JESUITS IN ENGLISH CANADA
JESUITS IN ENGLISH CANADA
JESUITS IN ENGLISH CANADA
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Across the highway from Saint‐Marie is Martyrs’ Shrine which honours the eight Jesuit saints<br />
who worked among the Native people; St. Jean de Brebeuf, St. Gabriel Lalement, St. Isaac<br />
Jogues, St. Rene Goupil, St. Jean de Lalande, St. Antoine Daniel, and St. Noel Chabanel.<br />
The Jesuit Saints are the first saints from the northern New World to have been canonized.<br />
Often referred to as the “Canadian Martyrs,” they were put to death for their faith between<br />
1642 and 1649.<br />
The early Jesuits to Canada established celebrated educational institutions much like they had<br />
already done in Europe. For example, they founded the Collège‐des‐ Jésuites, today Université<br />
Laval.<br />
The Ratio Studiorum (the Jesuit Plan and Method of Studies) eventually became the model for 12<br />
Jesuit colleges and 15 Jesuit high‐schools spread across Canada from St. John’s to Edmonton.<br />
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For more on the relationship of the Jesuits and Blessed Kateri, see Kateri Backgrounder.
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