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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 ...
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 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 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.
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 ...
Gabriel Lalemant SJ (French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl lalmɑ̃]; 3 October 1610 – 17 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646. Caught up in warfare between the Huron and nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, he was killed in St. Ignace by Mohawk warriors and is one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.
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 ...