Mgr Marcel-François Richard

During the Memracook Acadian convention of in 1881, there was a great deal of debate concerning the choice of a national holiday. There was a lot of pressure from Quebec to choose June 24th, the national holiday of French Canadians, while many Acadians preferred August 15th, the feast of the Assumption. Here is a small part of Bishop Marcel-François Richard’s speech “ I bitterly regret having to fight against some […]