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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 of the Canadian Martyrs (French: Sanctuaire des martyrs canadiens), commonly known as the Martyrs' Shrine, is a Roman Catholic church in Midland, Ontario, Canada, which is consecrated to the memory of the Canadian Martyrs, six Jesuit Martyrs and two lay persons from the mission of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons.
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Garnier was canonized in 1930 by Pope Pius XI with the seven other Canadian Martyrs (also known as the North American Martyrs), [6] His feast day is October 19.
Gabriel Lalemant was born in Paris, 3 October 1610, the son of a French lawyer and his wife. [1] He was the third of six children, five of whom entered religious life.