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Friday, April 4, 2025

The Martyrdom of St. René Goupil

One of the 9 holy North American martyrs, St. Rene Goupil was murdered by the Huron Indians on the 29th of September, 1642. Having only recently professed in the Jesuit Order as a lay brother, he, nonetheless, exemplified perfectly the virtues of charity and obedience, most especially, to a remarkable degree. His sacrifice for the love of souls, and ultimately for love of the cross, teaches us all the value of our holy Faith. There could not possibly be a better account of St. Rene Goupil's life and death than this account, written by his fellow Jesuit, fellow martyr, St. Isaac Jogues.

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*For further reading: Saint in the Wilderness, by Glenn Kittler, c.1960; Brebeuf and His Brethren, by EJ Pratt, free Project Gutenberg download here, but also in print and available used.

* You can find here, at the Library of Congress website, some original source material: "The early Jesuit missions in North America; compiled and translated from the letters of the French Jesuits, with notes."

* A Feast Day Quick Take video on all the Feast of the North American Martyrs on --- here. * A sermon on the Feast of the North America Martyrs (by Fr. Philip Davis, CMRI) here.

Downloads

You can find the text for download here.

A pretty simple study guide here.

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