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The Destruction of Sainte‑Marie among the Hurons
Posted by Tyler King on February 28, 2025Le Massacre des Hurons par les Iroquois, Joseph Legare (1827). The mid‑17th century was a time of great turmoil and transformation for…
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The Birth of Sainte-Marie: The Construction and Development of a Jesuit Mission in New France (1630s-1640s)
Posted by Tyler King on February 27, 2025A number of Jesuit Fathers starting with P. Chazelle first attempted to identify the remnants of Indigenous villages and European ruins with the documentation found…
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Early Catholic Missionary Work in New France: The Recollects, Pioneers of Evangelization
Posted by Tyler King on February 27, 2025In 1534, Jacques Cartier began the first of three expeditions to explore the territory that would briefly be known as New France. Though his attempts at settlement…
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Beatification of the Canadian Martyrs
Posted by Tyler King on November 27, 2023On June 21, 1925 the Canadian Martyrs were beatified (declared blessed and worthy of public worship) in Rome by Pope Pius XI. On that day a monument was unveiled at…
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Martyrs’ Shrine Throughout the Years
Posted by Tyler King on March 1, 2022Martyrs’ Shrine had evolved throughout the years and had created various branches in which to serve the community. It remains a priority commitment of the Canadian Jesuit ministry. It…
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Opening of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons
Posted by Tyler King on March 1, 2022In 1964 the Jesuits negotiated an agreement between the Upper Canadian Province of Jesuits and the Government of Ontario whereby the historic site of Sainte-Marie and adjoining land on…
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Purchase of Saint-Marie
Posted by Tyler King on March 1, 2022At the end of the Depression, it took three years of appeals for director, Fr. Lally to collect the $4,000 purchase price of the Sainte-Marie property from a local…
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Canonization of the Canadian Martyrs
Posted by Tyler King on March 1, 2022Nearly four years to the day later, on June 29, 1930, as Pope Pius XI was canonizing the eight Canadian Martyrs in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, another vast…
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Completion of the Shrine Church
Posted by Tyler King on March 1, 2022On June 26, 1926 in advance of Fr. Filion’s deadline, the church was finally built. It was a long fall and winter season for Fr. Filion and the tradesmen…
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Beginnings of a Humble Shrine in Waubaushene
Posted by Tyler King on February 3, 2022The Martyrs’ Shrine that you see on the hill today in Midland, Ontario replaced a much smaller Shrine by the same name in Waubaushene, about 12km from the present…
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