The Jesuit Missionaries to North America: Spiritual Writings and Biographical Sketches

by Professor Franois Roustang

Other authorsSister M Renelle (Translator)
Paperback, 2006

Barcode

1651

Call number

255.53 ROU

Status

Available

Call number

255.53 ROU

Pages

433

Description

The story of the early Jesuit missionaries who arrived in North America between 1632 and 1637 is a remarkable by all accounts. For twenty long years, they toiled alone and unaided in the vast, wild regions of eastern Canada, bearing the hardships of a harsh climate, scarcity of food and inadequate lodging, as well as the constant menace of those inhabitants they had come to evangelize. Nevertheless, they worked and prayed unceasingly and bore all these hardships for the love of Christ and the salvation of souls, being filled with joy at the opportunity to suffer and bear fruit for our Lord.

Publication

Ignatius Press (2006), 433 pages

ISBN

158617083X / 9781586170837

Rating

½ (1 rating; 3.5)

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LibraryThing member JBreedlove
Great background on "Jesuit missioners" to 17th centurty Canada. There was a lot flowery religious language but occassional good descriptions of their experiences w the natives and the mighty Iroquois especially. The Jesuits were tough and dedicated and truly on a mission. They were unlike other
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orders w their solo forays out w Indians who often hated them.
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