The Canadian Martyrs, a.k.a. ‘North American Martyrs’ or the ‘Martyrs of New France’, were eight Jesuit (member(s) of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic arrangement of priests created by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier) missionaries (priests) from Sainte-Marie amid the Hurons, who were tortured and martyred (killed) on different dates in the mid-17th century in Canada, in southern Ontario and northern part of New York, during the war between the Iroquois and the Huron.
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was the first Native American saint. When she was four years old, she got smallpox. She didn’t die from the disease, instead she was left with horrible scars on her face and poor eyesight. Kateri was very devoted to God, and so moved to a community to live with other Native American Christians. When she died, witnesses said that her scars disappeared. Her last words said were, “Jesus I love you, Jesus I love you, Jesus I love you.” She carried out God's will: caring for the sick and elderly and loving him with all of her heart.
The Canadian Martyrs are some of the patron saints of Canada, the martyrs spread our religion to the Huron people and taught a lot about our religion. They were killed in the mid-1600's, they got killed because of their religion and also because they were helping the Hurons and the Algonquins considered them as enemies probably. Their shrine, is located in Midland, Ontario. The shrine is near the location where the martyrs actually taught the Huron people. In the church, there are some artifacts from the martyrs bodies such as their bones and Jean de Brebeuf's skull.
St. Jean de Lalande was one of the Canadian Martyrs. He was devoted to the Jesuit missionaries in the mid 1700's. He was a companion to Father Isaac Jogues, a French Jesuit priest on a peace mission to Ossernenon, New York. Father Jogues had asked for someone who was “docile to direction, courageous, one who would be willing to suffer anything for God.”
St. Jean de Lalande became a Martyr on October 19, 1646 (1646.10.19) when he tried to recover the body of Father Jogues from a path in the village.
I choose saint Jean de Lalande. Canonized ( Declared a Saint after dead.) by Pope Pius XI, 29 June 1930; and killed by the Iroquois in October 1646.La Lande was a donné. That means that he was not bound to the Society of Jesus by religious vows, but by a contract under the terms of which he placed himself completely at the disposal of the missionaries, who in return guaranteed him lodging, food, and help in case of illness. The meaning of donné means affordable, cheap and not difficult. Even though, we know that his life was a difficult one, and he died for a worthy cause: Jesus.
St. Noël Chabanel was born on February 2nd 1613 and was killed on December 8th 1649. The do not know exactly how he died but he was assassinated for sure. Chabanel was the youngest of all the Martyrs. Chabanel entered novitiate in Toulouse when he was only seventeen. Then he was a professor in Jesuit colleges in 1632-1639. He went on with his studies and finally in 1641 became a priest. Next he was sent out into New France and was on a mission in Sue saint Marie until his death. Sadly he died because of what he believed in: Jesus.
Bibliography: Link 1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Chabanel 2014.02.06
Link 2: http://www.wyandot.org/chabanel.htm 2014.02.06
I chose St. Antoine Daniel. He was born at Dieppe, in Normandy, on May 27 1601. After he finished studying philosophy, for two years, and law for one, he entered the 'Society of Jesus' in Rouen on October 1st, 1621. He was sent as a missionary, and was a slave, to Iroquios, at Teanaostaye, which is near, what is Hillsdale, Simcoe Country, Ontario, today. Daniel travelled to New Frace, in 1633 and studied the Wendat language. First he was stationed at Cape Breton, where his brother, Captain Daniel made a French fort, in 1629. In 1634 he travelled to Wendake with Frs. Brébeuf and Daoust. For two years, in what now is Quebec, he was in charge of a school for Indian boys, but with the exception of this time, he was connected with the mission Ihonatiria, in Huron country, from July, 1634, until he died, 14 years later. He returned to Teanaostayein 1648. Shortly after he got there, the Iroquios attacked the mission, and even worse, it was while most of the men were away. During his return to Teanaostayein, in July 1648, the Iroquios attacked the village. Father Daniel did everything he could to help. Before they scaled the palisades (Big walls, made out of wood), he hurried to the chapel, where the women, children, and old men were standing, gave them some hope, and baptized the catechumens. He himself, didn't even try to escape, but it has been reported, that he calmly walked forward, to meet the Iroquios. Fr. Daniel, in a effort to distract them, took up a cross, toward the enemy. Frozen with amazement, the Iroquios stopped for a moment, then recovering themselves, they set him on fire. Daniel's dead body was thrown into the burning chapel. Many of the Huron escaped during this incident. Daniel was the second one to be martyred, out of all of the Jesuits, sent to New France, and he was the first missionary to the Hurons. Father Ragueneau, spoke about him in a letter to the Superior General of the Jesuits, as a "truly remarkable man, humble, obidient, united with God, of never failing patience and indomitable courage in adversity".
