Center Notre-Dame de La Salette de Chicoutimi
« My spirituality is characterized by fidelity to Christ and His Church, fidelity to what is deepest within me »
Michel Marcotte est le fondateur premier du Centre Notre-Dame de la Salette de Chicoutimi
Pèlerinage au sanctuaire Notre-Dame de la Salette dans les Alpes françaises
Inauguration du Centre Notre-Dame de la Salette par l’évêque du diocèse.
Rencontre et mariage avec Gabrielle Lavallée le 7 août 2010
Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 10:30 a.m.
The crucifix is filled with reddish oil and smells of perfume. Several witnesses are present, including three priests.
End of March 2003
The local bishop and Mgr. Ouellet of Quebec receive a short amateur video shot during the Virgin's first lachryminations. The bishop invites us to keep this phenomenon discreet.
WATCH THE REPORT IN "LA SEMAINE" MAGAZINE
By: Chantale Potvin
Reporting photo: Louis Jacob
March 23, 2012
We marked the anniversary of the lachrymation of Our Lady of La Salette in a special way. Yes, it was on March 23, 2003 that the statue of the Virgin wept. The great grace we had was that when we found out about it, an Amerindian couple from Obedjewan came to see us. They were deeply impressed, and in the end, two other Obedjewan natives came in their turn. Gabrielle and I took the time to show them the DVD on which is printed the moment when the Virgin wept, a DVD we had presented for the first time to a whole assembly. We prayed with them in the chapel afterwards. The two locals were deeply impressed and are thinking of organizing a pilgrimage in the near future.
Eucharistic miracle (February 2013)
I guess you could call it a Eucharistic miracle for me. Here are the facts: a year ago, my doctor detected that my iron level (ferrite) in the blood was higher than normal. He sent my file to a blood specialist so that he could see me, because the only way to get rid of the excess iron is to bleed, and if this isn't done, it can cause cancer of the pancreas, intestines and attack the heart. Last September, after another blood test, he called to tell me that my iron levels had skyrocketed. He contacted the specialist who hadn't yet met me so that we could start regular bloodletting, but the specialist replied that he was the only one in the area and that it could take some time. Dr. Hudon suggested I go to Quebec City, but I preferred to wait. In January, he tells me I have no choice but to go and see a specialist in Quebec City, but first he wants to send the file back, but with a new blood test to see how the iron is progressing. I must admit I was getting very tired of this.
Last week, on a Tuesday evening at La Salette, February 19, Abbé Paul Côté, who was celebrating, said in his homily that we mustn't forget that in the Eucharist the wine becomes the blood of Christ, and that from now on the blood of Christ is passed on in our own blood, so we are all brothers. And so a prayer rises in my heart: "Lord, if your blood mingles with my blood, why can't you destroy this iron? At the Center, we always take communion with the body and blood of Christ by dipping the host in Christ's blood. I take communion first, so that I can then give the other participants the blood of Christ while the priest gives the body of Christ. I take the host to dip it in the blood of Christ, but I did this too quickly and unfortunately I realized that I hadn't dipped in the blood. While I was giving the blood, an inner word said to me: "Ask the priest to take communion from the cup". But I was too embarrassed to make this request; I felt it was a form of pride. So I picked up the ciborium to take it downstairs to the chapel, but Abbé Paul Côté stopped me (he didn't know anything about it) and said: "Would you help me drink the rest of the wine, as there's too much left for me". So I took communion from the cup. Afterwards, I told Abbé Paul about the prayer I'd prayed to the Lord.
Two days later, during the night, I felt an inner heat as if I were sweating, but inwardly. I didn't pay any attention. I continued to pray and then went for my blood test as the doctor had asked me to. Last Tuesday, February 26, I received a call from my doctor's secretary who told me: "I have very good news, Dr. Hudon says that your iron level has dropped appreciably". I told this to the Centre last Tuesday at our evening meeting, and there are nurses who come to the Centre: they told me again that the iron level in the blood cannot drop without bloodletting, it's impossible. So I thank the Lord for this Eucharistic grace that I can share. Now I understand why I've always had the deep intuition for over 40 years that there would be miracles, spectacular healings, if after communion, we prayed especially for the sick. Of course, we need to explain to people what Abbé Paul Côté has said, that is, to become truly aware that the body of Christ descends into us and mingles with our own body, and the same thing happens with the blood of Christ. It's very theological, but we don't realize it enough.
November 2013
Conversion of an atheist
What a beautiful testimony from Mr. André Marie Laforest, living at 1177 Angoulême in Chicoutimi. He had seen the publicity and, out of curiosity, came to experience the triduum, where he obtained a great grace: faith. He testified to this himself in front of all those present a week after the triduum. Abbé Marc Girard told me that he had had him as a student during a course and that he had lived a profound atheism. He became a man of prayer, and since then, he hasn't missed a single activity at the Center. He now says he recites his rosary every day.
Make Our Lady of La Salette known through your faith!
"I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in."
How will you respond to God's invitation?