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~ this Bishop to say mass __ Feast of the Canadian known and Roman For the second time month, a_ high ranking and widely respected Catholie clergyman will be principal celebrant at a Shrine. special mass 'o be conducted a! Martyrs' Jesuit Martyrs of Canada: there were eight in all... John de Brebeuf, was ordained at 33. He was the firs! Jesuil Missionary in Huronia (1626), a master of the Indian language. He worked throughoui all the district, founded Mission-outposts, converted housands !o the faith. He inspired many Jesuits 10 volunteer for the Missions of New France. Massive in body, strong yet gentle in character, his visions of the cross and of his future mar- 'yrdom were fulfilled when captured March 16, 1649, he was tortured for hours. He was martyred al S!. Ignace, six miles from S'e. Marie at the age of 56. Brebeuf is said to have the heart of a giant. He was known as the apostle of the Hurons. The Indians called him Echon. Gabriel Lalemant, a Jesui!l a! 19, ordained at 27, a scholar and professor and a College ad- ministra'or, delicate in body had a strong desire for the Mission of Huronia. After two years in Canada he left for Huronia. After seven months in Huronia, he was able to speak the Native tongue. For one month he was assistant to Brebeuf and 'hen his companion in Martyrdom for seventeen long hours. He died March 17, 1649 at St. Ignace. He summed up his own strength, "My strength is he strength of God. In Him, I can do all things." Anthony Daniel, was ordained a priest at 29, was a missionary near Bias-d'or Lakes (1632), founded the firs! boys' college in North America (Quebec 1635), laboured in Huronia for twelve years. In 1648 he made his retreat at Ste. Marie and returned !o his mission 12 miles away. On July 4, he just finished Mass when the Mission was al- acked. In Mass vestments he faced the enemy, encouraging the Christian converts to live their faith and thus giving time for some to escape. His martyred body was thrown in the flames of the burning Church. This was at Mount St. Louis. He was 48. Charles Garnier, was a Jesuit Missionary in Huronia at age of 31. For 14 years he was pastor and missionary !0 the Hurons and Petuns. Gentle, innocent, fearless, a person of faith he drew converts to the faith. Even when the Mission of Etharita was altacked and he himself wounded, he continued 'o baptize neophytes and to assist a wounded Huron. In this act he died at age of 44 about thirty 30 miles from Ste. Marie. Noel Chabanel, a Jesuil priest at 28, a successful Special Opportunity The Georgian College School of Business offers a "late-start" semester in: Business Administration General Business Programs begin: September 30. If you were unable to register for a college program this fall, call the Admissions Office today! 722-1511 A Better Place To Be. @ Georgian College professor and humanist in France, had a strong desire to come to the Canadian Missions. Here he was unable to learn the native language and felt useless in the ministry. He took a vow to remain in the missions, on the cross of seeming failure, always in the shadow of martyrdom. Even his martyrdom came secretly at the hands of an apostate on December 8, 1649 on the Nottawasaga, 25 miles from Ste. Marie. Isaac Jogues, came to Huronia in 1636, supplied al mission ou' posts for three years, helped 'o build Ste. Marie (1639), explored as far west as Sault Ste. Marie. Captured by the Iroquois when returning to Ste. Marie from Quebec (1642), he was tortured, lost his fingers, made a slave. He escaped !0 France, bu! returned the same year to again be an emissary and missionary 'o the Iroquois. He was martyred at Auriesville, N.Y. at age of 39. Rene Goupil had to leave the Jesuit novitiate because of ill health. He studied medicine and offered his services to the Jesuit missions in Canada. On his way to Ste. Marie, he and Isaac Jogues were captured and tortured. Isaac Jogues received his vows into the Society of Jesus. A month later, he was martyred while making the sign of the Cross on a child. It took place at Auriesville, N.Y. He was 35. He was the firs! of 'he eight Martyrs 'o receive the palm of Mar- tyrdom. John de Lalande, at 19 offered his services as a layman to the Jesuits in New France. He ac- companied Jogues to the Mohawk Mission (1646), was captured with him and tortured. He saw Jogues martyred. On the following day (October 19, 1646), he himself was killed, a martyr, at Auriesville, N.Y. Saturday, Sep!. 28, at 2 p.m., Bishop Robert NOVENA to the Canadian Martyrs Martyrs' Shrine Sept. 19-27 7:30 p.m., Homily, Novena prayers. Mass Sept. 28 2 p.m. Celebration of feast of the Martyrs Celebrant: Bishop R. Clune You are invited to join in the Novena prayers at Martyrs' Shrine or at home. Martyrs' Shrine Page 10, Tuesday, September 24, 1985 Clune will celebrate the liturgy marking the Feas! of the Canadian Martyrs who were beatified in 1925 and canonized in 1930 at Sain! Peter's in Rome by Pope Pius XI. The observance is also intended '!o caii altention to both the work of 'he Jesuit Brothers around the work and the need for more vocations. Nearly all of the 30 Jesui' Brothers serving in Canada are expected AL BOND, High School Teacher to both attend and take par! in Saturday's liturgical service to which the general public is cordially invited to a'tend. "Jesui' Brothers down through the ages have made a grea! contribu'ion not only here bu:' around the world," said Fr. James Farrell, director of the Shrine, this week. It was on June 21, 1925 'hat the first Martyrs of North America were declared Blessed and CERIDWEN M'GILLIVRAY worthy of- veneration. Five years later, the eigh' cornerstones of 'he North American Roman Catholie Church were publicly laid into the very foundation of 'he Universal Church with the canonization of all eight saints. Very few people even 'oday are able 10 name all eigh'. The 50th anniversary of their canonization in 1980 and the historic visit 'o Huronia last public GERALD S. CHARLES, Dentist HUGUETTE MATTE VAILLANCOURT, Journalism Student Here's something for your head and your heart. Religion is more than an affair of the heart. Some of the great- est advances in human history have come about when one or an- other of the great religions touched both the minds and the hearts of millions of people. That is happening again today. Baha'u'llah, the Messenger of God for our age and Founder of the Baha'i Faith said that the time has come for the human race to take the next big step in its collective life: the establishment of unity among all the peoples and nations of the earth. 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