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August 26, 2023

Shrine welcomes, nourishes pilgrims

Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont., each year welcomes thousands of pilgrims.

Anyone who passes through the wooded hills surrounding Midland, Ont., will surely remember the stunning two-spired façade of Martyrs’ Shrine.

Published in Canada
January 16, 2020

Homeschooling mom fills in gap on martyrs

After realizing there were too few homeschooling resources about the Jesuit martyrs, Bonnie Way published her own book about the missionaries.

VANCOUVER -- Vancouver mom Bonnie Way has long been inspired by the Canadian martyrs, eight Jesuit missionaries who in the 1600s gave their lives to preach the Gospel to North America’s Indigenous peoples.

Published in Book News
September 20, 2018

The Register Archive: Thousands pay tribute to Canada’s martyrs

Thousands came to Midland, Ont., to honour Canada’s martyrs on June 29, 1930, the day they were made saints.

Sept. 26 is the feast day of Canada’s martyrs — St. Jean de Brebeuf, St. Noel Chabanel, St. Antoine Daniel, St. Isaac Jogues, St. Jean de Lalande, St. Charles Garnier and St. Gabriel Lalemant — who worked among the Huron-Wendat people in the 1600s. They were canonized in Rome by Pope Pius XI on June 29, 1930, but the occasion also drew large crowds to Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont. The Register recounted the scene of that special day in this excerpt from the July 3, 1930 issue:

Published in Features