Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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· CANADIAN JESUIT MARTYRS BEATIFIED JUNE 14TH, 1925.

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LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW XOU OSA SOS AOA OCA SOCEM The Triumph of Our Martyrs (о) quois іп the seventeenth ge, century is an event of Fed unique interest in the history of the Church in Canada. The splendor of the function in the great basilica of St. Peter and the enthusiasm of the tens of thousands who were present, was an eloquent tribute to the memory of Jean de Brébeuf and his seven companions. It brought Rome nearer to our own Canada, and made us grateful to the Pontiff who gave his official sanction—the first of its kind— to the heroism displayed by our early apostles. Many servants of God labored in Canada in the past centuries and many of them mdy some day receive the honors of Beatification, but the eight martyrs recently exalted will always remain at the head of the list. The long and intricate process which has been before the Roman tribunals for forty years, but which is now happily ended, raised the veil which hid a heroic period in our annals, and revealed in all their gruesome details the sacrifices those eight missionaries had to make in order to spread the Faith among the Indian tribes. Their Beatification was not merely a gracious acknowledgment of the role they played in the great cause, but it also showed the world how the Catholic Church, sooner or later, rewards those who distinguish themselves in the service of the Master. TO HE recent Beatification b ў of the eight Jesuits who 7 Г (ej were slain by the Iro- When soldiers of the Empire perform brave deeds on the field of battle, their names are mentioned in despatches, their heroism is brought to the notice of the ruler, they are raised in rank in their regiments, medals recalling their daring are pinned to their breasts. It matters little what form the demonstra- tion may take, as long as the heroes are made to feel that they have earned the gratitude of their Country. While her field is wider and her motives loftier, the Church acts on somewhat similar lines. Her heroes are the martyrs. They are the soldiers who distinguished themselves by shed- ding their blood in the service of the King of Heaven. No stronger proof of their loyalty could they give than by yielding up their lives in His service. The Church does not allow such heroism to go unrewarded. Years may pass before the deeds of her martyrs are brought to her notice; it may take other years before the whole story is told of their lives and of their final sacrifices; but when at last the truth is fully brought to light and they are officially recognized as martyrs for the Faith, the honors that this grateful mother showers upon them eclipse all the honor and glory that any State could confer upon its most devoted sons. No triumph ever accorded a Roman emperor can rival the splendor of the ovation which the Church gives her children when she puts them in the ranks of the Beatified. Worldly dis- tinctions, no matter how eminent, have very little meaning beyond the