Recollects
The Franciscan Recollects () were a French reform branch of the Friars Minor, a Franciscan order. Denoted by their gray habits and pointed hoods, the Recollects devoted their lives to an extra emphasis on prayer, penance, and spiritual reflection (recollection), focusing on living in small, remote communities to better facilitate these goals. Today they are best known for their activities as missionaries in various parts of the world, most notably in early French Canada. This branch of the Order had its origins in the 16th century. Officially named the "Order of Friars Minor Recollect", they used the post-nominal initials O.F.M. Rec. ()"Order of Friars Minor Recollect (O.F.M. Rec.) - Récollets"
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Jean Dolbeau
Jean Dolbeau, Recollects, O.M.R., (12 March 1586 – 9 June 1652) was a Recollects, Recollect friar, one of the four Recollects who were the first Catholic missionaries to northern New France, present day Canada. Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec, Dolbeau-Mistassini in Quebec is named for him. Life Jean Dolbeau, born in the ancient Province of Anjou, France (now the Departments of France, Department of Maine-et-Loire), entered the Recollects, a reform branch of the Franciscans, Order of Friars Minor, known for their strict poverty, at the age of nineteen at Balmette, near Angers. When Samuel de Champlain was seeking clergy to help in the religious life of his new colony, Dolbeau was one of the four Recollect friars chosen to embark on the mission. He landed at Quebec in May 1615, and celebrated the first Mass ever said there. He became Commissariat#Religious usage, Provincial Commissary of the mission in 1618 and preached the first jubilee accorded to Canada. He built the first friary of ...
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