FROM THE DIRECTOR
Vol. 75 No. 2 2010
Dear Friends of the Martyrs’ Shrine,
What’s Inside
Director’s Message Page 1
Fr. Bressani—Canada’s First Italian Jesuit Page 2
Who are These Holy Martyrs? Page 3 Novena to the Canadian Martyrs Prayers Page 4
History and Archaeology Working Together Page 5 and 6 * * Tear- o ff Flap ** Prayer P e t i t i o n s MSA Membership Renewal Prayer Requests
The Shrine and the Midland Tornado Page 7
Putting a Face to the Name Page 8
By the time you receive this edition of the Martyrs’ Shrine Message we will be well into our 2010 season. The early days of May and June gave us weather that was not too spectacular. We, no doubt like you, have had our fair share of wet days and hot and humid days. I suspect however, that not many of you have experienced a tornado like the one we experienced at the end of June. Look for the article and pictures of this violent storm that almost gave us the 2010 season that never was. Two of the three larger pilgrimages in the month of June were all lucky with respect to the poorer weather. They were well attended and got through their pilgrimage events without any rain. The Italian pilgrimage had some light rain but their pilgrims did not let the damp weather dampen their spirits. After all, the Archbishop’s presence to bless the new Fr. Bressani monument gave them plenty of reason to celebrate despite the weather.
As the middle of July approaches and folks are contemplating what to do on their summer holidays, we are confident that the promised warm days of summer will give us our hoped for increase in the number of pilgrims attending the Shrine. We have a full roster of ethnic pilgrimages for the months of July and August this 2010. Elsewhere in this publication be sure to find the 2010 schedule.
The Walk Where They Walked program was quite a success this spring. We hosted some 1000 students over the spring session. The fall session looks to be filling up nicely as well with some 300 students already booked to do the program. The success of this program continues to be a great blessing to the Shrine. This is especially true when one keeps in mind that these young folk are our pilgrims of the future.
The Six Weeks A Jesuit program will be held once again this year. This year we have only one Six Weeks A Jesuit candidate with us. The program is meant to introduce the candidate to Jesuit works and Jesuit community life. His name is Larry Smith and you will find contributions by him elsewhere in this edition of the Shrine newsletter. I invite you to pray for him over the summer as he discerns to what state of life God is calling him.
For those who visit us in 2010 you will note the Shrine Church’s upper level of siding has now been refurbished. This is the gift of the Knights of Columbus of southern Ontario. Over the years this siding lost much of its colour and has become stained with moss. The project involved the power washing, sealing and re-staining of the siding. The project is now done for the 2010 season. May the good Lord bless and keep you and yours over the summer.
A friend in the Lord,
Rev. Alex Kirsten, S.J., Director
FATHER BRESSANI - CANADA’S FIRST ITALIAN JESUIT
by Larry Smith
“Fr. Francois-Joseph Bressani, whom we had been expecting for four years, finally arrived here among the Hurons at the beginning of autumn. If he had not been taken captive by the Iroquois on his first trip, he would already know the Huron language and would be a trained workman. But it must be acknowledged that God’s providences are gracious. The cruelties which some Hurons who escaped saw him suffer among the Iroquois, and his mutilated hands - the fingers having been cut off - rendered him a better preacher than us since the time of his arrival, and have served more than all our tongues to give a better conception than ever to our Huron Christians of the truths of our Faith.” - Paul Ragueneau, S.J., 1646, Huron Relations for 1646, Chapter 5
On June 26, 2010, at the Martyrs’ Shrine, Archbishop Thomas Collins unveiled and blessed a statue of Francesco Giuseppe Bressani which was donated by Mr. Cortellucci for the Italian community of Toronto. The statue overlooks the Papal Altar with great dignity, a replica of his famous map of Huronia in his left hand and his disfigured right hand clutching of copy of The Gospel. Although Bressani was not martyred, his work among the Hurons exemplified the bravery and heroism of his French Jesuit brothers.
