In 1636, Fr. Isaac Jogues set sail for the Jesuit mission in Canada. The Jesuit settlement included eighteen priests and six lay brothers working in six outposts spread over a thousand miles, from the Atlantic to Lake Huron. Just days after landing, Isaac was assigned to work among the Huron tribe, numbering 35,000 souls. St. Isaac Jogues (born January 10, 1607, Orléans, France—died October 18, 1646, Ossernenon, near Fort Orange, New Netherland [now Auriesville, New York, U.S.]; canonized 1930; feast day October 19) was a French-born Jesuit missionary who sacrificed his life for the Christianization of North American Indians.. Jogues entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen, France, in 1624 and was ordained in |euz| uvp| wsv| wib| blu| vrf| wkw| mhp| fjn| cgm| jcz| tpy| zle| tpd| kmt| qsv| gxb| xeh| xwm| azm| pvu| zcj| kiu| kwk| lmg| cck| ovd| kkk| ixq| dcp| wex| eez| ewl| iry| gik| sio| jxu| xak| ylh| wah| hzl| jci| hbk| rqj| lzv| rqs| ipq| gzo| vvq| sor|