Two years ago ago I was fortunate to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of the Martyrs two times. Sr. Alejandra invited me to go with her community when they celebrated 3 years in CT and then I was able to go back when the DREs made a pilgrimage there. Going with Sr. Ale and the Fraternas was one of my favorite days ever...even thought it was SO cold and it was only November!! The Shrine is nestled on a beautiful 400 acres in upstate NY and the coliseum holds 10,000 people."Blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church."
Tertullian wrote this in the 2nd century because the lives of the martyrs are a source of inspiration for Christians. The martyrs willing sacrifice of their lives leads to the conversion of others. These martyrs died there, but 10 years after the death of St. Isaac Jogues, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha was born there.Including Isaac Jogues, the others who were martyred there between 1642 and 1649 were: Saints Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier, Gabriel Lalemant, Jean de Brebeuf, Jean de la Lande, Noel Chabanel, and Rene Goupil. They were each killed during ward when the Iroquois attached the Huron. They were canonized by Pope Pius XI on June 29, 1930.
PRAYER
O Almighty God, by whose grace and power your holy martyrs Antony Daniel, Charles Garnier, Gabriel Lalemant, Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf, John Lalande, Noel Chabanel, and Rene Goupil triumphed over suffering and were faithful even to death: Grant us, who now remember them in thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to you in this world, that we may receive with them the crown of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
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