Final goodbye to Maïté Come

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The abbot Claude Gosselin presided over the ceremony to pay a last tribute to Maïté Come to the church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Robert Plouffe

Thursday, 27 July 2017 20:38

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Thursday, 27 July 2017 22:32

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“Maïté was trapped in the bottom of a basin of the falls. And because you have believed that love would be stronger, you have kept courage, perseverance and hope.”

This is what has launched, in his homily, father Claude Gosselin, who presided over the ceremony to pay a last tribute to Maïté Come, Thursday, at the church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

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Many messages of support had been deposited at the funeral home.

The family has had a large wave of comfort on the part of the residents of the Islands who had gathered on the occasion of the funeral of the young woman of the age of 21 years.

Maïté has lost the life on the 13th of June last, in the chutes Jean-Larose, at the bottom of the Mont Sainte-Anne, after he had lost his footing accidentally.

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The parents of Maïté have had a large wave of comfort on the part of the inhabitants of the Islands.

Message of hope

His body has not been found after three weeks of intense research.

The abbé Gosselin has held to emphasize the energy deployed by his mother, Lancy Cummings, and his father, Simon the Just, in order to find and bring back the body of their daughter home.

For him, the story of Maïté, which will long remain engraved in the memory of the people of the Islands, is a message of hope.

Friends of Maïté, Alizée Roy-Bergeron and Gabrielle Petitclerc, are parts of Quebec city on Tuesday, to be present at this ceremony to make him a last and vibrant testimony.

“Maïté, as you told us often, your name means “I love you”, in Basque. Through the pain that has caused your departure, something beautiful, in your image, is revealed ; it is the love of all those who love you. And my God there are people who love you, ” said Gabrielle.

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The friends of Maïté, Alizée Roy-Bergeron and Gabrielle Petitclerc, are parts of Quebec city on Tuesday to be present at the ceremony.

“She loved everyone “

“Maïté, she was talking to everyone, she loved everyone. She had a great joie de vivre. It was my best friend and I wanted to make him a tribute “positive,” said Alizée.

Of the many comments collected before and after the religious ceremony clearly show that the people of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine held their breath until the body of Maïté is found.

“You have been gathered in the research by your prayers “, they meant the abbe Gosselin.

The member of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Germain Chevarie, also attended this ceremony as an expression of solidarity for the family.

Some of the stories

“It was pretty cried and prayed. It is a family Islands. We just shake the parents in our arms, and say bye bye to Maïté. “

Lucia Longuépée, a friend of the family

“The Islands were in pain. And this pain would have been even more profound if the body of Maïté was not found. “

Germain Chevarie, member of QLP of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine

“Here in the Islands, I have never felt something as strong as that. The people have followed the story of Maïté with a lot of intensity. Everywhere you went, everybody was telling us, I hope they will find it. “

— Denis Bourque

“My daughter worked with her mother, my son worked with his father. We have children, we also, so we prayed to St. Anthony to find her. “

— Jeannette Arsenault