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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 houses the bones of Brébeuf, and two other Canadian Martyrs. In 1907, Dennis O'Connor, Archbishop of Toronto, consecrated a small chapel at Waubaushene, near the site where Sts. Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant were martyred. In 1925, Fr. John M. Filion, provincial superior of Jesuits in Canada, decided to pursue the ...
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 ...
The son of a secretary to King Henri III of France, Garnier was born in Paris in 1606. He attended the Collège de Clermont in Paris and joined the Jesuit seminary in Clermont in September 1624.
In 1856, the Jesuits moved into a house near to the chapel. In 1907, the chapel was given over to the Jesuits. In 1949, the chancel was altered and statues and relics of the Canadian Martyrs were installed. The chapel was then dedicated to the Canadian Martyrs. [2]
In 1646, Jogues was martyred by the Mohawk at their village of Ossernenon, near the Mohawk River. Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf and six other martyred missionaries, all Jesuit priests or laypeople associated with them, were canonized by the Catholic Church in 1930; [1] they are known as the Canadian Martyrs, or the North American
near High Park: 1919, 1966 Modernist Original church built 1919 at Dundas St W and Edna Ave. Move to Bloor St in 1966 because of subway construction. St. John Bosco Fairbank 1960 Modernist St. John the Baptist Trinity-Bellwoods: 1981 Modernist Spanish St. John the Evangelist Weston: 1913 St. John XXIII Flemingdon Park: 1977 Modernist St. John's ...
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 ...