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Map of New France (Champlain, 1612). Jesuit missions in North America were attempted in the late 16th century, established early in the 17th century, faltered at the beginning of the 18th, disappeared during the suppression of the Society of Jesus around 1763, and returned around 1830 after the restoration of the Society.
Most of the Jesuit missions to North America were located in today's Canada, but they explored and mapped much of the west. [1] [2] French missionaries Père Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to explore and chart the northern portion of the Mississippi River, as far as the Illinois River.
In other colonies, such as in Latin America, the Jesuit missions had found a more eager and receptive audience to Christianity, the result of a chaotic atmosphere of violence and conquest. But in New France , where French authority and coercive powers did not extend far and where French settlement was sparse, the Jesuits found conversion far ...
Map of Maryland Jesuit Stations from Hughes 1917 History of the Society of Jesus in North America vol 2 p777: Author: Home: Software used: IrfanView: Conversion program: ComSquare ImPDF Library v0.90: Encrypted: yes (print:yes copy:yes change:no addNotes:no algorithm:RC4) Page size: 555.75 x 901.5 pts: Version of PDF format: 1.4
Jesuit missionaries in the United States (8 P) Pages in category "Jesuit history in North America" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Brebeuf College School, Jesuit (formerly) Catholic Secondary School in Willowdale (north Toronto) established in 1963, named after St. Jean de Brébeuf Canadian Martyrs Elementary School (Grades Kindergarten to Grade 8) Ottawa, Ontario established by Oblates Of Mary Immaculate 1930-1983 [3] [4]
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ ʒ u ɪ t s, ˈ dʒ ɛ zj u-/ JEZH-oo-its, JEZ-ew-; [2] Latin: Iesuitae), [3] is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.
The saints of the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits) are listed here alphabetically.The list includes Jesuit saints from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Since the founder of the Jesuits, St Ignatius of Loyola, was canonised in 1622, there have been 52 other Jesuits canoni