 a n s, u n e f oi s e nt r é a u c oll è g e d e s J é s uit e s d e L a Fl è c h e p o u r y p o u r s ui v r e a v e c s u c c è s s e s é t u d e s d e l ett r e s et d e p hil o s o p hi e. E n 1 6 41, à l’ â g e d e 1 9 a n s, il e st a d mi s a u c oll è g e d e Cl e r m o n t à P a ri s, é g al e m e n t di ri g é p a r l e s J é s ui t e s, p o u r y f ai r e s a t h é ol o gi e, a v a nt d’ ê t r e o r d o n n é l e 1e r m ai 1 6 4 7. P r êt r e à vi n gt- q u at r e a n s, il e x e r c e a u s sit ôt s o n mi ni st è r e à P a ri s et, e n 1 6 51, f o r m e, d e c o n c e r t a v e c q u el q u e s c o nf r è r e s, u n e s o ci é t é d e vi e c o m m u n e d o n t il d e vi e n t l e m o d é r a t e u r s pi ri t u el. L e 7 d é c e m b r e 1 6 4 8, s o n é v ê q u e l ui c o nfi e l a c h a r g e d’ a r c hi di a c r e d’ É v r e u x et e n 1 6 4 9, il o b ti e n t d e l’ u ni v e r si t é d e P a ri s l a li c e n c e e n d r oi t c a n o ni q u e r e q ui s e p o u r l’ e x e r ci c e d e s e s f o n c ti o n s d’ a r c hi di a c r e. P e n d a n t ci n q a n s il s’ a p pli q u e r a à c e mi ni st è r e, vi si t a nt l e s p a r oi s s e s et e n c o u r a g e a nt p a r s a p r é di c a ti o n l e s fi d èl e s à p e r s é v é r e r d a n s l a f oi. C’ e st al o r s q u’ e n 1 6 5 3 l e « C o n s eil d e c o n s ci e n c e » d e l a r ei n e m è r e A n n e d’ A u t ri c h e p r o p o s e a u S ai n t- Si è g e d e n o m m e r Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al vi c ai r e a p o st oli q u e a u T o n ki n, m ai s, s u r r é cl a m a ti o n d u P o r t u g al, q ui r e v e n di q u e s e s d r oi t s s u r l a mi s si o n d u T o n ki n, l a q u e sti o n e st mi s e d e c ô t é e n 1 6 5 4. C e p e n d a nt, L o ui s XI V, n o u v e a u r oi, m u p a r d e s m otif s h u m a ni t ai r e s et s pi ri t u el s, d e m a n d e a u Si è g e a p o st oli q u e, l e 2 6 j a n vi e r 1 6 5 7, d’ e n v o y e r u n vi c ai r e a p o s t oli q u e d a n s l e s l oi nt ai n e s c o nt r é e s d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e. C’ e s t ai n si q u e l e p a p e Al e x a n d r e VII n o m m a Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al é v ê q u e, a v e c l e ti t r e i n p a r ti b u s d e P é t r é e, l e 1 3 a v ril 1 6 5 8. E t c’ e s t l e 1 6 j ui n d e l’ a n n é e s ui v a n t e q u e l’ é v ê q u e d é b a r q u e r a à Q u é b e c, c a pi t al e d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e, p o u r y é t a bli r s o n si è g e é pi s c o p al. L a v a st e c o nt r é e d u C a n a d a c o m pt e al o r s p e u d e c ol o n s f r a n ç ai s c a t h oli q u e s, m ai s pl u si e u r s t ri b u s i n di g è n e s, p aï e n n e s, a t ti r é e s p a r l e c o m m e r c e d e l’ e a u d e vi e, j u s q u e-l à i n c o n n u a u C a n a d a. S’ y t r o u v e nt a u s si q u el q u e s c o m m u n a u t é s r eli gi e u s e s, d o n t c e r t ai n e s, s o u v e n t e n mi s si o n l oi n d e l a c a pi t al e, p o u v ai e n t diffi cil e m e n t s e r e t r o u v e r e n s e m bl e. I n s pi r é p a r s o n z èl e a p o s t oli q u e, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e nt r e p rit d e r é s o u d r e c e s diffi c ult é s et, l e 1 6 m a r s 1 6 6 3, il f o n d a l e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, v o ul a nt ai n si n o n s e ul e m e nt i nt e n sifi e r l’ a c ti o n p a st o r al e d a n s l a r é gi o n h a bit é e, m ai s a u s si l a p r o p a g e r d a n s s o n i m m e n s e vi c a ri a t a p o st oli q u e, e n e n v o y a nt d e s p r ê t r e s di o c é s ai n s e t d e s r eli gi e u x, s u r t o u t d e s J é s ui t e s, f o n d e r d e n o u v ell e s mi s si o n s e n A c a di e, d a n s l a r é gi o n d e s G r a n d s L a c s e t j u s q u e d a n s l a N o u v ell e- A n gl e t e r r e d’ al o r s, p a r l a v all é e d u Mi s si s si p pi. L e g e s t e d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al p e r m ett ai t a u x p r ê t r e s d e s e r et r o u v e r p é ri o di q u e m e n t a u S é mi n ai r e, q ui a s s u r ai t e n c o n ti n u l’ e n t r e ti e n d u cl e r g é di o c é s ai n. ( s ui t e e n p a g e 4) B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • D é c e m b r e 2 01 5 3 �L a l ett r e offi ci ell e d e c a n o ni s ati o n ( s ui t e d e l a p a g e 3) L a f a ti g u e e t l e s i nfi r mi t é s r é s ul t a n t d e s e s l o u r d e s c h a r g e s p a st o r al e s, c o m m e l a vi sit e d e s p a r oi s s e s d e s o n v a st e di o c è s e ( e n 1 6 7 4) all ai e nt e n s’ a g g r a v a nt, l ai s s a nt e nt r e v oi r d e g r a n d e s diffi c ul t é s. N e d é si r a nt q u e l e pl u s g r a n d bi e n d e l’ É gli s e q ui l ui a v ai t é t é c o nfi é e, il d é ci d a bi e n h u m bl e m e n t e n 1 6 8 4 d e s e d é m ett r e d e l a c h a r g e é pi s c o p al e d u di o c è s e d e Q u é b e c, p o u r q u’ u n é v ê q u e pl u s j e u n e p ui s s e a s s u m e r l e s r e s p o n s a bilit é s d’ u n di o c è s e e n e x p a n si o n et s oli d e m e nt c o n sti t u é. N o m m é é v ê q u e e n 1 6 8 7, s o n s u c c e s s e u r, J e a n- B a pti st e d e L a C r oi x d e C h e v ri è r e s d e S ai n t V alli e r, r e c o n n aî t l’ œ u v r e d e s o n m é ri t a nt p r é d é c e s s e u r, p ri n ci p al e m e nt l a f o n d a ti o n d u s é mi n ai r e di o c é s ai n, a u q u el il j u g e c e p e n d a n t n é c e s s ai r e d’ a p p o r t e r c e r t ai n e s m o difi c a ti o n s. C e q ui n’ e s t p a s s a n s i n di s p o s e r l e v é n é r a bl e s e r vi t e u r d e Di e u q ui, s o ut e n u p a r s o n a m o u r d e l’ É gli s e d e Q u é b e c q u’il a v o ul u, a u p ri x d e g r a n d s eff o r t s, f o n d e r e t f ai r e p r o g r e s s e r, n’ e n t é m oi g n e p a s m oi n s r e s p e c t à s o n s u c c e s s e u r, g e s t e q ui c o nfi r m e q u e l’ h u mili t é e t u n m u t u el a t t a c h e m e n t à l’ É gli s e d e Q u é b e c o n t é t é s e s p ri n ci p al e s v e r t u s. Bi e n q u’ att ei nt l ui- m ê m e p a r l’ é pi d é mi e q ui s é vit e n 1 7 0 2, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, u n e f oi s r é t a bli, s’ a d o n n e à s oi g n e r l e s a u t r e s m al a d e s, e n d é pi t d e s d a n g e r s et d e s f a ti g u e s, r é c o nf o r t é p a r s a p ri è r e i n t e n s e e t p r e s q u e c o n ti n u e. M al g r é s o n g r a n d â g e e t l e s s é vi c e s d e s a s a n t é, il n e c r ai n t p a s d e s e d é pl a c e r j u s q u’ à M o n t r é al p o u r y a d mi ni st r e r l e s a c r e m e nt d e c o nfi r m a ti o n et y c o nf o r t e r u n e n o u v ell e f oi s s e s fil s s pi ri t u el s. Il p a s s a l e s d e r ni è r e s a n n é e s d e s a vi e a u s é mi n ai r e q u’il a v ai t f o n d é, d a n s l a p a rf ai t e s o u mi s si o n a u s u p é ri e u r d e l a c o m m u n a u t é, s’ a d o n n a nt s a n s i nt e r r u pti o n à l a p ri è r e et à l a c o nt e m pl a ti o n, d a n s l’ o u bli d e t o u s l e s h o n n e u r s p a s s é s. Il s e p r é p a r ai t à p a r ti r p o u r l e Ci el. Et v oil à q u e, pl ei n e m e n t c o n s ci e n t e t m u ni d e s d e r ni e r s s a c r e m e n t s d e l’ É gli s e, il s’ e n d o r mi t d a n s l e S ei g n e u r l e 6 m ai 1 7 0 8 à l’ â g e d e 8 5 a n s, l ai s s a n t d e r ri è r e l ui u n e g r a n d e r é p u t a ti o n d e s ai nt et é. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a c o n s a c r é t o u t e s s e s é n e r gi e s a u s e r vi c e d u t r o u p e a u q ui l ui a v ai t é t é c o nfi é, l ui t é m oi g n a nt s a n s r el â c h e a u c o u r s d e s o n é pi s c o p at u n e c h a rit é t o ut e p at e r n ell e. C’ e st e n v é rit a bl e p a st e u r q u’il a m a r c h é à l a t ê t e d e s o n t r o u p e a u, l ui t r a ç a nt l a v oi e à s ui v r e e n i n vi t a n t l e s fi d èl e s à s e c o m p o r t e r e n v r ai s fil s d e Di e u p a r l’ o b s e r v a n c e d e l’ e n s ei g n e m e n t d e J é s u s C h ri s t. H o m m e d e p ri è r e e t d e f oi i n t e n s e, d è s l e p e ti t m a ti n, a p r è s a v oi r r é ci t é l’ offi c e di vi n e t c él é b r é l a m e s s e, il p r ol o n g e p e n d a n t d e l o n g u e s h e u r e s s o n a d o r a ti o n à l a p r é s e n c e e u c h a ri sti q u e. P a st e u r c o u r a g e u x et i nt r é pi d e, il f u t u n a u t h e nti q u e d éf e n s e u r d e l a li b e r t é h u m ai n e, n e cr ai g n a nt p a s d e s’ o p p o s er é n er gi q u e m e nt a u tr afi c d e l’ e a u d e vi e a u p r è s d e s A m é ri n di e n s, v é rit a bl e pl ai e s o ci al e d e c e t t e é p o q u e. P a r s o n h u mili t é e x e m pl ai r e e t s o n z èl e i nf a ti g a bl e, il r e s t e u n m o d èl e p o u r l e s é v ê q u e s q ui l ui s u c c è d e r o n t s u r l e si è g e d e Q u é b e c, c o m m e p o u r t o u s c e u x q ui o c c u p e r o nt u n e c h a r g e p a st o r al e d a n s l’ É gli s e. L a r e n o m m é e d e s ai n t e t é d u s e r vi t e u r d e Di e u e s t t o uj o u r s r e s t é e vi v a n t e. E n 1 8 7 8 f u t i n s t r ui t l e p r o c è s i nf o r m atif di o c é s ai n, q ui f ut r e c o n n u p a r l e d é c r et d’i nt r od u c ti o n d e l a c a u s e e n 1 8 9 0. C e p e n d a nt, l e s g u e r r e s q ui m a r q u e r o nt l e 2 0 e si è cl e r et a r d e r o nt l e c h e mi n e m e nt d e l a c a u s e et c e j u s q u’ a u 2 2 j ui n 1 9 8 0, d a t e o ù l e n o m d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al f ut i n s crit a u c at al o g u e d e s bi e n h e u r e u x. D’ a u t r e p a r t, v é n é r é c o m m e l e p è r e d e l’ É gli s e a u C a n a d a, s a c a n o ni s a ti o n f u t s a n s c e s s e e t i n s t a m m e n t s olli ci t é e p a r l’ é pi s c o p a t, l e cl e r g é et l e s l aï c s d e c e p a y s. E n c o n s é q u e n c e, l a r e n o m m é e d e s ai n t e t é e t c ell e i ni nt e r r o m p u e d e s f a v e u r s o bt e n u e s p a r s o n i nt e r c e s si o n et q ui e n ri c hi s s e nt l e s o u v e ni r d e c e p a st e u r e x e m pl ai r e o n t f e r m e m e n t é t a bli N o t r e c e r ti t u d e. C’ e s t al o r s q u e v ol o nti e r s N o u s a v o n s c o n s ult é l a C o nf é r e n c e é pi s c o p al e d u C a n a d a, N o s f r è r e s bi e n- ai m é s G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x, a r c h e v ê q u e m é t r o p oli t ai n d e Q u é b e c, e t M a r c O u ell e t, p r éf e t d e l a C o n g r é g a ti o n p o u r l e s é v ê q u e s, d e m ê m e q u e l e s a u t r e s p r él a t s e t i n s ti t u ti o n s e c cl é si a s ti q u e s r e q u é r a nt e s. P o u r c ett e r ai s o n, a p r è s a v oi r p ri s l’ a vi s d e N o t r e Fr è r e l e C a r di n al A n g el o A m a t o, p r éf e t d e l a C o n g r é g a ti o n p o u r l e s c a u s e s d e s s ai n t s, N o u s a v o n s o r d o n n é d’ all e r d e l’ a v a n t d a n s c e t t e aff ai r e. U n e f oi s d é p o s é e l a P o si ti o p o u r l a c a n o ni s a ti o n é q ui p oll e nt e , l e s c a r di n a u x e t l e s é v ê q u e s, r é u ni s e n S e s si o n o r di n ai r e l e 1e r a v ril 2 01 4, o nt d o n n é l e u r a c c o r d. ( s ui t e e n p a g e 5) T e x t e m a n u s c ri t e n l a ti n, p r o b a bl e m e n t à l’ e n c r e d e s ei c h e, e n c a d r é d’ u n p o u rt o u r d o r é s u r p a r c h e mi n pli é i n f oli o e n 1 2 p a g e s et a s s e m bl é p a r c o ut u r e e n c o d e x ( 21 c m x 31 c m). 4 B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • D é c e m b r e 2 01 5 �L a l ett r e offi ci ell e d e c a n o ni s ati o n ( s ui t e d e l a p a g e 4) C’ e st p o u r q u oi l e 3 a v ril d e c ett e m ê m e a n n é e, t o u t e c h o s e a y a nt é t é p e s é e et, d e s ci e n c e c e r t ai n e, l e n o m d e Di e u a y a nt ét é i n v o q u é, N o u s o r d o n n o n s q u e l e c ult e à c e di s ci pl e e x e m pl ai r e d e Di e u s oit m ai nt e n a nt et d é s o r m ai s ét e n d u à l’ É gli s e u ni v e r s ell e. D e m ê m e, p o u r l’ e x al t a ti o n d e l a f oi et l’ a c c r oi s s e m e nt d e l a vi e c h r é ti e n n e, d e N ot r e a u t o ri t é a p o st oli q u e, N o u s d é c r é t o n s q u e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e st s ai nt et N o u s o r d o n n o n s q u’il s oi t i n s c ri t a u C a t al o g u e d e s s ai nt s, q u’il f a s s e l’ o bj et d’ u n e pi e u s e d é v oti o n et q u’il d oi t fi g u r e r p a r mi l e s s ai nt s d e l’ É gli s e u ni v e r s ell e. N o u s v o ul o n s e nfi n q u e c ett e d éli b é r a ti o n s oi t f e r m e, i m m u a bl e et i r r é v o c a bl e. N o u s d é si r o n s q u’ ell e s oi t r e ç u e a v e c j oi e e t g r a ti t u d e p a r l e s p a st e u r s d e l a s ai n t e É gli s e e t l e u r s fi d èl e s q ui, à l a l u mi è r e d e s v e r t u s e t d e l a s a g e s s e s pi ri t u ell e d e s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, s’ a b a n d o n n e r o nt a v e c c o nfi a n c e a u C h ri st c r u cifi é, Fil s d e Di e u et R é d e m pt e u r, et e u x- m ê m e s, i mi t a nt l e s e x e m pl e s et l e s m e r v eill e s d e s a s ai nt et é, e n c o m m u ni o n a v e c l e s s ai nt s a p ô t r e s Pi e r r e et P a ul et t o u s l e s a u t r e s s ai nt s d u ci el, p o u r r o nt p r o g r e s s e r all é g r e m e nt d a n s l e s s e nti e r s d e l a s ai nt et é. D o n n é à R o m e, p r è s d e S ai nt- Pi e r r e, l e 3 a v ril d e l’ A n d u S ei g n e u r 2 01 4, l e d e u xi è m e d e N ot r e P o ntifi c a t. 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O n c o n n ait s u rt o ut F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al c o m m e u n é v ê q u e d ét er mi n é et u n gr a n d b âti s s e ur. Il n o u s r e st e d e l ui pri n ci p al e m e nt d e s é crit s of fi ci el s li é s à s e s f o n cti o n s. P o urt a nt, l or s q u’ o n s’ att ar d e à c ert ai n s p a s s a g e s, o n y d é c o u vr e u n h o m m e c h al e ur e u x, d’ u n e gr a n d e s olli cit u d e p a st or al e et p o ur q ui l a p ri è r e p r é c è d e l’ a cti o n. C’ e st c e q u e n o u s r é v èl e M gr H er m a n n Gi g u èr e, P. H. pr of e s s e ur tit ul air e r etr ait é d e t h é ol o gi e s pirit u ell e et d’ hi st oir e d e l a s pirit u alit é à l a F a c ult é d e t h é ol o gi e et d e s ci e n c e s r eli gi e u s e s d e l’ U ni v e r sit é L a v al ( Q u é b e c). Il e st pr êtr e a gr é g é a u S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c, d o nt il a ét é l e s u p é ri e u r g é n é r al d e 2 0 0 2 à 2 01 2. P RI X : 2 5 $ ( t a x e s n o n i n cl u s e s) C e d o c u m e n t ai r e p r é s e n t e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, p r e mi e r é v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c. P r o d ui t e n 2 01 4 p a r S el et L u mi è r e , e n f r a n ç ai s s e ul e m e n t, 5 0 mi n u t e s. P RI X : 1 9, 9 5 $ ( t a x e s n o n i n cl u s e s) B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • D é c e m b r e 2 01 5 5 �É VÉ NE ME NT G r a n d e p r e mi è r e C’ e st e n t o ut e di s c r é ti o n m ai s a v e c b e a u c o u p d e fi e r t é q u e n o us ve n o ns de p u bli e r l e li v r e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, hi s lif e a n d ti m e s, pr e mi er v ol u m e d e r éf é r e n c e s u r l a vi e d e s ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al d e l a n g u e a n gl ai s e. Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al, his lif e a n d ti m es, Gill es B ur e a u, 2 0 1 5, S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c, 2 9 4 p a g es. I S N B 9 7 8- 2- 9 8 1 2 9 5 7- 2- 9, 2 5 $. C e b e a u v ol u m e e s t u n e t r a d u c ti o n d u l’ o u v r a g e é c ri t p a r M. B u r e a u e t p u bli é e n 2 0 1 1, F r a n c oi s d e L a v al e t s o n é p o q u e , q ui c o n n aî t u n i m m e n s e s u c c è s. C e t t e v e r si o n a é t é r e v u e, a u g m e n t é e et p r éf a c é e p a r l e c a r di n al G é r a r d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x, a r c h e v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c. P ui s q u e c e li v r e a b o r d e l’ hi st oi r e d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e et s o n hi st oi r e r eli gi e u s e, il f all ait c h oi si r a v e c j u st e s s e l e t r a d u ct e u r. N o u s a v o n s t r o u v é c ett e p e rl e e n l a p e r s o n n e d e M. B e nj a mi n W at e r h o u s e, q ui a t r a v aill é c o m m e t r a d u c t e u r à l a di r e cti o n d e s aff ai r e s l é gi sl ati v e s à l’ A s s e m bl é e n ati o n al e d u Q u é b e c p e n d a nt u n e di z ai n e d’ a n n é e s et q ui a c oll a b o r é à pl u si e u r s o u v r a g e s hi st o ri q u e s d e p r e sti g e. A uj o u r d’ h ui, M. W at e r h o u s e e st s u r t o ut r e c o n n u p o u r s a c o n n ai s s a n c e et s o n g r a n d t al e nt m u si c al. É VÉ NE ME NT C’ e st a v e c s oi n q u e l ui et M m e M a rti n a d e Vri e s, r é vi s e u r e, o n t c h e r c h é à t r a n s p o s e r l e p r o p o s à r éf é r e n c e t r è s f r a n ç ai s e à l a c ult u r e a n gl o- s a x o n n e. U n t r a v ail d éli c at q ui a d e m a n d é b e a u c o u p d e t e m p s e t d e r e c h e r c h e s. N o u s l e s e n r e m e r ci o n s. « À c h a c u n s o n m éti e r ! D e m o n p oi nt d e v u e d’ a r c hi vi st e, l’ a d mi r ati o n v a pl ut ôt a u x a ut e u r s q ui, c o m m e v o u s, M. B u r e a u, d oi v e n t s y n t h é ti s e r u n e m a s s e i n c r o y a bl e d’i nf o r m a ti o n s, i nt e r p r é t e r l e s f ai t s s a n s l e s d éf o r m e r, p e s e r l e p r o p o s, f ai r e œ u v r e p é d a g ogi q u e e n d o n n a n t l e s i nf o r m a ti o n s r e q ui s e s l à o ù d’ a ut r e s p a s s e nt e n p r e n a nt l e s c h o s e s p o u r c o n n u e s, i n s é r e r i ci et l à l e s d o c u m e nt s i c o n o g r a p hi q u e s util e s o u n é c e s s ai r e s (ill u st r ati o n s, c a r t e s, p o r t r ait s), li v r e r l a m ati è r e s o u s u n e f o r m e a g r é a bl e, et c. Et c el a, p a s s e ul e m e nt u n e f oi s, m ai s à pl u si e ur s r e p ri s e s d a n s d e s o u v r a g e s a u x s uj et s v a ri é s, p a rf oi s m ê m e a u mili e u d’ u n e a cti vit é d é b or d a nt e ! V o u s v o u s êt e s a c q uitt é d e l a t â c h e i m m e n s e d e r e vi si t e r u n g é a nt et c’ e st t o u t à v ot r e h o n n e u r ! » Pi e r r e L af o nt ai n e, a r c hi vi st e d e l’ a r c hi di o c è s e d e Q u é b e c ( P h o t o : F eli c e) L e c ar di n al G ér al d C y pri e n L a cr oi x pr és e nt e l’ a ut e ur et hist ori e n Gill es B ur e a u a u p a p e Fr a n ç ois à l’ o c c asi o n d e l a m ess e d’ a cti o n d e gr â c e d e l a c a n o nis ati o n, l e 1 2 o ct o br e 2 0 1 4, à l a b asili q u e S ai nt- Pi err e d u V ati c a n. L a Gi cl é e S ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c Afi n d e r é p o n d r e a u x d e m a n d e s n o m b r e u s e s, n o u s a v o n s r e p r o d ui t l e t a bl e a u S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c , œ u v r e r é ali s é e e n 2 01 5 p a r M. D a ni el A b el, a r ti st e- p ei nt r e. L e s d e u x é di ti o n s d e q u ali t é s u p é ri e u r e d e 1 0 0 e x e m pl ai r e s c h a c u n e, s o nt i m p ri m é e s s u r p a pi e r A r c h e, n u m é r o t é e s, si g n é e s e t t a m p o n n é e s p a r l’ a r ti st e. C h a q u e gi cl é e e st v e n d u e a v e c s o n c e r tifi c a t d’ a u t h e nti ci t é et d e u x d o c u m e nt s r é s u m a nt l’ œ u v r e et l a vi e d e l’ a r ti st e. G r a n d f o r m at : 1 5 0$ S u p p o r t : 6 6 c m x 7 9 c m ( 2 6’’ x 31 1 / 2’’) I m a g e : 5 8 c m x 71 c m ( 2 3’’ x 2 8’’) P eti t f o r m a t : 7 5 $ S u p p o r t : 3 3 c m x 4 6 c m (1 3’’ x 1 8’’) I m a g e : 2 8 c m x 3 8 c m (11’’ x 1 5’’) 6 B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • D é c e m b r e 2 01 5 �É VÉ NE ME NT Al b u m p h ot o s ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) 2 ( P h o t o : J a cl y n Li p p el m a n n) 1 ( P h o t o : Y a n D o u bl e t) 4 1 - L’ é di ti o n 2 01 5 d e s F ê t e s d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e d e Q u é b e c s o uli g n ai t l’ a r ri v é e d e s s ol d a t s d u r é gi m e n t d e C a ri g n a n- S ali è r e s et d e s Fill e s d u R o y . P o u r l’ o c c a si o n, l e p e r s o n n a g e d’ H e n ri d e B e r ni è r e s, c o m p a g n o n d e v o y a g e d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, p r e mi e r s u p é ri e u r d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c e t p r e mi e r c u r é d e l a p a r oi s s e N o t r e- D a m e- d e- Q u é b e c, f u t i n vi t é a u d éfil é. I ci fi g u r e É ri c C o u t u r e, a c c o m p a g n é d e D a wi d B o z el k o. 3 2- L e c a r di n al G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x e t J e a n- Fr a n ç oi s L a pi e r r e s e r e c u eill e n t q u el q u e s i n s t a n t s a u t o m b e a u d e s ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a v a nt l’ o r di n a ti o n di a c o n al e t r a n si t oi r e t e n u e l e 2 9 a o û t 2 01 5 à l a c a t h é d r al e d e Q u é b e c. 3 - S u p e r b e p h o t o d u M o n u m e n t L a v al e t d e l a « l u n e d e s a n g » d u 2 7 s e p t e m b r e d e r ni e r. P h o t o g r a p hi e p ri s e p a r Y a n D o u bl e t d u j o u r n al L e S ol eil d e Q u é b e c. ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) 4- L e S a n c t u ai r e n a ti o n al S ai n t J o h n P a ul II d u di o c è s e d e W a s hi n g t o n a r é c e m m e n t c o m pl é t é d e s r é n o v a ti o n s m aj e u r e s, d o n t l a c h a p ell e d u r eli q u ai r e. L e 2 o ct o b r e d e r ni e r, o n a c o n s a c r é l e n o u v el a ut el à l’i nt é ri e u r d u q u el o n r et r o u v e u n e r eli q u e d e s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al et c ell e s d e di x a u t r e s s ai nt s a s s o ci é s à J e a n- P a ul II o u à l’ é v a n g éli s a ti o n d u c o nti n e nt n o r d- a m é ri c ai n. 5 5 - L e 2 8 j ui n d e r ni e r, l’ a b b é J uli e n G uill ot a r e ç u c o m m e m a r q u e d e r e c o n n ai s s a n c e d u mi ni st è r e a c c o m pli à l a p a r oi s s e N ot r e- D a m e- d e- Q u é b e c, c e l a m pi o n « Tr è s s a i n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al », f a b r i q u é p a r l’ a r ti s a n e A n n e D u s a ul t d e S ai n t e- M a ri e- d e- B e a u c e. ( V e r r e vi t r ail, v e r ni s g r a s, e nl u mi n u r e o r i t ali e n 2 2 k, p o u d r e d’ o r et d’ a r g e nt). B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • D é c e m b r e 2 01 5 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHIE Monument Laval, Louis-Philippe Hébert, 1908 à Québec 1665, réception donnée par Mgr de Laval pour le marquis de Tracy et l’intendant Talon Cette peinture illustre le 10e acte joué lors des célébrations du tricentenaire de la ville de Québec tenues sur les Plaines d’Abraham à Québec. Cette représentation fait partie d’un groupe de six œuvres exécutées par Frank Craig pour illustrer le livre The King’s Book of Québec, publié à Ottawa par Mortimer Co. Limited, 1911. Ce livre mentionne les festivités de 1908 qui culminèrent par une grande reconstitution historique des épisodes clés de l’histoire du Canada de 1608 à 1908. Frank Craig, (1874-1918) Huile sur toile (1908-1911) Bibliothèque et Archives du Canada / C-010621 Instructions aux missionnaires, 1668 Qu’ils (les missionnaires) tâchent d’éviter deux extrémités qui sont à craindre en ceux qui s’appliquent à la conversion des âmes : de trop espérer ou de trop désespérer. Ceux qui espèrent trop sont souvent les premiers à désespérer de tout à la vue des grandes difficultés qui se trouvent dans l’entreprise de la conversion des infidèles, qui est plutôt l’ouvrage de Dieu que de l’industrie des hommes. Source : Les écrits spirituels de François de Laval, Mgr Hermann Giguère P.H., 2014, p. 62 Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Mai 2016 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 31 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-2 : <em>Du nouveau!</em> par Jean Duval : Nouvelle identification graphique du Centre d'animation<br />p. 3-5 : La lettre officielle de canonisation par le pape François<br />p. 5-7 : Brèves<br />p. 8 : Iconographie : Peinture de la réception donnée par Mgr de Laval pour le marquis de Tracy et l'intendant Talon en 1665 par Frank Craig Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Accédez au <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/6998" class="show">texte intégral </a>de ce numéro Brèves Oeuvres d’art https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/81f162fe8625daffe3fd43d419ea5b8c.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=uysP-FuXzzSYcbTwn%7EmyjOVtmHT2bnVdAoxcUrxebHrnfA3SzTvui8jqecRhUjYsOs8%7E%7EzYMajzn-NbNny3IZsrBICj19Mta1bWLO9KwB1RIGixlNNJ9axoMchvlJ97FqaaSQ96ah4czn222IyGb7vyOgXhSKMQDoK11qc5h4qXMbbuTpASIpMjLWXarHs91mdFKZ3ePTIPv9Hz4BVuaIWm7CFAKRbuimyPlQmWEPFkZZ0ER7uwhulHieUDCNJb7BPHy4HgG%7EWyxCAKzGwUox%7EFuxxY%7Ey-AACWk5x0sPhYzE2L85tjGrzPWRUm2WcXiOnb0VEVTPrG9ODV3UyDQHUA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 76dbef83b49fb01da48d4dde9bab3687 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/a1abe91e2e6ec087e4af936404557974.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=NX-JgSNTeAZgObgJMPewjyVbzxXjOyhcCYfOZFhQWWZcSw8a1c8dOBS6VwbTC-iCl8ODlg2SYpkmgpQFdyWTtVHL0csaSk5wlMJkhrOndxgqNEpkMrAEhkiFis4tlCz-3ZoBCjTHe3dNzqSyifr16dU-Mp9mJPBpk%7ERCGMdDbRIlzAbPaXGrXYZgXNo5BqnwxrM7EqAmtHrMqdkgd55Is%7E2XY2sBdi%7EqhridTxf3q8luUWhF%7EVtuqiJp0n0QMWZlWuXPev-zYasn5DP0%7ETaBe9y8PS1AjNnmpkyqqcuaZgtBeyeNVIxF%7Eu5cbNEb-1BJ4CZiclo8jlpeO4-soKDMTQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM af7da5fcad230c92cb3b10245c337943 PDF Text Text 30 N° ÉVÉNEMENT Numéro 30 • Mai 2015 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval Saint François de Québec Par Gilles Bureau, historien à la retraite et auteur du livre François de Laval et son époque Après la canonisation de François de Laval, le 3 avril 2014, l’artiste peintre Daniel Abel entreprend de peindre le premier portrait, à notre connaissance, de l’évêque fondateur de l’Église de Québec à titre de saint. Il l’intitule Saint François de Québec, faisant écho aux propos de Mgr Pierre-André Fournier, archevêque de Rimouski, qui se plaisait à le nommer ainsi quelques mois avant son décès, le 15 janvier 2015. Un nouveau départ « Ce sur quoi je me distingue des autres représentations, c’est par une facture contemporaine, moderne et énergique. Pour moi, sa canonisation n’est pas une fin, c’est plutôt un départ pour lui : un nouveau chapitre s’écrit désormais. » L’auteur insiste, cette interprétation moderne détonne par rapport aux autres pour marquer un nouveau départ : « On est loin d’en avoir fini avec ce grand homme ! ». Le même homme Le choix du support porte le même L’artiste Abel a voulu représenter saint message. L’artiste a choisi de peindre François en homme confiant et accueilson tableau sur du papier coton, un lant, en pleine maturité et à la veille papier noble et de grande qualité, plutôt d’entreprendre ses grandes construcque sur une toile classique. C’était une tions. Pour mani­fester la simplicité d’un autre façon de marquer le chan­gement noble et d’un évêque, le peintre l’a dévoulu. Cela lui permettait de retrouver Saint François de Québec pouillé le plus possible en neutralisant le blanc nécessaire pour exprimer la Papier coton Fabriano Artistico l’arrière-plan et en ne conservant que la sainteté. Il enveloppe tout son être. Il a croix, attribut de sa fonction. L’artiste utilisé une technique mixte mélangeant Satiné, 600 g/m2, en technique a préféré entourer son visage d’une mine de plomb, acrylique, huile et mixte en mine de plomb, acrylique, Liquin, qui remplace le vernis qui finit lumière éclatante plutôt que le nimbe huile et Liquin. 56 cm X 76 cm toujours par jaunir. soulignant habituellement la sainteté. (22’’ X 36’’). Œuvre originale « La sienne est toute intérieure et elle réalisée à Québec, de janvier au L’inspiration émane de sa personne » dit-il, reprenant 27 mars 2015. « Je connais François de Laval depuis sans doute le témoignage de ses longtemps, dit Abel. En 2011, on m’avait contemporains. « Je trouvais que peindre une auréole nous l’aurait rendu inaccessible. demandé de lui consacrer un tableau pour illustrer la C’était comme le couronner, alors que je le reconnais jaquette du livre de Gilles Bureau François de Laval et son comme un homme simple et proche des gens. Je suis époque. Tableau qui, en raison des délais de l’édition, a été convaincu qu’il n’aurait pas apprécié. Je voulais qu’il reste réalisé en un mois. Depuis, plusieurs esquisses dormaient celui que ses amis ont côtoyé. Il était déjà saint de son dans mes cartons. Tantôt je voulais faire une œuvre en vivant. » C’est dans cet esprit que l’artiste a pris soin mine de plomb, tantôt à l’huile. J’hésitais toujours. J’ai de reproduire le visage qu’on lui connait depuis toujours. préféré laisser le temps faire son œuvre. » « Je voulais qu’on le reconnaisse. » (suite en page 2) Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Mai 2015 �S o m m ai r e S ai nt F r a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c ( s ui t e d e l a p a g e 1) É v é n e m e nt S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c E ntr e v u e E ntr e v u e a v e c C yrill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e ur P a g e d’ hi s t oi r e M g r d e L a v al v u p a r s o n s e r vi t e u r .....................3- 2 4 ..........................................5 Di s p o ni bl e a u C e n t r e Al b u m p h o t o s ...............1- ...............................6 .................................................. 