The Homecoming

After their defeat by the English on the Plains of Abraham in September 1759, the French tried to re-take Quebec City in May 1760. They were victorious in their first battle and the English retreated inside the fortified wall of Quebec City, while the French laid siege outside. Neither side had sufficent strength of force to prevail over the other; so they waited for reinforcements to come from Europe. The first ship to sail up the St. Lawrence would determine the future destiny of Canada. When the English frigate Lowenstoff was sighted, les canadiens knew their 150 year-old dream for Canada had ended. Their hopes were crushed; in their hour of need, they had been abandoned by France.

In July 2004, more than 40 church leaders from France traveled to Montreal. There they met together with French Canadians from throughout Canada and they repented for their historic abandonment of French Canada, lifting a curse of rejection and abandonment from the French people and the nation of Canada.