I learned 3 things in the video about The Canadian Martyrs Shrine. One thing that I learned is that the names of the Canadian Martyrs are: Saint Isaac Jogues Saint Jean de Brébeuf Saint Charles Garnier Saint Antoine Daniel Saint Gabriel Lalemant Saint Noel Chabanel Saint René Goupil Saint Jean de La Lande I also learned that there are 8 Canadian Martyrs...for some reason I thought there were 12!!!! I learned that Kateri Tekakwitha was the first Native Saint and that people say that the scars on her body disappeared as she died! Weird! ~Sarah-Anne
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha a.k.a the Lily of the Mohawks, was a saint. The first Native American saint. She was born where is now known as Auriesville, New York. When she was four, her parents and brother died of smallpox. Her parents' friend, Anastasia adopted her and told her stories about God. Kateri became very devoted to God so she got baptised.She would be teased for her beliefs.She wouldn't marry,“I have deliberated enough. For a long time my decision on what I will do has been made. I have consecrated myself entirely to Jesus, son of Mary, I have chosen Him for husband and He alone will take me for wife” One day, she sneaked out of her uncle's house, heading to Canada where a priest suggested her to go and live with other christians. Her uncle found her missing and followed her but just couldn't find her. Kateri lived a better Christian life there. She went to Mass daily and prayed the rosary. She cared for the sick and the old and taught the children. Kateri was failing. When people knew that she had only a few hours of her life, they gathered around. Kateri Tekakwitha died on Wednesday, April 17, 1680, at around 15:00, at the age of 24, in the arms of her friend Marie-Therèse. As she died her scars disappeared and she was beautiful. Her final words were, "Jesus, I love you."
Saint Jean de LaLande was a Jesuit missionary who lived among the Hurons, and he was one of the eight Canadian Martyrs. Jean de Lalande was a member of a group led by Isaac Jouges. Lalande was a envoy to the Mohawk territory to protect peace at the time. The Mohawk's attitude towards the peace had soured during the journey. Lalande was attacked during the journey by a Mohawk party. They were taken to the village of Ossernenon, where the Turtle and Wolf clans said that they would be set free. Sadly, the now angered Bear clan killed Lalande and Jogues. Lalande and Jogues were both killed on October 18, 1646. Lalande was Canonized (was named a saint) on the 29th of June, 1930. He was Canonized by Pope Pius XI, in Rome, Italy.
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The Canadian Martyrs (North American Martyrs)
The Canadian Martyrs, a.k.a. ‘North American Martyrs’ or the ‘Martyrs of New France’, were eight Jesuit (member(s) of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic arrangement of priests created by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier) missionaries (priests) from Sainte-Marie amid the Hurons, who were tortured and martyred (killed) on different dates in the mid-17th century in Canada, in southern Ontario and northern part of New York, during the war between the Iroquois and the Huron.
Bibliography:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Martyrs
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~Mackenzie
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was the first Native American saint. When she was four years old, she got smallpox. She didn’t die from the disease, instead she was left with horrible scars on her face and poor eyesight. Kateri was very devoted to God, and so moved to a community to live with other Native American Christians. When she died, witnesses said that her scars disappeared. Her last words said were, “Jesus I love you, Jesus I love you, Jesus I love you.” She carried out God's will: caring for the sick and elderly and loving him with all of her heart.
The Canadian Martyrs are some of the patron saints of Canada, the martyrs spread our religion to the Huron people and taught a lot about our religion. They were killed in the mid-1600's, they got killed because of their religion and also because they were helping the Hurons and the Algonquins considered them as enemies probably. Their shrine, is located in Midland, Ontario. The shrine is near the location where the martyrs actually taught the Huron people. In the church, there are some artifacts from the martyrs bodies such as their bones and Jean de Brebeuf's skull.
The Canadian Martyrs or North American Martyrs
St. Jean de Lalande was one of the Canadian Martyrs. He was devoted to the Jesuit missionaries in the mid 1700's. He was a companion to Father Isaac Jogues, a French Jesuit priest on a peace mission to Ossernenon, New York. Father Jogues had asked for someone who was “docile to direction, courageous, one who would be willing to suffer anything for God.”
St. Jean de Lalande became a Martyr on October 19, 1646 (1646.10.19) when he tried to recover the body of Father Jogues from a path in the village.
bibliography:
http://www.fordham.edu/mission/mission_and_ministry/ignatian_heritage/the_north_american_m_79777.asp
http://anotherfinekettleoffish.blogspot.ca/
~Beth
The Canadian Martyrs.
I choose saint Jean de Lalande. Canonized ( Declared a Saint after dead.) by Pope Pius XI, 29 June 1930; and killed by the Iroquois in October 1646.La Lande was a donné. That means that he was not bound to the Society of Jesus by religious vows, but by a contract under the terms of which he placed himself completely at the disposal of the missionaries, who in return guaranteed him lodging, food, and help in case of illness. The meaning of donné means affordable, cheap and not difficult. Even though, we know that his life was a difficult one, and he died for a worthy cause: Jesus.
St. Noël Chabanel was born on February 2nd 1613 and was killed on December 8th 1649. The do not know exactly how he died but he was assassinated for sure.