7 I c o n o g r a p hi e C é r a mi q u e d e R o s e- A n n e M o n n a ...................................... 8 S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al N u m ér o 3 0 • M ai 2 01 5 P o u r n o u s j oi n d r e C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al 2 0, r u e D e B u a d e, Q u é b e c ( Q u é b e c) G1 R 4 A1 T él é p h o n e : 41 8 6 9 2- 0 2 2 8 C o urri el : c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m Vi sit e z n otr e sit e w e b : w w w.fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m s ur F a c e b o o k et s ur T witt er : @ C e ntr e F d L C e b ull eti n e st p u bli é d e u x f oi s l’ a n et e st e n v o y é gr at uit e m e nt p ar l a p o st e. Il s e r etr o u v e e n f or m at P D F s ur n otr e sit e w e b. « P o u r c e q ui e st d u c o n c e pt, p a r u n h e ur e u x h a s a r d, j e m e s ui s r e t r o u v é à d e u x o c c a si o n s à P e ti t C a p d e v a n t u n e r e p r o d u c ti o n d e l a g r a v u r e d e M g r d e L a v al p a r D ufl o s : e n a o û t 2 01 3, l o r s d’ u n e r é c e pti o n t e n u e d a n s l e c a d r e d e s f e s ti vi t é s d u 3 5 0 e d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c e t u n e a u t r e, l’ a n n é e s ui v a n t e, à l’ o c c a si o n d u t o u r n a g e d u fil m Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, a p ôt r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e . V o u s r e t r o u v e r e z u n e g r a n d e r e s s e m bl a n c e. » Il f all ait m ai nt e n a nt c h oi sir l’i nt er pr ét ati o n. E n n o v e m b r e d e r ni e r, l’ a n gl e s’ e st p r é ci s é. « Et l o r s q u e j’ ai d é ci d é d’ utili s e r l e p a pi e r c ot o n c o m m e s u p p o r t, l’ a p pli c ati o n mi xt e s’ e st i m p o s é e. T o ut s’ e st r a pi d e m e nt mi s e n pl a c e. » Il a p ei nt e n c a m aï e u d e bl e u ( u n e p ei nt u r e m o n o c h r o m e utili s a nt diff é r e nt s t o n s d’ u n e m ê m e c o ul e ur, d u cl air a u f o n c é). « J e m e s ui s a p pli q u é à l’ œ u v r e p e n d a nt tr oi s m oi s, s oit d e j a n vi er à m ar s 2 01 5. » � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � L e ti t r e « O ui, j e s ai s, l e tit r e p e ut ét o n n e r. J e l’ ai ét é a u s si l o r s q u e l’ o n m’ a r a p p o r t é l e s p r o p o s d e M g r P.- A. F o u r ni e r q ui f ai s ait l’ a n al o gi e a v e c s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d’ A s si s e, n o m m é d’ a p r è s s a vill e. E n y r éfl é c hi s s a nt, j e t r o u v e q u e c el a f ait s e n s. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a c o n s a c r é l’ e s s e nti el d e s a vi e i ci, il y a f ait d e g r a n d e s c h o s e s. Il a i n si st é p o u r r e v e ni r t e r mi n e r s e s j o u r s s u r n o s t e r r e s. C e s ai nt e st à n o u s, il n o u s a p p a r ti e nt. Y a-t-il d u m al à s e v a nt e r et d’ êt r e fi e r q u’ u n s ai nt n o u s ait c h oi si s ? » Un ho m mage L’ a r ti st e a d é ci d é d e l é g u e r c e t a bl e a u a u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c. « J e v e u x r e n dr e h o m m a g e à c ett e c o m m u n a ut é d e pr êtr e s p o ur t o u s l e s eff ort s c o n s e nti s d e p ui s d e s a n n é e s à f ai r e c o n n aît r e et ai m e r l e u r f o n d at e u r. J a m ai s il s n’ o nt a b a n d o n n é, t a nt il s ét ai e nt c o n v ai n c u s d e s a s ai nt et é. O n l’ o u bli e t r o p ! S a n s e u x, j e n e c o n n ait r ai s p a s l’ h o m m e q u e j e t r o u v e si c o u r a g e u x et q ui p e ut t ell e m e nt n o u s s e r vi r d e m o d èl e ! » D a ni el A b el t e r mi n e s o n p r o p o s ai n si : « C ett e œ u v r e a ét é f ait e s a n s a u c u n e p r ét e nti o n. C’ e st u n e hi st oi r e e nt r e l e s g e n s d u S é mi n ai r e et m oi. J e s ui s fi e r d’ êt r e u n h o m m e li b r e et h e u r e u x. » C o m m e à l’i m a g e d e s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c ! R é d a ct e ur e n c h ef : J e a n D u v al C oll a b or at e ur s : D a ni el A b el Gill e s B ur e a u C yrill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e ur R é vi s e ur : Gill e s B ur e a u C o n c e pti o n gr a p hi q u e : L e c o ur s c o m m u ni c ati o n. c o m Tir a g e : 2 5 0 0 e x e m pl air e s, di s p o ni bl e s e n fr a n ç ai s et e n a n gl ai s. N o u s a v o n s l e s o u ci d e l’ e n vir o n n e m e nt. V otr e i n s cri pti o n v ol o nt air e à n otr e li st e d’ e n v oi él e ctr o ni q u e p er m ettr a d e mi ni mi s er l’ utili s ati o n d u p a pi er. V o u s r e c e vr e z l e s pr o c h ai n s e x e m pl air e s e n f or m at P D F e n v o u s a dr e s s a nt à c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m D é p ôt l é g al : Bi bli ot h è q u e et Ar c hi v e s C a n a d a I S S N 1 9 2 0-111 7 2 B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 5 D a ni el A b el D a ni el A b el est n é à Q u é b e c e n 1 9 5 0. Artist e d e l a li g n é e d e l’i m pr essi o nnis m e, il est iss u d e l’ é c ol e d es B e a u x- Arts d e Q u é b e c. Il s e c o ns a cr e à l a p ei nt ur e d e p uis tr e nt e a ns. Il s’ a d o n n e a ussi à l a p h ot o gr a p hi e, a u r e n o u v èl e m e nt d e l’i c o n o gr a p hi e d e l’ É glis e d u Q u é b e c et d e s o n p atri m oi n e r eli gi e u x. O n r etr o u v e s o n tr a v ail d a ns d e n o m br e us es r e v u es, d a ns pl usi e urs li vr es, et s ur s o n sit e w e b a u w w w. d a ni el a b el. n et �E NT RE V UE E nt r e v u e a v e c C y rill e- G a u vi n F r a n c o e u r C y rill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e u r e st l’ a u t e u r et di r e c t e u r a r ti s ti q u e d u fil m Fr a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e p r o d ui t e n 2 01 4. N o u s l ui a v o n s d e m a n d é d e n o u s p a r t a g e r s o n hi st o ir e a v e c Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al et d e n o u s e x pli q u er l’i nt er p r ét ati o n q u’il e n a f ait e d a n s c e fil m. Fr a n ç oi s, a p ôt r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e m et e n s c è n e l a vi e i nt é ri e u r e d u p r e mi e r é v ê q u e d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e. U n e j e u n e é q ui p e, r e c r ut é e p a r u n r é ali s at e u r f r aî c h e m e nt s o r ti d e l’ u ni v e r sit é C o n c o r di a, n o u s c o n vi e à u n e r e n c o ntr e o ù n o u s a v o n s l’i m p r e s si o n d e l’ a c c o mp a g n e r d e s o n vi v a nt pl ut ôt q u e d’ e n f ai r e u n fil m d o c u m e nt ai r e. C o u v ert ur e d e l a p o c h ett e d u D V D Fr a n ç ois, a p ôtr e d e l’ A m éri q u e Fr a n ç oi s, a p ôt r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e, S el et L u mi è r e, 2 01 4, N T S C, Fr a n ç ai s, 5 0 mi n. U n r e n d e z- v o u s m a n q u é ? C o m m e pl u si e u r s a y a nt f r é q u e nt é l e P eti t S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, m a p r e mi è r e r e n c o n t r e a v e c Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al s’ e s t f ai t e d a n s l a c h a p ell e e x t é ri e u r e. Pl o n g é d a n s u n s o m m eil m a r m o r é e n, s o n gi s a n t o c c u p ai t u n e r o t o n d e u n p e u à l’ é c a r t. L e sil e n c e d e s t o m b e a u x y r é g n ai t. Et j’ a v o u e a v oi r é p r o u v é u n e t e r r e u r r e s p e c t u e u s e à m e r et r o u v e r s e ul p r è s d e l ui, s e s gl o b e s d e m a r b r e fi x a nt u n i nfi ni q u e j e n e p o u v ai s v oi r, s e s d oi g t s p o s é s r oi d e m e nt s u r s o n p oi t r ail gl a c é. L e p e r s o n n a g e l ui- m ê m e m e s e m bl ai t p e u s y m p a t hi q u e. O n a v ai t b e a u m e v a nt e r s e s m é ri t e s, j e r e t e n ai s s u r t o u t l e s a s p e c t s p o r c- é pi c d e l’ h o m m e. J e c r oi s q u e j e p r éf é r ai s, o u j e n e c o m p r e n ai s al o r s q u e l e s s ai n t s e t l e s s ai n t e s a u x p a r c o u r s d e p a ti e n c e et d e d o u c e u r. D e u x a u t r e s o c c a si o n s A u d é b u t d e s a n n é e s 1 9 9 0, j’ ai c oll a b o r é à l a mi s e e n pl a c e d u C e n t r e d’ a ni m a ti o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al. J’ ai v u m e s c o n n ai s s a n c e s d u bi e n h e u r e u x d’ al o r s ê t r e r af r aî c hi e s. C ett e é t a p e m’ a f ai t p r e n d r e c o n s ci e n c e d e s di m e n si o n s d e s o n é p o p é e, d e l’i m m e n si t é d u t e r ri t oi r e d e s o n di o c è s e s o u s l e R é gi m e f r a n ç ai s e t s u r t o u t, e n p ei g n a nt s u r u n m u r u n e c a r t e r eli é e à diff é r e nt e s ét a p e s d e s a vi e, à l a p ei n e q u’il n’ a p a s m é n a g é e p o u r t r a v e r s e r l’ o c é a n à t a nt d e r e p ri s e s. « Il f all ai t q u’il c r oi t e n c e q u’il f ai s ai t » m’ é t ai s-j e di t al o r s. L e v e r b e « c r oi r e » a y a nt i ci u n s e n s bi e n r é d u c t e u r p o u r l a r é ali t é q u’il c o u v r ai t ! Il f all ai t q u’il soi t p a s si o n n é p a r c e q u’il f ai s ai t, q u’il s oi t a m a n t a b s ol u d e s â m e s, d e s e s p a r oi s si e n s e t d e s e s c a u s e s. M ai s j e n’ ét ai s p a s e n c o r e p r êt à a p p r é h e n d e r c et h o m m e. Il m e f all ai t g a g n e r e n c o r e e n m a t u ri t é p o u r mi e u x c o m p r e n d r e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. E n 2 0 0 8, d a n s l e c a dr e d’ u n e s éri e d e s p e ct a cl e s pr é s e nt é e a u P al ai s M o n t c al m p a r l a C o m mi s si o n d e l a c a pi t al e n a ti o n al e d e Q u é b e c, j’ ai e u à r é di g e r u n t e x t e d r a m a ti q u e s u r l e f o n d at e u r d e l’ É gli s e d’ A m é ri q u e. J’ ét ai s p r êt. C o m m e h o m m e pl u s m a t u r e, j’ é t ai s p r ê t à a b o r d e r Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al d e m a ni è r e pl u s c o m pl è t e. T o u s p e u v e nt i m a gi n e r q u’ é c ri r e u n t e x t e d e t h é â t r e d e m a n d e à s o n a u t e u r d e s’i m p r é g n e r d u p e r s o n n a g e q u’il v e u t f ai r e vi v r e. C el a e xi g e u n g r a n d eff a c e m e n t d e c e q u’ o n e st s oi- m ê m e p o u r t e nt e r d e s e r a p p r o c h e r d e c et a u t r e a v e c l e q u el o n a bi e n d e s si mili t u d e s m ai s a u s si d e g r a n d e s diff é r e n c e s. J e n’ ai ri e n d’ u n s ai nt ! M ai s j’ ai t o u t d’ u n h u m ai n. Et j’ a v ai s al o r s à p e u p r è s l’ â g e d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a u m o m e n t d e s e s g r a n d e s f o n d a ti o n s. J’ a v ai s d o n c u n e m eill e u r e c o n n ai s s a n c e d e l a vi e. J’ a v ai s u n p e u a p p ri s c e q u e c’ ét ait q u e d e s e b att r e p o u r s e s i d é e s, c e q u e c’ ét ait q u e d e m e n e r à b o n p o r t d e s p r oj et s n o u s t e n a nt à c œ u r. L a c a n d e u r d e l a j e u n e s s e n e m’ a v ait p a s p e r mi s d e s ai si r c o m m e nt l a vi e n o u s m ett ai t e n f a c e d’ a d v e r s ai r e s i n a tt e n d u s d a n s l’ é difi c a ti o n d’ œ u v r e s. M e s é difi c a ti o n s n’ a y a nt p a s l a di m e n si o n d e c ell e s d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, l oi n d e l à, m ai s s e t r o u v a nt t o u t d e m ê m e t r è s s o u v e n t a u c œ u r d e b a t aill e s q u e j e n’ a v ai s j a m ai s s o u h ai t é li v r e r, m ai s q ui a v ai e n t s u r gi e n c o u r s d e r o u t e, c o m m e i n s é p a r a bl e s d e t o ut e v ell éit é d’ a gi r, c o nt r ai r e m e nt à u n e c e r t ai n e q ui é t u d e u n p e u f ril e u s e q u e p r o c u r e s o u v e n t l’i n a c ti o n. Al o r s j’ ai mi e u x c o m p ri s Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Il f a u t q u e j e p r é ci s e q u e j’ o u v r ai s al o r s a u s ei n d e l’ o r g ani s a ti o n d u C o n g r è s e u c h a ri sti q u e. C e f u t l e d é b u t d’ u n e a mi ti é. J e c r oi s q u e c e t e x t e t h é â t r al d e 2 0 0 8 f u t t r è s a p p r é ci é. J e s ai s q u’il d e v ai t ê t r e i m p a rf ai t. J e c r oi s q u’il a t o u c h é et j e s ai s q u’il a é m u d e s g e n s. U n a mi d o nt l e p è r e é t ai t m o u r a n t a u m o m e n t d e l a r e p r é s e n t a ti o n d u s p e c t a cl e m’ a di t e n g a r d e r u n s o u v e ni r b o ul e v e r s é. J’ ai d o n c l’i nt ui ti o n q u e c e t e x t e d e v ai t ê t r e a s s e z j u st e. Et j e v ai s v o u s c o nfi e r a v e c h u mili t é q u’ e n m o n f o r i n t é ri e u r, j e s e n s q u e c’ e st l’ u n e d e s c h o s e s l e s pl u s v al a bl e s q u e j’ ai e j a m ai s f ai t e s et q u e j e n e f e r ai j a m ai s. J a m ai s t r è s l oi n V oil à q u e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e s t r é a p p a r u d a n s m a vi e p r of e s si o n n ell e l’ a n p a s s é, d a n s l a m o u v a n c e d e s a c a n o ni s a ti o n, p a r l e bi ai s d’ u n fil m q ui p r é s e n t e r ai t l e n o u v e a u s ai n t. J e c o n n ai s s ai s l e s g e n s q ui g r a vi t ai e n t a u t o u r d u m ai nti e n d e s a m é m oi r e et j’ é t ai s f a mili e r d e s li e u x q u’il a v ai t f r é q u e n t é s. J e c r oi s p o u v oi r di r e q u e j’ a v ai s u n e i d é e pl u s j u st e d e c ett e i m m e n s e fi g u r e d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e e t d e l’ É gli s e d’ A m é ri q u e. J e f u s d o n c mi s à c o nt ri b u ti o n p o u r st r u c t u r e r l e p r oj et d’ u n fil m q ui p e r m e t t r ai t à u n pl u s g r a n d n o m b r e d e p e r s o n n e s d e d é c o u v ri r et d e mi e u x c o n n aît r e c e p e r s o n n a g e. J’ a b o r d ai c e m a n d a t a v e c r e s p e c t et c o m m e u n i m m e n s e p ri vil è g e. A p r è s t o u t, n’ a v ai s-j e p a s é t é p r é p a r é à u n t el p r oj et a u ( s ui t e e n p a g e 4) B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 5 3 �E nt r e v u e a v e c C y rill e- G a u vi n F r a n c o e u r ( s ui t e d e l a p a g e 3) c o u r s d e m o n e xi st e n c e e nti è r e, p a r m a f r é q u e nt a ti o n d u P etit S é mi n ai r e et p a r m e s n o m b r e u x li e n s m e r att a c h a nt a u Vi e u x- Q u é b e c ? F ai r e ai m e r s a n s t o u t c o n n aî t r e Q u’ e st- c e q u e j e r e c h e r c h ai s e n ti s s a nt l a t r a m e d u fil m ? F ai r e c o n n aît r e et ai m e r s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Bi e n s û r, l e t e m p s all o u é é t ai t c o u r t, l a p r o d u c ti o n n e p e r m ett ai t p a s d e s’ ét e n d r e s u r t o ut e s l e s n u a n c e s d e s e s œ u v r e s et d e s o n hi st oi r e. M ai s j e s o u h ai t ai s q u e l e s p e c t a t e u r vi v e u n e e x p é ri e n c e s e n s o ri ell e. D e m ê m e q u e s ai nt A u g u sti n a di t « [... ] t o u t r é ci t v r ai d u p a s s é f ai t s o r ti r d e l a m é m oi r e n o n p oi n t l e s é v é n e m e n t s p a s s é s t el s q u el s, m ai s d e s m ot s c o n ç u s d’ a p r è s l e s i m a g e s i m p ri m é e s d a n s l’ e s p rit c o m m e d e s t r a c e s l o r s d e l e u r p a s s a g e l e l o n g d e s s e n s », j e c r oi s q u e l e s s e n s s o n t pl u s p ui s s a n t s q u e l a r ai s o n p o u r m a r q u e r l’ â m e. F a bri c e- É d o u ar d L a R o c h e- Fr a n c o e ur, r é alis at e ur J’ ai a u s si f ai t a p p el à m o n fil s ci n é a s t e, F a b ri c e- É d o u a r d, p o u r r é ali s e r l e fil m. Il e s t u n g a r ç o n e x t r a o r di n ai r e à q ui j e r e c o n n ai s u n e s e n si bili t é t r è s p a r ti c uli è r e, p a rf ai t e m e nt p r o p r e à t r a d ui r e e n b o ul e v e r s e m e n t s ci n é m a t o g r a p hi q u e s c e r t ai n s él é m e nt s cl é s d e l a vi e d e c e Fr a n ç oi s q u e l e p a p e a c t u el a q u alifi é « d’ a p ô t r e d e s A m é ri q u e s » l o r s d e l ’ a n n o n c e d e s a c a n o ni s a ti o n. Fr a n ç oi s n’ e s t p a s u n e s t a t u e N o t r e j e u n e r é ali s a t e u r a v o ul u r e p r é s e n t e r u n s ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d a n s l’ a c ti o n. S o n c ô t é i n t ui tif n o u s a b â ti d e s m o m e nt s e x c e pti o n n el s d a n s l e fil m, c o m m e c e s m a r c h e s e n f o r ê t d o nt l’ u n e a b o utit à u n « c o u p d e m ai n » d e n ot r e a p ô t r e v e n a n t à n o t r e ai d e, e n c a m é r a s u g g e s ti v e, o u e n c o r e p a r c e t t e c a p t a ti o n n e r v e u s e d e l a c a m é r a q ui a c c o m p a g n e l e s i n t e r v e n a n t s n o u s s u g g é r a n t l’i n s t a n t a n éit é d u m o m e nt, o u e n c o r e c o m m e l e t r a v elli n g o ut d e l a d e r ni è r e s e cti o n d u fil m o ù l’ é m oti o n n o u s ét r ei nt s a n s q u’ o n c o m p r e n n e p o u r q u oi, s a n s q u e n o t r e r ai s o n n e p ui s s e l’ e x pli q u e r. C e fil m, Fr a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e , s e v e u t u n p oi nt d e d é p a r t, u n e é t a p e, u n c o m pl é m e nt, o u l e p a s s a g e d u fl a m b e a u d’ u n e g é n é r a ti o n à u n e a u t r e, et d e l’ a c c e pt e r. C’ e st c e q u e l a pl u s j e u n e r eti e nt d e s o n hi st oi r e. Il f all ai t v oi r c ett e j e u n e é q ui p e d e ci n é a st e s, d a n s d e s li e u x s u bli m é s p a r l’ hi st oi r e, é c o u t e r et t r a v aill e r a v e c d e s f e m m e s P a r oi s s e N o t r e - D a m e d e Q u é b e c P o u r v o u s i n s c ri r e a u p èl e ri n a g e : 41 8 6 9 2- 2 5 3 3 o u s u r h t t p: / / n o t r e d a m e d e q u e b e c. o r g / - B o u ti q u e s o u v e ni r s - M u s é e d e l a c at h é d r al e : L e s t r é s o r s d e N ot r e- D a m e - Vi si t e s g ui d é e s d e N o t r e- D a m e- d e sVi c t oi r e s e t d e l a c a t h é d r al e. 4 B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 5 et d e s h o m m e s a y a nt s o u v e nt p r è s d e t r oi s f oi s l e u r â g e et c h e r c h e r à s’ a p p r o p ri e r u n p e r s o n n a g e d u 1 7 e si è cl e et à d é c o u v ri r l’ h o m m e a u d a ci e u x e t vi si o n n ai r e d o n t l e m e s s a g e e st t o uj o u r s a c t u el. S ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e st à n o u s, a uj o u r d’ h ui, pl u s q u’ à t o u t a u t r e si è cl e. C y rill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e u r A y a n t f ai t s e s é t u d e s s e c o n d ai r e s e t c oll é gi al e s a u P etit S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, C yrill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e ur ori e nt e s a c ar ri è r e c o m m e di r e c t e u r a r ti s ti q u e, d r a m a t u r g e e t m e t t e u r e n s c è n e. Il e s t p è r e d e q u a t r e e nf a n t s, d o n t pl u si e u r s C yrill e- G a u vi n Fr a n c o e ur s e di ri g e nt a u s si v e r s l e d o m ai n e a r ti sti q u e. Il a e u l a c h a n c e d e cr é er u n li e n s oli d e a v e c l a C o m mi s si o n d e l a c a pit al e n ati o n al e d e Q u é b e c ( C C N Q) e n a s s u r a nt p e n d a nt pl u s d e di x a n s l a di r e cti o n a r ti sti q u e d e l a s é ri e d u Tri b u n al d e l’ Hi st oir e et e n p arti ci p a nt à pl u s d’ u n titr e à diff ér e nt e s a cti vit é s d’ a ni m ati o n à c a r a ct è r e hi st o ri q u e c o m m e l a s é ri e d e s G r a n d s Q u é b é c oi s . T o uj o u r s p o u r l e C C N Q, il di ri g e m ai nt e n a nt u n e n o u v ell e s é ri e, L e s t r é s o r s d e l a c a pit al e , e n c oll a b o r ati o n a v e c l e M u s é e d e s ci vili s ati o n s d e Q u é b e c, p o u r l a q u ell e il r é di g e n ot a m m e nt l e s t e xt e s d r a m ati q u e s. D e p ui s t r oi s a n s, l a vill e d e Q u é b e c l ui c o nfi e l e m a n d at d u d é v el o p p e m e nt et d’ a ni m ati o n d e l’ a s p e ct hi st ori q u e d e l a F êt e d e l a vill e . Il f a ut a u s si m e nti o n n er s o n r ôl e à l a di r e cti o n a r ti sti q u e p o u r l’ a n n é e j u bil ai r e d u 3 5 0 e a n ni v e r s ai r e d e l a p a r oi s s e N o t r e- D a m e d e Q u é b e c. L’ a ni m a ti o n hi s t o ri q u e q u’il a i m a gi n é e e t p r o d ui t e p o u r l a N o ct u r n e d u S ol sti c e l o r s d e l a d e r ni è r e F êt e n a ti o n al e d u Q u é b e c e st fi n ali st e p o u r l e p ri x C o u p d’ É cl at 2 01 4 — c at é g o ri e N o u v ell e a cti vit é o ri gi n al e, r e mi s p a r F e s ti v al s e t é v é n e m e n t s Q u é b e c. E nfi n, à l’ a u t o m n e 2 01 5, il c h a p e a u t e r a l e s é v é n e m e n t s p u bli c s d’ o u v ert ur e d u n o u v el a m p hit h é âtr e d e Q u é b e c. P o u r mi e u x c o n n aî t r e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al C e n t r e d’ a ni m a ti o n F r a n ç oi s - D e L a v al 41 8 6 9 2- 0 2 2 8 o u w w w.f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m - U n f o n d a t e u r à c o n n aî t r e - F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, s ei g n e u r d e B e a u p r é - S ui v e z l’ h o m m e, F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al - E x p o si ti o n p e r m a n e n t e �P A G E D’ HI S T OI R E M g r d e L a v al v u p a r s o n s e r vit e u r E n s e pt e m b r e 1 7 0 8, 4 m oi s a p r è s l e d é c è s d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, H u b e r t H o u s s a r d é c ri t u n l o n g m é m oi r e r el a t a nt q u el q u e s t r ait s d e s v e r t u s d e l’ é v ê q u e é m é rit e. Il s’ a d r e s s e à M. Tr e m bl a y, p r o c u r e u r d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c à P a ri s. ( E xt r ait d e M g r d e L a v al v u p a r s o n s e r vit e u r , 1 9 61, S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, 3 5 p.) M o n si e u r, V o u s a v e z d éj à s a n s d o ut e a p p ri s l a m o r t d e M g r d e L a v al, a n ci e n et p r e mi e r é v ê q u e d e C a n a d a, et c e n’ e st p a s p o u r v o u s e n i nf o r m e r q u e j e p r e n d s l a li b e r t é d e v o u s é c ri r e c ell e- ci e n p a r ti c uli e r, m ai s p o u r v o u s t é m oi g n e r c o m bi e n c ett e m o r t et l a s é p a r ati o n d’ u n si b o n, si s ai nt et si c h a rit a bl e m aît r e m’ a ét é s e n si bl e. C el a e st ai s é à c o n c e v oi r, p ui s q u e a y a nt e u l’ h o n n e u r d’ a v oi r ét é c o nti n u ell e m e nt att a c h é a u s e r vi c e d e S a G r a n d e u r p e n d a nt l e s vi n gt d e r ni è r e s a n n é e s d e s a s ai nt e vi e, et q u e S a G r a n d e u r a y a nt e u p e n d a nt t o ut c e t e m p s-l à u n e g r a n d e c h a rit é p o u r m oi et u n e t r è s g r a n d e c o nfi a n c e e n m e s s oi n s, v o u s n e p o u v e z d o ut e r q u e j e n’ ai e u n e att a c h e t o ut e p a r ti c uli è r e à S a G r a n d e u r et q u e p a r c o n s é q u e nt l a s é p a r ati o n d’ u n e p e r s o n n e q ui m’ ét ait si c h è r e et si util e n e m’ ait c a u s é u n e p ei n e i n c o n c e v a bl e. M ai s l a c o n s ol ati o n q ui s’ e st m êl é e p ar mi l a tri st e s s e e n v o y a nt u n s ai nt m o urir e n s ai nt a pr è s a v oir v é c u e n s ai nt, a ét é u n tr è s gr a n d s o ul a g e m e nt à m a p ei n e, a u s si bi e n q u’ à c ell e d e t o ut l e S é mi n air e et d e t o u s l e s p e u pl e s d u C a n a d a ; et l a h a ut e i d é e q u e n o u s a v o n s t o u s d e l a gr a n d e gl oir e q u e p o s s è d e d a n s l e ci el n otr e s ai nt d éf u nt et n ot r e c o m m u n p è r e, n o u s f ait e s p é r e r q u e p a r s o n i nt e r c e s si o n et s o n c r é dit a u p r è s d e Di e u, il n o u s d é d o m m a g er a c o pi e u s e m e nt d e l a p ert e q u e n o u s a v o n s f ait e d e s a s ai nt e pr é s e n c e. Pl u si e u r s l’ o n t d éj à é p r o u v é d a n s l e s o ul a g e m e n t q u’il s o n t r e ç u d a n s l e u r s p ei n e s et i nfi r mit é s, p a r l’i n v o c ati o n et l e r e c o u r s q u’il s o nt e u s à n ot r e dit s ai nt d éf u nt, c o m m e v o u s l’ a p p r e n d r e z p a r u n e a u t r e v oi e 1. P o u r m o n p a r ti c uli e r, j e c o m pt e b e a u c o u p s u r s o n p o u v oi r et m e c o nfi e e n s o n s e c o u r s et a s si st a n c e, n o n s e ul e m e nt p o u r êt r e d éli v r é o u n ot a bl e m e nt s o ul a g é d a n s m e s i nfi r mi t é s c o r p o r ell e s, c o m m e il m’ e st d éj à a r ri v é pl u si e u r s f oi s, m ai s, c e q u e j’ e sti m e i nfi ni m e nt pl u s, p o u r ê t r e a s si st é d a n s l e s b e s oi n s i nt é ri e u r s d e m o n â m e, t a nt p o u r ê t r e ai d é à y é t a bli r l e s v e r t u s q u’ à e n d é t r ui r e l e s vi c e s et m a u v ai s e s h a bi t u d e s, c o m m e j e l’ ai a u s si d éj à e x p é ri m e nt é pl u si e u r s f oi s. M gr d e L a v al c o nf èr e l e s a cr e m e nt d e � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � T o ut e s l e s p e r s o n n e s d u S é mi n ai r e d oi v e nt a v oi r a u s si u n e c o nfi a n c e t r è s p a r ti d e l a M a d el ei n e. D essi n d e Cl a u d e c uli è r e a u x m é ri t e s e t i n t e r c e s si o n s d e l e u r p r e mi e r p è r e, c a r S a G r a n d e u r C h a u c h eti èr e, sj, 1 6 8 6. s’ ét a nt off e r t e e n s a c rifi c e, c o m m e ell e fit si x j o u r s a v a nt s o n s ai nt t r é p a s, p o u r p o r t e r l a p ei n e d e t o u s l e s p é c h é s d u S é mi n ai r e, et a y a nt p ri é Di e u d e l’ e x t e r mi n e r ell e s e ul e, afi n d’ é p a r g n e r t o u t e s l e s a u t r e s p e r s o n n e s d u di t S é mi n ai r e, l’ a y a nt p ri é a u s si d e d ét r ui r e e nti è r e m e nt l e p é c h é d e s a s ai nt e m ai s o n et d’ y m ai nt e ni r j u s q u’ à l a fi n d e s si è cl e s l e t r è s s ai nt a m o u r et l e v é ri t a bl e c ul t e d e Di e u et d e l a t r è s s ai nt e F a mill e d e J é s u s, M a ri e, J o s e p h et d e s s ai n t s A n g e s, et S a G r a n d e u r a y a n t é t é e x a u c é p a r l e r e d o u bl e m e n t d e s e s d o ul e u r s q ui f u r e n t e x c e s si v e s d e p ui s c e j o u r-l à j u s q u’ à s a m o r t, n o u s a v o n s t o u s li e u d e c r oi r e q u’il n o u s a a c q ui s p a r s e s s o uff r a n c e s d e s g r â c e s p a r ti c uli è r e s p o u r é vi t e r l e p é c h é et p r a ti q u e r l a v e r t u. M ai s j e n e p ui s, M o n si e u r, m e di s p e n s e r d e v o u s di r e q u e, q u a n d il m e r e vi e nt e n l a m é m oi r e l’ a c c e nt et l a f e r v e u r a v e c l a q u ell e S a G r a n d e u r p r o n o n ç ai t c e s p a r ol e s et b e a u c o u p d’ a u t r e s pl ei n e s d e f e u et d’ a m o u r, l e s y e u x et l e s m ai n s él e v é s v e r s l e ci el, a v e c d e s s e nti m e nt s e x t r a o r di n ai r e s d’ h u mili t é et d e m é p ri s d e s oi- m ê m e et d e s r et o u r s d’ u n e v é rit a bl e c o nfi a n c e e n Di e u, n o n o b st a nt, di s ai t- ell e, s a t r è s g r a n d e i n di g ni t é, j’ e n ai l e c œ u r si p é n é t r é q u e j e n e p ui s r et e ni r m e s l a r m e s ; j e s o u h ai t ai s p o u r l o r s q u e t o u t e s l e s p e r s o n n e s d u C a n a d a p ui s s e nt e nt e n d r e c h a c u n e u n e s e ul e d e s e s p a r ol e s p o u r e n êt r e t o ut e s e m b r a s é e s ; c a r ell e s étai e nt t o ut e s c a p a bl e s d e p é n ét r e r, att e n d ri r et e nl e v e r l e s c œ u r s m ê m e l e s pl u s e n d u r ci s. H u b ert H o u s s ar d L e 3 j ui n 1 6 8 8, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, é v ê q u e d é mi s si o n n ai r e, a r ri v ait u n e d e r ni è r e f oi s d e Fr a n c e à Q u é b e c. M g r l’ A n ci e n, ( c’ e st ai n si q u’ o n l e d é si g n e r a d é s o r m ai s) n e r e p a s s e r a pl u s l e s m e r s. Il r é ali s e ai n si s o n s o u h ait l e pl u s p r of o n d. H u b e rt H o u s s a r d, u n j e u n e h o m m e d e 21 a n s, a c c o m p a g n e l’ é v ê q u e é m é rit e p e n d a nt 2 0 a n s. Il s e r a d e M g r d e L a v al l e s e r vit e u r fi d èl e, à l a f oi s v al et d e c h a m b r e et i nfi r mi e r. O n a p p el ait c e s l aï c s q ui r e n o n ç ai e nt à l e u r s bi e n s et q ui m e n ai e nt u n e vi e d e t r a v ail et d e p ri è r e a u s e r vi c e d u S é mi n ai r e l e s « d o n n é s ». L’i n stit uti o n l e s p r e n ait à s a c h a r g e e n s a nt é et e n m al a di e. O n l e s s al u ait d u titr e d e « fr èr e s ». 