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Louis Hennepin, OFM (born Antoine Hennepin; French pronunciation: [lwi ɛnpɛ̃]; 12 May 1626 – 5 December 1704) was a Belgian Catholic priest and missionary best known for his activities in North America. A member of the Recollects, a minor branch of the Franciscans, he travelled to New France and proselytised to several Native American tribes.
Although the Jesuits tried to establish missions from present-day Florida in 1566 up to present-day Virginia in 1571, the Jesuit missions wouldn't gain a strong foothold in North America until 1632, with the arrival of the Jesuit Paul Le Jeune. Between 1632 and 1650, 46 French Jesuits arrived in North America to preach among the Indians. [1]: 2
This led to a strained relationship between Jesuit missionaries and the Spanish because in surrounding Spanish settlements people were not guaranteed food, shelter, and clothing. [ 13 ] Another major Jesuit effort was that of Eusebio Kino S.J. , in the region then known as the Pimería Alta – modern-day Sonora in Mexico and southern Arizona ...
A Minnesota pastor was “killed in an act of violence” in Africa while he and his family were on a Christian missionary trip. Beau Shroyer, a pastor of Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit ...
In the first days after their arrival, the missionary erected a modest structure that served as a chapel, to the front of which they affixed a wooden cross. On October 25 they carried the image of the Virgin of Our Lady of Loreto in a solemn procession, a ritual of faith that claimed the area as Spanish territory. Thus began the Mission Loreto. [3]
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — The wife of a Minnesota missionary who was killed in Angola has been arrested in connection with his death, according to Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes.
Father Marquette National Memorial pays tribute to the life and work of Jacques Marquette, French priest and explorer. The memorial is located in Straits State Park near St. Ignace in the modern-day U.S. state of Michigan, where he founded a Jesuit mission in 1671 and was buried in 1678.
The new diocese covered all of the new Minnesota Territory, which included Minnesota and the future states of North Dakota and South Dakota. [8] The pope named Monsignor Joseph Crétin of St. Louis as the first bishop of Saint Paul in Minnesota. The log chapel built by Lucien Galtier became the first cathedral. [9]: 43, 44