An Evening with Author Mark Bourrie, (Zoom)

 An Evening with Author Mark Bourrie, Thursday October 17, 7:30 pm (Zoom).

This is the story of the collision of two worlds. In the early 1600s, the Jesuits tried to create their own nation on the Great Lakes and turn the (Huron) Wendat Confederacy into a model Jesuit state. At the centre of their campaign was missionary Jean de Brébeuf, a mystic who sought to die a martyr's death. He lived among a proud people who valued kindness and rights for all, especially women. In the end, Huronia was destroyed. Brébeuf became a Catholic saint, and the Jesuits "martyrdom" became one of the founding myths of Canada [Paraphrased].

The book “Crosses in the Sky" is a well-researched, secular biography of a history many of us were not fully aware of—resourced from documents written by the Jesuits, Recollets, Francois de Creux, Samuel de Champlain – to name a few.

Presented by St. James’ Anglican Church, Kingston – Reconciliation Ministry, through the Diocese of Ontario Reach and Stretch Grant program.

Contact sharon@stjameskingston.ca for zoom connection.  

Crosses in the Sky is Available at Indigo, Kingston; Novel Idea, Kingston; Books on Main, Bath; Amazon