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A v e c l e s o u ti e n d e l’ a b b é B ri c e P e ti tj e a n, c u r é d e s p a r oi s s e s S ai n t- C h a rl e s- G a r ni e r, S ai n t- Mi c h el d e Sill e r y e t S ai n t- T h o m a s- d’ A q ui n, M. Cl é m e nt Vi n c e nt, u n é t u di a nt d e 2 3 a n s c h e r c h e d u fi n a n c e m e nt afi n d’ a c q u é ri r d e l’ é q ui p e m e nt d e b a s e. C o nfi é à l a p r o t e c ti o n d e s ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, l e s r e s p o n s a bl e s d u g r o u p e s c o ut c h e r c h e nt à p r o m o u v oi r à n o u v e a u l e m e s s a g e e t l e s v al e u r s é v a n g éli q u e s. R att a c h é à F e d e r ati o n of N o r t h- A m e ri c a n E x pl o r e r s, l e g r o u p e e st l e p r e mi e r à ê t r e e nti è r e m e nt f r a n c o p h o n e et si t u é a u Q u é b e c. B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 5 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) Céramique de Rose-Anne Monna La céramiste Rose-Anne Monna a réalisé plusieurs représentations de François de Laval dont la plus récente a été commandée par M. le cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix en 2014, après la canonisation de François de Laval. Elle se démarque des autres statuettes par la couleur bleue proposée par l’archevêque de Québec et l’attitude renouvelée du prédicateur. C’est la plus récente céramique de Monna représentant Mgr de Laval : on connait celle de la chapelle du Grand Séminaire de Québec, une autre remise en 1985 au cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon et qui se trouve à l’arche­vêché de Québec, une autre de l’abbé Noël Baillargeon, au Séminaire de Québec, et celle du cardinal Marc Ouellet remise en 2011, à Rome. (Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHIE Première tombe de François de Laval (Source : François de Laval et son époque, 2011, p. 225) Dimensions : � Statuette hauteur : 55,25 cm (21 3/4 po.) Base rectangulaire : �28 x 15 x 4,5 cm (11 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/4 po.) Il y a bien des années que la Providence conduit cette Église, et nous par conséquent, par des voies fort pénibles et crucifiantes tant pour le spirituel que pour le temporel. Pourvu que sa sainte volonté soit faite, il ne nous importe. (Lettre à son ami Henri-Marie Boudon, écrite à Québec le 6 novembre 1677) Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Décembre 2015 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 30 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Index nominum Abel, Daniel Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Mgr de Laval s’est acquitté de cette tâche avec zèle, parcourant principalement les distances depuis la rivière Saguenay au nord de Québec jusqu’au lac des Deux-Montagnes au sud de Montréal. Comme l’écrivait M. de Latour, son premier biographe, « ce serait en Europe un grand diocèse, mais il s’en faut de beaucoup qu’il y en ait aucun si difficile à visiter ». (Gosselin 1890, T. I, p. 261) Notre premier évêque consacre cinquante ans de sa vie au service de l’Église de Nouvelle-France. Il en accepte toutes les responsabilités, souvent dans un contexte difficile. Il semble que rien ne puisse l’arrêter. Déjà en France, il a beaucoup voyagé, parcourant de grandes distances, de Montigny à Paris, à La Flèche, à Caen, à La Rochelle et à Méobec. À titre d’archidiacre, il a visité plusieurs fois les 155 paroisses et les 4 dessertes du diocèse d’Évreux. Il a aussi traversé l’Atlantique et remonté le Saint-Laurent à neuf reprises. Son devoir d’évêque l’amène à entreprendre des visites apostoliques à la rencontre de ses fidèles, des Amérindiens et des religieux. Par les écrits de témoins privilégiés, nous pouvons suivre ses périples : les supérieurs des Jésuites dans leurs Relations, les religieuses dans des lettres et dans les annales de leurs congrégations et surtout dans les registres des confirmations, qui nous permettent de dater avec précision les visites apostoliques de « l’Apôtre de l’Amérique ». Première visite générale de son vicariat apostolique (1660) Arrivé en Nouvelle-France le 16 juin 1659, le jeune François de Laval entreprend sa première visite pastorale en plein hiver, le 23 janvier 1660. Il voyage alors avec Henri de Bernières, encore diacre, son valet Durant et un homme de confiance des Jésuites, le bon père Bosquet, surnommé le « courrier apostolique ». Il se déplace de mission en mission. Marie de l’Incarnation le désigne de « visiteur évangélique ». Pour des Européens peu acclimatés aux hivers canadiens, ces voyages en raquettes sont pénibles. (Gosselin 1890, T. I, p. 262) Mgr de Laval débute sa visite à Beauport située à 2 lieues (4,5 km) de Québec. Il fera une visite de courtoisie auprès (Photo : Daniel Abel) François parcourant son diocèse du film François, apôtre de l’Amérique, 2014 (suite en page 2) �Les visites pastorales de François de Laval de 1660 à 1669 (suite de la page 1) La route fluviale Il va de soi en Nouvelle-France que le fleuve soit la route principale. Les voiliers transatlantiques peuvent se rendre, à l’époque, jusqu’à Québec. On utilise les barques à voile ou à rames pour circuler entre Québec et Montréal. Jacques Lacoursière écrit : « Parcourir la distance séparant Québec de Trois-Rivières prend souvent cinq ou six jours. La remontée ou la descente du fleuve n’a lieu ordinairement que le jour, car il faut éviter les récifs. De plus, on doit tenir compte des marées qui accélèrent ou ralentissent le rythme des voyages. » (Nos racines, no 29, 1979, p. 566.) Sur les chemins liquides de son diocèse immense du seigneur du lieu, Robert Giffard, pionnier de NouvelleFrance. Le registre des confirmations indique, en date du 2 février 1660, qu’il confirme 170 personnes dans l’église de Château-Richer, dont le jeune Louis Jolliet, qui sera l’organiste de la cathédrale de Québec et le célèbre explorateur du Mississippi. On rapporte que certains confirmands étaient assez âgés : les religieux de NouvelleFrance n’avaient pas obtenu l’autorisation de Rome pour « donner » la confirmation. À la fin de février, de retour à Québec, il en confirme 60 autres. Il connaît bien les trois communautés religieuses établies à Québec : chacune l’a hébergé à tour de rôle. Il entreprend quand même la tournée officielle des communautés de religieuses, en commençant par les Hospitalières dont il admire le courage. En avril, il visite les Ursulines. Cette rencontre est célèbre par les objections de Marie de l’Incarnation sur certains points du règlement que voulait modifier le vicaire apostolique. Après la rencontre avec les Jésuites, Mgr de Laval ne fera plus d’autres visites apostoliques en hiver. Il est bon ici de rappeler que la Nouvelle-France est en pleine guerre iroquoise. Profitant d’une accalmie dans le conflit, il quitte Québec, le 17 août 1660, en barque à voile pour se rendre à Montréal, situé à une centaine de lieues. Le voyage dure cinq jours. À ses côtés se trouvent l’abbé Charles de Lauzon de Charny et deux domestiques. Montréal n’est alors qu’une petite bourgade d’une trentaine de maisons et de 200 âmes. Il y baptise des jeunes Saint François de Laval Numéro 33 • Décembre 2016 Pour nous joindre Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 2 Gravure de M aurice Petitdidier dans Le Vénérable François Montmorency-Laval, Émile Gervais, Comité des fondateurs de l’Église canadienne, Montréal, 1952, p. 41 Amérindiens et, le 24 août, il donne la confirmation à 107 personnes, dont Maisonneuve. Il rencontre Jeanne Mance à l’Hôtel-Dieu et Marguerite Bourgeoys à son « école ». (Ibid., p. 273) À la fin d’août, à son retour vers Québec, il croise une flottille de 300 canots des Outaouais avec une cargaison de fourrures qui sauve l’économie de la colonie en cette période de guerres. Il croise aussi le vieux père jésuite René Ménard qu’il invite à retourner en mission, où il décèdera. Il se rend à Trois-Rivières à la fin d’octobre. Nous savons qu’il est absent de Québec du 21 au 31, bien que l’abbé Gosselin écrive qu’il ne sait rien de cette visite. Les Jésuites y ont une résidence, fondée en 1634, par le père Le Jeune. (Journal des Jésuites, Ibid., p. 276) De retour à Québec, il termine de rédiger son rapport au pape Alexandre VII, daté du 29 octobre 1660. Il s’agit d’une remarquable description des missions canadiennes. Cette première visite générale expose la façon dont François de Laval procède tout au long de son épiscopat. Il n’hésite pas à rencontrer l’habitant, y manger et y dormir. Il rencontre les communautés religieuse dont il admire les œuvres, il visite les amérindiens et confirme des centaines de personnes. (suite en page 3) Téléphone : 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visitez notre site web : www.francoisdelaval.com sur Facebook et sur Twitter : @CentreFdL Réviseur : Martina de Vries Conception graphique : Lecourscommunication.com Tirage : �2 500 exemplaires, disponibles en français et en anglais. Ce bulletin est publié deux fois l’an et est envoyé gratuitement par la poste. Il se retrouve en format PDF sur notre site web. Rédacteur en chef : Jean Duval Nous avons le souci de l’environnement. Votre inscription volontaire à notre liste d’envoi électronique permettra de minimiser l’utilisation du papier. Vous recevrez les prochains exemplaires en format PDF en vous adressant à centre@francoisdelaval.com Collaborateurs : �Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Maurice Dussault Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2016 Dépôt légal : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ISSN 1920-1117 �Les visites pastorales de François de Laval de 1660 à 1669 (suite de la page 2) On doit aussi retenir des éléments importants de ses autres visites des années suivantes. Les écrits du père François Le Mercier, jésuite, sont un guide précieux pour les historiens. Longtemps missionnaire en Huronie, il a été nommé supérieur général des missions en NouvelleFrance entre 1653 et 1671. La première visite pastorale à Trois-Rivières et Montréal (1664) Québec, port de mer, 1760, Richard Short En 1664, l’évêque retourne à Trois-Rivières et à Montréal. Mais il ne visite pas d’autres lieux en 1665 afin de se dévouer auprès des soldats du régiment de CarignanSalières enfin arrivés pour protéger la colonie des attaques des Iroquois. Il confirme un grand nombre de soldats. Le Journal des Jésuites nous apprend que des soldats abjurent leur foi protestante. (Mgr de Laval à la Propagande) (Ibid., p. 470) La deuxième visite pastorale (1666) Mgr de Laval est alors à Montréal avec le marquis de Tracy à la veille de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, le 23 juin. La traditionnelle célébration du feu, importé d’Europe, se déroule avec magnificence. « Mgr l’évêque, revêtu pontificalement, y était, avec tout le clergé et nos Pères en surplis. Il présenta le flambeau de cire blanche à M. de Tracy, qui le lui rendit, et l’obligea à mettre le feu le premier. » (Ibid., p. 482) La deuxième visite pastorale et générale (1668-1669) L’année 1668 est marquée par deux événements remarquables. Mgr de Laval visite tous les forts de la rivière Richelieu. (Lettre historique 78). L’abbé Gosselin écrit que c’est la visite pastorale la plus longue et la plus difficile que l’évêque ait entreprit. « Sa charité l’avait porté à visiter tous les forts, jusqu’à celui qui est le plus proche des Iroquois (le fort Sainte-Anne à l’entrée du lac Champlain), où il donna le sacrement de confirmation à ceux qui ne l’avaient pas reçu. » (Ibid., p. 524) Le 24 juin, il est à Tadoussac où se réunissent 400 Montagnais, « les plus dociles que l’on ait encore rencontrés », écrit Marie de l’Incarnation. En 1665, ils ont été éprouvés par l’incendie de leur chapelle. Ils ont manifesté le désir de voir leur évêque. Le père Le Mercier raconte qu’il est reçu par la décharge de leurs fusils et par des acclamations manifestant leur contentement de voir une personne qui leur est si chère et qui les a si souvent couverts de ses bontés. (Ibid., p. 525) Il est rare que les rédacteurs de l’époque citent un discours de Mgr de Laval. Voici ce que rapporte le père Le Mercier : « Je suis venu, dit-il, pour me réjouir avec vous de l’affection et de l’attachement que vous portez pour notre sainte Religion. Vous avez été cruellement éprouvés par la destruction de votre belle église ; mais le plus beau temple où Dieu aime à demeurer, c’est celui de votre âme. Continuez à l’orner de toutes les vertus chrétiennes. Je viens vous assurer, en même temps, des bons sentiments que le Roi a pour vous. Il vient de vous en donner, d’ailleurs, des marques éclatantes, par l’expédition qu’il a fait entreprendre contre les Iroquois, et par la paix qu’il les a forcés de conclure. » (Ibid., p. 527) Mgr de Laval, comme à son habitude, les visite dans leurs cabanes, s’intéresse aux malades, leur témoigne sa bonté, puis donne un grand festin. Il passe cinq ou six jours à Tadoussac et confirme 149 personnes. À son ami, le curé de Saint-Josse, il écrit : « Si Notre Seigneur me donne autant de santé l’an prochain que j’en ai ce printemps, j’espère y retourner ; car je vous avoue que s’ils ont témoigné de la joie de nous y voir, nous n’en avons pas moins ressenti de notre côté en cette visite. » (Ibid., p. 528) L’abbé Gosselin précise ici : « Dans sa cinquième visite à Montréal en 1669, Mgr de Laval trouve l’institution de Marguerite Bourgeoys si solidement établie qu’il lui donne son approbation. » Il ajoute plus loin : « la reconnaissance solennelle de l’existence de la Congrégation des Filles séculières de Notre-Dame de Montréal par ses lettres canoniques est datée du 6 août 1676. » (Ibid, pp. 576 et 578). Il faudra attendre 1676 pour que ce souhait se réalise, car le 3 novembre 1671, il quitte Québec pour ne revenir qu’en septembre 1675 avec le titre d’évêque de Québec. Il accomplit par la suite trois autres visites pastorales de son diocèse de 1676 à 1681. Il visitera Montréal de nouveau en 1688 et 1702, au cours de sa retraite. Les moyens de transport Il faut attendre les années 1730 pour qu’une route à peu près carrossable permette de circuler de Québec à Montréal, et il y a encore les obstacles des rivières, où on doit utiliser des bacs et des passeurs, et les nuitées chez l’habitant. L’intendant Talon fait venir des chevaux en Nouvelle-France, mais ils sont plutôt réservés pour les transports à proximité et pour les travaux de la ferme. Il serait surprenant que François de Laval qui, comme tous les nobles, est un habile écuyer, ait pu en profiter en Nouvelle-France pour ses visites. Heureusement, les ingénieux Amérindiens avaient inventé les raquettes et les canots d’écorces, légers et faciles à réparer. Les Européens les ont vite adoptés. Pour éviter d’en percer le fond, on devait se déchausser. Pour l’anecdote, les Amérindiens craignaient les passagers trop lourds comme le père de Brébeuf. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2016 3 �Les traversés pour rejoindre la Nouvelle-France sont très éprouvantes. Plusieurs dangers guettent les voyageurs. Ainsi le Saint-André accoste à Québec le 7 septembre 1659 avec 200 passagers, presque tous malades. Une dizaine d’autres sont décédés en mer infectés par « la fièvre pourprée et pestilentielle ». La fièvre se propage aux habitants du pays, dont quelques-uns meurent. François de Laval, arrivé en juin, s’applique aux œuvres de la miséricorde. À peine fut-il arrivé qu’il eut occasion d’exercer son zèle. Un des vaisseaux qui revint à Québec se trouva infecté d’une maladie contagieuse. Le mal se répandit dans tout le pays : l’hôpital fut tout rempli, et le prélat n’en sortait presque point pendant que dura la maladie, toujours occupé à servir, à instruire, à consoler les malades. Monseigneur notre Prélat est continuellement à l’hôpital pour servir les malades et faire leurs lits. On fait ce que l’on peut pour l’en empêcher et pour conserver sa personne mais il n’y a point d’éloquence qui le puisse détourner de ces actes d’humilité. Le R. Père de Quen, par sa grande charité, a pris ce mal et en est mort. Marie de l’Incarnation, lettre 183, Marie de l’Incarnation (1599-1672), Correspondance, Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Solesmes, 1997, p. 616 ÉVÉNEMENT Bertrand de La Tour, Mémoires sur la vie de M. de Laval, premier évêque de Québec, Cologne, 1761 Mgr de Laval au chevet des malades Anonyme, verrière, non datée mais probablement du 19e siècle. Séminaire de Québec, pavillon Jean-Olivier Briand, Québec Nouveaux livres PRIX : 25 $ (taxes non incluses) POUR COMMANDER : boutique@francoisdelaval.com ou sur notre site au www.francoisdelaval.com Écrits spirituels de François de Laval Introduction et textes choisis par Mgr Hermann Giguère Préface du cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, archevêque de Québec On connait surtout François de Laval comme un évêque déterminé et un grand bâtisseur. Il nous reste de lui principalement des écrits officiels liés à ses fonctions. Pourtant, lorsqu’on s’attarde à certains passages, on y découvre un homme chaleureux, d’une grande sollicitude pastorale et pour qui la prière précède l’action. C’est ce que nous révèle Mgr Hermann Giguère, P.H., professeur titulaire retraité de théologie spirituelle et d’histoire de la spiritualité à la Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses de l’Université Laval (Québec). Il est prêtre agrégé au Séminaire de Québec, dont il a été le supérieur général de 2002 à 2012. 2014, 212 pages Bientôt disponible en anglais 4 (Photo : Daniel Abel) [...] Le prélat se signala et fut encore plus à la tête de tous par sa charité que pas sa dignité. Il était aguerri avec les maladies depuis les fréquentes visites et les grands services qu’il avait rendus dans les hôpitaux de Caen sous la direction de M. de Bernières. Frais de transport et de manutention en sus Envoyés à toutes rencontres Actualité des repères missionnaires de François de Laval Doris Lamontagne Préface du cardinal Gérald. Cyprien Lacroix, archevêque de Québec En canonisant François de Laval en 2014, le pape François confirme l’actualité du témoignage missionnaire de l’Apôtre en Amérique. Ce livre propose une nouvelle lecture de la vie de saint François de Laval et dégage les repères missionnaires qui l’ont guidé. Les repères de l’évêque missionnaire s’enracinent dans le sillon de l’Église primitive, puisqu’il a la conviction profonde que l’Église de la Nouvelle-France a reçu un don similaire. L’époque et le contexte ont bien changé mais ses repères peuvent nous servir d’assises solides encore aujourd’hui. Dans l’ordre habituel : le chanoine Jacques Roberge, supérieur général du Séminaire de Québec, sœur Doris Lamontagne, pfm et auteure, et le cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, lors du lancement du livre le 16 juin dernier. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2016 2016, 316 pages Bientôt disponible en anglais (Photo : Daniel Abel) PAGE D’HISTOIRE Le service selon saint François de Laval �Par Gilles Bureau, historien Les deux derniers évêques auxiliaires nommés au diocèse de Québec, Mgr Louis Corriveau et Mgr Marc Pelchat, s’inscrivent dans une longue liste de prêtres qui ont étudié au Séminaire de Québec, œuvre fondée par saint François de Laval qui voulait, selon les Actes de fondation, « constituer une réserve d’où nous puissions tirer des sujets pieux, et capables pour les envoyer à toutes rencontres, et au besoin dans les paroisses, et tous autres lieux dudit pays, afin d’y faire les fonctions curiales, et autres, auxquelles ils auront été destinés ». (Photo : Daniel Abel) PAGE D’HISTOIRE Les évêques issus du Séminaire de Québec Le Séminaire de Québec considère Mgr Jean-Olivier Briand comme son second fondateur. Né en France en 1715, il décède à Québec en 1794. Il sera le premier évêque de Québec après la Conquête de1760, de 1766 à 1784. En tout, de 1772 au 4 novembre 2016, 89 évêques ont étudié au Séminaire de Québec, 41 au Grand Séminaire seulement, 43 au Grand et au Petit Séminaire et 5 n’ont fréquenté que le Petit Séminaire. Légende : • La colonne Diocèse indique la nomination au diocèse d’alors, tout en précisant entre parenthèse le diocèse actuel. Les diocèses sont identifiés en italiques lorsque l’évêque y est à titre de coadjuteur ou auxiliaire. • PSQ : Petit Séminaire de Québec. • SQ : Grand Séminaire de Québec. • La première colonne indique l’année de l’ordination épiscopale. Ordin. Évêque Diocèse PSQ SQ Décès 1772 Mgr Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d’Esgly Québec x x 1788 1786 Mgr Jean-François Hubert Québec x x 1797 1789 Mgr Charles-François Bailly de Messein Québec x 1794 1795 Mgr Pierre Denaut Québec x 1806 1797 Mgr Joseph-Octave Plessis Québec x 1825 1806 Mgr Bernard-Claude Panet Québec 1820 Mgr Joseph-Norbert Provencher Québec /Saint-Boniface x x x 1833 x 1853 1827 Mgr Joseph Signay Québec x x 1850 1833 Mgr Rémi Gaulin Kingston x x 1857 1834 Mgr Pierre-Flavien Turgeon Québec x x 1867 1837 Mgr Ignace Bourget Montréal x x 1885 1837 Mgr Bernard Donald Macdonald Charlottetown x 1842 Mgr Michael Power Toronto 1843 Mgr William Dollard Saint John 1844 Mgr François-Norbert Blanchet Oregon City (Portland) 1846 Mgr Augustin-Magloire Blanchet 1846 Mgr Modeste Demers 1851 Mgr Charles-François Baillargeon Québec x 1859 x 1847 x 1851 x x 1883 Walla Walla / Nesqually (Seattle) x x 1887 Vancouver Island (Victoria) x x 1871 x 1870 1852 Mgr Thomas Cooke Trois-Rivières x x 1870 1858 Mgr Edward John Horan Kingston x x 1875 1860 Mgr Peter McIntyre Charlottetown x 1891 1860 Mgr John Sweeny Saint John x 1901 1867 Mgr Jean-Pierre-François Laforce-Langevin Rimouski x x 1892 1871 Mgr Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau Québec x x 1898 x x 1893 1874 Mgr Antoine Racine Sherbrooke 1875 Mgr John O’Brien Kingston 1878 Mgr Dominique Racine Chicoutimi 1888 Mgr Louis-Nazaire Bégin Chicoutimi / Québec 1890 Mgr André-Albert Blais Rimouski 1892 Mgr Michel-Thomas Labrecque Chicoutimi 1908 Mgr Paul-Eugène Roy Québec / Québec x x 1926 191 1 Mgr Olivier-Elzéar Mathieu Régina x x 1929 1921 Mgr Joseph Hallé Vicaire apostolique Ontario-Nord (Hearst) 1923 Mgr François-Xavier Ross Gaspé 1924 Mgr Joseph-Alfred Langlois Québec / Valleyfield 1926 Mgr Alfred-Odilon Comtois x 1879 x x 1888 x x 1925 x x Trois-Rivières / Trois-Rivières x 1919 x 1932 x 1939 x 1945 x 1966 x 1945 (suite en page 6) Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2016 5 �Les évêques issus du Séminaire de Québec (suite de la page 5) Ordin. Évêque Diocèse PSQ SQ Décès 1927 Mgr Joseph-Omer Plante Québec x x 1948 1928 Mgr William Mark Duke Vancouver x 1971 1930 Mgr James Charles McGuigan Regina / Toronto x 1974 1934 Mgr François-Xavier Lacoursière, (M. Afr.) Mbarara, Ouganda x 1970 1935 Mgr Joseph-Oscar Julien, (M. Afr.) Vicaire apostolique Nyassa, Malawi x 1961 1936 Mgr Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. Sendai (Japon )/ Gravelbourg /Ottawa x 1994 x 1940 Mgr Arthur Douville Saint-Hyacinthe / Saint-Hyacinte 1940 Mgr John Michael O’Neill Harbour Grace (Grand Falls ) 1940 Mgr Alexandre Vachon Ottawa 1943 Mgr Georges-Léon Pelletier Québec / Trois-Rivières 1943 Mgr John Roderick MacDonald Peterborough / Antigonish 1944 Mgr Charles-Eugène Parent Rimouski / Rimouski 1945 Mgr Marie-Antoine Roy (O.F.M.) Edmundston 1946 Mgr James Michael Hill Victoria 1946 Mgr Maurice Roy Trois-Rivières / Québec 1947 Mgr Louis-Joseph Cabana Rubaga, Ouganda 1948 Mgr Charles-Omer Garant Québec 1986 1974 x x 1953 x x 1987 x 1959 x x x x 1982 x 1948 x 1962 x 1985 x 1981 x 1962 1951 Mgr Bruno Desrochers Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière x x 1976 1952 Mgr Lionel Audet Québec x x 1989 1952 Mgr Paul Bernier Gaspé x x 1964 1952 Mgr Raymond Larose (C.S.C.) Chittagong, Bangladesh x 1984 1953 Mgr Aimé Decosse Gravelbourg x 1991 1956 Mgr Marius Paré Chicoutimi / Chicoutimi x 2002 1961 Mgr Jean-Marie Fortier Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière / Gaspé / Sherbrooke x x 2002 1961 Mgr Jean-Louis Jobidon (M. Afr.) Mzuzu, Malawi x x 1997 1963 Mgr Laurent Noël Québec / Trois-Rivières x 1965 Mgr Charles-Henri Lévesque Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière / Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière x 1971 Mgr Pedro Rubiano Sàenz Cúcuta / Cali / Bogota, Colombie x 1973 Mgr Bertrand Blanchet Gaspé / Rimouski x 1974 Mgr Noël Delaquis (O.C.S.O.) Gravelbourg 1975 Mgr Jean-Guy Couture Hauterive (Baie-Comeau) / Chicoutimi 1975 Mgr José Dimas Cedeño Delgado Santiago de Veraguas/ Panama x 2015 1977 Mgr Jean-Paul Labrie Québec x 2001 1977 Mgr Louis-Albert Vachon Québec / Québec x x 2006 1980 Mgr Réal Corriveau (P.M.E.) Choluteca, Honduras x x Mgr Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon (M. Afr.) Djibouti / Laghouat, Algérie x 1982 Mgr Maurice Couture (R.S.V.) Québec / Baie-Comeau / Québec x x x x Québec 1982 Mgr Marc Leclerc, Québec 1987 Mgr Pierre Morissette 1989 Mgr Clément Fecteau 1995 Mgr Jean-Pierre Blais 1995 Mgr Eugène Tremblay 1999 Mgr Jean Gagnon Québec / Gaspé 2004 Québec / Baie-Comeau / Saint-Jérôme x Québec / Baie-Comeau x Québec / Ste-Anne-de-la Pocatière Québec / Amos x x x 2001 Mgr Albert LeGatt Saskatoon / Saint-Boniface x Mgr Dorylas Moreau Rouyn-Noranda x 2005 Mgr Pierre-André Fournier Québec / Rimouski 2005 Mgr Gilles Lemay 2008 Mgr Noël Simard 2009 Mgr Paul Lortie 2009 Mgr Gérald Cyprien Lacroix (I.S.P.X.) 2012 Mgr Denis Grondin 2016 Mgr Louis Corriveau 2016 Mgr Marc Pelchat Sault-Sainte-Marie / Valleyfield x x x x x Québec / Mont-Laurier x Québec / Québec Québec / Rimouski Québec Québec Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2016 2005 x 2002 Québec / Amos 1984 x x 1980 Sources : • LeBlanc, Jean, Dictionnaire biographique des évêques catholiques du Canada, 2002. • Archives de l’archidiocèse de Québec : M. Armand Gagné, M. Pierre Lafontaine. • Dictionnaire biographique du Canada. • Provost, Honorius, Le Séminaire de Québec, Documents et biographies, 1964. • Internet 6 x x x x x x x 2015 �ÉVÉNEMENT Album photos 5 (Photo : CECC) (Photo : Daniel Abel) (Photo : Pierre Lafontaine) 1 (Photo : Daniel Abel) (Photo : Daniel Abel) 6 2 1. Un beau cadeau de France L’aumônier du Prytanée militaire de La Flèche, le diacre Pascal Champion, a fait parvenir au Séminaire de Québec l’esquisse de Jacques Sergeff, sculpteur du bas–relief de François de Laval de la chapelle Saint-Louis du Prytanée : « (…) Cela aurait du sens si de chaque côté de l’Atlantique était conservé un morceau de la même œuvre » écrit-il au supérieur du Séminaire de Québec, le chanoine Jacques Roberge. 2. À voir Le 28 avril dernier, le cardinal Cyprien Lacroix bénissait les nouveaux locaux du Centre Catherine-de-Saint-Augustin, jouxtant l’église du Monastère des Augustines de l’hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. Moderne et signifiant, les lieux permettent aux visiteurs de découvrir ce qui animait la foi de cette jeune femme que François de Laval reconnaissait déjà comme sainte. 3 3. Le hasard fait bien les choses L’ordination épiscopale de deux nouveaux évêques auxiliaires, Louis Corriveau et Marc Pelchat, a lieu le 8 décembre, en la solennité de l’Immaculée Conception de la Vierge Marie. En plus d’être la fête patronale du diocèse de Québec, c’est aussi l’anniversaire d’ordination épiscopale de saint François de Laval (1658). 4. Les soins de fin de vie Il y a un an, les évêques catholiques du Québec ont reçu la lettre pastorale Approcher de la mort avec le Christ qui propose un parcours de réflexion sur les soins de fin de vie à la lumière de la Parole de Dieu. Un sujet encore d’actualité. Pour illustrer leur propos, nous retrouvons en couverture Mgr de Laval accompagnant une personne malade. 5. Un modèle En septembre, les évêques catholiques du Canada ont convenu lors de leur Assemblée plénière 2016 que la Conférence des évêques catholiques du Canada (CECC) prononcerait un décret approuvant des titres de dévotion pour trois saints du Canada dont saint François de Laval comme saint patron des évêques du Canada. 6. Il était une fois... M. Pierre Lafontaine, archiviste de l’archidiocèse de Québec, nous a tout récemment informé que François de Laval et le diocèse de Québec se retrouvent dans les pages d’un nouveau manuel scolaire dédié à l’ensei4 gnement de l’histoire en secondaire 3, Histoire du Québec et du Canada, des origines à 1840 (collection Périodes) des Éditions CEC. