Saint Noel Chabanel SJ
Noel Chabanel was born on February 2, 1613 in Saugues, France. Chabanel entered
the Jesuit novitiate at Toulouse at the age of seventeen and was a professor of
rhetoric at several Jesuit colleges. He was highly esteemed for virtue and
learning. In 1643, he was sent to New France and after studying the Algonquin
language for a time, was appointed to the mission at Sainte-Marie, where he
remained till his death.
In his apostolic labors, he was the companion of Rev Charles Garnier SJ. As he
felt a strong repugnance to the life and habits of the Huron and feared it might
result in his own withdrawal from the work, he bound himself by vow never to
leave the mission. Chabanel was martyred on December 8, 1649, by what is
described as a "renegade" Huron. Saint Chabanel was canonized by Pope Pius XI on
June 29, 1930.
Noël Chabanel, a Jesuit priest at twenty-eight, a successful professor and humanist in France, had a strong desire to come to the Canadian Missions. Here he was unable to learn the native language and felt useless in the ministry.He took a vow to remain in the missions, on the cross of seeming failure, always in the shadow of martyrdom. Even his martyrdom came secretly at the hands of an apostate on December 8, 1649 on the Nottawasaga, twenty-five miles from Ste. Marie.
Noel Chabanel was born on February 2, 1613 in Saugues, France. Chabanel entered
the Jesuit novitiate at Toulouse at the age of seventeen and was a professor of
rhetoric at several Jesuit colleges. He was highly esteemed for virtue and
learning. In 1643, he was sent to New France and after studying the Algonquin
language for a time, was appointed to the mission at Sainte-Marie, where he
remained till his death.
In his apostolic labors, he was the companion of Rev Charles Garnier SJ. As he
felt a strong repugnance to the life and habits of the Huron and feared it might
result in his own withdrawal from the work, he bound himself by vow never to
leave the mission. Chabanel was martyred on December 8, 1649, by what is
described as a "renegade" Huron. Saint Chabanel was canonized by Pope Pius XI on
June 29, 1930.
Noël Chabanel, a Jesuit priest at twenty-eight, a successful professor and humanist in France, had a strong desire to come to the Canadian Missions. Here he was unable to learn the native language and felt useless in the ministry.He took a vow to remain in the missions, on the cross of seeming failure, always in the shadow of martyrdom. Even his martyrdom came secretly at the hands of an apostate on December 8, 1649 on the Nottawasaga, twenty-five miles from Ste. Marie.
Saint Noel Chabanel SJ
Noel Chabanel was born on February 2, 1613 in Saugues, France. Chabanel entered
the Jesuit novitiate at Toulouse at the age of seventeen and was a professor of
rhetoric at several Jesuit colleges. He was highly esteemed for virtue and
learning. In 1643, he was sent to New France and after studying the Algonquin
language for a time, was appointed to the mission at Sainte-Marie, where he
remained till his death.
In his apostolic labors, he was the companion of Rev Charles Garnier SJ. As he
felt a strong repugnance to the life and habits of the Huron and feared it might
result in his own withdrawal from the work, he bound himself by vow never to
leave the mission. Chabanel was martyred on December 8, 1649, by what is
described as a "renegade" Huron. Saint Chabanel was canonized by Pope Pius XI on
June 29, 1930.
Noël Chabanel, a Jesuit priest at twenty-eight, a successful professor and humanist in France, had a strong desire to come to the Canadian Missions. Here he was unable to learn the native language and felt useless in the ministry.He took a vow to remain in the missions, on the cross of seeming failure, always in the shadow of martyrdom. Even his martyrdom came secretly at the hands of an apostate on December 8, 1649 on the Nottawasaga, twenty-five miles from Ste. Marie.
Noel Chabanel was born on February 2, 1613 in Saugues, France. Chabanel entered
the Jesuit novitiate at Toulouse at the age of seventeen and was a professor of
rhetoric at several Jesuit colleges. He was highly esteemed for virtue and
learning. In 1643, he was sent to New France and after studying the Algonquin
language for a time, was appointed to the mission at Sainte-Marie, where he
remained till his death.
In his apostolic labors, he was the companion of Rev Charles Garnier SJ. As he
felt a strong repugnance to the life and habits of the Huron and feared it might
result in his own withdrawal from the work, he bound himself by vow never to
leave the mission. Chabanel was martyred on December 8, 1649, by what is
described as a "renegade" Huron. Saint Chabanel was canonized by Pope Pius XI on
June 29, 1930.
Noël Chabanel, a Jesuit priest at twenty-eight, a successful professor and humanist in France, had a strong desire to come to the Canadian Missions. Here he was unable to learn the native language and felt useless in the ministry.He took a vow to remain in the missions, on the cross of seeming failure, always in the shadow of martyrdom. Even his martyrdom came secretly at the hands of an apostate on December 8, 1649 on the Nottawasaga, twenty-five miles from Ste. Marie.
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