Description:The New World was a dangerous and mysterious wilderness when Isaac Jogues and his fellow missionaries arrived in 1636 to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Written in simple but stirring terms, this true story of the intrepid Jesuit's adventures and hardships among the Algonquins, Hurons, and Mohawks is as thrilling as any fiction. Born in Orleans, France, in 1607, Jogues was a gifted teacher and ordained priest who longed to serve as a missionary in New France. Assigned to a mission in southern Ontario, the young priest rejoiced in his difficult and demanding post. The extraordinary tale of his prolonged martyrdom begins with his capture, torture, and year-long imprisonment by a Mohawk tribe. Despite his miraculous escape and return to France, where he met with a hero's welcome, Jogues insisted upon returning to his overseas ministry, where he sacrificed his life for the sake of planting the seed of Christianity in the New World.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saint In The Wilderness: The life of an intrepid saint in the New World- St. Isaac Jogues and his fellow Jesuit martyrs. To get started finding Saint In The Wilderness: The life of an intrepid saint in the New World- St. Isaac Jogues and his fellow Jesuit martyrs, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
216
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Release
1964
ISBN
Saint In The Wilderness: The life of an intrepid saint in the New World- St. Isaac Jogues and his fellow Jesuit martyrs
Description: The New World was a dangerous and mysterious wilderness when Isaac Jogues and his fellow missionaries arrived in 1636 to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Written in simple but stirring terms, this true story of the intrepid Jesuit's adventures and hardships among the Algonquins, Hurons, and Mohawks is as thrilling as any fiction. Born in Orleans, France, in 1607, Jogues was a gifted teacher and ordained priest who longed to serve as a missionary in New France. Assigned to a mission in southern Ontario, the young priest rejoiced in his difficult and demanding post. The extraordinary tale of his prolonged martyrdom begins with his capture, torture, and year-long imprisonment by a Mohawk tribe. Despite his miraculous escape and return to France, where he met with a hero's welcome, Jogues insisted upon returning to his overseas ministry, where he sacrificed his life for the sake of planting the seed of Christianity in the New World.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saint In The Wilderness: The life of an intrepid saint in the New World- St. Isaac Jogues and his fellow Jesuit martyrs. To get started finding Saint In The Wilderness: The life of an intrepid saint in the New World- St. Isaac Jogues and his fellow Jesuit martyrs, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.