Pierre Chastellain (1606 – 14 August 1684) was a

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missionary among the

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Life

Chastellain joined the Jesuits in 1624 and in 1636 sailed for

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with two other priests, Fathers

Isaac Jogues Isaac Jogues, S.J. (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, calli ...

and Charles Garnier. Also on the voyage was the Governor of New France,

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who was replacing

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. In July, 1636, Chastellain and Garnier left

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to join the mission in the Huron country. He spent almost fifty years at appointments among the Hurons as well as in Quebec. He was a strong gentle man with a personal charity towards others. An important legacy of his life is his book "Affectus amantis Christum seu Exercitium amoris erga Dominum Jesum pro totâ hebdomadâ".

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