God Rock Radio #152 – All Saints Day -All Souls Day Special – Part 1 The Jesuit Martyrs of Canada

In part one of a two part program, Jack “The Agnostic” Garcia a Eucharistic Minister of the Holy Sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church examines the great and tragic story of the Mid 17th Century Jesuit missionaries of Canada. Whose effect on tribal culture was every bit as profound as the fur trade , European diseases and warfare. The French sponsored by the Catholic Church -ventured along the great white North’s lakes and rivers and the lure for commerce and profit was linked to the saving of souls. The Jesuits Christianize the Huron tribe who would soon disappear as a distinct political and cultural entity, with a type of cultural metamorphosis taking place. But the powerful Iroquois Confederacy then begin to muscle in on the Huron Fur Trade monopoly and the grisly guerrilla style Beaver Pelt Wars began.

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