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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 ...
It falls on the first Sunday of November, within the liturgical period of Allhallowtide, which is dedicated to remembering the martyrs and saints of Christianity. [3] [4] [5] The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is observed by many Christian denominations, with over 100,000 congregations honoring the holiday worldwide. [1]
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.
Canadian Martyrs who served as missionary of the Society of Jesus in North America In this long history of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, a number of deceased persons of the Church have had their life and work declared worthy of achieving one of the four stages of canonization in the Catholic Church: Servants of God ; Venerable ...
Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops, Martyrs, 1555 (October 16) Maccabean Martyrs (August 1) Margaret of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr, 304 (July 20) The First Council of Nicea, 325 (May 20) O Sapientia (December 16) Olaf of Norway, Martyr, 1030 (July 29) Oswald of Northumbria, Martyr, 641 (August 5) Philip of Caesarea, Deacon, 1st Cy ...
The First Thousand Years: A Brief History of the Catholic Church in Canada (2002) Laverdure, Paul. "Achille Delaere and the Origins of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Western Canada." Historical Papers (2004). online; McGowan, Mark. Michael Power: The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier (McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 2005)
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
In Indian churches such as St. George's Church, Aruvithura, near Kottayam in Kerala, the annual feast is dedicated to St. George, the patron saint of the church, and his ancient statue is still honored. The arrival of the English after the Portuguese, added to the spread of devotions to the saint.