Articles tagged Canadian Martyrs

Leading Canadian Jesuit outlines new missionary goal of welcoming ‘Indigenous spiritualities’

In a departure from traditional Jesuit missions to convert pagans to Christ, Canadian Jesuits now seek to incorporate superstitious religious ceremonies in an effort to ‘decolonize’ Christianity.

News

Louis Knuffke

• Aug 2, 2022Aug 3, 2022

Forgotten Canadian history: Young Aboriginal girls flourished under the care of Catholic nuns

Testimonies of the young Aboriginal girls who attended the schools express gratitude to the sisters who taught and housed them.

News

Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Jul 27, 2022Aug 2, 2022

Jesuit diaries reveal the love Indigenous Canadian tribes had for the missionaries and Catholicism

The testimony and the zeal of those early missionaries should reassure the Church today that the evangelization of indigenous peoples does not include the adoption of pagan superstitions, but rather the conversion of souls to the truth of Christ.

Opinion

Louis Knuffke

• Jul 26, 2022