Francesco Giuseppe Bressani, born in Rome on May 6, 1612, entered the Jesuit novitiate at the age of 14. He studied philosophy at the Roman College then taught Italian literature in Jesuit schools for three years. Following this he resumed his studies in Rome and Paris, then taught for several years before being ordained in 1642. Bressani, being attracted to the work being done in the New World, asked to be assigned to New France. His superior granted him this privilege making him the first Italian to work with the French Jesuits in Canada. For the first two years he was stationed at Quebec and Trois-Rivières. However, in 1644 permission was granted for him to travel 1,300 kilometers into the interior to work with the Hurons. He, one French boy and six Christian Hurons began their journey on April 27, 1644. They never arrived at their destination. Soon after their departure, Mohawk Iroquois ambushed and captured Bressani and his colleagues. Bressani was forced to witness the torture of one of his Huron companions. Afterward, he and the other prisoners were taken to Mohawk territory south of New France. There he himself became the victim of extensive torture, partially losing the fingers on his right hand and several times coming close to death. Fortunately, an old Mohawk woman who had lost her grandfather to Huron warriors years before, bargained a few beads to acquire Bressani thus relieving him of further torture. Eventually, he was traded to the Dutch who helped him to return to France in November 1644. Undaunted by his experience, Bressani asked to return to New France. In July 1645 he found himself in Trois-Rivières presiding over peace talks with the Iroquois, having to negotiate with those who, the previous year, had been his torturers. He then made his way into Huron territory and joined his Jesuit brothers at Sainte-Marie. He proved to be extremely effective in his work even though his initial knowledge of the Huron language was limited. The scars of his torture and missing digits on his right hand served as sufficient testimony to the strength of his faith. He worked tirelessly with his fellow Jesuits and made frequent trips to Quebec as part of his ministry. In 1648 the Iroquois broke the peace treaty and resumed attacks on the Hurons. As a result, Sts. Jean de Brébeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier, and Noël Chabanel were martyred in the ensuing year and a half. Bressani left for Quebec to plead for military help. After several frustrated attempts to return to Huronia, during which he sustained three arrow wounds to the head, he managed to make his way back to the mission. Half way through his journey he met the remaining Jesuits and Hurons retreating to Quebec. All hope of continuing the mission in Huronia was abandoned.
Bressani returned to Italy in 1650 where he published Breve Relatione de d'Alcune Missioni de'PP della Compagnia di Giesu nella Nuo Francia in 1653; the only Relation written in Italian. In 1957, Bressani created one of the first maps of New France and surrounding territories, a copy of which can be seen in the Shrine Museum. His fame spread throughout Italy and he continued his ministry until he died on September 9, 1672.
In Canada, the legacy of his writing continues in the Italian community with the Bressani Prize established to reward Italian Canadian writers for excellence. And now, with the addition of the statue on the Shrine grounds, Bressani’s legacy can be appreciated in conjunction with the eight Canadian martyred saints. Page -2- Martyrs’ Shrine MESSAGE
Who Are These Holy Martyrs?
Saint Jean de Brébeuf, S.J. Martyred March 16, 1649. Jean de Brébeuf, born in Normandy, was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 33. He was the first Jesuit Missionary in Huronia (1626), a master of the Native language, worked through all the district of Huronia for thirteen years, founded Mission outposts and converted thousands to the faith. He was known as the Apostle of the Hurons. He was massive in body, strong, yet gentle in character. Before leaving Normandy, he revealed his sentiments. “I felt a strong desire to suffer something for Christ.” He made a vow signed in his blood, never to refuse the offer of Martyrdom if asked to die for Christ. He was captured March 16, 1649 and tortured for hours. He was Martyred at St. Ignace, six miles from Ste. Marie, at the age of 56. Saint Isaac Jogues, S.J. Martyred October 18, 1646. Isaac Jogues was a priest only seven months and was 29 years of age when he came to Canada in 1636. He set out at once for Huronia. For three years he served at Mission outposts, instructing and baptizing. On a return journey from Quebec, he was captured by the Iroquois, brutally tortured, and made a slave. Thirteen months later he escaped to France. By the next year he was back in Canada and was sent as an emissary to discuss a treaty with the Iroquois. He went, “his heart seized with dread,” at the prospect of again falling into the hands of his torturers. He was seized at Ossernenan (now Auriesville, N.Y.) and cruelly beaten. A blow from a tomahawk gave him the crown of Martyrdom on October 18, 1646, at the age of 39.