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2016 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHIE Le Séminaire de Québec reconnaissable par ses tours lanternons du pavillon Camille-Roy. Jan Tillemans Le Père Jan Tillemans (1915-1980), Oblat de Marie Immaculée, est originaire d’Hollande et diplômé de l’Académie des Beaux Arts de Maastricht et de l’Institut supérieur des Beaux Arts de la même ville (Académie Jan Van Eyck). Les vitraux de la basilique ont été réalisés selon les techniques utilisées au Moyen Âge pour les cathédrales gothiques d’Europe comme celles de Chartres, Reims, Le Man, etc. Le verre est teinté dans la masse lors de la cuisson au four. Mgr de Laval en visite pastorale Jan Tillemans o.m.i. 1964, verre soufflé et taillé Basilique Notre-Dame du Cap, Trois-Rivières François de Laval au service d’un ministère fécond Je me suis appliqué à toutes les fondations sacrées, prêcher, entendre les confessions, administrer le sacrement de confirmation, visiter tous les fidèles confiés à mes soins, mais surtout ceux qui restent à la campagne, qui sont loin de Québec, ont moins de secours. (Photo : Maurice Dussault) Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL Extrait d’une lettre à la Propagande, 13 juin 1660 www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Mai 2017 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Plusieurs activités sont au programme pour souligner le 175e anniversaire de l’église actuelle et le 350e anniversaire de la fondation de la paroisse. Les festivités débuteront par une messe d’ouverture présidée par le cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, archevêque de Québec. On y dévoilera une giclée de l’œuvre de l’artiste Daniel Abel, Saint François de Québec, afin de rappeler la visite pastorale de Mgr de Laval à La Prairie, le 25 mai 1676. M. Gilles Bureau, historien, nous résume cet événement. Dès qu’il reçoit ses bulles qui le reconnaissent officiellement évêque de Québec le 22 avril 1675, François de Laval revient en Nouvelle-France, après une absence de quatre ans. Il est attendu avec impatience. Il règle diverses questions administratives, fait entreprendre la construction du Petit Séminaire et décide de faire une autre grande visite pastorale de son diocèse, du mois d’avril à août 1676, pour rencontrer ses diocésains dispersés de Tadoussac à Montréal. Le père Claude Dablon, alors supérieur de la Compagnie de Jésus en Nouvelle-France, fait un récit détaillé d’une rencontre de Mgr de Laval à La Prairie du 25 au 27 mai 1676. Ce récit est conservé dans la grande biographie Vie de Mgr de Laval de l’abbé Auguste-Honoré Gosselin, publiée en 1890. Ce dernier écrit : « On peut facilement supposer quel bonheur éprouva Mgr de Laval, en voyant tant de vertus chez de pauvres sauvages. Nous ne pouvons résister au plaisir de citer intégralement ce récit d’un Rapport gardé inédit durant deux siècles. » (Photo : Daniel Abel) Fresque de Marius Dubois réalisée en 2005 illustrant les visites pastorales de l’immense diocèse de François de Laval et sa proximité avec les autochtones. (Chapelle de l’Immaculée Conception de la basilique de Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré) Nous voulons rendre hommage à ce grand artiste-peintre québécois décédé le 14 janvier dernier à 71 ans. Les Jésuites ont fondé des missions à Sillery, à Lorette et à La Prairie. En 1667, le père Pierre Raffeix aménage une résidence à La Prairie où les missionnaires jésuites pouvaient se reposer. Rapidement des familles iroquoises et des Français se regroupent en village autour de la résidence. Lors d’un séjour à La Prairie, le père Dablon apprend que Mgr de Laval approche de Montréal. Il part au-devant de l’évêque afin de l’inviter à la mission. L’évêque voyageait léger : « Ce grand homme, faisant la visite de son diocèse, était mené dans un petit canot d’écorce par deux paysans, sans autre suite qu’un seul ecclésiastique [M. de Bouy] et sans rien porter qu’une crosse de bois, une mitre fort simple et les ornements absolument nécessaires à un évêque d’or, comme disent les auteurs en parlant des premiers prélats (suite en page 2) �La visite de Mgr de Laval à La Prairie de la Madeleine en 1676 (suite de la page 1) du christianisme. » Mgr de Laval accepte l’invitation et il prie le supérieur de dire aux « Indiens » la tendre affection qu’il a pour eux. Les préparatifs et l’accueil Les missionnaires parlaient de l’évêque aux néophytes, car « cette nouvelle réjouit infiniment toute la bourgade, on ne peut exprimer ni la joie que leur causa la seule espérance de le voir ». À l’aide de branchage, ils embellissent la place de la chapelle jusqu’au bord du fleuve, où ils installent une petite estrade et élèvent deux berceaux [des arcs] à chaque bout d’une allée. Le père Jacques Frémin, leur missionnaire responsable, leur donne même la permission de travailler le lundi de la Pentecôte, un jour normalement chômé à l’époque : « Ils allèrent tous se parer de leurs plus beaux vêtements, pour accourir au premier signal donné, annoncé par la cloche de l’église. » À son arrivée, de façon surprenante, un « capitaine » huron s’adresse à Mgr de Laval encore à bord de son canot : « Évêque, arrête ton canot et écoute ce que j’ai à te dire! ». François de Laval se prête volontiers à ces coutumes. Le capitaine avait préparé un discours à la louange du noble visiteur espérant des bénédictions du Ciel, tout en louant son esprit, sa vertu et sa dignité, avant de l’inviter à suivre une procession solennelle. « Mgr de Laval mit pied à terre; s’étant revêtu du camail et du rochet [surplis], donna la bénédiction à tout le monde, qui était à genoux. » Le père Frémin, qui traduisait les discours à François de Laval, entonne alors le Veni Creator en langue iroquoise, repris par les Indiens, et alterné en latin par les Français. L’évêque était accompagné du supérieur des Jésuites, du supérieur du séminaire des Sulpiciens, de missionnaires et de Français. Sous le premier berceau, un chef des cinq nations iroquoises fait une autre harangue. Sous le deuxième berceau un (suite en page 3) RECTIFICATIF Décret de canonisation de saint François de Laval Dans le dernier numéro du Bulletin, il aurait fallu reproduire, outre le sceau humide dit Rota, le sceau pendant en plomb retenu au parchemin par une cordelette (voir ci-contre) et qui, avec la Rota, donne la pleine authenticité à ce document apostolique de très haute autorité. En outre, à la page 4 (ligne 2), lire « ... son vaste diocèse [érigé en 1674] ... » au lieu de « son vaste diocèse (en 1674) ». Nos excuses au traducteur, Mgr Armand Gagné, c.s.s. Saint François de Laval Numéro 32 • Mai 2016 Pour nous joindre Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 2 (Photos : Daniel Abel) Téléphone : 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visitez notre site web : www.francoisdelaval.com sur Facebook et sur Twitter : @CentreFdL Réviseur : Gilles Bureau Conception graphique : Lecourscommunication.com Tirage : �2 500 exemplaires, disponibles en français et en anglais. Ce bulletin est publié deux fois l’an et est envoyé gratuitement par la poste. Il se retrouve en format PDF sur notre site web. Rédacteur en chef : Jean Duval Nous avons le souci de l’environnement. Votre inscription volontaire à notre liste d’envoi électronique permettra de minimiser l’utilisation du papier. Vous recevrez les prochains exemplaires en format PDF en vous adressant à centre@francoisdelaval.com Collaborateurs : �Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Marab Pascal Champion Mrg Armand Gagné, c.s.s. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Mai 2016 Dépôt légal : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ISSN 1920-1117 �La visite de Mgr de Laval à La Prairie de la Madeleine en 1676 (suite de la page 2) catéchiste [on leur donnait le nom de dogique], nommé Paul, monté sur un tronc d’arbre qui lui sert de chaire « fit un compliment avec une force d’esprit, une piété et une éloquence incroyables ». Rendu à la chapelle, l’évêque donne la bénédiction du saint Sacrement. En deux chœurs français et indiens, on alterne le Pange lingua, l’Ave Maris stella et le Domine salvum fac Regem. (Archives départementales de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France) L’abbé Gosselin poursuit : « Le salut achevé, Monseigneur étant arrivé dans notre maison, et voyant que les sauvages le suivaient, fit entrer les hommes dans notre chambre, leur donnant à tous sa main à baiser, et leur faisant mille caresses, surtout à ceux qu’on lui disait être les plus fervents. Étant passé dans une autre chambre voisine de la chapelle, il permit aux femmes d’y entrer, et loua leur piété, en proportion du bien qu’on lui disait de chacune d’elles. Puis il les congédia en donnant à toutes sa bénédiction. » Dans son récit, le père Dablon remarque que même des Iroquois infidèles ont reçu l’évêque en lui rendant tous les mêmes devoirs que les chrétiens, ajoutant « comme si la présence d’un si bon pasteur eût changé les loups cruels en de doux agneaux. » Le rôle d’évêque Le lendemain, Mgr de Laval fait « descendre le Saint-Esprit » sur la mission par la grâce des sacrements, qu’il conféra avec toute la bonté et la joie possibles que les Indiens ont reçus avec modestie et une dévotion admirables. « Il commença de grand matin par le baptême de dix adultes, quatre hommes et six femmes. Il continua par trois mariages qu’il bénit. » Puis il dit la messe chantée par les Indiens à qui il donne la communion pour la plupart de sa main. « Il donna aussi la confirmation aux Français qui ne l’avaient pas reçus » même s’il était venu pour les Indiens. Puis le père Frémin traduit l’exhortation du prélat. Un festin Par la suite, le dogique donne un grand festin dans sa maison longue. Sachant que Mgr de Laval voulait y assister, les Indiens préparent pour lui et pour sa suite des places ornées de leurs meilleures couvertures et de leurs plus beaux vêtements. « Le festin fut plus long en harangues, en chant et en cérémonie, qu’à manger. » Puis l’évêque « par un excès de sa bonté et de sa condescendance ordinaire » visite chaque famille et les particuliers dans leur propre cabane. Les Indiens avaient orné leur maison de tout ce qu’ils avaient de plus précieux et lui offraient la place d’honneur, sur des nattes bien travaillées et sur leurs plus belles peaux. « Monseigneur fut on ne peut plus content et édifié de ces sincères témoignages d’affection et de respect. » À la fin de la soirée, il accepte l’invitation de parents qui lui demandent de baptiser leurs enfants, au nombre de sept. Puis il assiste au salut célébré avec « pompe comme le jour précédent ». �������������������� Claude Chauchetière, Jésuite, dessin à la plume rehaussé de lavis, tiré de son recueil Narration annuelle de la Mission du Sault depuis la fondation jusqu’à l’an 1686. Il a travaillé à la mission de La Prairie pendant 16 ans. Le troisième jour Avant de quitter, François de Laval préside la messe que les Indiens « chantent très bien comme à l’ordinaire ». Puis il se prépare à retourner à Montréal. « Lorsqu’il fut sur le point de rentrer en son canot, on se mit à genoux pour recevoir sa bénédiction. Il la donna à toute l’assemblée, qui le suivit tant qu’elle put, et dont il emporta tous les cœurs en leur laissant le sien. » Commentaires Dans toutes mes recherches, ce récit est certainement le plus beau témoignage de l’attachement de François de Laval à ses fidèles et de sa souplesse à répondre à de nombreuses demandes. On remarque ici son affabilité et son souci à être près des gens, sans distinction. L’abbé Gosselin conclut: « En lisant le récit que nous venons de citer, on a pu remarquer avec quelle bonne grâce le pieux évêque se prêtait à tout ce qu’on lui demandait, quand il s’agissait de faire plaisir à quelqu’un, même au plus humble de ses enfants. » Source : A-H Gosselin, Vie de Mgr de Laval premier évêque de Québec et apôtre du Canada, T. 2., 1890, p. 52-58. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Mai 2016 3 �L’ a u m ô ni er d u Pr yt a n é e n ati o n al milit air e d e L a Fl è c h e e n Fr a n c e, M. P a s c al C h a m pi o n, n o u s a f ait p a r v e ni r c ett e p h ot o g r a p hi e d e l a pl a q u e c o m m é m or ati v e i n st all é e e n d é c e m br e d er ni er e n l’ é gli s e S ai n t- L o ui s, s o u s l e b a s- r eli ef d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. A d r ei p e r p e t u a m m e m o ri a m L e 8 o ct o b r e 2 01 4, S. É m. l e c a r di n al G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x, p ri m at d u C a n a d a, a r c h e v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c, et c e nt- vi n gt- ci n q p èl e ri n s c a n a di e n s s o nt v e n u s r e n d r e g r â c e p o u r s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. C e j o u r-l à, l e c a r di n al a i n st all é l e r eli q u ai r e et i n a u g u r é c ett e c h a p ell e d é s o r m ai s d é di é e à t o u s l e s s ai nt s i s s u s d e c ett e é c ol e. 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L e C a n a d a a v a nt 1 7 0 0 , 1 9 8 2, p. 3 7 6 P h o t o : A r c hi v e s n a ti o n al e s, P a ri s, F r a n c e : F o n d s d e s C ol o ni e s, s éri e F 5 4, v ol. 3, f ol. 4) J é s u s- C h ri st s oit p o u r j a m ai s l’ u ni q u e vi e d e n o s â m e s. J e n e p ui s d o ut e r q u e v o u s n e p r e ni e z u n i nt é r ê t t o u t p a r ti c uli e r a u s al u t d e s â m e s d e n o s p a u v r e s i nfi d èl e s. L e s oi n q u e v o u s a c o m mi s l a s ai nt e C o m p a g ni e d e s mi s si o n s, j oi nt à l’ e n g a g e m e nt q u e v o u s y a v e z e n l a p e r s o n n e d e M. v ot r e f r è r e, v o u s s o nt a s s u r é m e nt d e p ui s s a nt s m otif s d e v o u s e m pl o y e r a v e c v ot r e z èl e et pi é t é o r di n ai r e s. C’ e s t c e q ui m e f ai t e s p é r e r q u e l’ ai m a bl e p r o vi d e n c e d e N o t r e- S ei g n e u r n o u s pr o c ur er a u n s e c o ur s e xtr a or di n air e d o nt c ett e p a u vr e É gli s e a b e s oi n d a n s l e p éril é vi d e nt o ù ell e [ e st] d’ ê t r e é t o uff é e d a n s s o n b e r c e a u. Q u el q u e s oi n et vi gil a n c e q u e M. v ot r e f r è r e p ui s s e a p p o r t e r p o u r s o u t e ni r c e p a y s, s’il n’ e st s e c o u r u c ett e a n n é e, il n e p e ut s u b si st e r s a n s u n eff et e xt r a o r di n ai r e d e l a P ui s s a n c e di vi n e q u e l’ o n n e d oi t p a s s e p r o m ett r e, bi e n q u e n o u s d e vi o n s l’ e s p é r e r d e s a b o nt é. J e n e p ui s v o u s di r e l a p ai x et l a c o n s ol a ti o n d e m o n c œ u r d e m e v oi r d a n s u n li e u o ù j e s ui s a s s u r é q u e s a s ai nt e V ol o nt é m e v e u t et o ù j e s ui s e n l’ a tt e nt e d u m o m e nt p r é ci e u x d e l ui s a c rifi e r m a vi e p o u r l e s al u t d e s â m e s q ui o nt é t é d e p ui s t a nt d’ a n n é e s l’ o bj et d e s o n a m o u r. J’ ai r e ç u d a n s m o n e nt r é e d a n s c e p a y s d e M. v o t r e f r è r e t o u t e s l e s m a r q u e s d’ u n e bi e n v eill a n c e e x t r a o r di n ai r e. J’ ai f ai t m o n p o s si bl e p o u r l e r e c o n n aî t r e e t l ui ai r e n d u t o u s l e s r e s p e c t s q u e j e d oi s à u n e p e r s o n n e d e s a v e r t u et d e s o n m é ri t e j oi nt s à l a q u ali t é q u’il p o r t e, c o m m e s o n pl u s v é ri t a bl e a mi et fi d èl e s e r vi t e u r. ( S o u r c e : Alt e r a n o v a p o sit o, p. 4 3) P o r t e s ai n t e à l a c a t h é d r al e N otr e- D a m e d e Q u é b e c P èl e ri n a g e a v e c u n e c a t é c h è s e s u r l a mi s é ri c o r d e - T o m b e d e s ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al - M u s é e d e l a c a t h é d r al e : L e s t r é s o r s d e N o t r e- D a m e - Vi si t e s g ui d é e s d e l a c a t h é d r al e et d e l a cr y pt e p e n d a nt l a s ai s o n e s ti v al e - B o u ti q u e s o u v e ni r s P o u r mi e u x c o n n aî t r e s ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al • • • • - C o n s ul t e z w w w.f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m S ui v e z l e s é p h é m é ri d e s s u r F a c e b o o k o u s u r T wi t t e r: @ C e n t r e F d L R é s e r v e z p o u r u n e p r é s e n t a ti o n e n g r o u p e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, u n h o m m e à d é c o u v ri r F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, s ei g n e u r d e B e a u p r é ( ci r c ui t e n a u t o b u s) S ui v e z l’ h o m m e, F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al ( r a n d o n n é e p é d e s t r e) C o m m a n d e z à n o t r e b o u ti q u e w e b F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al e t s o n é p o q u e - F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, Hi s Lif e a n d Ti m e s L e s é c ri t s s pi ri t u el s d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al ( v e r si o n a n gl ai s e di s p o ni bl e e n a u t o m n e) D V D F r a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e ( di s p o ni bl e e n f r a n ç ai s s e ul e m e n t) B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 6 5 �É VÉ NE ME NT N o u v e a u li v r e E N VOYÉS À TO UTES RE NCO NT RES A c t u ali t é d e s r e p è r e s mi s si o n n ai r e s d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al E n c a n o ni s a nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e n 2 01 4, l e p a p e Fr a n ç oi s c o nfi r m ait l’ a ct u alit é d u t é m oi g n a g e mi s si o n n ai r e d e l’ a p ô t r e e n A m é ri q u e. C e li v r e p r o p o s e u n e n o u v ell e l e c t u r e d e l a vi e d e s ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e t d é g a g e d e s r e p è r e s mi s si o n n ai r e s q ui l’ o n t g ui d é. L e s r e p è r e s d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al s’ e n r a ci n e n t d a n s l e sill o n d e l’ É gli s e p ri mi ti v e. Il a l a c o n vi c ti o n p r of o n d e q u e l’ É gli s e d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e a r e ç u u n d o n si mil ai r e. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e st c o n s ci e nt q u e l a Mi s si o n e st l’ œ u vr e d e Di e u et c h er c h e c o n st a m m e nt à e n êtr e u n di g n e i n str u m e nt. L’ é p o q u e et l e c o nt e x t e o nt bi e n c h a n g é m ai s l’ a u t e u r e a l a f e r m e c o n vi c ti o n q u e l e s r e p è r e s mi s si o n n ai r e s d e c et h o m m e p e u v e nt s e r vi r d’ a s si s e s s oli d e s a uj o u r d’ h ui. U n c o nt e n u n o u v e a u q ui i nt e r p ell e r a t o u s b a pti s é s. Di s p o ni bl e e n f r a n ç ai s s e ul e m e n t, 25 $ E n v o y és à t o ut es r e n c o ntr es Sr D oris L a m o nt a g e Pr éf a c e d u c ar di n al G ér al d C y pri e n L a cr oi x ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) L’ a u t e u r e, D o ri s L a m o n t a g n e, pf m D o ri s L a m o nt a g n e e st r eli gi e u s e d e l a C o n g r é g ati o n d e s P etit e s Fr a n ci s c ai n e s d e M a ri e d e p ui s 1 9 8 5. Ell e f ut l a p r e mi è r e di r e ct ri c e d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al, mi s s u r pi e d p o u r é t e n d r e l a d é v oti o n et l a c o n n ai s s a n c e d e c e g r a n d f o n d a t e u r. Ell e e st d e v e n u e, a u fil d e s a n s, u n e r éf é r e n c e i n c o nt o u r n a bl e s u r Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Ell e a r é di g é pl u si e u r s a r ti cl e s et si g n é u n p r e mi e r li v r e e n 2 0 0 7, P ri e r 1 5 j o u r s a v e c Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. A p p r é ci é e p o u r s o n t al e nt d e c o m m u ni c a t ri c e, ell e d o n n e r é g uli è r e m e nt d e s c o nf é r e n c e s et a ni m e d e s r et r ai t e s. Di s p o ni bl e a u C e nt r e P O U R RÉSE R VE R O U C O M M A N DE R : b o u ti q u e @f r a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m Li v r ai s o n : 4 j o u r s o u v r a bl e s F r ai s d e t r a n s p o r t e t d e m a n u t e n ti o n e n s u s A U T R E S A R TI C L E S S U R N O T R E SI T E : W W W. F R A N C OI S D E L A V A L. C O M É c ri t s s pi ri t u el s d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al P ar M gr H er m a n n Gi g u èr e, P. H., 2 01 4, 21 2 p. O n c o n n ait s u rt o ut F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al c o m m e u n é v ê q u e d ét er mi n é et u n gr a n d b âti s s e ur. Il n o u s r e st e d e l ui pri n ci p al e m e nt d e s é crit s of fi ci el s li é s à s e s f o n cti o n s. P o urt a nt, l or s q u’ o n s’ att ar d e à c ert ai n s p a s s a g e s, o n y d é c o u vr e u n h o m m e c h al e ur e u x, d’ u n e gr a n d e s olli cit u d e p a st or al e et p o ur q ui l a p ri è r e p r é c è d e l’ a cti o n. C’ e st c e q u e n o u s r é v èl e M gr H er m a n n Gi g u èr e, P. H. pr of e s s e ur tit ul air e r etr ait é d e t h é ol o gi e s pirit u ell e et d’ hi st oir e d e l a s pirit u alit é à l a F a c ult é d e t h é ol o gi e et d e s ci e n c e s r eli gi e u s e s d e l’ U ni v e r sit é L a v al ( Q u é b e c). Il e st pr êtr e a gr é g é a u S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c, d o nt il a ét é l e s u p é ri e u r g é n é r al d e 2 0 0 2 à 2 01 2. P RI X : 2 6 5 $ ( t a x e s n o n i n cl u s e s) B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 6 D V D : F r a n ç oi s, a p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e C e d o c u m e n t ai r e p r é s e n t e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al, p r e mi e r é v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c. P r o d ui t e n 2 01 4 p a r S el et L u mi è r e , e n f r a n ç ai s s e ul e m e n t, 5 0 mi n u t e s. P RI X : 1 9, 9 5 $ ( t a x e s n o n i n cl u s e s) �2 ( P h o t o : j o u r n al d e s v oi si n s. c o m) É VÉ NE ME NT Al b u m p h ot o s 1 3 4 5 1. « M a d a m e, e s t - c e q u e l a cl o c h e a cl o c h é ? » L’ é c ol e F r a n ç oi s- d e- L a v al, d e l’ a r r o n di s s e m e n t A h u n t si c- C a r ti e r vill e à M o ntr é al, c o m pt e c ett e a n n é e 1 0 cl a s s e s d’ a c c u eil p o ur d e s él è v e s d e ci n q à d o u z e a n s d e S yri e, d’ Afri q u e d u N or d et d’ Afri q u e c e ntr al e. Il s’ a git d’ u n p a s s a g e n é c e s s ai r e afi n d e p o u v oi r f r é q u e n t e r l e s cl a s s e s r é g uli è r e s. S o ur c e : L.- M. G er v ai s, D e l a d é v a st ati o n à l’i nt é gr ati o n, L e D e v oir, 1 8 f é vri er 2 01 6. 2. L a F r a t e r ni t é r é gi o n al e F r a n ç oi s - d e - L a v al C e t t e f r a t e r ni t é d e l’ O r d r e F r a n ci s c ai n S é c uli e r r e g r o u p e l e s f r a t e r ni t é s l o c al e s f r a n c o p h o n e s d e s di o c è s e s d e Q u é b e c, d e S ai n t e- A n n e- d e- L aP o c a ti è r e, d e Ri m o u s ki, d e G a s p é, l a f r a t e r ni t é d e Di s r a ëli d u di o c è s e d e S h e r b r o o k e ai n si q u e c ell e s d e d e u x di o c è s e s d u N o u v e a u- B r u n s wi c k : B a t h u r s t e t E d m u n d s t o n. Ell e e s t l’ u n e d e s 1 0 f r a t e r ni t é s r é gi o n al e s d e l a p r o vi n c e d e Q u é b e c. 3. U n s ai n t à l a f oi U n e s oi x a n t ai n e d e j e u n e s a d ul t e s d e l a f a mill e M a ri e- J e u n e s s e o n t f ai t u n p èl e ri n a g e a u t o m b e a u d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al l e 2 4 j a n vi e r d e r ni e r. L a c o m m u n a u t é d e S h e r b r o o k e a p o u r t r a di ti o n d e pi g e r à c h a q u e a n n é e l e n o m d’ u n s ai nt q u’ ell e d e v r a mi e u x c o n n aît r e. L’ él u d e vi e nt u n d e l e u r s p r o t e c t e u r s p o u r l’ a n n é e. 4. L’ O r d r e F r a n ç oi s d e M o n t m o r e n c y - L a v al F o n d é d e p ui s 2 01 3, l’ O r d r e r e c o n n aî t a n n u ell e m e n t d e s p e r s o n n e s a y a nt c o ntri b u é d e f a ç o n e x c e pti o n n ell e à l a r é ali s ati o n d e l a mi s si o n, a u d é v el o p p e m e nt o u a u r a y o n n e m e nt d u C oll è g e M o nt m or e n c y à L a v al. 5. H o m m e s e t f e m m e s d e mi s é ri c o r d e V oi ci l e t h è m e c h oi si p o u r l a n e u v ai n e 2 01 6 p o u r s o uli g n e r l e s s ol e n ni t é s d e M a ri e- C a t h e ri n e d e S ai n t- A u g u s ti n, d e M a ri e d e l’I n c a r n a ti o n e t d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Pl u si e u r s é v é n e m e n t s o n t e u li e u e n t r e l e 3 0 a v ril e t l e 8 m ai : c él é b r a ti o n s e u c h a ri s ti q u e s, c o nf é r e n c e s e t u n p èl e ri n a g e a u x t r oi s t o m b e a u x. 6 ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) 6. L a vi si t e d e s É t a t s - U ni s A pr è s u n e m ar c h e d e pr è s d e 4 0 0 0 k m, l a p èl eri n e a m éri c ai n e A n n Si e b e n a f ait e s c al e à Q u é b e c l e 2 4 m ar s d er ni er p o ur fr a n c hir l a p ort e s ai nt e d e l a c a t h é d r al e. L e c u r é D e ni s B él a n g e r e n a p r ofi t é p o u r l ui p r é s e n t e r s ai n t Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al et s o n t o m b e a u. C ett e i n g é ni e ur e e n n u cl é air e a v ait q uitt é D e n v er a u C ol or a d o l e 1 er n o v e m br e d er ni er p o ur t er mi n er s o n p èl eri n a g e l e di m a n c h e d e P â q u e s à l a b a sili q u e d e S ai n t e- A n n e- d e- B e a u p r é. B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 6 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHIE Détail d’un vitrail de la chapelle du Séminaire de Québec Nicolas Sollogoub Nicolas Sollogoub est un artiste francocanadien et maître verrier (1925-2014). En 1950, il vient s’installer à Montréal. Il est engagé en 1964 par Radio-Canada à titre de graphiste, illustrateur et décorateur et devient l’assistant de Frédéric Back. En parallèle, il parfait l’art du vitrail qui donne lieu à de nombreuses réalisations à Montréal. La plus connue est La Vie à Montréal au XIXe siècle installée à la station de métro McGill. Passionné par l’histoire française au Québec, il réalise six vitraux composant un mémorial des origines de la Nouvelle-France dans l’église Saint-Paul et Saint-Pierre à Brouage en France. Le millésime du fronton du grand portail de l’église porte la date de 1608, année de la fondation de Québec par Champlain. Mgr de Laval Œuvre et don de Nicolas Sollogoub, 1995 Église Saint-Paul et Saint-Pierre à Brouage, France Extrait d’une lettre aux directeurs du Séminaire de Québec, 1687 Mais comme la bonté de Notre-Seigneur ne rejette point un cœur contrit et humilié et que humiliat et sublevat [il abaisse et il élève], il me fit connaître que c’était la plus grande grâce qu’il me pouvait faire que de me donner part aux états qu’il a voulu porter en sa vie et en sa mort pour notre amour. Source : Mgr H. Giguère, P.H., Les écrits spirituels de François de Laval, 2014, p. 126 Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Décembre 2016 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 32 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Peut-être ses membres se reconnaissent-ils en l’évêque ayant eu bien des soucis quant à l’organisation et à la gestion d’un diocèse… Regardons ici quelques difficultés auxquelles François de Laval a été confronté à titre d’évêque. D’abord des cures amovibles Mgr de Laval arriva dans un pays qui commençait à peine à se développer. Comme l’affirme si bien Auguste Gosselin, « ce n’était pas le temps de faire des lettres pastorales, ni des synodes ou des conciles ; c’était le temps d’agir, d’organiser, de créer : et certes le premier évêque de Québec n’a pas failli à cette tâche ». (Gosselin, II, p. 318) Conscient que la population canadienne était très dispersée et bien trop pauvre pour financer un curé par village, François de Laval créa d’abord des cures amovibles et des curés révocables. Son Séminaire tenait alors le rôle d’un presbytère général qui fournissait les prêtres pour les cures et les missions et gérait les revenus de la dîme. (Bureau, p. 142) Il justifia ces curés amovibles par « la sainte pratique des premiers siècles, suivie encore à présent dans plusieurs diocèses du Royaume ». (Mandement de 1663) La Propagande, par un rescrit de 1666, approuva cette façon de faire, en attendant que le diocèse de Québec soit canoniquement établi. L’Ordonnance de 1679 Mais Louis XIV, ayant besoin d’argent pour financer son armée et l’agrandissement de Versailles, décida de ne plus assurer la subsistance des curés canadiens. Il demanda à l’évêque d’organiser une Église canadienne Détail du Monument Laval, Mgr de Laval rencontre Louis XIV (Photo : Daniel Abel) à l’image de celle de France, c’est-à-dire avec un système de cures fixes où les paroissiens assument entièrement les frais du culte, des églises et des prêtres par leur dîme. En mai 1679, le roi imposa sa volonté : il enleva la dîme au Séminaire de Québec et obligea les paroissiens à subvenir aux frais des églises et des curés. Au Canada, la protestation fut forte et unanime. Le Conseil souverain demanda que le roi adoucisse son édit et qu’il accepte de continuer sa « gratification1 », car l’Église canadienne ne pouvait absolument pas survivre sans elle. (Bureau, p. 143) (suite en page 2) �Un diocèse sous-financé (suite de la page 1) Une première supplique au roi Le 10 novembre 1680, Mgr de Laval et l’intendant Duchesneau rédigèrent le mémoire État des cures et missions qu’on peut faire en Canada, moyennant le supplément qu’il plaira au roi de donner, à cause du peu de valeur des dîmes et des grandes dépenses que les curés sont obligés de faire pour un canot et un valet, dans la plupart des lieux. Ils envoyèrent également le Mémoire touchant la subsistance des curés au Canada. Mgr de Laval écrivit que, selon les volontés royales, il il avait déjà regroupé son diocèse en 25 districts en 1678. Son estimation première pour la subsistance des curés au Canada était de 800 livres par année. Cette somme fut abaissée à 500 livres, en 1681, sous les pressions de Frontenac. (135 km) et confirma 212 personnes. De cette première étape de sa grande visite, il nota encore la pauvreté de ses fidèles. Le lieu le plus développé, outre Québec et Montréal, était Champlain, en Mauricie actuelle, où vivaient 40 familles et 285 communiants, et avait une grande chapelle de bois, un presbytère et un couvent des Sœurs de la Congrégation Notre-Dame. (Gosselin, II, p. 253) Le 20 juin, il fit un arrêt de quelques jours pour retrouver L’abbé Jean Dudouyt, procureur de Mgr de Laval à Paris, avait déjà aidé son évêque en 1677 sur l’affaire de la traite de l’eau-de-vie avec les Amérindiens. Le ministre Colbert, surnommé « l’homme de marbre », était très influencé par le gouverneur Frontenac et peu disposé envers le clergé canadien. Mais le roi avait souvent exprimé sa reconnaissance envers le travail de l’évêque. M. Dudouyt recommanda donc à Mgr de Laval de rédiger un état des lieux de son Église et d’établir un argumentaire, appuyé par des chiffres solides. Il proposerait alors des solutions pour créer des cures fixes qui puissent se financer. (Gosselin, II, p. 251) Sur les chemins liquides de son diocèse immense, gravure de Maurice Petitdidier La visite pastorale de 1681 Et c’est ainsi que Mgr de Laval entreprit la plus longue et la plus complète de ses visites de son diocèse, en 1681, accompagné de son grand vicaire, Ango des Maizerets, d’un prêtre et de quelques rameurs. (voir carte page 4-5) « Jamais, croyons-nous, visite pastorale ne fut conduite par un vieillard sexagénaire avec plus d’enthousiasme, d’activité ou de persévérance » affirme Gosselin. (Gosselin, II, p. 251) Avec son équipe, il quitta Québec à la fin mai et remonta le fleuve en barque, (et la rivière Richelieu en canot d’écorce), visitant villages et habitations éloignées, mangeant et dormant soit chez l’habitant, soit à la belle étoile. En 19 jours, il visita 14 endroits, parcourut plus de 60 lieues Saint François de Laval Numéro 35 • Décembre 2017 Pour nous joindre Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 2 les Amérindiens à La Prairie de la Madeleine, qu’il avait tant aimé visiter en 1676 et où il s’était fait la promesse de retourner si la santé ne lui manquait pas. « [Ils] n’avaient pas oublié l’homme de la grande affaire ; ils en avaient