Family

Sleeping with the Master Again: How Quebec’s French Haitians Keep French Last Names, Crown the European Church Above Family, and Finish the Colonial Job Themselves

They stand in the church vestibule every Sunday in Montreal, shaking hands, smiling, exchanging pleasantries in French and Kreyòl. The program lists the deacons and ushers with names like Jean-Baptiste, Pierre-Louis, Joseph, Moreau, Leclerc

Religions

As a Haitian living in Quebec, I’ve seen it up close my whole life. Churches packed every Sunday, prayer groups running late into the night, tithes collected with urgency, and the constant refrain: “Bondye ap fè yon mirak” - God will make a

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