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...