parlé souvent à leurs enfants, leur donnant à espérer que le saint évêque viendrait un jour les bénir. Ce grand jour était arrivé. » (Gosselin, II, p. 253) Il ne retourna à Montréal que neuf jours plus tard. Pendant sa visite, il érigea canoniquement la paroisse de Montréal et l’unit à perpétuité avec le Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice. Il se rendit également à la chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours de Marguerite Bourgeoys, qu’il unit aussi au Séminaire. (suite en page 3) Téléphone : 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visitez notre site web : www.francoisdelaval.com sur Facebook et sur Twitter : @CentreFdL Réviseur : Gilles Bureau Conception graphique : Lecourscommunication.com Tirage : �2 000 exemplaires, disponibles en français et en anglais. Ce bulletin est publié deux fois l’an et est envoyé gratuitement par la poste. Il se retrouve en format PDF sur notre site web. Rédacteur en chef : Jean Duval Nous avons le souci de l’environnement. Votre inscription volontaire à notre liste d’envoi électronique permettra de minimiser l’utilisation du papier. Vous recevrez les prochains exemplaires en format PDF en vous adressant à centre@francoisdelaval.com Collaborateurs : �Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Martina de Vries Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2017 Dépôt légal : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ISSN 1920-1117 �Un diocèse sous-financé (suite de la page 2) À peine reposé à Montréal, il reprit son canot en pleine canicule et descendit le fleuve jusqu’à l’Île aux Grues et le Cap-Saint-Ignace, puis remonta le fleuve jusqu’à la Pointe-Lévy et rentra enfin, épuisé, à Québec le 10 août. En deux mois et demi, Mgr de Laval avait visité 31 endroits, parcouru plus de 200 lieues (450 km), confirmé des centaines de personnes et avait amassé presque toutes les statistiques dont il avait besoin pour son mémoire. (Nous savons que la visite de la Côte de Beaupré et de l’Île d’Orléans a été faite, puisque leurs données se retrouvent dans le mémoire, mais par qui et quand nous est inconnu.) (Gosselin, II, p. 256) Ce fut sans étonnement que l’évêque tomba gravement malade peu après son retour. Dans les registres du Conseil Souverain, il est noté qu’il ne put y assister car il était « complètement empêché par une maladie dangereuse ». Selon un Récollet, il fut entre la vie et la mort pendant 15 jours. Nous ne savons pas quand la santé lui revint assez pour travailler à son mémoire, mais nous savons qu’il ne fut de retour au Conseil que le 20 octobre. (Gosselin, II, p. 259) La réorganisation de son diocèse Le travail de réflexion de Mgr de Laval ne fut pas facile. Devant les constats de son voyage à travers le diocèse, il devait trouver une solution efficace et pérenne. Chose certaine, le statut quo et des cures fixes prématurées n’étaient pas des options viables. En même temps, il devait faire face à de l’opposition et de la médisance. Le gouverneur, M. de Frontenac, écrivait à la Cour que l’évêque s’opposait farouchement à l’établissement de cures fixes et que ses prêtres ne savaient pas se suffire d’une rente raisonnable. Dans une lettre à Seignelay, ministre du roi, du 2 novembre 1681, il affirmait : « Je dois encore vous donner avis des difficultés que M. notre évêque continue de faire naître pour l’établissement des cures fixes (…) il a fait avec M. Duchesneau un nouveau district de paroisses, dans lequel il est donné à quelques-uns de ses missionnaires, qu’on ne peut plus appeler curés, 30 et 40 lieues d’étendue et une si grande quantité de différentes habitations (…) et on prétend encore que les dîmes d’un si grand nombre de lieux ne pourront suffire à leur subsistance! » Mgr de Laval, avec l’aide de l’intendant Duchesneau, avait effectivement tenté de mieux répartir les paroisses pour y établir des curés fixes exigés par le roi et d’obtenir le revenu de 500 livres en dîmes pour leur subsistance proposé par le gouverneur. Dans une lettre de l’intendant au ministre Colbert du 13 novembre 1681, il expliqua que pour obtenir de telles cures, ils avaient été obligés d’augmenter leur étendue. Mais alors les prêtres, devant voyager de plus grandes distances, ne pouvaient donner beaucoup de messes à chaque lieu. Les habitants menaçaient donc de ne pas payer la dîme ou exigeaient que celle-ci soit grandement réduite. Il rappela aussi que « le coût de la vie est infiniment plus élevé en Canada qu’en France. Il n’y a personne au Canada qui puisse prendre à charge de construire et de doter une église. » Pour ou contre les cures fixes? Malheureusement, à peine le travail de réflexion était-il commencé que le roi rappelait M. de Frontenac et M. Duchesneau, pour les remplacer par un nouveau gouverneur, M. de La Barre, et un nouvel intendant, M. de Meulles. Tout était à recommencer. Ils devaient se faire leur propre opinion de la situation au Canada. Dans ses instructions écrites au gouverneur de La Barre du 10 mai 1682, le roi l’avertissait que Mgr de Laval était contre les cures inamovibles, probablement pour conserver une plus grande autorité sur le clergé. Il le mit en garde contre ce sentiment. Il répéta que les cures devaient se soutenir par les dîmes seules. « Tracy avait réduit la dîme du 13e au 26e (minot), il (suite en page 4) Détails du Monument Laval, Mgr de Laval remet un rapport au roi (Photo : Daniel Abel) Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2017 3 �Trois-Rivières Aller 6 Retour 20 17 13 12 18 Montréal 14 16 19 9 10 9 1 . Notre-Dame de Québec, 7 avril et 26 mai 2. Lotbinière, 1 juin 3. Batiscan, 2 juin 4. Champlain, 3 juin 5. Cap-de-la-Madeleine, 4 juin 6. Trois-Rivières, 5 juin 7. Sorel, 8 juin 8 15 4 22 Montée du fleuve Saint-Laurent lors de la visite pastorale de 1681 11 21 7 5 8. Fort Saint-Louis de Chambly, 11 juin 9. Saint-Ours et Contrecoeur, 13 juin 10. Verchères, 15 juin 1 1. Boucherville, 16 juin 12. Repentigny, 17 juin 13. La Chenaye, 18 juin 14. Montréal, 19 juin 15. La Prairie-de-La-Madeleine, 20 au 29 juin LA VISITE PASTORALE DE 1681 Un diocèse sous-financé (suite de la page3) devra voir s’il est possible de remettre les choses à l’ancien état. » Il ajouta qu’il ne comprenait pas pourquoi l’évêque estimait à 800 livres la subsistance des curés au Canada alors qu’en France elle était de 200 livres. Il devait y avoir une grande exagération! Alors que M. de La Barre écrivait au ministre de Seignelay en octobre 1682 que, au sujet des cures fixes, Mgr de Laval « biaise avec beaucoup d’adresse, faisant la chose impossible dans son exécution », l’intendant de Meulles le trouvait extrêmement raisonnable, « m’ayant fait clairement connaître qu’il était impossible d’en mettre partout [des cures fixes], attendu la grande distance des habitations qui oblige d’avoir des missionnaires pour les visiter quand on peut, à cause de la difficulté des chemins par les neiges qui durent six mois sur la terre, et aussi, à cause du grand éloignement d’une maison à l’autre ». (Lettre à Seignelay, 6 octobre 1682) Pour, sous conditions… En effet, l’évêque désirait établir des paroisses et des curés fixes tout autant que le roi. Les cures amovibles avaient toujours été pour Mgr de Laval une solution temporaire en attendant d’obtenir l’érection en titre de son diocèse. Toutefois, veillant à la pérennité de son Église, il voulait d’abord s’assurer que ces curés auraient un revenu suffisant pour survivre, soit par les dîmes, soit par un supplément, ou par les deux. Les dîmes étaient encore largement insuffisantes et ceux qui demandaient l’implantation de cures fixes « n’étaient pas les plus pressés à fournir pour [y] suppléer » (Gosselin, II, p. 212) Les revenus de Mgr de Laval allaient aussi en diminuant, alors que ses dépenses pour augmenter l’Église en Nouvelle-France et suppléer aux prêtres augmentaient sans cesse2. Malgré tout, Mgr de Laval ne baissa pas les bras et tenta à nouveau de faire entendre l’impossibilité de répondre aux attentes royales sous ces conditions. Puisque sa création de districts paroissiaux avait levé des objections à la Cour, principalement à cause de leur trop grande étendue, l’intendant de Meulles partit avec le vicaire général de l’évêque, M. des Maizerets, pour refaire la tournée du diocèse au cours de 1682 et 1683 et constater les chiffres par lui-même. (Baillargeon, p. 23) Le Plan général de 1683 L’évêque, le gouverneur et l’intendant rédigèrent alors ensemble un état des lieux du diocèse intitulé Plan général des cures et des missions du Canada donnant l’étendue des paroisses, les dimensions des églises ou chapelles, les noms des curés qui les desservent, leur âge, la population, la valeur des dîmes, etc., etc. En 1683, il y avait une population française de 10 251 établie au Canada et de 1 512 Amérindiens en missions sédentaires. Pour servir de subsistance à ceux-ci, seulement 25 217 arpents de terre étaient défrichés. Un arpent est une vieille mesure équivalente à environ 58,5 mètres, soit la quantité de terre cultivable pour nourrir une personne à l’année. Considérant que plusieurs familles en NouvelleFrance pouvaient atteindre jusqu’à 20 enfants, cette situation la laissait effectivement dans un état de profonde pauvreté. (Gosselin, II, p. 257) Le Plan dénombrait 20 prêtres, dont 9 nés au Canada et éduqués au Séminaire de Mgr de Laval. La plupart étaient jeunes et vigoureux, mais le constant voyagement dans leur immense district les fatiguait vite. Il n’y avait que huit ou neuf églises en pierre. La plupart des cures n’avait ni presbytère ni même de résidence fixe pour les prêtres. (suite en page 5) 4 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2017 23 3 24 �3 24 25 2 Québec Fleuve Saint-Laurent 1 32 31 Descente du fleuve Saint-Laurent lors de la visite pastorale de 1681 1 6. Montréal, 29 juin au 10 juillet 1 7. Île Jésus, 10 juillet 1 8. Cap-Saint-Michel (Varennes), 11 juillet 1 9. Longueuil, 11 juillet 20. La Valtrie, 12 juillet 2 1 . Cressé (Nicolet), 14 juillet 22. Rivière-Puante (Bécancour), 15 juillet 23. Gentilly, 16 juillet 24. Sainte-Anne-de-La-Pérade, 17 juillet 25. Deschambault, 19 au 29 juillet 26. Île-aux-Oies (Île-aux-Grues), 29 juillet 27. Cap-Saint-Ignace, 30 juillet 26 30 29 28 27 28. Rivière-du-Sud (Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny), 31 juillet 29. La Durantaye (Saint-Michel), 1 août 30. Beaumont, 9 août 3 1. Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy, 10 août 32. Québec, 10 août Selon les registres de confirmations des archives de l’Archevêché de Québec Un diocèse sous-financé (suite de la page 4) Deux exemples de cette situation sont à citer. L’abbé Thomas Morel, un des prêtres fondateurs du Séminaire de Québec, s’occupait d’une zone de 27 lieues (61 km) située entre Rivière-du-Loup et Berthier, dans laquelle vivaient 63 familles seulement. En France, un curé avait une distance moyenne de 2 lieues à parcourir. Le pauvre Morel n’avait ni chapelle, ni presbytère dans son district. (Gosselin, II, p. 256) L’abbé de Saint-Claude prenait sa relève à partir de Berthier, jusqu’à la Pointe-Lévy. Lorsqu’il entreprit sa première visite du diocèse, Mgr de Saint-Vallier écrivit « je visitai sur ma route toutes les églises que j’y trouvai des deux côtés de la rivière (…) étaient ou si prêtes à tomber en ruine, ou si dépourvues des choses les plus nécessaires, que la pauvreté où je les vis m’affligea sensiblement (…) ». (Gosselin, II, p. 264) Dans le Plan, Mgr de Laval indiquait les 25 districts qu’il avait créés en 1678 et qui pouvaient, sous les bonnes conditions, devenir des noyaux de nombreuses paroisses. En soit, elles deviendraient les paroisses-mères de toutes les autres. Ces districts avaient, en majorité, déjà un prêtre sur place. L’intendant proposait d’utiliser les Récollets comme curés, ce qui diminuerait les frais de l’État et assurerait un service stable aux fidèles. (Lettre à Seignelay, 4 novembre 1683) Toutefois, une telle solution ne diminuerait en rien les frais requis aux habitants et elle n’eût aucun suivi. Conclusion dienne dès 1684. Mgr de Laval dut garder que les cures assez nanties pour assurer la subsistance de leur curé. Son Séminaire, qui servait de pourvoyeur aux prêtres et aux fidèles du Canada, assura donc par son financement la pérennité de l’Église du pays, comme l’avait voulu son fondateur. (Bureau, p. 146) François de Laval aurait pu être démoralisé de l’état de son Église après tant d’années et d’efforts de sa part et celle de ses prêtres. « Mais ce qui le consola, ce fut la pensée qu’il avait semé partout avec abondance le germe fécond de la foi chrétienne et que cette foi finirait un jour par produire des merveilles. » (Gosselin, II, p. 264) 1 Cette gratification, ou subvention royale, variait entre 4 000 et 8 000 livres par année. 2 000 livres allaient directement à l’entretient des prêtres infirmes ou malades et 1 200 livres pour la construction des églises. Mgr de Laval estimait des frais de 800 livres par année, par curé fixe, pour leur subsistance au Canada. (Gosselin, I, p. 414) 2 Les revenus de Mgr de Laval avaient diminué de 10 000 livres par année depuis que le roi lui avait donné les menses de l’abbaye de l’Estrées en 1672 pour financer son diocèse mais qui, en fait, ne rapportaient presque rien. Il ne recevait plus les 6 000 livres de pension que la Cour lui avait promises, ni les 2 000 livres que lui allouait la Compagnie des Indes Occidentales jusqu’à sa dissolution en 1674. Il perdait aussi annuellement 2 000 livres suite à l’échange qu’il avait faite de l’île d’Orléans pour l’île Jésus, en 1675, afin de se procurer l’argent nécessaire pour construire son Séminaire. (Gosselin, II, p. 218) Bibliographie Baillargeon, N. « Le Séminaire de Québec et les cures sous l’épiscopat de Mgr de Laval », Cap-aux-Diamants, Numéro hors série, printemps 1993, p. 22-25. Bureau, G. François de Laval et son époque, 2012, Québec : Séminaire de Québec, 264 p. Malgré le Plan, les suppliques et les solutions proposées, le roi diminua le montant qu’il accordait à l’Église cana- Gosselin, A. Vie de Mgr de Laval, T. I et II, 1890, Québec : Demers et Frères, 704 p. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval • Décembre 2017 5 �P a r M a rti n a d e Vri e s L e S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c a e ntr e pri s e n n o v e m br e 2 01 6 d e r é ali s er u n r e c e n s e m e nt e x h a u stif d e t o ut e l a d o c u m e nt ati o n, d e s a rt éf a ct s et d e s r e p r é s e nt ati o n s s o u s diff é r e nt e s f o r m e s q ui é v o q u e nt o u r a p p ell e nt s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. P o ur c e f air e, l e S é mi n air e a m a n d at é l e C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al p o u r él a b o r e r u n c at al o g u e d e s c ri ptif p r é s e nt a nt l a t e n e u r d e s d o c u m e nt s e n n o tifi a n t l e s li e u x d e c o n s e r v a ti o n e t si p o s si bl e, e n f ai s a n t l a c a p t a ti o n n u m é ri q u e e t p h o t o g r a p hi q u e d e c e q ui s e r a i n v e n t o ri é. C e t t e d o c u m e n t a ti o n s e r vi r a a u x c h e r c h e u r s t a n t p o u r s o n hi s t oi r e q u e p o u r s a s pi ri t u ali t é. L a p r e mi è r e p h a s e d e c e v a s t e p r oj e t e s t d e r é ali s e r l’i n v e n t ai r e d e t o u t l e c o r p u s d e M g r d e L a v al. J u s q u’i ci, n o u s a v o n s r e c e n s é pl u s d e 4 0 0 0 d o c u m e nt s. T o ut e u n e s u r p ri s e !!! P a r mi c e u x- ci, n o u s a v o n s i d e n tifi é e n vi r o n 1 0 0 0 d o c u m e nt s bi bli o g r a p hi q u e s, s oit l e s li v r e s, a rti cl e s d e p é ri o di q u e s, t h è s e s, et c., et 3 0 0 0 d o c u m e nt s s o u r c e s, s oi t l a c o r r e s p o n d a n c e, l e s m a n d e m e n t s, l e s a c t e s, e t c. d e l’ é p o q u e d e M gr d e L a v al. C e s d er ni er s n o u s o nt c a u s é l e pl u s d e diffi c ul t é, c a r il s n e s o n t p a s t o u s r é p e r t o ri é s, s o nt di s p er s é s et l e ur s d e s cri ptif s et l e s r é s u m é s n e s o nt p a s t o u s u nif o r m e s. C e t t e p r e mi è r e p h a s e d e v r ai t s e t e r mi n e r e n d é c e m b r e 2 01 7. I ni ti al e m e n t, n o u s c r o yi o n s q u e t o u t a v ai t é t é i m p ri m é d a n s l’ Al t e r a N o v a P o si ti o , l e d o c u m e n t p ri n ci p al d e l a C a u s e, p u bli é e n 1 9 5 6. N o u s n o u s é ti o n s g r a n d e m e n t tr o m p é s! L’ o bj e ctif à l’ é p o q u e ét ait d e d é m o ntr er l a s ai nt et é d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. U n e s él e c ti o n r e p r é s e n t a ti v e d e s d o c u m e n t s s o u r c e s é t ai t d o n c a m pl e m e n t s uffi s a n t e p o u r l e p r o p o s. Q u a n d à n o u s, l’ o bj e c tif e s t pl u s l a r g e. N o u s d é si r o n s r e c e n s e r t o u t c e q ui a t r ai t a u x di v e r s e s f a c ett e s d e l’ h o m m e : il a ét é é v ê q u e, a d mi ni str at e ur, p a st e ur, s ei g n e ur, p oliti ci e n, h o m m e c h arit a bl e, v o y a g e ur, d éf e n s e ur d e s A m éri n di e n s, a b b é c o m m e n d at air e, s uj et d u r oi et s uj et d u p a p e, é v a n g éli s a t e u r, pi o n ni e r e t f o n d a t e u r. N ot r e- D a m e et H o s pit ali è r e s d e M o nt r é al. A u ni v e a u g o u v e r n e m e n t al, il y a l e s a r c hi v e s p u bli q u e s d u C a n a d a, à O t t a w a, l e s a r c hi v e s d e l a p r o vi n c e d e Q u é b e c e t l e s r e c u eil s d e s m a n d e m e n t s d e s é v ê q u e s e t d u C o n s eil s o u v e r ai n d e l a N o u v ell e- F r a n c e. N o u s c o n s t a t o n s à p r é s e n t l’i m m e n s e t r a v ail q u e c el a a p u s u s ci t e r p o u r l e s bi o g r a p h e s e t p o s t ul a t e u r s d e M g r d e L a v al. S u r t o u t q u’il s n’ a v ai e n t p a s l a t e c h n ol o gi e d’ a uj o ur d’ h ui! S al u o n s i ci l e tr a v ail, e ntr e a utr e s, d e s a b b é s G e o r g e s- É d o u a r d D e m e r s, H o n o ri u s P r o v o s t, A u g u s t e G o s s eli n, A m é d é e G o s s eli n, T h o m a s- Éti e n n e H a m el, N o ël B aill a r g e o n, ai n si q u e l e t r a v ail d e t r a d u c ti o n d e s n o t e s 6 ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) P a r e x e m pl e, l’ a b b é G e o r g e s- É d o u a r d D e m e r s, vi c e- p o st ul a t e u r d e l a C a u s e e t a u t e u r p ri n ci p al d e l’ Al t e r a N o v a P o siti o , p o u r e x pli q u e r l e s diffi c ult é s e n c o ur u e s p o ur f air e n o m m e r F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al vi c ai r e a p o s t oli q u e e n N o u v ell e- F r a n c e, e nt r e 1 6 5 7 et 1 6 5 8, a s él e cti o n n é ci n q l ettr e s d e l a c orr e s p o n d a n c e d e M. Éti e n n e G u effi e r, r e p r é s e nt a nt d u r oi d e Fr a n c e à R o m e. D e c ell e s- ci, d e u x e xtr ait s o nt ét é i m p ri m é s d a n s l’Alt e r a N o v a P o siti o . D a n s n ot r e p r oj et, n o u s all o n s p r é s e n t e r l a c o r r e s p o n d a n c e c o m pl è t e d e M. G u effi e r, s oi t 3 9 l e t t r e s e t 2 m é m oi r e s. Bi e n d’ a u t r e s d o c u m e n t s d oi v e n t ê t r e d é t e r r é s d a n s pl u si e u r s m u s é e s, di o c è s e s, p a r oi s s e s e t c o m m u n a u t é s r eli gi e u s e s. P ar mi l e s ar c hi v e s fr a n ç ai s e s, o n tr o u v e c ell e s, e n t r e a u t r e s, d e C a e n, C h a r t r e s, É v r e u x, L a R o c h ell e, M o nti g n y- s ur- A vr e, P ari s et V er s aill e s. À R o m e, o n e n r etr o u v e d a n s l e s ar c hi v e s v ati c a n e s (i n cl u a nt l e s c orr e s p o n d a n c e s a v e c l e s n o n c e s e n F r a n c e, q u el q u e s f o n d s d e s p a p e s, l a C o n g r é g a ti o n C o n si s t o ri al e, l a S e c r é t ai ri e d’ É t a t e t l a D a t e ri e a p o s t oli q u e), l e s a r c hi v e s d e l a C o n g r é g a ti o n d e l a P r o p a g a n d e e t l e s a r c hi v e s d e l a C o n g r é g a ti o n d e s Ri t e s. A u Q u é b e c, n o u s a v o n s l e s a r c hi v e s d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, c ell e s d u di o c è s e d e Q u é b e c, l e s f o n d s d e s p o st ul at e u r s d e l a C a u s e, l e s a r c hi v e s d e s di o c è s e s et d e s p a r oi s s e s c r é é e s p a r M g r d e L a v al e t l e s c o m m u n a u t é s d e s S ul pi ci e n s, Ur s uli n e s, A u g u sti n e s, J é s uit e s, C o n gr é g ati o n ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) P R OJET E nt r et e ni r l a m é m oi r e d e s ai nt F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al M os aï q u e d’ u n e vi e a cti v e D o c u m e nts r e c e ns és s ui v a nt l a li g n e d e t e m ps d e Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al. C ett e m os aï q u e i m pr essi o n n e t o uj o urs n os visit e urs. i t ali e n n e s d e l’Al t e r a N o v a P o si ti o q u e c o m pl è t e p r é s e nt e m e n t l e p è r e R o g e r L a b e r g e, d e r ni e r p o s t ul a t e u r d e l a C a u s e. E n 2 01 8, n o u s e n t a m e r o n s l a s e c o n d e p h a s e d u p r oj e t, s oit l a q u alifi c ati o n d e s d o c u m e nt s r e c e n s é s. S o nt-il s n u m é ri s é s ? D e q u ell e q u ali t é e s t c e t t e n u m é ri s a ti o n ? S e r ai e n t-il s à t r a d ui r e d e l’i t ali e n o u l e l a ti n v e r s l e f r a nç ai s ? D e pl u s, u n t r a v ail d e v r a êt r e f ait p o u r st a n d a r di s e r l e s r é s u m é s d e s d o c u m e n t s e t l e u r s d o n n é e s bi bli o g r ap hi q u e s, e t c. C e t t e d e u xi è m e p h a s e d e v r ai t o c c u p e r l a m aj o ri t é d e 2 01 8. B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • D é c e m b r e 2 01 7 �É VÉ NE ME NT Al b u m p h ot o s 1 2 ( P h o t o : Cl ai r e D u M e s nil) ( P h o t o s : Cl ai r e D u M e s nil) 3 1. C o n g r è s SI G NI S e t n o s g r a n d s d e l a f oi L e s C o n g r è s i nt e r n ati o n a u x d e l’ A s s o ci ati o n c at h oli q u e m o n di al e p o u r l a c o m m u ni c ati o n ( SI G NI S) et d e l a C at h oli c Pr e s s A s s o ci ati o n s e s o nt t e n u s c e t t e a n n é e à l’ U ni v e r si t é L a v al d u 1 9 a u 2 2 j ui n. L e s o r g a ni s a t e u r s o n t mi s l’ é v é n e m e nt s o u s l a pr ot e cti o n d e n o s gr a n d s d e l a f oi d e Q u é b e c, s oit l a bi e n h e ur e u s e C at h eri n e d e S ai nt- A u g u sti n, s ai nt e M ari e d e l’I n c ar n ati o n e t s ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. Il y a e u u n p èl e ri n a g e a u x t o m b e a u x, u n e c él é b r a ti o n, l a p ri è r e d u m a ti n, l’i d e n tifi c a ti o n d e s all e s à l e u r n o m e t u n a t eli e r à l e u r s uj e t. 2. H o m m a g e D a n s l e c a d r e d e s f e s ti vi t é s d u 3 5 0 e a n ni v e r s ai r e d e s a f o n d a ti o n, l a p a r oi s s e d e L a N a ti vi t é d e l a S ai n t e- Vi e r g e a s o uli g n é l e p a s s a g e d e s ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al à l a P r ai ri e- d e-l a- M a g d el ei n e e n 1 6 7 6. U n e b o r n e d’i n t e r p r ét ati o n i n st all é e d e v a nt l’ é gli s e a ét é d é v oil é e l e 1 9 m ai e n p r é s e n c e d e M. l e c a r di n al C y p ri e n L a c r oi x, a r c h e v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c, e t d e n o m b r e u x di g ni t ai r e s e t fi d èl e s. ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) 4 ( P h o t o : J e a n D u v al) 5 3. H o m m a g e bi s E n s oi r é e, a p r è s u n e m e s s e s ol e n n ell e e n m é m oi r e d e n o t r e s ai n t, l e c a r di n al a é t é i n vi t é à b é ni r l a gi cl é e S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e Q u é b e c , q ui s e r a a c c r o c h é e à l’ e n t r é e d e l’ é gli s e. S u r l a p h o t o, n o u s p o u v o n s a p e r c e v oi r l’ a b b é J a c q u e s R o b e r g e, s u p é ri e u r g é n é r al d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, D a ni el A b el, a u t e u r d e l’ œ u v r e, l e c a r di n al L a c r oi x e t l e c u r é, M. M a ri o D e sr o si er s. R e m er ci e m e nt s a u x or g a ni s at e ur s p o ur c ett e i niti ati v e et c ett e b ell e j o u r n é e. 4. Pl u s a u c u n d o u t e! S uit e a u x q u e sti o n n e m e nt s r é p ét é s d e vi sit e ur s q u a nt à s a v oir o ù r e p o s e nt l e s r e st e s d e s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, l e s a ut orit é s d u S é mi n air e d e Q u é b e c e t d e l a c a t h é d r al e N o t r e- D a m e d e Q u é b e c o n t c o n v e n u d e m o difi e r l’i n s c ri p ti o n s u r l a d all e d e l a c h a p ell e f u n é r ai r e. 5. R e p o r t a g e s c hi n oi s U n e é q ui p e d e T V Pr o d u cti o n F o u nt ai n of L o v e a n d Lif e e n O nt ari o e st v e n u e e n r e p o r t a g e d a n s l a vill e d e Q u é b e c p o u r p r é s e n t e r à s o n a u di t oi r e c a n a di e n d’ ori gi n e c hi n oi s e n o s gr a n d s d e l a f oi. D u 4 a u 7 a o ût, l’ é q ui p e a p u c a pt er d e s i m a g e s i n sit u et i nt er vi e w er diff ér e nt s i nt erl o c ut e ur s p o ur l e ur pr é s e nt er C at h eri n e d e S ai nt- A u g u sti n, M ari e d e l’I n c ar n ati o n et d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. L e r e p ort a g e s’ e st f ait e n a n gl ai s et e n m a n d ari n. B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • D é c e m b r e 2 01 7 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) Statue hommage Cette œuvre fut commanditée par madame Jeannine Hot et monsieur Wilfrid Paré à l’occasion du décès accidentel de leur fils, Serge Paré, à l’âge de 21 ans, le 2 octobre 1980. Le dévoilement et la bénédiction de l’œuvre se sont fait consécutivement au cours d’une célébration eucharistique le 10 octobre 1981, à l’église de la Visitation de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie à Château-Richer en présence du curé de l’époque, l’abbé Henri Goulet, et du chanoine Jacques Lemieux, alors directeur du Centre. Paul Y. Gagnon (1932- ) En pin verni, 110 cm X 35 cm, 1981 Église de la Visitation de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, Château-Richer, Québec Le Pape Alexandre VII à Mgr de Laval Votre zèle n’a pas besoin, nous le savons, d’être stimulé ; il s’enflamme spontanément, à la vue de ce qu’il faut entreprendre pour la propagation de notre sainte Religion. Livrez-vous à cette noble tâche avec ardeur et amour. Vous savez l’affection paternelle que nous vous portons, ainsi qu’à votre Église, et à ses nouvelles plantations chrétiennes. Vos travaux apostoliques vous assureront de plus en plus cette affection, mais surtout la bénédiction du Tout-Puissant. (Archives du Séminaire de Québec, Lettre de S. S. Alexandre VII à Mgr de Laval, 3 avril 1660) (Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHIE Les incendies du Séminaire de Québec de décembre 1701 et octobre 1705. Spectacle multimédia Lumière, 2013 Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Mai 2018 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 35 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 35 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-5 :<em> Un diocèse sous-financé</em> par Martina de Vries<br />p. 6 : <em>Entretenir la mémoire de saint François de Laval (suite)</em> par Martina de Vries<br />p. 7 : Brèves<br />p. 8 : Iconographie : Statue par Paul Y. 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Nous avons voulu souligner, à notre façon, la contribution de ses premiers artisans. Saint François de Laval les connaissait bien et leur rendit souvent visite. Plongeons quelques instants dans les premiers balbutiements de cette grande métropole. Une « folle entreprise » Ville-Marie est fondée en 1642 par deux Champenois, Maisonneuve et Mance, dans un but purement religieux : convertir les Amérindiens. Le site de l’île de Montréal est idéal selon eux : il est un carrefour des routes commerciales de la fourrure. Malheureusement, il est aussi un carrefour des guerres iroquoises (incessantes entre 1643 et 1665) et des épidémies. (Baboyart, p. 20) Le gouverneur de Montmagny aurait préféré les voir s’installer à l’île d’Orléans. Il était déjà difficile de christianiser les Amérindiens ; c’était une « folle entreprise » que de tenter de les sédentariser et de les franciser, surtout dans un site aussi dangereux! Marie de l’Incarnation disait d’ailleurs : « On fait plus facilement un Sauvage avec un Français qu’un Français avec un Sauvage! ». Ville-Marie aurait pu être abandonnée très tôt. En 1657 et en 1659, respectivement, meurent les fondateurs de la Société Notre-Dame, M. Olier et M. de La Dauversière, laissant une dette de 130 000 livres tournois. Mais les Montréalistes, convaincus du bienfait de leur entreprise, font pression pour que la mission puisse continuer. Le nouveau supérieur des Sulpiciens en France, M. de Bretonvilliers, fait le don princier, au nom de la communauté, de la seigneurie aux Sulpiciens de Montréal. (Litalien, p. 16) En 1657, quatre Sulpiciens débarquent sur l’île, dont Gabriel de Queylus, qui fondera le Séminaire de Montréal, et Gabriel Souart, qui sera le premier curé de 1657 à 1666. En 1660, Photomontage des personnages en bas-relief ceinturant le socle du monument Jeanne d’Arc. Dans l’ordre : Marguerite Bourgeoys, François de Laval et Jeanne Mance. Œuvre de Jules Déchin située à Québec. (Photo : Daniel Abel) Jeanne Mance et Marguerite Bourgeoys ramènent aussi des recrues pour leur institution respective. Lors de la première visite pastorale de François de Laval en août 1660, il y a près de 375 personnes à Montréal, colons et amérindiens. De 1659 à 1683, la chapelle Saint-Joseph de l’Hôtel-Dieu sert d’église paroissiale. Les Sulpiciens y exercent le ministère de la paroisse et dirigent un séminaire pour l’éducation des garçons. Jeanne Mance s’occupe de l’Hôtel-Dieu et Marguerite Bourgeoys, avec quelques jeunes filles, dispense l’enseignement auprès (suite en page 2) des enfants. �M o nt r é al l a t r è s pi e u s e ( s ui t e d e l a p a g e 1) S o n e s ti m e p o u r d e u x f o n d a t ri c e s t e n a c e s Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a c o n n u e t ai m é l e s pi o n ni è r e s d e M o nt r é al. J e a n n e M a n c e a r ri v e e n 1 6 4 2 p o u r s oi g n e r l e s m al a d e s et l e s bl e s s é s. Fi n a n c é e p a r M m e d e B o uli o n, ell e o u v ri r a l’ H ô t el- Di e u e n 1 6 4 8. M a r g u e ri t e B o u r g e o y s s e j oi n t à ell e e n 1 6 5 3 e t f o n d e s o n é c ol e q u a t r e a n s pl u s t a r d d a n s u n e a n ci e n n e é t a bl e d e l a C o m p a g ni e d e M o nt r é al. P o u r r e c r u t e r d e s c o m p a g n e s, J e a n n e M a n c e e t M a r g u e ri t e B o u r g e o y s e nt r e p r e n n e nt u n v o y a g e e n Fr a n c e e n 1 6 5 8. À l e u r r et o u r l e 8 s e pt e m b r e 1 6 5 9 s u r l e S ai nt- A n d r é , a p r è s u n e t r a v e r s é e é p r o u v a nt e, Mll e M a n c e a m è n e M a ri e M aill e t, J u di t h M o r e a u d e B r é s ol e s e t C a t h e ri n e M a c é; Mll e B o u r g e o y s e s t a c c o m p a g n é e d’ E d m é e C h a s t el, C a t h e ri n e C r ol o, A n n e Hi o u x e t M a ri e R ai si n. