Marielle, Lucile, Dorothée, and Rita live in Saint-Cibole sometime in the vague “nineteen-hundred-and-something.” While trying to understand where their husbands keep disappearing to, they uncover the existence of a powerful French Canadian secret society reserved for men: *La Patente*. Founded in 1926 in Vanier, Ontario, this order operated in the shadows for nearly forty years to organize and protect French Canadian heritage.

Disguising themselves as priests, they infiltrate the order—only to discover that this very heritage is now in danger. Rather than staying home while decisions are made in secrecy and exclusion, they choose to save their heritage out loud, setting off on a tour to sing it wherever *La Patente* holds sway.