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The Martyrs' Shrine in Midland, Ontario, [11] the site of the Jesuits' missionary work among the Huron, is the National Shrine to the Canadian Martyrs. A National Shrine of the North American Martyrs has been constructed and dedicated in Auriesville, New York . [ 12 ]
The shrine houses the bones of Brébeuf, and two other Canadian Martyrs. In 1907, Dennis O'Connor, Archbishop of Toronto, consecrated a small chapel at Waubaushene, near the site where Sts. Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant were martyred. In 1925, Fr. John M. Filion, provincial superior of Jesuits in Canada, decided to pursue the ...
16 Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops, Martyrs 1555. 17 Etheldreda, or Audrey, Queen, Abbess of Ely, 679. 18 St Luke the Evangelist. 25 (Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs 285.) 26 Cedd, Missionary, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664. Alfred, King of the West Saxons, 899. 28 St Simon the Zealot and St Jude, the Apostles. St Jude the Brother of ...
Canadian Martyrs East York 1949 Modernist Christ the King Long Branch: 1938 Polish Corpus Christi The Beaches: 1920 Gothic Revival Epiphany of Our Lord Scarborough: 1974 Modernist Holy Angels Etobicoke 1960 Modernist Holy Cross East York: 1928 Holy Family: Parkdale: 1900 Palladian: Holy Name The Danforth: 1913 Baroque Revival: Holy Rosary ...
A French priest accompanied the explorer Jacques Cartier, performing the first ever recorded Holy Mass on Canadian soil on July 7, 1534, on the shores of the Gaspé Peninsula. It was followed by conversion of the First Nations into the fold of Catholicism. Soon after, more and more religious congregations set foot in Canada especially among ...
In 1646, Jogues was martyred by the Mohawk at their village of Ossernenon, near the Mohawk River. Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf and six other martyred missionaries, all Jesuit priests or laypeople associated with them, were canonized by the Catholic Church in 1930; [ 1 ] they are known as the Canadian Martyrs , or the North American Martyrs.
The Seminary of Christ the King, Mission, BC, is 1 of 2 Canadian high school seminaries. The other is located in Cornwall, Ontario. The Convent of Sacred Heart High School was an all-girls school, in Vancouver, opened in 1911. [42] The school was closed down in 1979 [42] and sold to become St. George's School (Vancouver) junior school.
The church was in close proximity to the Canadian embassy, until the embassy re-located in 2007. Initially, the church was named Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento (Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament). but was re-consecrated in 1962. The church was designed around 1950 by Bruno Apollini Ghetti. The facade mosaic is by Marko Ivan Rupnik ...