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, à Q u é b e c d e p ui s l e 1 6 j ui n 1 6 5 9, e s t p r é s e n t p o u r l e s a c c u eilli r. L e s p a s s a g e r s d e m e u r e n t u n m oi s à Q u é b e c p o u r s oi g n e r l e s m al a d e s e t r é gl e r l a q u e s ti o n d e s H o s pi t ali è r e s d e L a Fl è c h e. L a r em o n t é e d u S ai n t- L a u r e n t p r e n d d e u x s e m ai n e s p o u r a t t ei n d r e M o n t r é al. L’ é v ê q u e l e s vi si t e r a à pl u si e u r s r e p ri s e s à M o n t r é al p a r l a s ui t e. P a r s o u ci d’ u ni t é d a n s s o n di o c è s e, l’ é v ê q u e a u r ai t p r éf é r é q u e l e s U r s uli n e s é d u q u e n t l e s j e u n e s fill e s d e M o n t r é al e t q u e l e s A u g u sti n e s s’ o c c u p e n t d e l’ h ô pi t al. D a n s l e s A n n al e s d e l’ H ôt el- Di e u d e Q u é b e c , s œ u r J u c h er e a u é c ri t : « Il a u r ai t d é si r é, p o u r l e bi e n d e l a p ai x, d e n’ a v oi r q u’ u n s e ul i n sti t u t d’ H o s pi t ali è r e s a u C a n a d a ; il a v ait m ê m e e n v o y é d e u x H o s pit ali èr e s d e Q u é b e c à M o ntr é al C art e d es d é b uts d e Vill e- M ari e s el o n A.- L é o L e y m ari e, d’ a pr ès l e m a n us crit d e 1 6 7 2 d e Fr a n ç ois D olli er d e C ass o n, s ul pi ci e n, Hist oir e d u M o ntr é al d e 1 6 4 0 à 1 6 7 2 . p o u r s o n d e r l e t e r r ai n et v oi r si ell e s n e p o u r r ai e n t p a s s’ y é t a bli r. » ( G o s s eli n, p. 1 2 3) M ai s t r oi s r é ali t é s v o nt à l’ e n c o nt r e d e c e d é si r : p e u d e r eli gi e u s e s à Q u é b e c s o nt di s p o ni bl e s, ell e s s o n t t r o p p a u v r e s p o u r s o u t e ni r d e u x i n sti t u ti o n s et l e s f o n d a t ri c e s à M o nt r é al s o nt r e m a r q u abl e m e nt t e n a c e s. L’ ori gi n alit é d e l a C o n gr é g ati o n N otr e- D a m e r é si d e d a n s l e f ait q u e l e s r eli gi e u s e s n e s o nt p a s cl oîtr é e s. Mll e B o ur g e o y s e n c o m p r e n d r a pi d e m e n t l e s a v a n t a g e s d a n s u n p a y s c o m m e l e C a n a d a. Ell e c o n si d è r e q u’il e st p r éf é r a bl e q u e l e s e n s ei g n a nt e s aill e nt v e r s l e s é c oli e r s pl ut ôt q u e d e l e s o bli g e r à s e r e n d r e d a n s l e u r c o u v e nt. P o u r o bt e ni r l e s l e t t r e s p a t e n t e s r e c o n n ai s s a n t s a c o m m u n a u t é, ell e eff e c t u e u n a u t r e v o y a g e e n Fr a n c e e n 1 6 7 0. D éj à e n 1 6 6 7, M g r d e L a v al a v ait m a n d at é t r oi s p e r s o n n e s d’i m p o r t a n c e p o u r t e n t e r d e r é gl e r l’ offi ci ali s a ti o n d e ( s ui t e e n p a g e 3) R E C TI FI C A TI F D a n s l a c ol o s s al e r e c h e r c h e d e M. Gill e s B u r e a u p o u r é t a bli r l a li st e d e s é v ê q u e s i s s u s d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c p u bli é e d a n s l e d e r ni e r n u m é r o, q u el q u e s l e c t e u r s a vi s é s n o u s o nt a p p o r t é c e s p r é ci si o n s. N o u s t e n o n s à l e s e n r e m e r ci e r. Il a u r ai t f all u li r e e n p a g e 6 a u x li g n e s s ui v a nt e s : S ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al N u m ér o 3 4 • M ai 2 01 7 P o u r n o u s j oi n d r e C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al 2 0, r u e D e B u a d e, Q u é b e c ( Q u é b e c) G1 R 4 A1 2 1 9 7 4 : M gr N o ël D el a q ui s n e d e vr ait p a s a v oir l’ attri b ut « ( O. C. S. O.) » a pr è s s o n n o m ; 1 9 9 9 : M g r J ea n G a g n o n a f r é q u e n t é l e G ra n d S é mi n ai r e et e st d é c é d é e n d é c e m b r e 2 01 6 ; 2 0 0 8 : M g r Y v o n- J o s e p h M o r e a u, S. E., a f ait d e s ét u d e s a u Gr a n d S é mi n air e. Il e st é v ê q u e d u di o c è s e d e S ai nt e- A n n e- d e-l a- P o c ati èr e. T él é p h o n e : 41 8 6 9 2- 0 2 2 8 C o urri el : c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m Vi sit e z n otr e sit e w e b : w w w.fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m s ur F a c e b o o k et s ur T witt er : @ C e ntr e F d L R é vi s e ur : M arti n a d e Vri e s C o n c e pti o n gr a p hi q u e : L e c o ur s c o m m u ni c ati o n. c o m Tir a g e : 2 5 0 0 e x e m pl air e s, di s p o ni bl e s e n fr a n ç ai s et e n a n gl ai s. C e b ull eti n e st p u bli é d e u x f oi s l’ a n et e st e n v o y é gr at uit e m e nt p ar l a p o st e. Il s e r etr o u v e e n f or m at P D F s ur n otr e sit e w e b. R é d a ct e ur e n c h ef : J e a n D u v al N o u s a v o n s l e s o u ci d e l’ e n vir o n n e m e nt. V otr e i n s cri pti o n v ol o nt air e à n otr e li st e d’ e n v oi él e ctr o ni q u e p er m ettr a d e mi ni mi s er l’ utili s ati o n d u p a pi er. V o u s r e c e vr e z l e s pr o c h ai n s e x e m pl air e s e n f or m at P D F e n v o u s a dr e s s a nt à c e ntr e @fr a n c oi s d el a v al. c o m C oll a b or at e ur s : D a ni el A b el Gill e s B ur e a u M arti n a d e Vri e s B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 7 D é p ôt l é g al : Bi bli ot h è q u e et Ar c hi v e s C a n a d a I S S N 1 9 2 0-111 7 �M o nt r é al l a t r è s pi e u s e ( s ui t e d e l a p a g e 2) l’ œ u v r e d e Mll e B o u r g e o y s. C o m m e l e di t G o s s eli n, « n ul d o u t e q u e l a p e r mi s si o n d o n n é e p a r M g r d e L a v al n e f u t d’ u n g r a n d p oi d s p o u r l a r é u s si t e d e c ett e aff ai r e ; c a r l e p r él at j o ui s s ait d’ u n e g r a n d e r é p ut ati o n d e s a g e s s e et d e p r u d e n c e ». ( G o s s eli n, p. 11 7-11 8) E nfi n, l o r s d e s a vi si t e p a st o r al e d e 1 6 71, il a p p r o u v e offi ci ell e m e nt l e s H o s pi t ali è r e s d e S ai n t- J o s e p h d e M o n t r é al, p ui s, e n 1 6 7 6, l a C o n g r é g a ti o n N ot r e- D a m e. M g r d e L a v al a a u s si c o n n u M a ri e M o ri n (1 6 4 91 7 3 0), n é e à Q u é b e c, p r e mi è r e C a n a di e n n e à j oi n d r e l e s H o s pi t ali è r e s d e S ai n t- J o s e p h d e M o n t r é al. M a ri e f ai t s e s v œ u x l e 2 0 m a r s 1 6 6 5 à M o n t r é al d e v a n t M. G a b ri el S o u a r t, l e s e c o n d s u p é ri e u r d e s S ul pi ci e n s. Ell e é c ri t Hi s t oi r e si m pl e e t v é ri t a bl e. L e s A n n al e s d e l’ H ô t el- Di e u d e M o n t r é al d e 1 6 5 91 7 2 5 , u n e i nt é r e s s a nt e hi st oi r e d e s a c o m m u n a u t é q ui e s t, p a r l e f ai t m ê m e, c ell e d e s d é b u t s d e M o nt r é al. Ell e dit m a g nifi q u e m e nt d e M g r d e P ét r é e q u’il « ét ait u n g r a n d s e r vit e u r d e Di e u et u n h o m m e t o u t a p o st oli q u e ». ( G o s s eli n, p. 1 2 3) S o n f r è r e aî n é, l’ a b b é G e r m ai n M o ri n (1 6 4 2-1 7 0 2), e s t l e p r e mi e r C a n a di e n à ê t r e o r d o n n é p r ê t r e l e 1 9 s e p t e m b r e 1 6 6 5 e t e s t s e c r é t ai r e d e M g r d e L a v al d e 1 6 5 9 à 1 6 6 5, p ui s p r ê t r e mi s si o n n ai r e c o m m e vi c ai r e o u c u r é d’ u n e di z ai n e d e p a r oi s s e s. É m u p a r l e u r m al h e u r S ui t e à l’i n c e n di e d e s b â ti m e n t s d e l a C o n g r é g a ti o n d a n s l a n ui t d u 6 a u 7 d éc e m b r e 1 6 8 3, M g r d e L a v al é c ri t : « J’ ai é t é s e n si bl e m e n t t o u c h é d e c e t a c ci d e nt et p a r ti c uli è r e m e nt d e l a p e r t e d e s d e u x s œ u r s G e n e vi è v e et M a r g u e rit e, e n v el o p p é e s d a n s l’i n c e n di e. C’ é t ai e n t d e s f r ui t s m û r s p o u r l e Ci el, m ai s q ui é t ai e nt bi e n n é c e s s ai r e s à c ett e c o m m un a u t é. » ( G o s s eli n, p. 11 9) L’ a t t ri s t a n t t o u t a u t a n t, e n 1 6 9 5, c’ e s t l’ H ô t el- Di e u d e M o n t r é al q ui b r ûl e. Bi e n q u’il vi v e r eti r é a u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, il l e u r f ait p ar v e nir 2 0 0 li vr e s 1 p o ur l a r e c o n str u cti o n. S o n s o u ti e n a u p r è s d e mi s si o n n ai r e s d é v o u é s D e p ui s s e s d é b u t s, M o n t r é al a é t é t r è s i n d é p e n d a n t e à c a u s e d e s o n i s ol e m e nt. Ell e é c h a p p e s o u v e nt à l’ a ut o rit é d u g o u v er n e ur d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e. D e m ê m e, l’ a ut orit é d e M g r d e L a v al e st p a rf oi s c o nt e st é e 2 . L a j u ri di c ti o n d e vi c ai r e a p o st oli q u e, u n e n o u v e a u t é à l’ é p o q u e, n e r alli e p a s i m m é di at e m e nt t o u s l e s e s p rit s. U n e p é ri o d e d e fl ot t e m e n t m a r q u e l e s p r e mi è r e s a n n é e s d e l’ é pi s c o p a t d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. À M o n t r é al, l e « b o uill a n t » a b b é d e Q u e yl u s, S ul pi ci e n, s e s o u m e t à c e r t ai n s m o m e n t s à M g r d e L a v al, q ui l ui p e r m et d e p r ê c h e r à u n e c é r é m o ni e, et à d’ a u t r e s, il e x e r c e l e r ôl e d e vi c ai r e g é n é r al o bt e n u d e l’ a r c h e v ê q u e d e R o u e n, q ui di s p u t e l e s d r oi t s d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al s ur l’ É gli s e d u C a n a d a. L’ a b b é d e Q u e yl u s e st r a p p el é e n Fr a n c e, m ai s p e ut r e v e nir e n N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e e n 1 6 6 8. M g r d e L a v al l e n o m m e al o r s vi c ai r e g é n é r al à M o nt r é al, s ei g n e u r et p r e mi e r s u p é ri e u r d e s S ul pi ci e n s. Il r e t o u r n e e n Fr a n c e p o u r d e s r ai s o n s d e s a n t é, o ù il d é c è d e e n 1 6 7 7. ( B u r e a u, p. 7 5) D è s l e p ri nt e m p s 1 6 7 6, a p r è s l’ o u v e r t u r e d e l a n a vi g ati o n, M g r d e L a v al s e r e n d à M o n t r é al p o u r pl u si e u r s j o u r s. L o r s d e s a vi si t e, l e 31 m ai, il o r d o n n e p o u r l a p r e mi è r e f oi s u n p r ê t r e s ul pi ci e n d a n s l’ é gli s e d e l’ H ô t el- Di e u, M. Pi e r r e R é m y (1 6 31-1 7 2 6), q ui s e r a p ri n ci p al e m e nt c u r é d e L a c hi n e, a u m ô ni e r d e l’ H ô t el- Di e u e t p r o c u r e u r d u S é mi n ai r e d e M o nt r é al. A p r è s l e r ai d i r o q u oi s d e 1 6 8 9, dit l e « m a s s a c r e d e L a c hi n e », il d e m a n d e a u x r eli gi e u s e s d e M a r g u e ri t e B o u r g e o y s d e s e c h a r g e r d e s e nf a n t s o r p h eli n s. S e s p a r oi s si e n s l’ a u r o nt t o uj o u r s e n h a u t e e s ti m e. Il s e r a p r ê t r e p e n d a n t ci n q u a nt e- et- u n a n s. L’ a n n é e s ui v a n t e, e n 1 6 7 7, M g r d e L a v al a p p r o u v e offi ci ell e m e n t l e S é mi n ai r e d e S ai nt- S ul pi c e, a p r è s vi n g t a n s d e t r a v ail d e s e s m e m b r e s, q ui a v ai e nt p ri s l a r el è v e d e s mi s si o n n ai r e s j é s ui t e s e n 1 6 5 7. L e s S ul pi ci e n s s o n t s ei g n e u r s d e M o n t r é al d e 1 6 6 3 j u s q u’ e n 1 8 4 0 e t ti e n n e n t l o n g t e m p s l e s f o n c ti o n s d’ a u m ô ni e r s d e s c o m m u n a ut é s r eli gi e u s e s et d e c ur é d e l’îl e m ai s a u s si, p o u r d e s p é ri o d e s v a ri é e s, d e s p a r oi s s e s d e s ri v e s s u d e t n o r d. ( Li t ali e n, p. 1 5) E n t o u t, 1 2 6 S ul pi ci e n s vi e n n e n t a u J e a n n e M a n c e d é c è d e e n 1 6 7 3 et d é si g n e C a n a d a p e n d a n t l e R é gi m e f r a n ç ai s. E n t r e M g r d e P ét r é e c o m m e s o n e x é c ut e u r t e s L es v érit a bl es m otifs d es 1 6 6 8 et 1 6 8 0, s e pt S ul pi ci e n s s e r e n d e nt a u t a m e n t ai r e ( v oi r p. 5). M a r g u e ri t e B o u r n o r d d u L a c O nt a ri o p o u r t r a v aill e r a u p r è s g e o y s vi v r a j u s q u’ e n 1 7 0 0. M g r d e L a v al m essi e urs et d a m es d e l a d e s H u r o n s. M g r d e L a v al r é di g e p o u r d e u x l ui r e n d c e b el h o m m a g e : « L a s œ u r s o ci ét é d e N otr e- D a m e d e d’ e ntr e e u x, M. Tr o u v é et M. F é n él o n, et p o ur B o u r g e o y s ét ait u n f r uit m û r p o u r l e Ci el ; M o ntr é al p u bli és e n 1 6 4 3. l e u r s c oll è g u e s s e s f a m e u x « C o n s eil s a u x ell e é t ai t h u m bl e, si m pl e. Di e u l ui a f ai t mi s si o n n ai r e s ». L e s S ul pi ci e n s é t a n t pl u s bi e n d e s g r â c e s ; ell e s e r a a u p r è s d u f o r t u n é s, il s fi n a n c e n t m ai n t e s c o n s t r u c ti o n s. S o u s l e S ei g n e u r u n e p ui s s a nt e p r o t e c t ri c e d e v o t r e m ai s o n. » s e c o n d s u p é ri e u r d e s S ul pi ci e n s, D olli e r d e C a s s o n, et l e ( B u r e a u, p. 1 5 8-1 5 9) ( s ui t e e n p a g e 4) 1 A u 1 7e si è cl e, u n h o m m e a y a n t d e u x m é ti e r s, p a r e x e m pl e d éf ri c h e u r et m a ç o n, g a g n ai t a n n u ell e m e nt, e n m o y e n n e, 1 0 0 li v r e s. 2 D e u x f a c t e u r s c h a n g e nt l e s r a p p o r t s e nt r e M o nt r é al et l e s a u t o ri t é s d e Q u é b e c : e n 1 6 6 3, L o ui s XI V d é c r è t e q u’il g o u v e r n e r a s e ul, d o n n a nt pl u s d e p o u v oi r a u g o uv e r n e u r d e l a N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e ; et e n 1 6 7 4, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al o bti e nt offi ci ell e m e nt l e ti t r e d’ é v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c. 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Tr e m bl a y, p r o c u r e u r d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c e n Fr a n c e, s’i n q ui è t e d e s a s a n t é, m ai s l o u e s o n c o u r a g e d e v o y a g e r p o u r a d mi ni st r e r l e s a c r e m e n t d e c o nfi r m a ti o n e n l’ a b s e n c e d e l’ é v ê q u e ti t ul ai r e. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a c o n n u et i nt e r a gi a v e c l e s f o n d a t e u r s r eli gi e u x d e M o nt r é al. O n l’ o u bli e s o u v e nt. C o m m e l’ a b b é G o s s eli n c o n cl u t : « O n v oi t, p a r t o u t c e q ui p r é c è d e, q u e M g r d e L a v al n’ a r é ell e m e nt é t é é t r a n g e r à ri e n d e c e q ui a p u i n t é r e s s e r l e bi e n s pi ri t u el d e M o n t r é al. L e s t r oi s g r a n d e s c o m m u n a u t é s r eli gi e u s e s d e c ett e vill e, S ai ntS ul pi c e, l a C o n g r é g a ti o n d e N o t r e- D a m e, l e s H o s pi t a li è r e s d e S ai nt- J o s e p h, t r o u v è r e nt e n l ui u n a mi fi d èl e, u n p r ot e c t e u r s a g e, p r u d e nt et é cl ai r é. » ( G o s s eli n, p. 1 4 9) Bi bli o g r a p hi e : B a b o y a nt, M. « S ai nt e M o nt r é al », C a p- a u x- Di a m a nt s , n o 2 7 ( a u t o m n e 1 9 91), p. 1 8- 21. B u r e a u, G. Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al et s o n é p o q u e , 2 01 3, Q u é b e c : S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c, 31 4 p. D a v el u y, M.- C. J e a n n e M a n c e , 1 9 6 2, M o nt r é al : Fi d e s, 41 8 p. D e sl a n d r e s, D. et al. L e s S ul pi ci e n s d e M o nt r é al, u n e hi st oi r e d e p o u v oi r et d e di s c r é ti o n , 1 6 5 7- 2 0 0 7, 2 0 0 7, M o nt r é al : Fi d e s, 6 7 0 p. U n pr ot e ct e ur G o s s eli n, A. Vi e d e M g r d e L a v al , T. 2, 1 8 9 0, Q u é b e c : D e m e r s & f r è r e s, 7 0 4 p. E n t a nt q u e vi c ai r e a p o st oli q u e, é v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c, p ui s M g r l’ A n ci e n, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al s e r e n d a u m oi n s di x f oi s à M o n t r é al. L e s d a t e s d e 1 6 6 0, 1 6 6 4, 1 6 6 8, 1 6 6 9, 1 6 7 6, 1 6 7 8, 1 6 81, 1 6 8 8 et 1 7 0 2 s o nt c o nfi r m é e s. À l a d e r ni è r e L a c o u r si è r e, J. « Vill e- M a ri e, d u r ê v e à l a r é ali t é », C a p- a u x- Di a m a nt s , n o 2 7 ( a u t o m n e 1 9 91), p. 9-1 2. Li t ali e n, R. « L e s S ul pi ci e n s a u C a n a d a d e 1 6 5 7 à a uj o u r d’ h ui », C a p- a u x- Di a m a nt s , n o 5 8 ( é t é 1 9 9 9), p. 1 4-1 9. N o u v e a u li v r e s u r F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al T H E S PI RI T U A L W RI TI N G S O F F R A N Ç OI S D E L A V A L L e C e n t r e d’ a ni m a ti o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c vi e n t d e p u bli e r l e li v r e T h e S pi ri t u al Wri ti n g s of Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al , u n e t r a d u c ti o n p a r B e nj a mi n W a t e r h o u s e d u v ol u m e L e s é c rit s s pi rit u el s d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al p a r M gr H er m a n n Gi g u èr e p u bli é e n 2 01 6. S uit e a u p r e mi e r li v r e d e M. Gill e s B u r e a u e x pli q u a n t l e s ci r c o n st a n c e s et l e s d éfi s à r el e v e r p a r l e p r e mi e r é v ê q u e e n N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, hi s lif e a n d ti m e s , l a c o m m u n a u t é a n gl op h o n e n e c e s s e d e m o nt r e r u n i nt é r ê t c e r t ai n p o u r c et A p ô t r e d e l’ A m é ri q u e. L e l e ct e ur p o urr a r etr o u v er, p o ur l a pr e mi èr e f oi s d a n s l a l a n g u e d e S h a k e s p e ar e, 3 9 é c ri t s à c a r a c t è r e s s pi ri t u el s d e c e s ai n t. D e pl u s, e n g r a n d e p r e mi è r e, l e li v r e e s t di s p o ni bl e e n v e r si o n él e c t r o ni q u e. D é t ail s : e n f o r m a t li v r e : 21 4 p a g e s, I S B N 9 7 8- 2- 9 81 2 9 5 7- 4- 3 25 $ 4 pl u s t a x e s o u e n f o r m a t e P u b à 15 $ s u r n o t r e si t e w e b. B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 7 T h e S pirit u al Writi n gs of Fr a n ç ois d e L a v al p ar M gr H er m a n Gi g u èr e Pr éf a c e d u c ar di n al G ér al d C y pri e n L a cr oi x �P A G E D’ HI S T OI R E T e st a m e nt d e J e a n n e M a n c e P a r Gill e s B u r e a u, hi st o ri e n L e s r e c h e r c h e s r é s e r v e nt s o u v e nt d e s s u r p ri s e s q ui é cl ai r e nt l e p a s s é et s u s ci t e nt l’ a d mi r a ti o n et u n e vi v e é m oti o n. L a l e c t u r e d u li v r e d e M a ri e- Cl ai r e D a v el u y J e a n n e M a n c e, ( Fi d e s, 1 9 6 2), c o nti e nt u n f a c- si mil é d u t e st a m e nt ol o g r a p h e d e s o n h é r oï n e. L a f o n d a t ri c e d e l’ H ô pi t al S ai nt- J o s e p h d e M o nt r é al f ai t d e s o n é v ê q u e, M g r d e P é t r é e, s o n e x é c ut e u r te st a m e nt ai r e. L a p r e mi è r e v e r si o n d u t e st a m e nt d at e d e 1 6 6 9. M g r d e L a v al vi sit e M o nt r é al c ett e a n n é e-l à. H a bi t u ell e m e nt, o n a v e r ti t l a p e r s o n n e c o n c e r n é e. M al h e u r e u s e m e nt, l o r s d u d é c è s d e J e a n n e M a n c e, l e 1 8 j ui n 1 6 7 3 à M o n t r é al, Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al e s t e n Fr a n c e d e p ui s 1 6 71 e t n e s e r a d e r e t o u r q u’ e n 1 6 7 5. J e m e s ui s p e r mi s d e r et r a n s c ri r e l e t e x t e d e l a p a g e 2 7 4 e n f r a n ç ai s m o d e r n e. Gill e s B u r e a u, hi st o ri e n J e n o m m e p o u r e x é c u t e u r d e m o n p r é s e n t t e s t a m e n t, M o n s ei g n e u r ill u st ri s si m e et t r è s r é v é r e n di s si m e É v ê q u e d e P ét r é e, n ot r e t r è s di g n e p r él at, s u p pli a nt t r è s h u m bl e m e n t S a G r a n d e u r et d a n s l e pl u s p r of o n d r e s p e c t q u’il m’ e s t p o s si bl e, q u’il l ui pl ai s e d e m e p a r d o n n e r c e t t e h a r di e s s e q u e j e p r e n d s d’ a v oi r o s é l e n o m m e r p o u r u n e c h o s e d e si p eti t e c o n si d é r a ti o n, m ai s q u e j e c r oi s ê t r e n é c e s s ai r e p o u r l e bi e n et l e r e p o s d e c ett e M ai s o n et afi n q u e ni m e s p a r e n t s ni a u t r e s n e vi e n n e n t à t r o u bl e r o u i n q ui é t e r c ett e M ai s o n. J e s u p pli e t r è s h u m bl e m e n t S a G r a n d e u r d e l’ a v oi r a g r é a bl e et q u e si t ô t q u e j e s e r ai t r é p a s s é e, l e s p o r t e s d e m o n a p p art e m e nt s oi e nt f er m é e s a u d e h or s, et q u e t o u s m e s p a pi e r s, t a nt p o u r m o n p a r ti c uli e r q u e p o u r l’ H ô pit al et l e s l ett r e s q ui m e s e r o nt e n v o y é e s d e Fr a n c e, l ui s oi e nt mi s e s e n t r e s e s m ai n s, e t q u’il l ui pl ai s e d e f ai r e p ri e r Di e u p o u r l e r e p o s d e m o n â m e. C’ e st d e q u oi, j e s u p pli e t r è s h u m bl e m e nt S a G r a n d e u r et q u e j’ e s p è r e d e s a b o nt é p o u r l’ a m o u r d e Di e u. F ai t p a r m oi s o u s si g n é e a d mi ni st r a t ri c e d e c et H ô pi t al à M o nt r é al c e t r oi si è m e d e j ui n mil si x c e nt s oi x a nt e- n e uf e n l a M ai s o n o ù j e f ai s l’ a d mi ni st r a ti o n d e l’ H ô pi t al q ui a p p a r ti e n t a u s si a u x p a u v r e s d u di t H ô pi t al si g n é e p a r m oi. J e a n n e M a n c e. C o di cill e d e 1 6 7 2 J e v e u x e t d é si r e q u’ e n l’ a b s e n c e d e M o n s ei g n e u r l’ É vê q u e d e P é t r é e, m o n si e u r S o ü a r t s oi t e x é c u t e u r d e m o n p r é s e n t t e st a m e n t et, l ui a b s e n t, j e d é si r e et v e u x q u e c e s oi t l e s u p é ri e u r e c cl é si a sti q u e d e s S ei g n e u r s d e l’Îl e d e M o nt r é al. F ai t a u di t M o nt r é al l e 1 6 f é v ri e r mill e si x c e nt s e pt a nt e- d e u x. J e a n n e M a n c e. P a r a p h é p a r m oi g r effi e r, s o u s si g n é [...], c e di x- n e uf j ui n 1 6 7 3. B a s s et, g r effi e r. St at u ett e d e s ai nt F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al À l a s ui t e d e l a c a n o ni s a ti o n d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al, il c o n v e n ai t q u e l e S é mi n ai r e f a s s e f ai r e u n e st a t u ett e d e M g r d e L a v al. L a t â c h e f u t c o nfi é e à l a c o m m u n a u t é d e s s œ u r s d e l a F a mill e m o n a sti q u e d e B et hl é e m é t a bli e s a u M o n a st è r e N ot r e- D a m e d e Pi ti é d e M o u g è r e s à C a u x, e n Fr a n c e. L e M o n a st èr e d e M o u g èr e s a brit e d e gr a n d s at eli er s o ù l e s m o ni al e s, ai d é e s d e f e m m e s d e s e n vi r o n s, t r a v aill e nt à l a c r é a ti o n et à l a r é ali s a ti o n d e st a t u ett e s. « C e t r a v ail st a t u ai r e, i n s pi r é d e l’ a r t a n ci e n et d e s t e c hni q u e s a r ti s a n al e s d’ a u t r ef oi s, e st r é ali s é d a n s l a p ri è r e. Il v e ut êtr e a v a nt t o ut u n s er vi c e d’ É gli s e », s el o n l e sit e w e b d u M o n a st èr e. L e s m o ni al e s vi v e nt d e c e tr a v ail arti sti q u e. L’ é v ê q u e missi o n n air e est r e pr és e nt é e n m ar c h e, p ort a nt l’ É v a n gil e a u N o u v e a u M o n d e. Ell e est f ait e d’ u n a gr é g at d e p o u dr e d e pi err e et ell e est p ei nt e à l a m ai n. O n p e ut s e pr o c ur er c ett e b ell e pi è c e d e c oll e cti o n a u C e ntr e. 1 6 5 $ pl u s t a x e s. ( 4 0 c m d e h a u t e u r, 3, 5 k g) B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 7 ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) A N N O NCE Ti r é d u li v r e J e a n n e M a n c e , Fi d e s, 1 9 6 2, p. 2 7 4 5 �P e n d a nt pl u s d e t r oi s si è cl e s, l e S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c e st r e st é fi d èl e à l’ e s p ri t d e s o n f o n d a t e u r. Il a t r a v aill é s a n s r el â c h e à f air e r e c o n n aîtr e c e d er ni er c o m m e m o d èl e off ert p o ur l’ É gli s e u ni v er s ell e. E n 1 9 9 3, il a cr é é l e C e ntr e d’ a ni m a ti o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al p o u r f ai r e c o n n aît r e et ai m e r l a vi e, l’ œ u vr e et l a s pirit u alit é d e l’ h o m m e. E n a vril 2 01 4, 3 0 6 a n s a pr è s s a m ort, l e pr e mi er é v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c, P èr e d e l’ É gli s e c a n a di e n n e et A p ô t r e e n A m é ri q u e e st e nfi n c a n o ni s é. « N ot r e t r a v ail e st f ait ; o n p e ut p r e n d r e n ot r e r et r ai t e! », bl a g u ai t l’ é q ui p e d u C e nt r e s ui t e à l’ a n n o n c e d e c a n o nis a ti o n. M ai s e n f ai t, l e p r oj et l e pl u s c ol o s s al d u C e n t r e s’ a p p r ê t ai t à ê t r e e nt a m é … L’i nt é r êt p o u r M g r d e L a v al n’ a c e s s é d’ a u g m e nt e r d e p ui s 2 01 4, a u t a n t a u p r è s d e l a c o m m u n a u t é f r a n c o p h o n e q u’ a n gl o p h o n e et hi s p a n o p h o n e. Afi n d e mi e u x r é p o n d r e a u x b e s oi n s e x p ri m é s p a r l e s c h e r c h e u r s, l e s p èl e ri n s et l e s t o uri st e s, l e C e ntr e d e v ait d é s or m ai s r e nf or cir s e s v ol et s r éf é r e n c e s e t d o c u m e n t a ti o n, p ui s c e n t r ali s e r l e t o u t ; c’ e st- à- di r e c r é e r u n e i m m e n s e b a s e d e d o n n é e s d o c u m e nt ai r e e n li g n e et c o n s ul t a bl e à di st a n c e. Et p o u r q u oi p a s ? A p r è s t o u t, ç a n’ a j a m ai s é t é f ai t a v a n t … q u el s p r o bl è m e s p o u r ri o n s- n o u s p o s si bl e m e nt r e n c o nt r e r ?! L a p r e mi è r e ét a p e ét ait d’i n v e nt o ri e r t o u s l e s d o c u m e nt s m o d er n e s é crit s a u s uj et d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al o u c o m pr e n a nt u n p a s s a g e s u r l ui. P o u r c e f ai r e, n o u s d e vi o n s c o n s ul t e r u n e x p e r t. M. G u y T e a s d al e a é t é di r e c t e u r d e l a bi bli o t h è q u e n u m é ri q u e et d e s t e c h n ol o gi e s d e l’i nf o r m a ti o n à l a bi bli o t h è q u e d e l’ U ni v e r si t é L a v al j u s q u’ e n 2 01 3, a di ri g é d e s p r oj et s, e nt r e a u t r e s, N ot r e m é m oi r e e n li g n e , N o s r a ci n e s e t l a r ef o n t e d u c a t al o g u e A ri a n e , e t a é t é pr é si d e nt d u C o mit é d e pr o gr a m m e d u C o n gr è s d e s mili e u x d o c u m e nt ai r e s d u Q u é b e c e n 2 01 3. Il n o u s a p r é s e nt é u n l o gi ci el bi bli o g r a p hi q u e i n o uï : Z ot e r o . C el ui- ci p e r m et d e s ai si r l e s m é t a d o n n é e s bi bli o g r a p hi q u e s d e t o u s l e s d o c u m e n t s t r o u v é s à t r a v e r s l e s g r a n d e s bi bli o t h è q u e s m o n di al e s, l e s d é c ri r e p a r t y p e (li v r e, a r ti cl e d e p é ri o di q u e, et c.), d’i n g é r e r diff é r e nt s f o r m at s d e m ét a d o n n é e s bi bli o g r a p hi q u e s e xt r ait e s d’ a ut r e s b a s e s d e d o n n é e s afi n d’ a v oi r l e m oi n s d e d o n n é e s p o s si bl e à s ai si r à l a m ai n ( é vit a nt ai n si l e s f a ut e s d e fr a p p e), eff e ct u er d e s r e c h er c h e s p r é ci s e s s u r l e s diff é r e nt s c h a m p s, p r o d ui r e à l a d e m a n d e d e s bi bli o g r a p hi e s f o r m a t é e s s el o n l e s r è gl e s d e s p ri n cip al e s u ni v e r si t é s, c r é e r u n e i nt e rf a c e a v e c l e si t e W e b d u C e nt r e et p e r m ett r e u n e c o n s ul t a ti o n à di st a n c e. « W o w!!! Ç a v a n o u s p r e n d r e t r oi s s e m ai n e s!!! » … t r oi s j o u r s pl u s t a r d, n o u s é ti o n s c o nf r o nt é s à n o s p r e mi è r e s e m b û c h e s. Et pl u s o n p r o g r e s s ai t d a n s l a r e c h e r c h e d e t o u t c e q ui s’ e st é c ri t s u r Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al / Fr a n ç oi s d e M o n t m o r e n c y- L a v al / Fr a n ç oi s- X a vi e r d e M o n t m o r e n c y d e L a v al d e M o nti g n y / M g r d e L a v al / M g r l’ A n ci e n, et c. v o y e z- v o u s l e pr o bl è m e ? Il n o u s a f all u filtr er l e s d o u bl o n s d e d o c u m e nt s i n v e nt ori é s, p ui s r ati s s er l e s li vr e s d’ hi st oir e g é n é r al e et t h é m a ti q u e et di sti n g u e r « M g r d e Q u é b e c » d é si g n a nt t a nt ôt M gr d e L a v al, t a nt ôt M gr d e S ai nt- V alli er, e t c h e r c h e r « M g r n o t r e p r él a t » e t fil t r e r … t r è s t ô t, M. T e a s d al e a t r o u v é l’ e x p r e s si o n p a rf ait e p o u r d é c ri r e l e pr oj et q u e n o u s a vi o n s e ntr e pri s : « Il n’ e st p a s c o m pli q u é ; il e st j u st e t r è s c o m pl e x e! » 6 B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 7 M ai s c’ e st j u st e m e nt c ett e c o m pl e xit é q ui r e n d l e p r oj e t si s ti m ul a n t. À c h a q u e e m b û c h e, il n o u s f a u t m e t t r e à p r ofi t n o s c e r v e a u x c o m bi n é s p o u r t r o u v e r u n e s ol u ti o n. À c h a q u e n o u v e a u d éfi, n o u s n o u s i n s pir o n s d e l’ a u d a c e d e Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. A p r è s t o u t, l ui a u s si a f ai t f a c e à l’i n c o n n u et s’ e st a d a pt é à c h a q u e si t u a ti o n! ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) P a r M a rti n a d e Vri e s Tr oi s m oi s a pr è s l e d é b ut d e c e p etit pr oj et d e v e n u c ol o s s al, n o u s a v o n s c a t al o g u é t o u s l e s d o c u m e n t s m o d e r n e s é crit s s ur n otr e c h er é v ê q u e. N o u s e n s o m m e s m ai nt e n a nt à i n v e nt o ri e r t o u s l e s d o c u m e nt s s o u r c e s, s oi t l e s é c ri t s, a c t e s offi ci el s, l ett r e s, et c. é c ri t s o u si g n é s p a r Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al a u c o u r s d e s a l o n g u e vi e. C e s d o c u m e nt s é t a nt di s p e r s é s s u r u n v a st e t e r ri t oi r e, d a n s d e s m u s é e s, d e s di o c è s e s et d e s p a r oi s s e s, n o u s i r o n s s a n s a u c u n d o u t e v o u s vi si t e r c h e z v o u s p o u r l e s t r o u v e r. Et n o u s n u m é ris e r o n s t o u s c e s d o c u m e n t s p o u r v o u s, g r a t ui t e m e n t, p o u r v o u s di r e m e r ci d e v ot r e ai d e! ( P h o t o : J e a n D u v al) P R OJET E nt r et e ni r l a m é m oi r e d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al À c e t t e é t a p e, n o u s b é n éfi ci o n s d e l a c oll a b o r a ti o n d e M. P et e r G a g n é, a r c hi vi st e à l a di r e c ti o n d e s c oll e c ti o n s et d e s r el a ti o n s a v e c l e s m u s é e s q u é b é c oi s d u M u s é e d e l a Ci vili s ati o n, ai n si q u e d e M. Gill e s B u r e a u, hi st o ri e n, q ui a f ai t d e n o m b r e u s e s r e c h e r c h e s d a n s l e s a r c hi v e s d u S é mi n ai r e d e Q u é b e c. E n m ê m e t e m p s, n o u s a v o n s d é b u t é l’i n v e n t ai r e i c o n o g r a p hi q u e d e s ai nt Fr a n ç oi s d e L a v al. T o u t e s l e s i m a g e s, s t a t u e s, p ei n t u r e s, vi t r a u x, e t c. s o n t e n t r ai n d’ ê t r e p h o t o g r a p hi é s s el o n l e s n o r m e s m u s é al e s p a r n o t r e p h o t o g r a p h e, M. D a ni el A b el. P r é s e n t e m e n t, n o u s l e t e n o n s t r è s o c c u p é d a n s l’ a n ci e n n e s ei g n e u ri e d e l’ é v ê q u e, l a C ô t e d e B e a u p r é. P o u r s ui v r e l’ é v ol u ti o n d u p r oj et, li s e z- n o u s d a n s n o t r e p r o c h ai n b ull eti n! �É VÉ NE ME NT Al b u m p h ot o s 1 ( P h o t o : D a ni el A b el) ( P h o t o : M g r T e r r e n c e P r e n d e r g a s t) ( P h o t o f o u r ni e p a r L e s M é ri t e s d’ a r c hi t e c t u r e ) 2 3 3 4 1. M u r H o m m a g e N o u s r e t r o u v o n s d e p ui s q u el q u e s m oi s, a u b u r e a u d e l a C o nf é r e n c e d e s é v ê q u e s c a t h oli q u e s d u C a n a d a ( C E C C), u n m u r r e g r o u p a n t l e s s ai n t s e t l e s bi e n h e u r e u x d u C a n a d a. I ci, u n e c a p t u r e d e l a p h o t o a c c o m p a g n a n t u n t w e e t p u bli é l e 2 3 n o v e m b r e d e r ni e r d e l’ a r c h e v ê q u e d’ O t t a w a, M g r T e r r e n c e P r e n d e r g a s t, m o n t r a n t l e c a r di n al G é r al d C y p ri e n L a c r oi x p o s a n t fi è r e m e n t d e v a n t u n p o r t r ai t d e s ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. 2. A s s e r m e n t a ti o n L a c h a p ell e f u n é r ai r e d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al a é t é l’ h ô t e, l e 8 d é c e m b r e d e r ni e r, d e l’ a s s e r m e n t a ti o n d e s é v ê q u e s a u xili ai r e s d e Q u é b e c, M g r L o ui s C o r ri v e a u e t M g r M a r c P el c h a t. S e r e c u eilli r a u t o m b e a u d u p r e mi e r é v ê q u e d e Q u é b e c, s ai n t d e s u r c r oî t, a c e r t ai n e m e n t aj o u t é u n c a r a c t è r e é m o tif à l a mi s si o n é pi s c o p al e q ui l e u r é t ai t c o nfi é e. 3. Fi e r t é L e s M é ri t e s d’ a r c hi t e c t u r e d e Q u é b e c o n t r e n d u h o m m a g e e n 2 01 6 à É mil e Gil b e r t, « g r a n d d éf e n s e u r d u p a t ri m oi n e ». D a n s u n a r ti cl e p a r u l e 1 0 d é c e m b r e d e r ni e r d a n s l e q u o ti di e n L e S ol eil , Mi c h èl e L af e r ri è r e f ai t l e t o u r a v e c l’ a r c hi t e c t e d e q u el q u e s- u n e s d e s e s r é ali s a ti o n s c o m m e l e P al ai s d e j u s ti c e, M é d u s e , l a t r a n sf o r m a ti o n d u D o m ai n e C a t a r a q ui, l a r e s t a u r a ti o n d u p h a r e d e P oi n t e- d e s- m o n t s e t, « u n e d e s e s g r a n d e s fi e r t é s », l a c h a p ell e f u n é r ai r e d e F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al c o n s t r ui t e e n 1 9 9 3. 4. C él é b r a ti o n s L e 2 3 a v ril d e r ni e r, l a p a r oi s s e S ai nt e- F a mill e d e B o u c h e r vill e d u di o c è s e d e S ai n t- J e a n- L o n g u e uil s o uli g n ai t l e 3 5 0 e a n ni v e r s ai r e d e l a vill e e n s e r e m é m o r a n t l e u r s f o n d a t e u r s : Pi e r r e B o u c h e r e t s o n é p o u s e J e a n n e C r e vi e r, ai n si q u e l e « f o n d at e u r » d e l a p a r oi s s e, s ai nt F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al. L e c u r é a c t u el, D a ni el B oi vi n, n o u s i n di q u e c e t t e n o t e hi s t o ri q u e : « Pi err e B o u c h er e st l’ arri èr e- gr a n d- p èr e d e s ai nt e M ar g u erit e d’ Y o u vill e e t s o n fil s a é t é c u r é d e l a p a r oi s s e ». 5 5. E n F r a n c e L e p r e mi e r j ui n p r o c h ai n, l e g r o u p e M C R- 2 8 ( M o u v e m e n t c h r é ti e n d e s r etr ait é s d u di o c è s e d e C h artr e s) ir a à M o nti g n y- s ur- A vr e, à l a « d é c o u v ert e d e s ai n t F r a n ç oi s d e L a v al ». A v a n t l a m e s s e, l e p è r e Di di e r H e n ri, a n ci e n c ur é d e s li e u x, d o n n er a u n e c o nf ér e n c e s ur l e m e s s a g e tr è s a ct u el q u’ a l ai s s é l e pr e mi er é v ê q u e d e N o u v ell e- Fr a n c e. D e u x c e nt s p er s o n n e s s o nt att e n d u e s. B ull eti n d u C e nt r e d’ a ni m ati o n F r a n ç oi s- D e L a v al • M ai 2 01 7 7 �(Photo : Daniel Abel) ICONOGRAPHIE Fresque de Patrick Rodrigue, artiste peintre. Complexe funéraire de la Cité à Québec. Vitrail de saint François de Laval au Pérou M. le cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix a aimablement accepté de nous raconter l’histoire derrière la création d’un vitrail de saint François de Laval, récemment dévoilé au Pérou. Nous tenons doublement à le remercier pour cette initiative et pour ce billet. Au cours de l’été 2015, j’ai eu le bonheur de participer en tant que conférencier invité au Congrès eucharistique national du Pérou. Le congrès se tenait dans la ville de Piura, lieu où l’évangélisation du Pérou a débuté et à partir duquel les missionnaires se sont mis en route pour proclamer l’Évangile à tout le pays. C’est au début du 16e siècle, à Piura, que la croix de l’évangélisation a été plantée. L’archidiocèse porte fièrement le nom de cette ville. Son pasteur, Mgr José Antonio Eguren Anselmi, est d’ailleurs un ami de longue date. Comment ne pas penser à la croix que Jacques Cartier avait plantée à Gaspé à son arrivée sur notre continent ? Nos deux diocèses sont des lieux où l’Évangile a pris racine pour se propager sur un grand territoire. Lors de ma visite au Grand Séminaire de Piura, la chapelle était en rénovation. Ils avaient entrepris d’ajouter des vitraux des saints évangélisateurs et pasteurs de l’Amérique. En tête d’affiche, bien sûr, saint Toribio de Mongrovejo, grande figure de l’évangélisation du pays et patron des évêques du Pérou. J’ai remarqué alors qu’il y avait quelques fenêtres sans vitrail. Centre d’animation François-De Laval J’ai eu spontanément l’idée d’offrir un vitrail de saint François de Laval, grand apôtre, pasteur et évangélisateur en Nouvelle-France. L’archevêque de Piura a rapidement accepté mon offre. Le vitrail fut réalisé par des artistes de Lima, capitale du pays, et installé dans la chapelle. La photo illustre le produit final. Je crois qu’il s’agit du premier vitrail de notre cher évêque fondateur en Amérique latine et j’en suis très fier. J’ai eu l’occasion de partager quelques éléments inspirants de la vie de saint François de Laval avec les séminaristes. Je me propose prochainement d’enregistrer un entretien en espagnol pour leur donner davantage d’informations sur la vie et la mission de ce grand missionnaire de chez nous. Ne serait-il pas temps que nous commencions à voir des vitraux de saint François de Laval chez nous ? Notre Église a besoin de la lumière de son témoignage pour poursuivre la mission aujourd’hui. † Gérald C. Card. Lacroix Archevêque de Québec Prions pour cette Église sœur du Pérou. Prions également pour que l’annonce de l’Évangile sur notre continent puisse se vivre avec l’audace, la persévérance et le feu intérieur des saintes et saints qui nous ont précédés. twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Décembre 2017 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PNZ5XQPM Accédez à la <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/bulletin-du-centre-danimation-francois-de-laval">collection complète </a>du Bulletin Type The nature or genre of the resource Articles de périodiques Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-05 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Duval, Jean Vries, Martina de Bureau, Gilles Mance, Jeanne, 1606-1673 Title A name given to the resource Saint François de Laval : Bulletin du Centre d'animation François-De Laval, no 34 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Saint François de Laval : Bulletin du Centre d'animation François-De Laval Language A language of the resource Français Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 34 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-4 :<em> Montréal la très pieuse</em> par Martina de Vries et Gilles Bureau : L'esprit apostolique dans lequel Montréal a été créée<br />p. 5 : Testament de Jeanne Mance<br />p. 6 :<em> Entretenir la mémoire de François de Laval</em> par Martina de Vries : Projet pour créer un centre de référence en ligne <br />p. 7 : Brèves<br />p. 8 : Iconographie : nouveau vitrail au Pérou Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Accédez au <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/7004" class="show">texte intégral </a>de ce numéro Brèves Missions Oeuvres d’art https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/4956d535250e798b1d11a19309d4e69e.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=NBdNwoz2H39iO%7Eo64mQ-CpgQEsFttrzFK3CUldm1pnH6s9wnyNmCr54jC4TipzjC3CgJDXxITx7H1jzkvlRfL-VjXf77Q7Ai3b-YfuFtuttfu-HrzX3YMg2Vf8iZWc3dijAL2JERBMuWIpcw5qdrzCqKUgutBPCNuBxaIgaAUsy4xL48lOZzw7q4ndVbcBA%7EoaAUdIH2fQTyYfSpZzG1LJ4ZhRw3C37fNgvW%7ESncPzBo0DZBfdmFdlvsD82OCK994zvO%7E-52O10Yal1tU22NDNdnHOJstAtRt%7EetK1Isf2PKAAqzFArxaLv1OkpsnUgyGfbJwrCyWRmRHYXVpCbO2Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 76dbef83b49fb01da48d4dde9bab3687 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/6920ea5c5a209ff939ef97616af3b200.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=gCgL%7E4J9EVro09-XRzE1Ywck3PQUHj7XJN4VCQhIX9w3kUPQNl8u4cl3ca7YTrM9wrW8fk33bWFMlg2w1PO0AgTXcw5ezMlR3fB%7ET1ngOP%7E-0JMwXYzIclrSGueciv5Yd7mRb75mk6yCmElnigX0EJ4uEXwrFW865GbYiJ9GmuxWZqq7cdv5oeMdYub8pU0Fwt44qzVOlrnX5YMGiwtYRYGJDo1yWDxCgUJz15sn2z-hV6fTGslV%7EDSRn2dvbJxhCm3BgWlfNwZVTZFRKyuCoOA2w6mYZZy8NFNXAreTrAxZVtltp2-VbpEdQplIn59m35slARLcT0M3TP-xLlf1jw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM dd096ce46706531bd22177d53c9f95cb PDF Text Text 37 PP42907022 N ° Numéro 37 | Décembre 2018 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval La saga d’un sacre PAGE D’HISTOIRE Par Martina de Vries La naissance d’un évêché au Canada n’a pas été chose simple. François de Laval s’est retrouvé bien malgré lui au coeur d’une saga avant même de mettre les pieds au Canada. Nous profitons du 360e anniversaire de son ordination épiscopale pour vous présenter les difficultés rencontrées en Europe telle une télésérie en plusieurs épisodes. Le matin du 8 décembre 1658, en la fête de l’Immaculée Conception pour laquelle il avait une grande dévotion, François de Laval fut ordonné évêque par le nonce à Paris, Mgr Piccolomini, en l’abbaye Saint-Germain-desPrés, dans une cérémonie privée. Le nonce confia plus tard à Jérôme Lalemant qu’il avait « eu moins l’impression de sacrer un évêque que de consacrer un martyr ». (Lettre de Lalemant à Nickel, 16 septembre 1659) secrétaire de la Propagande. Plusieurs demandes furent faites dans les années 1640 et 1650, proposant des sulpiciens ou des jésuites, mais toutes furent des échecs. (suite en page 2) Mais l’archevêque de Rouen, qui prétendait que le Canada relevait de sa juridiction, perçut cette cérémonie comme un affront à son autorité. Et les embuches à la nomination de François de Laval comme évêque en Nouvelle-France ne commencèrent, ni ne se terminèrent avec l’archevêque! Épisode 1 : On veut un évêché ! La saga de la création d’un évêché au Canada remontait en 1631, avec les tentatives de Mgr François Ingoli, premier Bas-relief du sacre de François de Laval dans une chapelle de l’église Saint-Germain-des-Prés par Henri Charlier, 1923 Photo : Daniel Abel �La saga d’un sacre (suite de la page 1) Le 26 janvier 1657, le roi Louis XIV écrivit au pape Alexandre VII, demandant finalement la nomination d’un évêque dans sa colonie, en proposant le « père François de Laval, dont les vertus l’ont rendu si recommandable ». Selon Rochemonteix, vol. 2, p. 278, c’est le père Bagot qui « eut le premier l’idée d’opposer la candidature de l’abbé de Laval à celle de M. de Queylus et qu’il sonda l’abbé à ce sujet ». Le roi chargea M. Gueffier, son dynamique et très efficace agent à Rome, de presser l’affaire… chose plus facile à dire qu’à faire. Épisode 2 : À chacun son rythme Selon les coutumes de l’époque, le projet devait d’abord être présenté au pape par le nonce, Mgr Bichi, avant que Gueffier puisse entrer en jeu. Mais Bichi souffrait de la goutte et était cloué au lit. Puis, la mort de son frère l’empêcha encore de sortir. Pour justifier la lenteur des démarches, Gueffier écrivit que le cardinal promettait « que sitôt qu’il pourrait sortir, il verrait le pape […] mais il est à craindre qu’il ne demeure longtemps au lit ». Et effectivement, il mourut le 25 mai 1657, ce qui obligea le dossier à changer de mains, qui ne se fit qu’au début de 1658. Et Mgr Bichi n’était pas le seul à être malade : une vague de peste faisait rage en Italie et on ne pouvait qu’exceptionnellement s’assembler à Rome. Épisode 3 : Des réponses, svp! Gueffier n’était pas homme à se traîner les pieds. Sa correspondance avec le comte de Brienne, premier secrétaire d’État du roi, était volumineuse en papier… mais peu en réponses aux informations demandées ! Pape Alexandre VII. Monument funéraire à la basilique Saint-Pierre du Vatican. Photo : Daniel Abel Pour commencer, le roi avait commis l’erreur d’attribuer le titre de « père » à François de Laval. S’en suivit la demande de Gueffier, en mars 1657, pour clarifier la situation, qu’il dut réitérer par trois fois avant d’avoir une réponse… deux mois plus tard. Il expliqua qu’il ne pouvait « rien faire en l’expédition de cet évêché-là sans savoir de quel Ordre est le nommé ». Mais ce n’est pas tout ! Les dernières Informations sur la vie et les moeurs sur François de Laval avaient été écrites en 1653, alors qu’il était proposé pour le Tonkin. Rome en avait besoin de nouvelles. Mais avec la mort du nonce et le temps de le remplacer, elles ne furent écrites qu’en juillet 1657 et présentées à la Propagande par Gueffier qu’en mars-avril 1658. (suite en page 3) Ce bulletin est publié deux fois l’an et est envoyé gratuitement par la poste. Il se retrouve en format PDF sur notre site web. Nous avons le souci de l’environnement.Votre inscription volontaire à notre liste d’envoi électronique permettra de minimiser l’utilisation du papier. Vous recevrez les prochains exemplaires en format PDF en vous adressant à centre@francoisdelaval.com Saint François de Laval Numéro 37 Décembre 2018 2 Pour nous joindre Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Téléphone : 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Visitez notre site web : www.francoisdelaval.com sur Facebook et sur Twitter : @CentreFdL Rédacteur en chef : Jean Duval Collaborateurs : �Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Cyrille-Gauvin Francoeur Martina de Vries Membre de l’Association des médias catholique et œcuméniques (AMéCO) Recherche et révision : Gilles Bureau Conception graphique : lecourscommunication.com Tirage : �2 500 exemplaires, disponibles en français et en anglais. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Décembre 2018 Dépôt légal : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ISSN 1920-1117 �Le roi était très mécontent et le fit savoir à son agent. Le pauvre Gueffier, dans sa lettre du 24 février 1658, tenta de se justifier : « mais je la [Sa Majesté] supplie très humblement de croire que ce retardement n’est point arrivé faute que je n’aie fait toutes les diligences possibles ». Il exprima son exaspération à Brienne : « je commence à avoir quelque espérance qu’à la fin on l’accordera [la nomination] » et « du grand préjudice que ces longueurs-là apportent à la religion chrétienne dans le Canada ». Et ces longueurs n’étaient pas encore finies! Le Roi Très Chrétien Louis XIV Buste de la Place Royale, Québec Photo : Daniel Abel Épisode 4 : Trop, c’est comme pas assez Car il lui manquait encore des réponses, malgré des demandes répétées ! Le rapport de la Propagande du 18-21 février 1658 l’affirmait : « Vous avez fait pression plusieurs fois auprès du Roi Très Chrétien pour l’érection d’une Église au Canada […]. Mais plusieurs documents requis, qu’on vous a dit nécessaires pour la nouvelle Église, manquent [toujours]. » La principale était « où et comment Sa Majesté assure les milles francs qu’elle a mandés avoir assignés pour son entretient [de l’évêché] chaque année1 ». Le 14 juin 1657 se tint une congrégation générale à Rome pour discuter de la création de l’évêché. On Et dans quels termes devait-on écrire les bulles ? Si on proposa alors un projet peut-être trop ambitieux : ériger accordait au roi la nomination de l’évêque en Canada une Église métropolitaine à Québec sous le titre de saint cette fois-ci, il fallait s’assurer qu’il « ne prétende de Louis, avec cinq provinces ecclésiastiques, une par région nommer à l’avenir à cet évêché-là, comme elle [le roi] amérindienne, et y établir des chanoines, avec des fait à ceux qui sont en France », comme l’écrivit Gueffier revenus fixes et perpétuels pour l’évêque et le Chapitre. le 21 janvier 1658. Une fois les corrections apportées Le pape approuva ces propositions qui, ayant été écrites aux bulles, on les finalisa en avril 1658… mais elles par Brienne, étaient aussi à la satisfaction du roi… mais ne purent être envoyées qu’en juillet… et reçues pas celle des Jésuites. Selon Faillon, vol. 2, p. 320, qu’en août. « Malgré l’opinion de la Épisode 6 : Cour de la Propagande sur l’insuffisance d’un vicaire Objection, Pendant ce temps à Caen apostolique en Canada, Votre Majesté! Pendant toute cette saga, Gueffier trouvait que « c’est les pères jésuites […] chose étrange » que François de Laval, retiré à l’ErmiEnfin, après toutes ces péjugèrent que le pays était tage de Caen, ne participe pas activement pour obtenir ripéties, on pouvait sacrer encore trop nouveau et les son 29 mai 1657, Gueffier épiscopat. Dans sa lettre du François de Laval, n’est-ce pas? choses trop peu avancées affirma être « un peu étonné que ledit sieur de Montigny Pensez-vous vraiment !?! pour y établir un évêque n’ait rien écrit ici de cette affaire-là, ni donné charge avec son Chapitre. » Gueffier à quelque banquier de Paris d’en commettre ici la Parce que c’est ici qu’entra en fit rapport au roi dans sa sollicitation et d’y envoyer les Informations de sa vie en jeu l’archevêque de lettre du 17 décembre 1657. et des moeurs attestées par des notaires et même Rouen, qui protestait contre devant M. le Nonce, comme l’on a accoutumé ». Peutla légitimité des bulles de Épisode 5 : être, comme le suggère Demers2, est-ce parce que François de Laval ! Il parvint Exaspérations !!! « Fidèle à une maxime très chère à M. de Bernières, à faire voter par l’Assem“On ne trouve la vie que dans la mort“, [François de Un an après la demande blée des évêques de France Laval] s’appliquant à faire mourir en lui toute ambition du roi au pape, l’affaire un interdit à tout prélat de terrestre pour mieux se disposer à sa vie de futur n’était toujours pas réglée. missionnaire » et qu’il laissa ainsi agir la Providence? (suite en page 4) 3 �Constitution d’une rente de 1 000 livres par Anne d’Autriche pour François de Laval. Archives du Musée de la Civilisation, Séminaire 11, no 3. (suite de la page 3) Paris de le consacrer – d’où la cérémonie privée dans l’abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, exempte de la juridiction parisienne. Il obtint aussi deux arrêts des Parlements de Rouen et de Paris pour que Laval comparaisse avec ses bulles et lettres patentes royales. Le roi et le pape durent intervenir pour calmer le jeu. jusqu’en 1669 et un diocèse métropolitain créé seulement en 1674… 43 ans après le premier projet proposé! La Nouvelle-France avait besoin d’une autorité ecclésiastique bien définie pour régler les problèmes et organiser l’Église… et c’est exactement ce qu’elle n’eut pas. Elle obtient un vicaire apostolique plutôt qu’un évêque en titre, avec un archevêque qui lui revendiqua son diocèse 1 Le 12 décembre 1657, la reine Anne d’Autriche avait fait don d’une propriété de 14 000 livres en Normandie, rapportant un revenu annuel de 1 000 livres, pour financer l’évêché. La copie notariée fut cependant créée le 25 janvier 1659 (voir image ci-haut). En s’embarquant pour l’Amérique, François de Laval devait déjà pressentir les épisodes à venir. 2 Demers, « Nomination et sacre de Mgr de Laval », dans Société canadienne d’histoire de l’Église catholique, vol. 25, 1957-1958, p. 24. 3 Pour plus de détails sur l’opposition de l’archevêque de Rouen, lire le chapitre « Le choix d’un évêque pour la Nouvelle-France » dans François de Laval et son époque de Gilles Bureau. Une histoire de juridiction Par le concordat de Bologne, signé en 1516, le roi de France pouvait nommer les évêques de son pays, avec approbation subséquente du pape. La Propagande, créée près de 100 ans plus tard en 1622, avait la charge des missions et pouvait nommer des évêques en ces nouveaux territoires. Le Canada présentait alors un problème : était-ce un nouveau territoire de missions ou une extension de la France, comme le prétendait l’archevêque de Rouen3 ? Sans solution immédiate et devant l’urgence de créer un évêché, la nomination de François de Laval comme vicaire apostolique en Nouvelle-France fut un compromis entre les deux puissances. 4 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Décembre 2018 François II Harlay de Champvallon, archevêque de Rouen (1651-1671), puis de Paris (1671-1695). Photo : Wikipedia �Vers un nouveau rayonnement ! Ceux qui ont récemment visité le Centre d’animation François-De Laval ont pu constater que des travaux majeurs y avaient été entrepris. Les installations précédentes ayant 25 ans, l’heure était venue de répondre aux nouveaux objectifs du Centre, aux attentes des visiteurs et des pèlerins actuels, aux recommandations de l’Étude d’opportunité effectuée à l’automne 2014 et d’inscrire le lieu dans la présente mouvance technologique. Au début des années 1990, sœur Doris Lamontagne, pfm, alors directrice, sollicita ma collaboration pour aménager le nouveau Centre, situé au sein de la basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec. Le temps passant, certains éléments sont demeurés, — comme la fresque planisphère avec cartouches historiques ainsi que les différents panneaux d’interprétation muraux, — mais d’autres besoins ont amené certains ajouts qui ont rendu le lieu hétéroclite. À l’invitation du directeur actuel, monsieur Jean Duval, j’ai le privilège de revoir le concept et l’aménagement du site. Les travaux d’aménagement se feront en deux phases : d’abord des rénovations permettant de donner un bel écrin au projet, puis l’installation de nouveaux éléments en vue d’une inauguration prévue au printemps 2019. Une exposition temporaire fait présentement le pont entre les deux. Image de Cyrille-Gauvin Francoeur Le concept cherchera à ce que le visiteur fasse une expérience de rencontre, celle d’un personnage inspirant. Rapidement on sera en présence d’un évêque missionnaire, en charge d’une Église naissante, dans un monde nouveau où tout est à faire. On privilégiera davantage les aspects de sa spiritualité, qui font de lui un modèle pour l’Église universelle et pour la société d’aujourd’hui. Par ce grand projet, le Séminaire de Québec vise à faire redécouvrir et à donner un nouveau rayonnement à celui que le pape François a désigné comme un Apôtre de l’Amérique, saint François de Laval. Logos du Centre en 1993 et en 2010 Photo : Daniel Abel PROJET Par Cyrille-Gauvin Francoeur, directeur artistique Ouvert depuis 1993, le Centre est visité par plus de 33 000 personnes par année. Depuis la canonisation en 2014, l’intérêt pour François de Laval a quintuplé, principalement du côté de la communauté anglophone. Les motivations des visiteurs sont principalement d’ordre culturelle ou scolaire; cependant, le nombre de personnes venues pour des raisons spirituelles va en s’agrandissant. Source : Étude d’opportunité. Projet d’actualisation du Centre d’animation François-De Laval, 2014 Le Centre au printemps 2018 avant le début des travaux 5 �U n e p a n o pli e d e p ar c h e mi n s P R OJ E T P ar M arti n a d e Vri es A u c o urs d u pr oj et E ntr et e nir l a m é m oir e d e s ai nt Fr a nç ois d e L a v al , q ui c o nsist e à r e n dr e acc essi bl e t o us l es d oc um e nts écrits p ar, a dr ess és à, o u c o nc er n a nt n otr e s ai nt f o n d at e ur, n o us a v o ns c o m pl ét é l’i n v e nt air e d es m us é es, ar c hi v e s et p ar oi s s e s d u Q u é b e c. N o u s a v o n s a u s si é pl uc h é t o us l es act es n ot ari és si g n és p ar l’ é v ê q u e et s ei g n e ur. E nfi n, n o us a v o ns o bt e n u t o ut es l es v ersi o ns d e c es écrits d act yl o gr a p hi é es et tr a d uit es e xist a nt es, p u bli é es o u n o n. C eci r e pr és e nt e e n vir o n 4 0 % d u c or p us. 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P ar ex e m pl e, s a vi ez- v o us q u’ e n j uill et 1 6 6 0, M gr d e L a v al a v ait r eç u e n c a d e a u u n gr os s a u m o n s a u v a g e ? o u q u e, d a ns s a gr a n d e c h arit é, il a v ait pr êt é u n e v ac h e à l ait m èr e à u n e f a mill e d a ns l e b es oi n ? o u e nc or e q u’il a c o m m e nc é à s o uffrir d’ art hrit e d ès 1 6 6 4 ? Bi e n d’ a utr es d éc o u v ert es n o us att e n d e nt! 6 B ull eti n d u C e ntr e d’ a ni m ati o n Fr a n ç oi s- D e L a v al | D é c e m br e 2 0 1 8 �ALBUM 1 1 Allez à toutes rencontres! 2 En ligne Nous vous parlions précédemment, dans le bulletin no. 35, du passage à Québec d’une équipe de tournage chinoise de l’Ontario, TV Production Fountain of Love and Life, pour réaliser un documentaire sur nos grandes figures de la foi. Nous pouvons maintenant visionner (en anglais et en mandarin) Pioneers of New France au http://fll.cc/en/video/pioneers-of-new-france/ Photo : Gérard Brouillon Tel était le souhait de saint François de Laval et repris comme titre pour le livre de Sr Doris Lamontagne. Mgr Jacques Habert, évêque du diocèse de Séez, lui a demandé d’animer la retraite sacerdotale des trois diocèses de Basse-Normandie en France (Bayeux-Lisieux, Coutances et Séez) du 29 janvier au 3 février 2019 à Tressaint. L’idée lui est venue au printemps 2017, lors de son passage à Québec avec un groupe de pèlerins. Thème choisi : Seul celui qui sert avec amour sait garder. Gardons avec amour ce que Dieu nous a donné. Accompagnons-les de nos prières. 3 Nouveau rayonnement du Centre La première phase des travaux de rénovations du Centre est terminée. Une exposition temporaire assure l’animation avant la seconde phase prévue au printemps prochain. 2 4 Tourisme de racines en plein essor 3 Photo : Daniel Abel Guillaume de Morant, journaliste spécialisé, étudie depuis quelques année un phénomène qui va en s’agrandissant : celui du « tourisme des mémoires » qui inclut le tourisme généalogique. Dans La revue française de Généalogie du 8 octobre dernier, il mentionne qu’une étude de marché est en cours dont les résultats seront connus en juin 2019 à propos d’une nouvelle forme de tourisme « de racine », principalement à l’Eure et autres départements. Il cite un journal de la Perche « …il est nécessaire qu’elles se préparent à accueillir plus de touristes. Verneuil-sur-Avre dans l’Eure est la ville d’origine de Paul Bertrand, dit Saint-Arnaud, qui compte plus de 25 000 descendants en Amérique du Nord […]. Montigny-sur-Avre est le lieu de naissance de François de Laval, premier évêque de la Nouvelle-France. Quant au Pays de Marennes, il a vu la naissance de Samuel Champlain, explorateur et fondateur de la ville de Québec en 1608. 