SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 18th of October WELCOME! SAINT ISAAC JOGUES, MISSIONARY PRIEST AND MARTYR Saint Isaac Jogues Saint Isaac Jogues (born January 10 , 1607, Orleans, France) and his companions were the first martyrs of the North American continent officially recognised by the Church. Saint Isaac entered the  Jesuits  at Rouen when he was 17 years old. Two months after celebrating his first Mass on February 10 , 1636, he was on his way to the  Jesuit   mission in the New World. He wrote his mother of his great joy when he landed in Quebec and saw native Americans waiting on shore. After only a month and a half, he set out on his first expedition to the Hurons, travelling the 900 miles to Ihonatiria by water. Saint Isaac met  Father Jean de Brebeuf at Ihonatiria , and began learning the Huron language.  The Hurons were constantly warred upon by the Iroquois. In 1641 Saint Isaac began missions to the Ojibwa people ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of October WELCOME! SAINTS JEAN DE BREBEUF AND ISAAC JOGUES AND THEIR COMPANIONS, MARTYRS  The 32-year-old French  Jesuit Jean [John] de Brebeuf travelled to New France in North America in 1625. He worked with the Huron, an Iroquoian tribe famous for their ferocity, with whom the French settlers traded. Brebeuf was raised in Normandy and joined the  Jesuits   at the age of 24, becoming a teacher in Rouen and surviving tuberculosis. Although not the best student, he was a talented linguist. Along with  Fr Charles Garnier and Fr Enemond Masse , and the lay brothers Francois Charton and Gilbert Bure, Brebeuf arrived in North America. They first stayed with the Montagnais and then the Huron and the Bear Tribe. HE LEARNED THE HURON LANGUAGE AND CARED FOR THEIR SICK Recalled to France in 1629, he remained there for four years before leaving for good. Along with other Jesuits he returned to the Hur...