350th anniversary of the Jesuit Martyrs (Canada).Ottawa--On September 14, 1999, the feast of the Triumph of the Cross, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a pastoral letter Pastoral letters are open letters addressed by a bishop to the clergy or laity of his diocese, or to both, containing either general admonition, instruction or consolation, or directions for behaviour in particular circumstances. commemorating the 350th anniversary of the deaths of the Canadian or North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. martyrs. Five Jesuit priests--Jean de Brebeuf, Antoine Daniel Saint Antoine Daniel (27 May 1601 – 4 July, 1648) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs. Daniel was born at Dieppe, in Normandy. , Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Gamier, and Noel Chabanel--died near what is now Midland, Ontario, and Father Isaac Jogues and two lay volunteers--Rene Goupil and Jean de La Lande--near Auriesville, New York Auriesville is a hamlet on the south bank of the Mohawk River, in the northeast part of the Town of Glen, New York, about forty miles west of Albany. Auries was the name of the last Mohawk who lived there, and from this the present designation was formed. . Following the Lord's command to "make disciples of all the nations," the letter says, these eight missionaries became exiles from France in order to bring the gospel to the Hurons around what is now called Georgian Bay, Ontario The Township of Georgian Bay is an area municipality of the Muskoka District Municipality, in south-central Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Severn River, where it empties into Georgian Bay. The municipal offices are at Port Severn. . In fifteen years (1634-1649) they transformed the villages there, encountering appalling conditions in climate, food, and shelter, but doing their best to understand the culture and customs of the natives and gradually overcoming their suspicion and bringing them to the faith. The missionaries of Huronia are martyrs for two reasons: because of their faith, and because they witnessed the love they had for the native peoples by giving up their lives, "following in the footsteps of Jesus." (Please see our feature on Fr. Francis Bressani, p. 27.) |
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