The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
NEW CATHOLIC SAINT
FOR UNITED STATES.
Martyred Father Isaac Jogues of
Early Indian Missions Well on
His Way to Roman Sanctiica-
ton.

New York. Oct. 3-Father Isaac Jogue.
is a coming saint. though It is 25s year:
since he lay down his life for his faitf
among the Indians to whom he preached
the gospel.
Isaac Jogues consecrated his life to Ia,
Dor with and Christianize the native
heather.
He endured torture and suffered the dis.
comforts OF existing with the savages. He
rendered TO the French Government val
liable services in effecting a treaty OF
peace with the powerful Iroquois tribes.
The companions OF the Jesuit mission
airy, Zen Goupil and Jean de La Lande,
will likewise be elevated.
Father Camillus Beccari. S. J.. the Pos
tulator OF the Cause. names lbs points in
the declaration" for the canonization Of
Father Jogues, who will be St Jogues.
If the deeds and sacrifices Of Father
Jogues in his life among the Iroquois do
not secure recognition from the College
Of Cardinals at Rome, it is doubtful II any
martyrs who lived in the early years Of
the country will be beatihed.
These religious pioneers OF the Society
Of Jesus in the French Mission of North
America take US back to the middle Of the
Seventeenth Century and to one OF the
most beautiful and poetic scenes in the
Mohawk Valley.
1t is at AuriesviIle, N. Y, a station on
the West Shore Railroad. about forty
miles west Of Albany and fifty miles east
Of Utica historic for the death Of Isaac
Jogues and the suferings OF GoupI and
the sanity Catharine Tegakwita. that a
beautiful shrine was unveiled to mark the
spot OF so many sacred associations.
II is the Mission OF the Martyrs" so
named at its dedication In 1876. and so
known to-day.
1t was in 1872 the scene Of the fortunes
Of Father Jogues, the first missionary to
the Mohawk Indians. and it was the scene
Of the torture of the other missionary,
BreSann1, and there two years later that
intrepid man OF God Jogues fell under the
vicious blow OF a tomahawk.
This place was the first of q chain of
fourteen missions established among the
Indians along the Mohawk Valley.
PAPERS MUST BE AUTHENTIC.
II is no idle task that the members of
the Jesuit order in America have before
them.
Aside from the vast amount OF time con-
sumed and labor employed In gathering
the records which must go to Rome, there
must be no doubt OF the authenticity of
the documents submitted.
In the which pertain strictly
10 rather Jogues Rene Goupil and Jean
&c Ia IAnde there is found a careful and
detailed statement OF the ~birthplaces, FAM
ny and early training OF Jogues, but of
De La Lande nothing can be learned ex-
eept that he came from Dieppe. and OF
Goupu that he was a native OF Anjou, and
when quite young asked TO be admitted
TO the society, a request that could NOT
be granted for reasons Of health.
An authority, referring to the subject.
declares. In aNnN1W q EaHnW - a. -
ors Of the church Is not the exclusive work
OF the sovereign Pontin, but. in a meas
ure, OF every member of the church OF
whatever degree. Bishops must aid IN II
by their judgment, priests by their plead
nss all who can by their stfmon the
rlch oy their aims and the poor by their
ESas,SSe ~ rs ortunat then that every
Sathonc IN America can contribute 10 this
great work, because the time. the labor
ana expense required would far 1900
wat any Individual or body Of men could
1t is well known how rigid are tbs .U
SmIhauons demanded by the HOLY See he
lore any servant Of God. Of howsoeyer
great a repute for sanctity. can eyo1 -
proposed as worthy OF bestiacstion FE1e
hoWever, except those who are immedIs..
enployed IN such work. can estimate
nnaI vast labor the entire process enfsyS
or estimate what II must cost HA
collect. authenticate. examine and
copy the best documents bearing unor -.
49, ~ sSatteTed as they are in the different
ILAIN 1nn y
United States: TO search out. verify snd
present Tor examination the ccrresnon5-
ence and writings Of the servants 81 God.
10 compile the various testfmoniaIa co1
corning them left us in books written by
authors from their time down to our own:
70 collect the traditions that still exist
as 70 their virtues, heroic deaths and
powers OF intercession with Cod. 10 nas+
the salaries OF secretaries and their as
sistants IN so many different places-au
TINS Is only a summary Of what must he
oone and expended in order 10 bring the
cause TO Q successful issue.
Then explorations must be made AZ tho
sites mus Tar identified for relics OF any
SORT tnat may confirm even Indirectly the
truth OF our documentary testimonials
PLACE OF MANY PIDGRINAGEs
The process Of proving the heroic viz
tues of those who are proposed for beauti-
ncation. the veneration in which they are
held by the faithful. their martyrdom. as
N the case Of Father Jogues and Rene
Goupu, ana II need be. their power OF
fntercession by authenticated miracles rs
not an. easy or brief one. In this case The
preliminary steps are slower because II
mas been decided TO combine In one the
processes Of Fathers Brebeuf, Lalemant.
Daniel and GARNER, who died in missions
situated In what Is Canadian territory
since ultimately this viii save. the labor
ana expense OF repeating the process"
Flgrlmasss. many OF them, have been
made to the shrine at AuriesvfIe. and
when hat time shall have come when fha
Holy See canonizes the Jesuits who SUI
win no doubt be yearly pIlgrimares from
many points in the United States 10 IRE
around which the lives and deaths az
the missionaries have cast a halo.
history Of these intrepid missionaries; the
men who, in the face Of certain torture.
penetrated into the wilderness to lay The
gospel before the redmen-
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