Episode 67
Sts. Isaac Jogues, Rene Goupil, and John de Lalande were three of the eighte North American Martyrs. In Canada this group is known as the Canadian Martyrs. Rene Goupil was the first to be martyred, earning that crown in 1642 after teaching some Mohawk children how to make the Sign of the Cross in the village of Ossernenon, west of present day Albany, New York. Isaac Jogues, who had been tortured around the time of Goupil’s death, was martyred in 1646, with John de Lalande following him in death soon after. These Jesuits shed their blood for Christ on this continent.
More Information
- Life of St. Isaac Jogues — St. Isaac Jogues – Wayne, PA
- Isaac Jogues – Wikipedia
- St. John de LaLande
- Jean de Lalande – Wikipedia
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rene Goupil
- René Goupil – Wikipedia
- Biography – LA LANDE, JEAN DE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- Biography – GOUPIL, RENÉ – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Books
- Saints Of The American Wilderness: The Brave Lives And Holy Deaths Of The Eight North American Martyrs
- The Jesuit Martyrs of North America
- The North American Martyrs: Jesuits in the New World
- Saint in the Wilderness: The Story of Isaac Jogues, Missionary and Martyr in the New World
- The Life of Father Isaac Jogues, Missionary Priest of the Society of Jesus, Slain by the Mohawk Iroq
- Saint Isaac and the Indians
- The American Catholic Almanac
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