Saint Gabriel Lalemant, S.J. Martyred March 17, 1649. Gabriel Lalemant, a Parisian, became a Jesuit at age 19. His ambition was to labour in the Missions and he asked to be sent to the Canadian Missions. He was “one of the most feeble and delicate in health.” A scholar, he was professor of Philosophy, and dean of studies in French Colleges. He arrived in Huronia in September 1648 where in words of Scriptures, he was destined to complete a long time in a short space. In Huronia seven months, just beginning to speak the Native tongue, he was sent to assist Brébeuf in February 1649. He was captured with Brébeuf and tortured for seventeen hours at the stake. Gabriel Lalemant died on March 17 in his 39th year, at St. Ignace, six miles from Ste. Marie. Saint Antoine Daniel, S.J. Martyred July 4, 1648. Antoine Daniel was born in Normandy and became a Jesuit and was ordained a priest at 29. He answered a strong call to the Missions of Canada and was a Missioner near Bras d’Or Lakes (1632). He founded the first boys’ College in North America (Quebec 1635) and laboured in Huronia for twelve years. He mastered the language and dreamed of forming future catechists among the Hurons who would instruct other members of their tribe. The Mission was attacked by the Iroquois in July 1648. Daniel encouraged the converts to meet death as Christians should; he hastily baptized all he could and went out to face the enemy. His body was pierced with arrows and bullets.
The Iroquois set fire to the Chapel and threw his body into the flames. He was Martyred at Mount St. Louis, 12 miles from Ste. Marie at the age of 48.
Saint Charles Garnier, S.J. Martyred December 7, 1649. Charles Garnier, a Parisian, a Jesuit, and a priest, was attracted to the arduous Missions of Canada. He came to Huronia at the age of thirty-one and for thirteen years laboured among the Hurons and Petuns. He was a victim of the Iroquois massacre of the village of Etharita, thirty miles from Ste. Marie. He refused to escape but exercised his charity to the end. Saint Charles Garnier was always a person of innocence and purity with a strong devotion to Our Lady whom he acknowledged looked after him as a youth. Gentle, innocent, fearless, he succeeded in winning many souls to God both at St. Joseph’s Mission and among the Petuns. Saint Noël Chabanel, S.J. Martyred December 8, 1649. Noël Chabanel became a Jesuit at the age of seventeen, a priest at twenty-eight, and was a successful professor and humanist in France. Experiencing a strong desire to consecrate himself to the Canadian Missions, he arrived in Quebec in 1643 and then travelled to Huronia. The enthusiasm of the young missionary quickly lost its glamour. Unable to learn the Native language, feeling useless in the ministry, sensitive to the surroundings, his life was to be one unbroken chain of disappointments, an ordeal that he himself called a “bloodless Martyrdom.” Tempted to return to France, he bound himself by a vow to remain in New France till death. For two years he stood in the shadow of death and then was slain secretly by an apostate Huron on the banks of the Nottawasaga, twenty-five miles from Ste. Marie on December 8, 1649.
