ANNUAL GATHERINGS

YEAR 2011 GATHERING

 The Board of direction shall announced the responsable and location of the 2011 gathering before the end of 2010.

Programm to come
Registration to come
Logging to come
Map to come

  You can also use the following registration form that you can fill on your computer, print and mail to the responsable.

YEAR 2010 GATHERING

 The Year 2010 Gathering was held May 22 and 23/2010 in Montreal, Qc, with Jacques Morrissette, director of the Association, presiding.

We got a 3 hour tour bus of Montreal.

We were honored to assist the mass and visit the historical chapel of the Montreal Grey Nuns.

YEAR 2009 GATHERING

 The Year 2009 Gathering was held from May 8 to May 10/2009 in La Malbaie, Qc, with Ann Warren, director of the Association, presiding.

After a well done presentation by Serge Gauthier on "La Petite Histoire de Charlevoix", a guided bus tour of Murray Bay was available to the visitors.

During the general assembly, the president also lauched the third edition of "Répertoire des mariages Morissette-Morrissette-Morisset."

YEAR 2008 GATHERING

 The Year 2008 Gathering was held May 16/17/18/2008 at the Motel Deville of Rouyn-Noranda, Qc, with Gilles Morisset, presiding and director of the Association.

Visits to the Noranda smelter and to Hydro-Quebec installation were available to the visitors as well as a guided city tour.

During the general assembly, the president also lauched a monograph of the Morisset House written in French by the owner of the house, Denis Lavallee and Rene Pronovost.

YEAR 2007 GATHERING

 The Year 2007 Gathering was held on May 19 and 20/2007 in St-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Qc, with Jérôme-René Morissette, president of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we have unveiled that the pop-rock international signer Alanis Morissette was a direct descendant of Nicolas Morisset and Anne Cloutier who settled in St-Michel, Qc.

We have also visited the church of St-Michel and the chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, a very nice pilgrim site.
YEAR 2006 GATHERING

The Year 2006 Gathering was held on May 20 and 21/2006 in Ste-Croix-de-Lotbinière, Qc, with Claudette Morisset-Lemay, director of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we have unveiled a commemorative plate to honour Pierre Morisset and Catherine Letourneau, the first Morisset to establish in Ste-Croix-de-Lotbinière, Qc,

We have also visited the churches of Ste-Croix and St-Louis of Lotbinière, Qc, as well as the Domaine Joly-de-Lotbiniere.
YEAR 2005 GATHERING
The Year 2005 Gathering was held on May 21 and 22/2005 in St-Marc-des-Carrières, Qc, with Pierre Morissette, director of the Association, presiding.
YEAR 2004 GATHERING

The Year 2004 Gathering was held on May 21, 22 and 23/2004 in Manoir Saint-Castin, Lac-Beauport, Qc, with Thérèse Morissette, director of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we have honored Suzanne Howard for her involment in the salvation and the restauration of the Maison Morisset of St-Famille, I.O. We have also honored Raymond Morissette who left the Board after 8 years as vice-president.

YEAR 2003 GATHERING

The Year 2003 Gathering was held on May 16, 17 and 18/2003 in Centre d’Arts Orford, Orford, Qc, with Michèle Morissette-Bourque, director of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we launched our fifth publication, the second edition of "Répertoire des mariages Morissette-Morrissette-Morisset."

YEAR 2002 GATHERINGThe Year 2002 Gathering was held on May 18 and 19/2002 in Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans, QC, with Henriette Morissette-Moisan, director of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we have unveiled two commemorative plates to honor the ancestors.

The commemorative plate of the ancestors Mathurin Morisset and Elisabeth Coquin  was unveiled during the general assembly 2002 and is installed on the north wall inside the church of Neuville, Qc, the place where they got married on Jan. 9/1690.

The commemorative plate of the ancestors Jean Moricet and Jeanne Choret was unveiled by Roger Morissette et Roger Giguère and blessed by Bishop Pierre Morissette  who was celebrating the catholic mass in the church of his ancestors. The plate is installed in the Parc des Ancêtres which is adjacent to the old presbytery of Ste-Famille, the place where they raised all their family and died.
YEAR 2001 GATHERING

The Year 2001 Gathering was held on May 18, 19 and 20/2001 in Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, QC, with Léo Morissette, director of the Association, presiding.

During the proceedings, we launched our fourth publication "Toponymes Morissette (toute épellation) dans le monde" explaining 163 toponyms in Canada, USA, France and Australia. We were also told by the Mayor of Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, QC, that the City is planning to name a site around a new bridge as PARC MORISSETTE to honour all the Morissettes who built the city throughout the centuries.
YEAR 2000 GATHERING

The Year 2000 Gathering was held on May 19, 20 and 21 in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, with André Morissette, director of the Association, presiding.

During the proceedings, we unveiled our flag and launched our third publication "Jean Morisset, patriote de 1838".
1999 GATHERING

The 1999 Gathering was held May 21, 22 and 23 in Shawinigan, QC, with Annette Morissette-Bourassa, director of the Association, presiding.

During the proceedings, we launched our second publication "Morissette d'ici et d'ailleurs, d'hier et d'aujourd'hui"
1998 GATHERING

The 1998 Gathering was held May 15, 16 and 17 in Neuville, QC, with Rémi Morissette, secretary of the Association, presiding.

We welcomed Morissets and Morissettes from France, from the western provinces, and from Ontario and Québec.

During the proceedings, we unveiled two commemorative monuments in honour of our ancestors Jean Moricet/Jeanne Choret and Mathurin Morisset/Élisabeth Coquin.

We also launced our first publication, the first edition of "Répertoire des mariages Morissette-Morrissette-Morisset."
1997 GATHERING

The 1997 Gathering was held on June 21 and 22, 1997 in Trois-Pistoles, QC, with Raymond Morissette, vice-president of the Association, presiding.

At this official founding of the Association, we approved the by-laws, unveiled the coat-of-arms and the motto and elected the first Board of Directors.

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