{"id":425,"date":"2025-12-07T16:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp268347.wpdns.ca\/?page_id=425"},"modified":"2026-09-12T10:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:45:20","slug":"plaque-commemorative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/plaque-commemorative","title":{"rendered":"Dedication Plaque"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"425\" class=\"elementor elementor-425\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccff9f0 e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ccff9f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc58f14 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc58f14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michel Messier &amp; Anne LeMoyne<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b5c66 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75b5c66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dedication Plaque<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b01f4f5 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b01f4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cda8dde e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cda8dde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5dcac e-grid e-con-full jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cc5dcac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b2364 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58b2364\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Plaque-commemoratie-Michel-Messier-Anne-LeMoyne-v2-1024x901.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-477\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Plaque-commemoratie-Michel-Messier-Anne-LeMoyne-v2-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Plaque-commemoratie-Michel-Messier-Anne-LeMoyne-v2-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Plaque-commemoratie-Michel-Messier-Anne-LeMoyne-v2-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Plaque-commemoratie-Michel-Messier-Anne-LeMoyne-v2.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f982782 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f982782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of foundation of the Messier Families Association, the board of directors decided to honor the memory of one of our ancestors, Michel Messier and his wife, Anne LeMoyne, who made their brand in Varennes and who died in this city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><br \/><strong>An agreement reached in 1718, between Michel, the priest of Varennes and three churchwardens, stipulated  that following a donation of 1000 pounds, for the construction of a chapel, their bodies would be buried under the church.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On October 9, 2014, the plaque was installed in the Basilica of Ste-Anne-de-Varennes, clearly visible at the rear exit of the church, to the left of the crucifix, by the basilica worker, helped by R\u00e9al Messier, representative of the Association.<\/strong>\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michel Messier &amp; 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