Saint René Goupil, S.J. Martyred September 29, 1642. René Goupil entered the Jesuit Order but had to leave because of ill health. He studied medicine and then offered his services to the Jesuit Missions in Canada. On his way to Huron country with Isaac Jogues in 1642, they were captured by the Iroquois, tortured and taken to the Mohawk country. On the journey to Mohawk country he begged Isaac Jogues to receive his vows. A month later he was martyred for making the sign of the cross on a little Native child. He was martyred at Auriesville, N.Y. at the age of thirty-five, on September 29, 1642.
Saint Jean de LaLande, S.J. Martyred October 19, 1646. Jean de LaLande was a young layman who offered his services to the Jesuits of New France. He accompanied Isaac Jogues to the Mohawk Mission in 1646, knowing what he might have to suffer, gladly offering himself as a companion to Jogues and looking to God to protect him and to be his reward if the sacrifice of his life was demanded. With Isaac Jogues, he was tortured and threatened with death. He saw the martyrdom of Jogues on October 18. He himself was martyred on the following day at Auriesville, N.Y. Martyrs’ Shrine MESSAGE Page -3-
Invitation & Novena Prayers
We invite you to join in the Novena to the Canadian Martyrs and St. Joseph, September 16-24, 2010. During these nine days we honour all the Martyrs in preparation for the Feast Day Celebration on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 2:00 pm. The Novena of Masses and the prayers including homily and veneration of the relics of Sts. Jean de Brébeuf, Gabriel Lalemant and Charles Garnier will be offered each day at the 12:00 noon and 7:30 pm Masses in the Shrine Church.
We invite you to join us either at the Shrine or in your home for these nine days of prayer for the intentions of the Novena and the celebration of our faith through the intercession of the Martyrs.
PRAYER TO THE MARTYRS
Holy Martyrs and patrons, protect this land which you have blessed by the shedding of your blood. Renew in these days our Catholic faith which you have helped to establish in this new land. Bring all our fellow citizens to a knowledge and love of the truth. Make us zealous in the profession of our faith so that we may continue and perfect the work which you have begun with so much labour and suffering. Pray for our homes, our schools, our missions, for vocations, for the conversion of sinners, the return of those who have wandered from the fold, and the perseverance of all the Faithful. And foster a deeper and increasing unity among all Christians. Amen.
PRAYER TO OUR LADY
Glorious Queen of Martyrs, to whom the early missionaries of this country were so devoted and from whom they received so many favours, graciously listen to my petition. Ask your Divine Son to remember all they did for His glory. Remind Him that they preached the gospel and made His holy name known to thousands who had never heard of Him, and then for Him had their apostolic labours crowned by shedding their blood. Exercise your motherly influence as you did at Cana, and implore Him to grant me what I ask in this Novena, if it be according to His will. Amen.
PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH
(Patron of the Martyrs and of Canada) O God, who in your special Providence deigned to choose blessed Joseph to be the spouse of your holy Mother, grant, we beseech you, that we may deserve to have him as our intercessor in heaven whom we venerate on earth as our protector. You who live and reign in the world without end. Amen.
NOVENA PRAYER
O God, who by the preaching and the blood of Your blessed Martyrs, Jean and Isaac and their companions, consecrated the first fruits of faith in the vast regions of North America, graciously grant that by their intercession the flourishing harvest of Christians may be everywhere and always increased. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF PETITION
O God, who inflamed the hearts of your blessed Martyrs with an admirable zeal for the salvation of souls, grant me, I beseech you, my petitions, so that the favours obtained through their intercession may make manifest before your people the power and the glory of your name. Amen.