Chabanel was the youngest of all the Martyrs.
Chabanel entered novitiate in Toulouse when he was only seventeen. Then he was a professor in Jesuit colleges in 1632-1639. He went on with his studies and finally in 1641 became a priest. Next he was sent out into New France and was on a mission in Sue saint Marie until his death. Sadly he died because of what he believed in: Jesus.
Bibliography:
Link 1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Chabanel
2014.02.06
Link 2: http://www.wyandot.org/chabanel.htm
2014.02.06
~Ronan
I chose St. Antoine Daniel.
He was born at Dieppe, in Normandy, on May 27 1601. After he finished studying philosophy, for two years, and law for one, he entered the 'Society of Jesus' in Rouen on October 1st, 1621. He was sent as a missionary, and was a slave, to Iroquios, at Teanaostaye, which is near, what is Hillsdale, Simcoe Country, Ontario, today. Daniel travelled to New Frace, in 1633 and studied the Wendat language. First he was stationed at Cape Breton, where his brother, Captain Daniel made a French fort, in 1629. In 1634 he travelled to Wendake with Frs. Brébeuf and Daoust. For two years, in what now is Quebec, he was in charge of a school for Indian boys, but with the exception of this time, he was connected with the mission Ihonatiria, in Huron country, from July, 1634, until he died, 14 years later. He returned to Teanaostayein 1648. Shortly after he got there, the Iroquios attacked the mission, and even worse, it was while most of the men were away. During his return to Teanaostayein, in July 1648, the Iroquios attacked the village. Father Daniel did everything he could to help. Before they scaled the palisades (Big walls, made out of wood), he hurried to the chapel, where the women, children, and old men were standing, gave them some hope, and baptized the catechumens. He himself, didn't even try to escape, but it has been reported, that he calmly walked forward, to meet the Iroquios. Fr. Daniel, in a effort to distract them, took up a cross, toward the enemy. Frozen with amazement, the Iroquios stopped for a moment, then recovering themselves, they set him on fire. Daniel's dead body was thrown into the burning chapel. Many of the Huron escaped during this incident. Daniel was the second one to be martyred, out of all of the Jesuits, sent to New France, and he was the first missionary to the Hurons. Father Ragueneau, spoke about him in a letter to the Superior General of the Jesuits, as a "truly remarkable man, humble, obidient, united with God, of never failing patience and indomitable courage in adversity".
Bibliography:
2014.02.08.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Daniel
I learned 3 things in the video about The Canadian Martyrs Shrine. One thing that I learned is that the names of the Canadian Martyrs are:
Saint Isaac Jogues
Saint Jean de Brébeuf
Saint Charles Garnier
Saint Antoine Daniel
Saint Gabriel Lalemant
Saint Noel Chabanel
Saint René Goupil
Saint Jean de La Lande
I also learned that there are 8 Canadian Martyrs...for some reason I thought there were 12!!!! I learned that Kateri Tekakwitha was the first Native Saint and that people say that the scars on her body disappeared as she died! Weird!
~Sarah-Anne
Bibliography:
Video on blog
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha a.k.a the Lily of the Mohawks, was a saint. The first Native American saint. She was born where is now known as Auriesville, New York. When she was four, her parents and brother died of smallpox. Her parents' friend, Anastasia adopted her and told her stories about God. Kateri became very devoted to God so she got baptised.She would be teased for her beliefs.She wouldn't marry,“I have deliberated enough. For a long time my decision on what I will do has been made. I have consecrated myself entirely to Jesus, son of Mary, I have chosen Him for husband and He alone will take me for wife”
One day, she sneaked out of her uncle's house, heading to Canada where a priest suggested her to go and live with other christians. Her uncle found her missing and followed her but just couldn't find her.
Kateri lived a better Christian life there. She went to Mass daily and prayed the rosary. She cared for the sick and the old and taught the children.
Kateri was failing. When people knew that she had only a few hours of her life, they gathered around.
Kateri Tekakwitha died on Wednesday, April 17, 1680, at around 15:00, at the age of 24, in the arms of her friend Marie-Therèse. As she died her scars disappeared and she was beautiful.
Her final words were, "Jesus, I love you."
Saint Jean de LaLande was a Jesuit missionary who lived among the Hurons, and he was one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.
Jean de Lalande was a member of a group led by Isaac Jouges. Lalande was a envoy to the Mohawk territory to protect peace at the time. The Mohawk's attitude towards the peace had soured during the journey.
Lalande was attacked during the journey by a Mohawk party. They were taken to the village of Ossernenon, where the Turtle and Wolf clans said that they would be set free. Sadly, the now angered Bear clan killed Lalande and Jogues. Lalande and Jogues were both killed on October 18, 1646.
Lalande was Canonized (was named a saint) on the 29th of June, 1930. He was Canonized by Pope Pius XI, in Rome, Italy.
Sources:
Internet.http://goo.gl/Sv0wJh
Internet.http://goo.gl/FBa3XC
-Aidan
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