Jérôme Lalemant
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Jérôme Lalemant, S.J. (
Life
Lalemant entered the Jesuit
Following the completion of his formation period, Lalement became the
Lalement was almost immediately made Superior for the mission to the Hurons,[1] succeeding Jean de Brébeuf, and in 1639 founded Sainte-Marie-des-Hurons which was the central residence of the missionaries in the field. The mission was located just south of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron and near modern-day Midland, Ontario.
From 1645 to 1650,
The Wyandot nation were little match for the Iroquois, who used their trade alliances with the Dutch to gain firearms. On June 16, 1649, the missionaries chose to burn Sainte-Marie rather than risk it being desecrated or permanently overrun by Iroquois in further attacks. Later in 1650, Lalemant went to France and taught at La Flèche college.[3] Father Paul Ragueneau succeeding him as Superior in Canada. On his return to Canada the following year, he served under Ragueneau until 1656, when he was recalled to France to be rector of the Royal College of La Flèche. He returned in 1659 and served a second term as Canadian Provincial Superior from to 1665, at the urgings of Bishop François de Laval.[4] He helped resettle Huron refugees near Québec, and continued to solidify the Jesuit mission in Canada and his writings give us verifiable information about the social, political, and religious life of Canada during that period.
References
- ^ a b c Campbell, Thomas. "Jerome Lalemant." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 11 Jun. 2014
- ^ a b "Lalemant, Jérôme". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
- ^ "Jérôme Lalemant", The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Campbell, T.J., Pioneer priests of North America, 1642-1710, Vol. 2, Fordham University Press, 1910, p. 311