St. Jean de Brébeuf, pray for us St. Charles Garnier, pray for us St. Isaac Jogues, pray for us St. Noël Chabanel, pray for us St. Gabriel Lalemant, pray for us St. René Goupil, pray for us St. Antoine Daniel, pray for us St. Jean de LaLande, pray for us Holy Mary, Queen of Martyrs, pray for us
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The archaeological work of Fr. Hegarty SJ shows how Ste. Marie grew from a residence-worship centre with a Wendat hospice (buildings 1- 7) to a larger French community of stone structures primarily constructed to serve domestic needs, then finally a place of refuge. The stonework (fireplaces, forge and walls) was probably built in the mid 1640’s when the stonemason arrived. The stone structures
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By 1649, the role of Ste. Marie had changed dramatically. In a letter to the Father General in Rome (Fr. Vincent Caraffa SJ) by Paul Ragueneau SJ, (Superior of the Jesuit Mission among the Hurons, 16461649), Ste. Marie is initially referred to as a dwelling (domum) and then hesitantly referred to as a “fort” (arcem). Ragueneau used the term because the destruction of outlying Wendat villages as a result of war with certain factions of the Iroquois forced the inhabitants of Ste. Marie to rely on their own resources for defense. Ragueneau also used the French term fort in his Relation of 1649; Ste. Marie was now the only stronghold in Wendake and had become a place of “refuge” (author’s word) for thousands of Wendats displaced because of the war with the enemy. It was, in effect, a “refugee camp” (author’s words) for widows, orphans, the aged, and battle-weary Wendat warriors. From its inception (1639) to its destruction(1649) Ste. Marie adapted to the spiritual and temporal needs of the French and Wendat people.
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Historically, Ste. Marie I, founded by the Society of Jesus, was a Catholic mission centre built among the Wendats. It lasted for only ten years (1639- 1649). The first reference to it was in The Jesuit Relations Among the Hurons from June 1639 to June 1640, chapter IV by Jerome Lalemant SJ, the Superior of the Mission (1639-1645). In this chapter, Ste. Marie, Notre Dame de la Conception, is referred to as a “fixed residence”, which would serve as a “house apart” for “retreat and meditation”, a “solitude full of delights” where missionaries would be “detached”, and would be “trained for the purpose” of going to the “villages and surrounding nations”. Throughout the subsequent Relations, Ste. Marie is referred to as a dwelling, a home, a house; a place of worship and prayer for both French and Wendat Catholics. Since the Wendat moved their villages every ten years, Ste. Marie proved, as well, to be a practical central residence which could serve the Jesuit missions for years to come.
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With the interest of the Jesuits and the Ontario government to reconstruct Ste. Marie I as an historic site, it became apparent there were a variety of interpretations of each building’s purpose, as well as the general purpose of the village. Canadian historians and archaeologists are familiar with the works of Kidd, Jury, Trigger and others in relation to these discussions, however the theories and interpretations of Fr. Denis Hegarty SJ are overlooked and even cast aside. What follows is a presentation of Fr. Hegarty’s historical and archaeological research concerning Sainte Marie I found in the Shrine’s archives.
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In August 1954, the grave of St. Jean de Brébeuf SJ was discovered within the ruins of Ste. Marie I by Fr. Denis Hegarty SJ. The last resting place of this great Saint and that of his companion, St. Gabriel Lalemant SJ, eluded archaeologists for years, but a systematic attentive search finally solved the mystery. Canadian Catholics and non-Catholics alike celebrated the discovery because by the mid-twentieth century the story of the Jesuit Mission to the Hurons had become an integral part of our nation’s identity. The discovery of Saint Brébeuf’s grave appeared to be the final chapter of the tragic but heroic story of the seventeenth century missionaries and the Huron (Wendat) people. Or was it?
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became very useful in the mission’s latter years when it was under threat of attack.
