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A more complex, more accurate, history of Canada's Indigenous people is now being told, writes Father Raymond J. de Souza.
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 ...
On Jan. 5 during the Hoosiers’ Big Ten home opener against Wisconsin, Indiana will honor the 40th anniversary of its undefeated 1975-76 season. Others have threatened in the succeeding years ...
The shrine already contains bones of John de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant and Charles Gamier, Jesuit colleagues in the task of converting the Hurons, whom the Iroquois had vowed to exterminate.
On Parliament Hill, Trudeau’s inner circle included trusted friends from his student years at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and McGill University. They included Immigration Minister Marc Miller and ...
The priests honored in September are St. Peter Claver, St. Andrew Kim, St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), St. Vincent de Paul and St. Jerome; in October, St. Bruno, St. John Leonardi, Sts. John de ...
The oldest of the eight North American martyrs, Saint John de Brebeuf, was fifty-six when the Indians killed him. They were canonized June 29 of 1930 by Pope Pius XI.
Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf and Companions; Sunday, October 20, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time. New Crucifix – The parish has acquired a large out-door Crucifix from the Redemptorist ...
One of the hidden treasures of the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ontario, is the set of drawings by William Kurelek. These painting depicting St. Jean de Brebeuf and his companions, the 17th century ...
Mark Bourrie’s latest book is Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia. If you were in Toronto a century ago, today would have been the start of a long weekend. On ...
The beatified: John de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Anthony Daniel, Charles Gamier, Noel Charbanel, Jean de la Lande, René Goupil and Isaac Jogues.