. Third centenary of the establishment of the faith in Canada, 1615-1915. to moving sand-banks and the strong currents at the mouth of the Seine, that the old historic portwas abandoned in favor of LeHavre. Whilst waiting there for fa-vorable winds, our first mis-sionaries occupied their timein preparing the sailors andall hands for the perilous tells us how theyexamined their conscience andcleansed themselves of theirsins, because they wished tobe in the state of grace in or-der to be more free in exposingthemselves to the mercy ofthe winds and the waves onthat great and peri
. Third centenary of the establishment of the faith in Canada, 1615-1915. to moving sand-banks and the strong currents at the mouth of the Seine, that the old historic portwas abandoned in favor of LeHavre. Whilst waiting there for fa-vorable winds, our first mis-sionaries occupied their timein preparing the sailors andall hands for the perilous tells us how theyexamined their conscience andcleansed themselves of theirsins, because they wished tobe in the state of grace in or-der to be more free in exposingthemselves to the mercy ofthe winds and the waves onthat great and perilous departure took place onApril 24th, about five oclockin the evening. Their boatwas the Saint-Etienne, a vesselof 350 tons, commanded byFrangois Grave Sieur du Pont. The voyage was a prosperous one, £.and a month after. May 25th, feastof the Translation of the body ofSt. Francis of Assisi, they cast anchorin the Gulf of the St. Lawrence op-posite Tadoussac. Tadoussac was the first spot onCanadian soil to receive the Fran-ciscan Missionaries. It was herethat
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