It concerns a Jesuit Brother who would also become a martyr: René Goupil. René arrived in the New World from Europe in 1640. For the next two years, as a Jesuit lay missionary, he worked both in ...

It was 100 years ago this month that the eight men who dedicated their lives in honouring God and their neighbour throughout their missionary work and would become known as the Canadian Martyrs were ...

ABOVE: The ravine where Rene Goupil is buried. BELOW: (1) The four-sided altar; (2) the ancient Madonna; (3) description accompanying the Madonna statue. (photo: Multiple) Marge Fenelon Blogs ...

The beatified: John de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Anthony Daniel, Charles Gamier, Noel Charbanel, Jean de la Lande, René Goupil and Isaac Jogues. Father Jogues, “little father of the wilderness ...

Isaac Jogues, René Goupil, and Jean de Lalande were martyred and where St. Kateri Tekakwitha was born, has officially been named a national shrine. On Jan. 27 the USCCB informed Friends of Our ...