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Canadian Martyrs Parish in Calgary, AB; Canadian Martyrs Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia [14] [15] [16] Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church in Ottawa, Ontario; Canadian Martyrs Parish in Richmond, British Columbia; Canadian Martyrs Parish in Invermere, BC; The parish of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens founded in 1961 in St. Boniface (now part of Winnipeg ...
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 façade mosaic is by Marko Ivan Rupnik ...
Shrine of the Canadian Martyrs; S. St. Patrick's Church (Halifax, Nova Scotia) St. Pius X Church (St. John's) T. Our Lady of Lourdes Church (Toronto) V.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Churchill–Hudson Bay (French Diocèse de Churchill–Baie d’Hudson, Latin: Dioecesis Churchillpolitana–Sinus de Hudson) is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas.
The history of the Catholic Church in Canada extends back to the arrival of the earliest European explorers. 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.
The Martyrs' Shrine 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, who were tortured and killed on various dates in the mid-17th century and subsequently canonized by the Catholic Church.
Daniel and seven other martyrs were canonized by Pope Pius XI on 29 June 1930. [2] The liturgical celebration of the Holy Martyrs of Canada takes place on 26 September in Canada and 19 October in the universal Church. [7] St. Anthony Daniel Roman Catholic church and parish, Kitchener, Ontario, is named for him. [8]
In 1952, the Jesuits founded the Canadian Martyrs' parish. In 2005, this was also transferred to the archdiocese. The Jesuits moved into the area and started to serve as priests later that decade. The Jesuits remained in the city and the following year they started the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality next to St. Patrick's church.