Blais gathering 2024
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, québec

25TH anniversary celebration


This reunion will take place at the Notre-Dame-de-Foy campus in St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, from August 30th until September 1st 2024.

Program

WHERE : Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy, 5030 rue Clément-Lockquell, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Qc, G3A 1B3

WHEN: Friday August 30th - Sunday September 1st


FRIDAY, AUGUST 30th (all times in 24-hour format)


19h to 21h       Greetings, registration, and get-togethers
                           Presentation of the programme
                           Historical information on the Notre-Dame-de-Foy Campus

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31st

7h to 8h30   Breakfast, greetings, and registration
8h45             Bus departure for the Citadelle de Québec
10h00           Musical ceremony and guided visit of the la Citadelle {in French or in English) 
11h45           Bus departure for lunch at the Lucien-Borne Community Centre (100, chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec)
13h15            Bus departure for the Parliament
13h30           Arrivai at the Parliament and identity verification
14h00           Guided visit of the Parliament (in French or English-language groups)
16h00           Bus departure for the Notre-Dame-de-Foy campus
17h30           Greetings before the 25th Anniversary Gala
18h00           Gala, supper with homages to our founders, honours to our members, and entertainment
22h30           Gala closing


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st


7h à 8h45   Breakfast;
8h45            Lecture by Gérard Blais: a persona! experience.
                      As a Marianist priest, he celebrated "A clandestine mass in hell", in the German Auschwitz concentration camp
9h30            Lecture by Michel Blais on his new historical work
10h30          Pause
10h45          Workshop session on the numerical Blais d'Amérique dictionary
                      Initiation and exploration with Marie-Claude St-Pierre, administrator and designated contact genealogist, and Guy Morin ex-                                          administrator and genealogical collaborator
12h00          Lunch and closing of the 2024 reunion
14h00          Persona! activities (possibility of visiting the Citadelle museum on presentation of yesterday's ticket); other Québec City attractions