{"id":9619,"date":"2025-08-01T00:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=9619"},"modified":"2025-09-15T01:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:34:46","slug":"he-was-called-the-pillar-of-the-church-in-north-america-by-st-jean-de-brebeuf-s-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=9619","title":{"rendered":"He was called &#8220;the pillar of the Church in North America&#8221; by St. Jean de Br\u00e9beuf, S.J."},"content":{"rendered":"Who is this &#8220;forgotten martyr&#8221;, the brave Joseph <!--more-->  Chiouatenhoua (or Chihwatenha) of Ossosan\u00e9, Huronia &#8212; whom St. Jean de Br\u00e9beuf called &#8220;the pillar of the Church in North America&#8221;?\n\n<blockquote>Read about this almost-forgotten hero by <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/joseph_forgotten_martyr.html\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Especially because Joseph&#8217;s cause for canonization has not yet been officially opened, Pilgrimage Director asks all who obtain favors by prayer to Joseph Chiouatenhoua to notify your local bishop.<\/p>\n<p>And then please also <a href=\"mailto:mail@pilgrimage-for-restoration.org?cc=kadar-kallenm@pilgrimage-for-restoration.org&#038;subject=reporting%20favor%20obtained%20by%20prayer%20to%20Joseph%20Chiouatenhoua%20-%20Pilgrimage%20for%20Restoration%20blog%202025\">email<\/a> the Pilgrimage Director to inform him as well.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>You can read more about this unsung st. Joseph Chiouatenhoua in an entire chapter devoted to his conversion, life, and martyrdom in the Jesuit Father\u2019s <i>Huron Relations for 1637 and 1638<\/i>.<\/p>\n <p> <\/p>\n<p>Cf. chapter 5, pp. 152-155, <i>Huron Relations for 1637 and 1638<\/i> by Fran\u00e7ois Le Mercier, S.J., ed. by Lucien Campeau, S.J., constituting Document 112 Part 2 in Monumenta Novae Franciae: vol. 3; ISBN 88-7041-130-8, copyright Institutum Historicum Societasis Jesu, Rome and L&#8217;Universite Laval, Qu\u00e9bec, 1987 and Document 52 Part 2 in Monumenta Novae Franciae: vol. 4; ISBN 2-89-007-684-9 (v.4), Institutum Historicum Societasis Jesu, Rome and copyright Les Editions Bellarmin, Montr\u00e9al, 1989; in Volume 9-1 of the series <i>Early Jesuit Missions in Canada<\/i> post-translated by William Lonc, S.J. ISBN 0-9734558-2-9, Legal Deposit, Ottawa, 2004.<p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>milestone 30th annual<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pilgrimage-banner-300x121.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Friday &#8211; Sunday<br \/>26-28 September A.D. 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nobody makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<br \/><em>&#8220;In unione orationum.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;<strong>Now is the acceptable time.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Registration is open.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Register today!\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to register.<\/p>\n<p>Jump-start your plans, even if you are not sure you can make it to Auriesville. <a title=\"Register today!\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRE-register<\/a>. It&#8217;s simple: remit a pre-fee of $35, and you are left free to decide later whether you can make it or not.<\/p>\n<p><b>You can also <a title=\"Support the pilgrimage, request prayers, sponsor a pilgrim, obtain a plenary indulgence or make pilgrimage even from home.\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make pilgrimage from afar<\/a>, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim, request prayers or offer them &#8212; all from <a title=\"Support the pilgrimage, request prayers, sponsor a pilgrim, obtain a plenary indulgence or make pilgrimage even from home.\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Listen to and learn the <a title=\"Songs of Pilgrimage order form &amp; link to free MP3 tracks\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Songs of Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How to afford pilgrimage - the traditional way.\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/how-to-afford-pilgrimage-the-traditional-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for the <i>traditional<\/i> way to afford pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8220;No one makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;\n<i>Oremus pro invicem.<\/i>\n<i>In unione orationum.<\/i>\n<i>Ad majorem Dei gloriam.<\/i>\n&#8220;Nobody makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is this &#8220;forgotten martyr&#8221;, the brave Joseph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-messages-to-pilgrims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9619"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9839,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9619\/revisions\/9839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}