Coat of Arms
In September 2008, the Richard Association of New Brunswick Inc. applied for a coat of arms with the Canadian Heraldic Authorities in Ottawa and in July 2009 it was awarded. The coat of arms is recorded in Volume V, page 461 of the Ottawa Public Register of Arms, and is available on the Internet.
The coat of arms of the Association is inspired by the coat of amrs adopted by Mgs Marcel-François Richard (1847-1915) when he was elevated to the Roman Prelature as a domestic prelate by pontifical brief of March 25, 1905. Of his coat of arms, they take not only the flag of Acadia, placed here in prominence, but also the schooner inscribed with the word “Acadia”, Frenchized here in “Acadie”, and the motto VIDIMUS STELLAM EJUS. Bishop Richard was the promoter of the adoption of the tricolor with the star at the National Convention of the Acadians in 1884. This is certainly the main reason for his inclusion in his own coat of arms
The schooner is also on the coat of arms of the Société Nationale de l’Acadie (SNA) and used to be the seat of delegates to national conventions. The word ACADIE in capital letters also appeared on a pennant on the flag of the delegates’ badge at the 1884 National Convention and is reflected in the SNA’s coat of arms
The marigold flower evokes the memory of the first ancestor Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, who came to Acadia in an expedition with Sieur Emmanuel Le Borgne, governor of Acadia from 1657 to 1667. His nickname Sansoucy would indicate that he served in a regiment before moving to Acadia
Motto: Meaning “We saw his star”, the Latin motto of the Association is that adopted and protected by Bishop Richard. It is inspired by the gospel of Saint Mathieu 2.2 and evokes the Stella Maris, star of the sea, marian symbol and main symbol of the flag of Acadia.
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