ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June WELCOME! JOSEPH DE LA ROCHE DAILLON, MISSIONARY Joseph de la Roche Daillon was a French Catholic missionary to the Huron Indians and a Franciscan Recollet. He landed at Quebec, June 19, 1625, with the first Jesuits who came to New France, and at once set out with the Jesuit Father Brebeuf for Three Rivers, to meet the Hurons into whose country they hoped to enter. Owing to a report that the Hurons had drowned the Recollet Nicolas Viel, their missionary, the journey was put off. In 1626 La Roche Daillon was among the Hurons, leaving whom he passed to the Neutral Nation after travelling six days on foot. He remained with them for three months, and at one time barely escaped being put to death. This caused his return to the Hurons. In 1628 he went to Three Rivers with twenty Huron canoes, on their way to trade pelts with the French. From Three Rivers he journeyed to Quebec, and on the taking of the city, in 1629, the
ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 21st of October WELCOME! STEPHEN, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR Stephen (Stephanus), remembered on October 21, was a martyr of the Order of Saint Francis of Assisi in the East Indies. His name occurs in the Seraphic Martyrology *. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 385) *A hagiography source used by the authors Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org