In studying Fr. Hegarty’s ground plan of Ste. Marie, the initial primary purpose as a residence-worship centre is apparent (see especially buildings 3, 4, 7, and 16). Unfortunately, Fr. Hegarty discovered buildings 3 and 4 in the early 1960’s and therefore they were not included in the reconstruction. Building 3 was the large Church of St. Joseph used by French and Wendat Catholics of the region on important Feast Days (Christmas, Easter, Pentecost etc.). It contained a sacristy, a confessional, an altar, and an empty grave feature which Fr. Hegarty believed was the resting place of St. Gabriel Lalemant SJ. Building 4 was the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament which featured a planked floor and two altars. This could be where Noël Chabanel made his vow to serve the Wendat Mission for life. Fr. Hegarty believed building 7 was the Jesuits’ private chapel with a raised sanctuary, however in the reconstruction this structure is designated as a storage building. Father Hegarty’s findings also show an ingenious drainage system which makes use of an aqueduct to run a mill and provide flush toilets (22). The spring water provided by the aqueduct originated from the hill on which the current Shrine is located. He also shows palisade walls that do not exclude the Wendat from the French but protects them from the enemy. As well, the remains of longhouses (buildings 6) were found outside of the mission and not inside as the reconstruction suggests.
Despite the incongruities of various historical and archaeological theories, the fact remains that Ste. Marie was a house of prayer and a home of peace in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. Fortunately, the reconstructed Ste. Marie I remains the spiritual haven it was for our beloved Martyrs and early Wendat Catholic community. Jesuits frequently celebrate Mass within the palisade walls. As well, the reconstructed mission village served as a beacon of faith during World Youth Days in 2002. In the words of Fr. Jerome Lalemant SJ, Superior of the Huron Mission (1639- 1645), “ . . . may Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception be blessed whenever we say the name Ste. Marie.”
It Could be a Lot Worse The Shrine and the Midland Tornado. On Wednesday June 23, as Fathers Alex Kirsten, Keith Langstaff and Patrick Coldricks made their way from the cafeteria to the Church to prepare for the evening mass, little did they know that the heavy winds they encountered would reap a path of destruction throughout much of the area of the Shrine. After Mass, when they surveyed the grounds, they found much of the Irish Peace Garden in shambles, many trees uprooted lying on the road leading up to the church, the statue of Antoine Daniel knocked to the ground by a fallen tree and some 30 trees in the upper field downed or badly damaged by the tornado.
By Larry Smith & Steve Catlin
Luckily, buildings were untouched except for some roof damage on the Lalande Centre. As well, the Shrine archives suffered no damage. Steve Catlin, the archivist at the Shrine who remained protected under the cafeteria porch, witnessed God’s hand in protecting a visitor attending Mass that evening: “ . . . before it (the tornado) finished I noticed a man who had run up the stairs to the Shrine’s front doors looking for shelter. The doors were locked so he waited out the storm in front of the Shrine... Our guest, a recently ordained Deacon from London Ontario, was on his way to the 7:30 pm Mass at the Shrine when the tornado hit. As he entered the grounds his passenger side fender was damaged by blowing branches. Then on his way up the driveway, a tree fell directly in front of him and another tree fell directly behind him just missing his vehicle. We helped him get his van to safety, were grateful he was safe, and gave him a towel to dry off.” Mass proceeded as usual with two people in attendance; the deacon and a Shrine regular.
Since then work has been ongoing to clean up the mess and to restore the grounds to its former beauty.
God be praised that the Shrine, and the town of Midland survived this natural disaster without any loss of life. For those who temporarily lost their homes and livelihood, your intentions are prayerfully remembered at the Shrine. Martyrs’ Shrine MESSAGE Page -7-
Hello to All of you!
Putting a Face to the Name!
It was with great pleasure and much excitement that I accepted the position as Assistant Director at Martyrs’ Shrine this past Spring. I couldn’t ask for a greater welcome than I have received from Fr. Alex, the Jesuits and from many of you. I look forward to meeting you in person and promise to offer a “longer” introduction in the next Newsletter. Please drop by and visit if you are at the Shrine, or drop me a note. May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you in His care! Peace,
John Zurakowski
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Holy Crucifixion Community Slovak Chinese Pilgrimage (Sat.) Tamil Catholic Community (Sat.) India, Pakistan (Sat.) Croatian Pilgrimage Archdiocese of Toronto Youth Rally
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