Catholic Word of the Day: AURIESVILLE, 05-25-10

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AURIESVILLE

Shrine of the North American Martyrs, near Albany, New York, on the Mohawk River. In 1642 Father Isaac Jogues (1607-47) and a Jesuit lay brother, René Goupil (1606-42), newly arrived from France and trying to run supplies to the famished Huron Indians, were captured by the Iroquois tribe and cruelly tortured at Ossernenon, present Auriesville. René Goupil died as a result. Jogues recovered and was persuaded to return to France, but 1646 saw him back again in the same place with John La Lande, a nineteen-year old French boy. Both received the crown of martyrdom in 1647. Auriesville, as the original Ossernenon, has been verified by documentary evidence and excavations on the six hundred acres of rolling land. The first pilgrimage was made in 1885. The small oratory soon became too small to care for the crowds. The second church seated five hundred, to be replaced in 1931 by a vast amphitheater built to accommodate sixteen thousand. Four altars facing the points of the compass are in the center of this buff-colored brick building, and during the summer and fall the rising tiers of seats are often filled to capacity for Mass and benediction. Auriesville is a year-round retreat center. A museum adjacent to the church houses some important relics of the missionaries and their Indian converts. Jogues, Goupil, and La Lande were canonized in 1930 together with Brébeuf (1593-1649), Lallemant (1610-49), and Daniel (1601-48), their companions who died as martyrs trying to convert the Canadian Indians. Their composite feast day is commemorated on October 19.

See Also: MARTYRS' SHRINE

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MARTYRS' SHRINE

Canadian shrine commemorating the Jesuit martyrs of North America who were slain for the faith between 1642 and 1649 in Ontario and the northern New York region. The shrine especially honors the memory of Sts. John de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lallemant, Charles Garnier, Noel Chabanel, and Antoine Daniel, who were martyred by the Canadian Indians. The shrine is located at Midland, Ontario, on the former site of old Forte Sainte Marie. A parallel shrine of the North American Martyrs is situated at Auriesville, New York.

See Also: AURIESVILLE

[Tax-chick]

Never been there, myself.

[Salvation]

A new one for me. Perhaps some New Yorkers can tell us about it.

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Subjectivism	Papal Coronation	Apostle
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[Airborne Longhorn]

Beautiful place. I grew up 12 mi. west of there (Canajoharie).

Location: ~30 mi. west of Albany, in the heart of the historic Mohawk Valley. Via NY Thruway: exit Fonda/Fultonville.

Growing up in Canajoharie as an altar boy and Boy Scout, we Catholic scouts had wkend pilgrimage/camporees every Sep at Auriesville. I still harbor warm memories...

Dominus vobiscum.

[NoExpectations]

I live about 15 miles from the shrine. It is a beautiful piece of property that is currently a shell of its former self (so I’m told...I didn’t grow up in this area). The colliseum is very unusual in that it contains multiple altars that at one time they had simultaneous masses. It can seat 6,000 people inside the circular structure. Biggest recent “scandal” is the sale of the retreat center to a Buddhist community. Supposedly many catholic groups offered to buy the property from the Jesuits but they sold it to the Buddhists instead. http://www.martyrshrine.org/pages/scrapbook.html

[the invisib1e hand]

amazing. right in my backyard, and never knew of this.

thanks.

[Salvation]

This really got sold to Budhists?

Shameful

Shall I talk with Hubbard?

[NoExpectations]

Not the whole shrine, just the retreat center. Good luck talking to Hubbard. I believe he is a leader in the socialist catholic movement.

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Thanks for sharing.

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Not that I would want to talk with him.

I think all Catholics in the U. S. who know anything at all are avidly awaiting his retirement — much like the stories about Cardinal Mahony’s retirement and the appointment of Archbishop Gomez as adjutor.