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- Auriesville is in the Mohawk Valley region of Upstate and is home to the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs.
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The National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, also known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs, is a Roman Catholic shrine in Auriesville, New York dedicated to the three Jesuit missionaries who were martyred at the Mohawk Indian village of Ossernenon in 1642 and 1646.
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Construction of St. Joseph’s Church. In June of 1925, Father John M. Filion, then Provincial Superior of English speaking Jesuits across Canada, felt the need for a larger shrine that would be closer both to pure spring water and to the Sainte-Marie mission.
This hilltop shrine is dedicated to three of America's canonized martyrs, who "shed their blood for Christ" on or around this spot in the 1640s -- all while trying to spread the doctrine of the Mother Church to occasionally unappreciative Native Americans.
- 136 Shrine Rd, Auriesville, NY
Sep 17, 2012 · Auriesville is in the Mohawk Valley region of Upstate and is home to the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs. It’s a Roman Catholic homage to a history that burdened with civilization displacement, religious missionaries, bloodshed and a general misunderstanding among cultures.
On this page, you will learn about the origins of these Jesuit missionaries, the factors that led them to this site centuries ago, why we honour them today at Martyrs' Shrine, and how their actions has granted us a better understanding into the Indigenous community during this early contact period.
Martyrs' Shrine is a national holy and historic space honouring the lives of the Canadian Martyrs. The Shrine celebrates a nearly 400-year-old story of love and discovery that inspired and influenced the formation of Canada as we know it today and welcomes over 100,000 visitors from around the world every year.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs is located in the hamlet of Auriesville in Fultonville, NY. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1885 as a Roman Catholic shrine where “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.”
