Saturday, October 19, 2024

Memorial of Saints (October 19)

Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints

  • John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues and companions
  • Paul of the Cross, priest;
  • Peter of Alcantara, confessor;
  • Ptolemaeus and Lucius, martyrs;
  • Cleopatra, widow, and Varus;
  • Ethbin;
  • Aquilinus, bishop;
  • Frideswide, virgin;
  • Philip Howard, martyr

John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues and companions: French Jesuit and oblate missionaries to the Hurons and Iroquois of North America, (died 1642-1649 A.D.); Isaac was tomahawked to death by Iroquois on 18 Oct. 1646 A.D. near Albany; John was savagely mutilated and slain 16 Mar. 1649 A.D. near Georgian Bay; other martyrs were Antony Daniel, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier, Noel Chabanel and oblates Rene Goupil and Jean de la Lande; secondary patrons of Canada.

The Jesuit martyrs St. Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brebeuf, and their companions, were among the many who ministered to the spiritual and temporal needs of the native Americans. These early founding fathers and other missionaries also helped establish French Catholic outposts on the Great Lakes and down through the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, ('History of Catholic Church in America', Learn more)

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