4 Photo : Daniel Abel Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Décembre 2018 7 �Photo : Daniel Abel Icône de la Communion des saints Nommée à l’origine « Tous-Saints », l’icône a été conçue dans la perspective de la grande célébration de l’Église du 1er novembre. Une foule immense entoure le Christ. L’icône exprime une dimension intemporelle de la communion des saints : ceux d’un passé lointain avec ceux d’aujourd’hui et de demain. La position de face des personnages symbolise l’invitation qui nous est faite à les suivre. Commencée en 2012, ce sera la dernière œuvre de Gilberte Massicotte-Éthier, frappée de maladie sévère les mois suivants. L’artiste la terminera quelques jours avant son décès le 24 septembre 2013. Mgr Lacroix, à la veille de son départ, la réconfortait par ces mots « Réjouissez-vous, la cohorte de saints que vous avez écrite vous accueille. » L’icône est bénie en la Toussaint 2013. Photo : Daniel Abel ICONOGRAPHIE Cour intérieure du Séminaire de Québec CITATION Source : Icône de la Communion des saints, Mireille Éthier, 17 pages, 2014 Il ne me reste plus, Messieurs et très chers frères, qu’à vous remercier de la bonne affection que vous conservez à mon endroit, et à vous assurer qu’il ne tiendra pas à moi que je n’aille au plus tôt me réunir avec vous dans une Église naissante que j’ai toujours chérie comme la portion et l’héritage qu’il a plus à Notre-Seigneur de me conserver pendant près de trente ans. Je supplie Son infinie bonté que celui [Saint-Vallier] entre les mains duquel il l’a [l’Église du Canada] fait passer, par ma démission, répare toutes mes fautes. Extrait de l’Approbation de Mgr de Laval des statuts envoyés par le Chapitre de Québec, 18 janvier 1688. Il arrive enfin à Québec le 3 juin de la même année. Dans ce qui est désigné comme le Ciel d’Amérique (juste sous le Christ), on aperçoit : François de Laval, Catherine de Saint-Augustin et Marie de l’Incarnation, Jean de Brébeuf, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Marguerite d’Youville, Kateri, Dina Bélanger, Frédéric Janssoone, Frère André et Marie-Rose Durocher Gilberte Massicotte-Éthier (secondée par Nicole Éthier) 2013, 110 cm x 74 cm, Québec Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Mai 2019 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 37 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 37 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-4 : <em>La saga d'un sacre</em> par Martina de Vries : Les nombreuses complications pendant le processus pour nommer Laval vicaire apostolique du Canada<br />p. 5 : <em>Vers un nouveau rayonnement</em> par Cyrille-GAuvin Francoeur : Rénovations dans le Centre d'animation en lui donnant un nouveau branding de l'évêque missionnaire et personnage d'importance pour l'histoire sociale<br />p. 6 : <em>Une panoplie de parchemins</em> par Martina de Vries : Inventaire de tous les écrits par, adressés à ou relatifs à Laval.<br />p. 7 : Brèves<br />p. 8 : Iconographie : Icône de la Communion des saints par Mireille Éthier Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Accédez au <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/7010" class="show">texte intégral </a>de ce numéro Brèves Grâces pécuniaires Jésuites Oeuvres d’art Projet d'une Église canadienne (1631-1659) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/8af13be4bbcaa9243546fc6971e2a943.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=pj9sVHfPKRyMx2qZC17iOwl3qfJ8a5R4R6gEAOe5nIsRoqNuUaphjUrKZc86XQKCNtJnhuaW9v14tqmE7zLNy9zRHzHNJ16xuAGHkwJwcNDJ17PE247S-0vLNgcdoBStSqm9O6NmupD58KhPzMOxEj0YacoY7Q--uNmblbEtSqwqCp6uT2bglrlWOkGPWi19ErGB7VztMAneM6e7NC2GLSOEmVt%7EgFNKTif5SLW1c0HZ9P%7Eqjrt3wVqZGaUzPrwrDA3Y20RsvRz%7EQMdeCL5xTEy2HAGft128xqHbjwUgN-T3WuSmjHwl5KulNKEJU5MWKDjaSCpv8lcWfNsSzKD8sQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 76dbef83b49fb01da48d4dde9bab3687 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44439/archive/files/115fad04d9e856058452f802c2428182.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=TPmZATMxV9lw1DKeF37JGBBpnv3Rhz1wtYfoUleyPwbNp6O5qexZZCGvF66NPhXiZNFzIk17VAjJsV0RRgjqCyw2oAtEFNxT56pqmSAvnaSJ4imDYP0CsTXlWs8LLkbcogGlVG6RnrAi47hgkCjME0slqheHc-kvVdxlWmXIf-HDWEIG%7EXsCdWRYJ%7EKo0BxGnIRYHDwUXIB4HK9jX-SwAdrp4e9ESm%7EzTx7Plw5OraoKTZLdnYYECJugj-r7Tj2O5SvKm8u6%7EU%7E4n4tc9Z5NF%7EEcv4NsvvL1yL3F-v-KzTASFIpVbUUZ8P7BhpvEvEkDNlpHIKF8j41CDsO6iMBYKA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 29a58c39dcae3a55023d4061cc920435 PDF Text Text 36 N Numéro 36 I Mai 2018 Bulletin du Centre d'animation François-De Lava! Ci-gît saint François de Lava! Par Jean Duval On nous demande régulièrement : « Où se situe réellement la dépouille de saint François de Laval ? ». La plupart des visiteurs demeurent incrédules lorsque nous leur indiquons qu'elle se trouve sous la chapelle funéraire située à la cathédrale de Québec, et ce... depuis 25 ans. Profitons de cet anniversaire pour nous remémorer son histoire. inauguration Le 29 mai 1993, Mgr Maurice Couture, archevêque de Québec, procède à l'inauguration officielle de la nouvelle chapelle dédiée au bienheureux François de Laval. Une plaque commémorative souligne d'ailleurs l'événement. Lors de son homélie, Mgr Couture s'exprime ainsi : « En ce jour de la Pentecôte, sur ce site même de la première église Notre-Dame érigée en 1645; dans cette cathédrale mainte fois agrandie, incendiée, reconstruite... toujours sur le même emplacement, , tout près des restes du vénérable François de Laval ; après quelques transferts de son corps, de sa cathédrale à son Séminaire, et vice et versa, le saint évêque repose dorénavant, et définitivement il faut l'espérer ajoute-t-il avec humour, dans cette chapelle que nous inaugurerons à la fin de cette célébration eucharistique. Une chapelle que nous devons à la générosité des héritiers directs de Mgr de Laval, la communauté des prêtres du Séminaire de Québec'». Pour l'histoire, les restes de Mgr de Laval avaient été déposés dans la nouvelle chapelle à la suite d'une brève cérémonie présidée par Mgr Jean-Paul Labrie, évêque auxiliaire à Québec, le 30 avril 1993. Raté de peu Décédé le 19 janvier dernier Mgr Couture a donc manqué de quelques mois ce 25^ anniversaire. C'est à lui que s'étaient d'abord adressées les autorités du Séminaire de Québec pour y relocaliser le tombeau de Mgr de Laval de la chapelle extérieure du Séminaire de Québec, (suite en page 2) Détail du gisant de la chapelle funéraire de saint François de Laval, cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec Photo : Danie) Abe) �Ci-gît saint François de Laval (suite de la page 1) devenue musée. Les autorisations de l’archevêque, du curé et des marguilliers de la paroisse-cathédrale avaient été accordées d’emblée. Le 10 novembre 1992, lors de la conférence de presse annonçant le début des travaux, le chanoine Louis-Joseph Lépine, supérieur général du Séminaire, justifie le choix du lieu : « Le but principal de ce transfert dans la cathédrale est de rendre plus accessible le tombeau de Mgr de Laval à la population en général et de favoriser ainsi la dévotion à ce fondateur de l’Église canadienne, à ce fondateur d’un diocèse aux dimensions de l’Amérique, qui fut béatifié par le Pape Jean-Paul II le 22 juin 1980. » Détail du vitrail La Visitation de Marie, déplacé dans le hall d’entrée du presbytère de la paroisse Notre-Dame de Québec Photo : Daniel Abel Concept architectural On confie à l’architecte Émile Gilbert la réalisation des plans de la chapelle et à la firme Hervé Pomerleau Inc. son exécution. Les artistes Jules Lasalle et Ducharme Marion reçoivent, quant à eux, le mandat de concevoir le thème et les éléments artistiques. Ce qui apparait important à M. Gilbert, c’est d’offrir une continuité architecturale entre la nouvelle chapelle et la cathédrale de Québec. Après avoir analysé trois lieux possibles à l’intérieur de la cathédrale, on choisit de l’ériger à l’intérieur de la chapelle Sainte-Famille, près de l’accès à la crypte de la cathédrale, où sont inhumés la plupart des évêques successeurs du diocèse de Québec. Il faut pour cela enlever un vitrail, percer l’épais mur et creuser pour élargir les fondations vers la rue latérale. Description de la chapelle de 1993 Lors de la conférence de presse du 25 mai 1993, le chanoine Lépine affirme : « Nous sommes fiers de présenter la nouvelle chapelle où reposent les restes du bienheureux François de Laval […] Remarquons d’abord le plancher de la chapelle. Dans un granit noir poli, ils ont reproduit en relief, à partir d’une carte géographique du 17e siècle, la carte du diocèse naissant qui s’étendait de Gaspé à la Louisiane. De cette carte, ils ont soulevé un rectangle pour former la litière sur laquelle repose le magnifique gisant en bronze qui représente le bienheureux François de Laval avec ses habits liturgiques, sa mitre et sa crosse. C’est là, évidemment, la pièce maîtresse. À remarquer l’attitude du personnage : il a les yeux ouverts, ses mains et ses pieds ne reproduisent pas la rigidité cadavérique d’un défunt. En s’inspirant des gisants du Moyen Âge, ils ont voulu évoquer la vie nouvelle du Bienheureux dont le regard est fixé vers le ciel, vers la vision béatifique. » Dans un article présentant la chapelle 2, le chanoine Jacques Lemieux décrit ainsi les éléments muraux intérieurs : « Quatre bas-reliefs en verre thermoformé sont appliqués au mur et veulent suggérer aux pèlerins que les étapes de la vie du premier évêque de Québec peuvent aussi les rejoindre. Le premier de ces bas-reliefs fait référence à l’appel que François de Laval a entendu (suite en page 3) Ce bulletin est publié deux fois l’an et est envoyé gratuitement par la poste. Il se retrouve en format PDF sur notre site web. Nous avons le souci de l’environnement.Votre inscription volontaire à notre liste d’envoi électronique permettra de minimiser l’utilisation du papier. Vous recevrez les prochains exemplaires en format PDF en vous adressant à centre@francoisdelaval.com Saint François de Laval Numéro 36 Mai 2018 2 Pour nous joindre Centre d’animation François-De Laval 20, rue De Buade, Québec (Québec) G1R 4A1 Téléphone : 418 692-0228 Courriel : centre@francoisdelaval.com Rédacteur en chef : Jean Duval Collaborateurs : �Daniel Abel Gilles Bureau Martina de Vries Visitez notre site web : www.francoisdelaval.com sur Facebook et sur Twitter : @CentreFdL Conception graphique : lecourscommunication.com Tirage : �2 500 exemplaires, disponibles en français et en anglais. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2018 Membre de l’Association des médias catholique et œcuméniques (AMéCO) Recherche et révision : Gilles Bureau Dépôt légal : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ISSN 1920-1117 �pour se faire le héraut de l’Évangile en Nouvelle-France. Le deuxième suggère la fondation d’une œuvre à laquelle Mgr de Laval a voué toute sa vie : une Église aux dimensions de l’Amérique. « Le troisième fait comprendre que cette œuvre, bien modeste en ses débuts, a mérité de grandir et de croître. Le quatrième, enfin, montre la dernière étape de la vie de François de Laval qui se déroule dans l’abandon et le recueillement. Chaque visiteur est capable de se retrouver dans cet itinéraire. Chacun, en effet, connaît un appel, une vocation qui doit se traduire par la consécration de sa vie à une œuvre qui se développe progressivement. Un temps vient cependant pour tous où il faut savoir se dépouiller de ses attaches terrestres pour se préparer à retourner vers Dieu. « Au fond de la chapelle, la bande en verre, illuminée à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur, symbolise la vie spirituelle de Mgr de Laval : elle s’élance vers le ciel, elle fait le lien entre le temporel ici-bas et le spirituel là-haut et elle symbolise aussi le pouvoir d’intercession du Bienheureux qui du Ciel pose son regard sur nous. » Ornementation extérieure Le chanoine Lépine attire l’attention sur un autre détail : « Les artistes ont voulu aussi agrémenter les murs extérieurs de la chapelle d’une œuvre sculptée significative qui puisse attirer l’attention des passants. De chaque côté de la bande de verre illuminée par une fibre optique, on retrouve un groupe de trois personnages : un homme, une femme et un enfant, c’est-à-dire une famille : d’un côté une famille amérindienne et de l’autre, une famille [canadienne]. C’est un rappel d’une des grandes valeurs, la famille, qui a marqué l’action apostolique de Mgr de Laval […] Enfin, la composition veut mettre en évidence les échanges entre deux cultures, deux mondes différents, et la fascination qu’elles ont connue l’une face à l’autre, la culture orale pour l’Amérindien, par opposition à la culture écrite pour l’Européen. Des éléments et des symboles sont inscrits dans la pierre, appartenant à chacune des cultures. » Mise en terre de la tombe de François de Laval sous la dalle du gisant actuel, avril 1993 Photo : Fonds du Séminaire de Québec Un souhait réalisé L’abbé Lépine terminait son allocution ainsi : « Grâce à cette chapelle, François de Laval pourra donc continuer de proclamer aux visiteurs qu’il nous faut tous vivre à l’écoute de Dieu et nous disposer à répondre à son appel ; qu’il nous faut nous prêter à ses desseins et développer une œuvre à la mesure de nos capacités ; qu’il nous faut engager nos ressources et nos énergies à faire grandir cette œuvre et lui faire porter du fruit ; qu’il nous faut être capable de nous abandonner entre les mains de Dieu et nous en remettre à Lui en toute confiance et sérénité. » 1 Verbatim de l’homélie de Mgr Couture lors de l’inauguration de la chapelle funéraire de Mgr de Laval en 1993, captation vidéo Sur la Place, émission 77 « François de Laval », Media 2000 inc., 27,30 min. 2 Jacques Lemieux, « Une nouvelle chapelle pour Mgr de Laval », Pierres Vivantes, 1997, p. 5 à 7. 2 1 1 Ornementation extérieure de la chapelle funéraire 2 La chapelle funéraire de saint François de Laval Photos : Daniel Abel 3 �L’œuvre colossale de Georges-Édouard Demers PROJET Par Martina de Vries Dans son allocution du 3 avril 2014 lors de la conférence de presse accompagnant l’annonce officielle à Rome de la canonisation prochaine de François de Laval, le chanoine Jacques Roberge, supérieur général du Séminaire de Québec, disait : « Nous vivons donc aujourd’hui l’aboutissement d’un long processus auquel a participé plusieurs personnes […] Parmi ceux-là, j’aimerais rappeler à la mémoire feu Mgr Georges-Édouard Demers, qui a travaillé une bonne partie de sa vie pour la Cause de François de Laval1. » Dans le cadre du projet Entretenir la mémoire de saint François de Laval, nous désirons présenter l’œuvre colossale de cet homme. Georges-Édouard Demers (1906-1983) est ordonné prêtre en 1931 au Séminaire de Québec. Décrit comme très discret, voire timide, incarnation de l’humilité, il n’est certes pas le premier qu’on remarque sur les photos d’époque. Et pourtant, quel homme remarquable! En 1932, la Cause de François de Laval fut figée à Rome, pour la 3e fois, dû à plusieurs complications, notamment l’insuffisance de documents historiques. Le problème fut rapporté à Mgr Villeneuve, archevêque de Québec, qui proposa d’envoyer un prêtre du Séminaire pour travailler à Rome directement sous la direction du Relateur de la Section Historique de la Congrégation des Rites, nouvellement créée en 1930 pour les Causes anciennes2. Ce prêtre devrait travailler longuement à faire une recherche exhaustive des sources et une analyse complète de celles-ci. À qui confier cette tâche colossale? Mgr Paul Bernier proposa alors le jeune abbé Demers qui, en 1925-1926, s’était déjà rendu en Europe en renfort au postulateur, l’abbé Eugène Garnier. « Et c’est ainsi que je fus amené par la providence à offrir mon concours dans la Cause de Mgr de Laval. L’Altera Nova Positio de 1956, majoritairement écrite par l’abbé Demers Photo : Daniel Abel Georges-Édouard Demers, étudiant un document Photo : Archives du Séminaire de Québec Bien inexpérimenté dans les questions et les méthodes historiques, je ne pouvais offrir que l’apport de ma bonne volonté », confiait M. Demers à la revue La Nouvelle Abeille en février 1949 (no. 3, vol. 5, p. 3). Pendant sept ans, l’abbé Demers logea au Collège pontifical canadien à Rome et au Séminaire de Paris. Il consulta 45 diverses archives et 5 bibliothèques publiques. Seuls 8 lieux furent fouillés par les archivistes locaux, qui lui envoyèrent des photostats des documents désirés. Il transcrivit fidèlement près de 700 documents sources et envoya, par mesure de sécurité, les copies carbones séparément à l’abbé Amédée Gosselin, archiviste du Séminaire et vice-postulateur. Il garda une correspondance régulière avec ce dernier. Il lui demandait souvent de lui envoyer des copies de lettres à Rome, afin d’étudier plus en profondeur certains sujets, surtout les plus épineux, qu’il attaqua de front. Tout en défendant mordicus François de Laval et en démontrant sa sainteté, il conserva une rigueur scientifique exemplaire. Cette démonstration fut tout de même difficile, puisque, dans les mots de l’abbé Demers, « il ne s’agissait pas d’étudier la vie d’une bonne petite moniale enfermée toute sa vie derrière les murs d’un cloître3, mais bien celle d’un évêque qui, au milieu de perpétuelles difficultés religieuses et politiques, avait fondé et organisé l’Église canadienne. Les recherches devaient nécessairement être longues et compliquées. » (L’Abeille, février 1949, p. 3) (suite en page 5) 4 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2018 �de tous les travaux que j’ai fait pour la Cause depuis 1932 et aussi, je dois l’avouer, de biens des sacrifices… » Le dossier documentaire était donc complété. Mgr Demers envoya des instructions à Rome pour déterminer les documents à être retournés à Québec pour préservation. Dans cette lettre du 22 mars 1960, on sent la fierté toute humble de l’homme : « 3) Les 2 000 feuilles volantes. Il s’agit, je pense, des documents que j’ai copiés dans les Archives de Paris, de Rome, d’Évreux, etc. Tout ce matériel n’est pas imprimé dans l’ANP5. De plus, une raison un peu sentimentale m’inclinerait à vous les demander… étant donné que c’est mon travail personnel de bien des semaines et des mois… j’ai presque envie d’écrire : retourner à Québec… » Exemple d’un des 2 000 carbones, documents copiés à l’original par l’abbé Demers En 1975, il prit une retraite bien méritée, après plusieurs années d’enseignement au Petit Séminaire. Son dernier « bien grand bonheur » a sans doute été d’avoir été délégué par le Séminaire pour assister à la cérémonie de béatification à Rome du 22 juin 1980. Il décéda en 1983, à l’âge de 77 ans. Il n’a jamais vu la canonisation de son cher évêque fondateur, à qui il avait voué une grande partie de sa vie, mais on peut être certain qu’il l’a rencontré dans la mort. 1 Bulletin no. 29, p. 4 2 Les Causes anciennes sont celles pourvues de documents écrits mais n’ayant aucun témoignage de contemporains juridiquement recueillis à l’époque du Serviteur de Dieu. En 1940, toute la partie Documenta de l’Altera Nova Positio (les textes et leurs annotations, soit plus de 600 pages) était prête. Mais la Cause devait rester en suspens jusqu’en 1948 dû à la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Entre 1948 et 1956, l’abbé Demers retourna périodiquement à Rome pour aider à compléter l’ANP. À l’automne 1956, il reçut deux beaux cadeaux pour son 50e anniversaire : en septembre, le pape Pie XII le nomma Camérier secret surnuméraire 4, lui accordant le titre honorifique de Monseigneur ; et en novembre, son successeur comme postulateur, le père Romain Saint-Cyr, lui envoya une copie de l’ANP fraîchement imprimée. « Comme c’est ce soir les premières vêpres de ma fête au Séminaire, lui écrivait Mgr Demers le 8 novembre 1956, et que plusieurs confrères me feront l’honneur d’une visite à ma chambre, selon la coutume, j’en profiterai pour leur faire voir ce travail, même si le contenu reste encore officiellement dans le secret de la Congrégation des Rites. » Finalement, après 80 ans d’efforts, le décret d’héroïcité des vertus fut lu par le pape Jean XXIII le 28 février 1960. « Mon cher Père, écrivait Mgr Demers au père Saint-Cyr pour l’occasion, enfin nos vœux sont exaucés! […] Pour moi, c’est un bien grand bonheur, puisque c’est le couronnement 3 Il fait certainement référence à sainte Thérèse de Lisieux, canonisée en 1925. 4 Les camériers secrets surnuméraires sont appelés les « chapelains de Sa Sainteté » depuis 1968. Il s’agit d’une ancienne fonction de la Maison pontificale où ils avaient la charge de l’antichambre dite « secrète » du pape, soit une salle d’attente pour les audiences privées. Ces chapelains obtiennent le premier et le plus bas des trois rangs de Monseigneur. 5 Du travail de Demers, 45 % seulement a été publié dans l’ANP. Le reste est demeuré, jusqu’ici, dans son Fonds aux Archives du Séminaire, conservées au Musée de la civilisation à Québec. Notre projet permettra celui-ci de devenir accessible au public. Nos remerciements Nous en profitons pour souligner l’immense travail du P. Roger Laberge, s.v., dernier postulateur de la Cause de saint François de Laval, qui a consacré plus de 220 heures à traduire de l’italien vers le français les annotations de l’Altera Nova Positio de 1956, pour la plupart de l’abbé Demers. Une source précieuse d’information qui deviendra accessible sous peu. Photo : Daniel Abel Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2018 5 �MÉMOIRE Mgr Maurice Couture [1926-2018] Nous connaissons le grand attachement que portait Mgr Couture pour saint François de Laval et son Église. Nous ajoutons notre contribution à sa mémoire en reproduisant ici le communiqué de presse du diocèse de Québec où l’archevêque partageait sa vision pastorale face à l’avenir. À l’aube du troisième millénaire, l’Église universelle est conviée à une seconde évangélisation. Les baptisés ont à repenser leurs responsabilités de chrétiens et de chrétiennes engagés à la suite du Christ pour que le monde sache que Dieu a envoyé son Fils pour le conduire au Royaume promis. Dans une réflexion pastorale, il m’a paru évident que chez nous, quelqu’un est venu il y a plus de 300 ans pour une première évangélisation et qu’il a su accomplir sa mission. Photo : Daniel Abel C’est cette certitude qui m’a donné l’audace d’une nouvelle relance de la dévotion à promouvoir envers le fondateur de l’Église canadienne. n’est-il pas tout désigné pour inspirer l’action pastorale de la seconde évangélisation dans nos milieux en voie de déchristianisation ? Notre premier évêque, Mgr François de Laval, n’a-t-il pas été un homme de génie qui a fait grande et solide l’histoire spirituelle, humaniste et sociale de notre pays ? On disait de lui, au 17e siècle, qu’il était de la lignée des « nouveaux prêtres » qui se sont laissés prendre tout entier par leur ministère de pasteurs (cf. Cap-aux-Diamants, 1993, p. 16). Sa vie a été modelée par la tâche pastorale qu’il a choisie ou qui s’est imposée à lui. N’est-ce pas là le sens profond de nos recherches en ce temps de synode ? Il a été par-dessus tout un pasteur plein de l’esprit des apôtres, le « modèle parfait des évêques » écrivit le père Paul Ragueneau. Plus qu’un honneur, son presbytérat et son épiscopat ont été pour lui des fonctions au service de la communauté. Ses attitudes pastorales étaient profondément évangéliques. Dans l’exercice de son apostolat, il visait surtout à rejoindre les cœurs, à les ouvrir à la Bonne Nouvelle vécue dans la fraternité, fidèlement et de façon radicale. Bien avant que l’O.N.U. ne rédige la charte des droits de l’homme, il a combattu avec fermeté pour le respect des dignités de la personne, envers et contre tout. Mgr de Laval, que le pape Jean-Paul II a béatifié le 22 juin 1980, est présenté à notre dévotion comme un modèle de courage, de lucidité et de foi dans le cheminement de nos vocations personnelles. Lui qui a lancé l’Église dans un diocèse aux dimensions de l’Amérique, 6 Mgr Maurice Couture, lors du tournage du film François de Laval, Apôtre de l’Amérique, au printemps 2014. Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2018 Bien que rattaché à la spiritualité française de son époque par ses mortifications, ses dévotions, à la suite d’un François de Sales ou d’un Vincent de Paul, il a su garder une heureuse liberté intérieure qui lui a permis de bâtir l’Église d’ici à la lumière d’inspirations qui ont traversé les siècles et qui s’ajustent aujourd’hui aux directives de Vatican II. Mgr de Laval a vu grand, à la dimension du pays qu’il découvrait ; il a vu juste, dans la formation des prêtres qu’il destinait à l’évangélisation d’alors, dans les œuvres d’éducation et de charité qu’il a mises sur pied ; il a vu loin dans la structure ecclésiale qu’il a laissée au diocèse de Québec, dont près de 250 diocèses [catholiques] sont issus au Canada et aux États-Unis. Maurice Couture, archevêque de Québec �ALBUM 1 1 Reconnaissance civile Le 9 février dernier, le premier ministre du Québec, M. Philipe Couillard, a profité du lancement des festivités du 350e anniversaire du Collège François-de-Laval, pour désigner François de Laval personnage historique, en vertu de la Loi sur le patrimoine culturel. Photo : Daniel Abel 2 En famille La dépouille de Mgr Maurice Couture repose désormais dans la crypte de la cathédrale NotreDame de Québec, avec les autres successeurs de Mgr de Laval. Photo : Daniel Abel 3 Une ferveur qui use En plus de l’entretien habituel de la chapelle funéraire, le Séminaire de Québec entreprendra à l’automne d’y faire un grand nettoyage au solvant approprié, d’appliquer deux couches de cire au gisant et de restaurer le laiton de la balustrade déjà bien usée. Photo : Daniel Abel 2 4 Félicitations Mgr Antoine de Romanet, évêque aux Armées françaises, ordonnera prêtre Pascal Champion le 8 mai prochain. M. Champion a été marab (2009 à 2016) au Collège du Prytanée national militaire de La Flèche (l’ancien collège fréquenté par François de Laval). Il a été l’instigateur du bas-relief Mgr de Laval servant les pauvres (Bulletin no. 26). Nous l’apercevons ci-dessous lors de l’accueil de M. le cardinal Lacroix et du groupe de pèlerins canadiens, le 8 octobre 2014. Nous lui souhaitons un ministère fructueux et la protection de saint François. Photo : Daniel Abel 3 4 Bulletin du Centre d’animation François-De Laval | Mai 2018 7 �Photo : Daniel Abel Un arrêt à l’Hôtel-Dieu À la fin mai 2017, Mme Ariane Blanchet-Robitaille, conservatrice, nous informait de la présence dans les collections du Monastère des Augustines de Québec, d’une immense toile représentant les armoiries de Mgr de Laval. Informée de notre projet d’inventaire iconographique et documentaire sur saint François de Laval, elle nous a invités à venir documenter ce tableau. Aussitôt que Mgr l’Évêque de Pétrée eut appris le dessein que nous avions de commencer cette mission ; on ne peut croire combien il parut affectionné. Son zèle qui embrasse tout, et à qui tout l’océan n’a pu donner de bornes, lui faisait souhaiter de pouvoir être lui-même de ces heureux exposés et aux dépens de mille vies, aller chercher dans le plus profond de ces forêts la brebis égarée pour laquelle il avait traversé les mers. Jérôme Lalemant, jésuite Armoiries de Monseigneur de Laval McDonald Huile sur toile, 1878, 130 cm X 190 cm Collections du Monastère des Augustines, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec 1 Translation des restes de Mgr de Laval à la chapelle du Séminaire de Québec. Relation complète de tout ce qui s’est passé depuis l’exhumation des ossements de Mgr de Laval le 19 septembre 1877 jusqu’à leur déposition au séminaire le 23 mai 1878, Thomas-Étienne Hamel, Typographie d’Augustin Côté et Cie, 1878, p. 62. Extrait des Relations des Jésuites de 1659-1660, au sujet de la dernière mission ouverte de 1660. (Édition Thwaites, vol. 45, p.76-78) Centre d’animation François-De Laval twitter.com/CentreFdL www.francoisdelaval.com Prochaine parution : Décembre 2018 TÉMOIGNAGE Selon nos recherches, ce tableau aurait décoré l’extérieur de la chapelle de l’Hôtel-Dieu lors de la translation de 1878 : « Il serait bien difficile de surpasser la délicatesse et le goût qui régnaient dans les décorations de l’Hôtel-Dieu. […] Le portail de l’église était surmonté d’une croix en verdure ornée d’une couronne de fleurs. Du pied de la croix partaient des draperies blanches, relevées par des couronnes aussi de verdure, et descendant le long du toit jusqu’au sommet du mur. Le sommet du portail était orné d’un tableau représentant les armoiries de Mgr de Laval; ce tableau était entouré de croix de roses blanches et violettes surmontées elles-mêmes de couronnes de mêmes couleurs. Au-dessous des armoiries se lisait l’inscription : Hommage à Monseigneur de Laval 1. » Photo : Daniel Abel ICONOGRAPHIE Gisant de la chapelle funéraire de saint François de Laval � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulletin no 36 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recherche Description An account of the resource Cette collection comprend les articles de périodiques, revues, journaux, chapitres de livres, livres ou études publiées sur François de Laval Texte A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. no 36 Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. p. 1-3 : <em>Ci-gît saint François de Laval</em> par Jean Duval : .25e anniversaire de la translation des restes mortels de Laval dans sa chapelle funéraire dans Notre-Dame de Québec<br />p. 4-5 : <em>L'oeuvre colossale de Georges-Édouard Demers</em> par Martina de Vries : Présentation du travail de recherche pour créer l'<em>Altera Nova Positio</em>, livre-maître de la béatification de Laval<br />p. 6 : <em>Mgr Maurice Couture (1926-2018)</em> : Communiqué de presse de l'évêque sur sa vision pastorale pour le 21e siècle<br />p. 7 : Brèves<br />p. 8 : Iconographie : Toile de McDonald dépeignant les armoiries de Laval Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Accédez au <a href="https://sfdl.omeka.net/files/show/10220" class="show">texte intégral </a>de ce numéro Brèves Inhumations Oeuvres d’art