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North American Martyrs and St. Kateri Tekakwitha The National Shrine of the North American Martyrs , also known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs , is a Roman Catholic shrine in Auriesville, New York dedicated to the three Jesuit missionaries who were martyred at the Mohawk Indian village of Ossernenon in 1642 and 1646.
The National Shrine of the North American Martyrs at Auriesville, New York; the Mohawk River is in the foreground. Auriesville is a hamlet in the northern part of New York state and west of Albany. It was the site of Ossernenon, a Mohawk village where French Jesuits established a mission.
The North American College in Rome has a crypt chapel dedicated to the North American Martyrs. The martyrs are also honoured at Camp Ondessonk , a Catholic summer camp in Ozark, Illinois , where each unit of cabins is named after one of the martyrs, and also at the American Martyrs Retreat House in Cedar Falls, Iowa .
There is also the Martyr's Shrine located in Midland, Ontario, Canada, which honors the Canadian Martyrs (another term for North American Martyrs). [18] A seasonal chapel on the east shore of Saratoga Lake, New York is named after Jogues. A statue of Jogues stands in front of the main entrance to the chapel that faces the lake. [19]
After the Revolution ended in 1783, Pope Pius VI want to remove American Catholics from the jurisdiction of the Diocese of London. He erected in 1784 the Prefecture Apostolic of the United States, encompassing the entire territory of the new nation. Pius VI created the Diocese of Baltimore, the first diocese in the United States, to replace the ...
Jesuit Martyrs of North America (1642–49) René Goupil: 15 May 1608 in Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire, France 29 September 1642 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States Professed Religious, Jesuits Toronto and New York: Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur: Isaac Jogues: 10 January 1607 in Orléans, Loiret, France
Garnier was canonized in 1930 by Pope Pius XI with the seven other Canadian Martyrs (also known as the North American Martyrs), [6] His feast day is October 19.
Pages in category "Martyrs' monuments and memorials" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... National Shrine of the North American Martyrs; P.