In God's Name

All the Jesuits who arrived in New France would declare themselves "ready to die for the honour of [...], our good Lord and for the salvation of these poor people." [...] according to the doctrine of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of their order, they could only contribute to this salvation by becoming missionaries. [...] they would teach Christian values to these newly discovered beings, whose existence had been sheltered from this revelation since the beginning of time. [...] from the arrival of Biard and Massé in Acadia in 1611 to the death of Jean-Joseph Casot, the last Jesuit of the French regime, in 1800, and after their return to Canada in the nineteenth century, the missionaries of the Society of Jesus have specialized in science and teaching, thus influencing countless generations of students.

Num Pages: 7 Place: Winnipeg, Canada Publisher: Canada's National History Society