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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.
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 ]
One of Toronto's oldest Catholic schools, St. Patrick was founded as an elementary school on St. Patrick Market St. in downtown Toronto in 1852 during the introduction of publicly funded education in Canada. At first a primarily Irish school, St. Patrick (patron of Ireland) and St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (a French Canadian) were chosen as the ...
The Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board (SMCDSB, known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 44 prior to 1999 [1]) administers and governs separate school Catholic education from kindergarten through grade 12 in Simcoe County and the District of Muskoka, in Ontario, Canada. As of 2018-2019, the school board has 41 ...
Canada: Coordinates (Board office): District information; Chair of the board: Marvin Duarte: Director of education: John Klein: Schools: 46 Elementary 9 Secondary 3 Adult Learning Centres: Budget: CA$375.8 million (September - August, 2016-2017): Other information; Website: www.hcdsb.org: The Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) serves over 37,000 students at its 46 elementary schools ...
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 ...
St. Mary Catholic Secondary School opened in 1970 in the former Christ the King Elementary School. It moved to the former Hamilton Teacher's College in 1980. Due to overcrowding, planning for a new school on the current location started in 1992. [1]
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB, known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 43 prior to 1999 [3]) is the separate school board that oversees 153 Catholic school facilities (125 elementary schools, 26 secondary or high schools and 2 continuing education schools or adult learning centers) [4] throughout Peel Region (Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon) and ...