19th October - Saint Jean de Brebeuf and Companions - Independent Catholic News

19th October - Saint Jean de Brebeuf and Companions - Independent Catholic News: Jesuit priest and martyr of Canada. Born in 1593 in Normandy, Brebeuf became a Jesuit in Rouen in 1617. His health was so weakened by TB he was not able to study or teach for long periods. But he offered himself for the Canadian mission and sailed for Quebec in 1625. The Huron Indians invited him to live with them. He learnt their language and spent the rest of his life preaching and teaching, sometimes with other missionaries,