Overview
The Hurons stared at the giant young Norman, as tall and broad as they, a Jesuit priest robed in black and with a full black beard on his gentle face. He was to live among them for nineteen years, patiently and with enormous difficulty learning their ways and language. He would eat their raw bear and moose meat, paddle many months and many miles in their canoes, build his rough chapel surrounded by their long houses, and win their respect and love, leading a small band of them into the Christian faith. At length, joined by other ""Blackrobes"", Father Jean de Brébeuf erected a bit of Old France, with church and stockade, in the Canadian wilderness. Yet he saw his village chapels burned, his converts shunned and tortured, and his fellow priests murdered by the Iroquois, the enemy of the Hurons. Never disturbed by fears for his own safety, he also died at their hands after incredible tortures in 1649. This swift-paced book is more than a biography of a great saint. It is a vital chapter in the tragic history of New France in North America, a story of the failure of colonization partially redeemed by the blood of the martyrs of the Church.
Full Product Details
Author: Francis Xavier Talbot
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Imprint: Ignatius Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9781621641889
ISBN 10: 1621641880
Pages: 365
Publication Date: 04 September 2018
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
This work has the sweep and grandeur of an epic tale! -- America An incredible tale of suffering, dedication and courage. -- Chicago Tribune Father Talbot has told Brébeuf's story in masterly fashion. It is an account marked by fluency and liveliness. Brébeuf lives in these pages. -- Catholic Transcript A book for everyone. The sheer story is enough to interest any reader; as a study of human nature, it is fascinating; as spiritual reading it is sublime. -- Messenger of the Sacred Heart What a story! The adventure of a zealous young French priest sent into the savage wilderness to convert a nation by the power of faith alone. He knew terror by night, the arrow that flies by day, the pestilence that walks in darkness, and he was not afraid. -- New York Times
This work has the sweep and grandeur of an epic tale! -- America An incredible tale of suffering, dedication and courage. -- Chicago Tribune Father Talbot has to
Author Information
Francis X. Talbot, S.J., earned a Ph.D. from the Gregorian University, Rome, and was the Editor of four different Catholic publications from 1923 to 1947, including America, the Catholic Mind, and Thought and Theological Studies. He served as the President of Loyola College, Baltimore, in the late 1940s. Among the organizations he helped to found were the Catholic Book Club, the Catholic Poetry Society of America, the Catholic Theater Conference, and the Catholic Library Association.
