In September 2025, join us to celebrate the 90th anniversary

of the publication of the  Flore laurentienne

by our cousin, Brother Marie-Victorin, Conrad Kirouac.

Theme: The 90th Anniversary of the Flore laurentienne

Friday, 5 September 2025 – 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

-Annual General Meeting at Restaurant & Salle du Quai 1635, at Cap-Rouge (Quai 1635, i.e., 1635 Wharf, waterfront restaurant with      superb view on the River)

- Dinner available, at own expense

Saturday 6 September 2025

10 a.m. to 12 noon

– The Kirouacs meet again for the day! From which branches, Conrad or Jack?

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

– Exhibition of books about Marie-Victorin

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

– Family meal

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

– Round table: The 90 years of the Flore laurentienne

First Edition of the Rencontres Kirouac

(General audience, please register using the button on the opening page of the site (10$)

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

· Presentation and welcome word by André Kirouac, KFA president

· Round Table leader and talk (20 min.) by Mathieu-Robert Sauvé, author of new biography of Brother Marie-Victorin,

to be released in October 2025

· Introduction (10 min): André Kirouac, Marie-Victorin, lignée Marie-Victorin’s genealogical line, link to Quebec City

· Talk (30 min): Yves Gingras, Marie-Victorin and the Flore laurentienne

· Talk (30 min): Jacques Labrecque, botanist, Flore laurentienne, Marie-Victorin on plants and botany

-6:30 p.m. — Dinner in town for those who wish.