CHAPTER VII. THE CHURCH IN NEW FRANCE - historion.net
WEBWhen Frenchmen began the work of founding a dominion in the New World, their own land was convulsed with religious troubles. Not only were the Huguenots breaking from the trammels of the old religion, but within the Catholic Church, itself in France there were two great contending factions.
13 - French Catholicism in New France - Cambridge University …
WEBJul 28, 2012 · In New France, the European community consisted of a single body of lay Catholic men and women who were held together, under God's guidance, by the sacraments administered by the clergy. The latter comprised a number of secular priests and the male and female members of the regular orders.
Role of the Catholic Church in New France - Acadian-Home.org
WEBThe role of the Catholic Church in New France was two-fold. Though religious in nature, the Catholic clergy helped to develop the social aspects of the inhabitants and pioneeers in New France. They were what, at the time, held the fibres of these communities together since they were highly regarded.
Religious Congregations | Virtual Museum of New France
WEBNuns and priests from various religious congregations took their courage in hand and boarded the merchant ships to make the perilous voyage to New France, where they hoped to make Catholic converts among the numerous First Nations that had inhabited North America for thousands of years.
Church in New France - Québec - provincequebec.com
WEBThe Roman Catholic Church played the determinant role through all the period of New France. Indeed, French colonization began a few years after the promulgation of the Edict of Nantes in 1598.
Background - French Catholicism
WEBThe Catholic Church in New France served as an adjunct of the state. The official assumption was that all inhabitants of the colony were members of the Catholic Church, and faithful Catholics were assumed to be loyal subjects.
Catholic Church in France - Wikipedia
WEBThe French Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in France is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometimes called the "eldest daughter of the church" (French: fille aînée de l'Église).
Missions in New France | Patrimoines Partagés - France …
WEBCatholic missions among Native Americans, pursued by Jesuits, Récollets, and other clergy and religious from France, shaped the political, social, and religious history of New France in the 17 th and 18 th centuries.
WEBIn France, most people were Catholic. As a result, almost all the colonists in New France were Catholic as well. An important group of colonists included the Roman Catholic priests, nuns, and missionaries who arrived from France. They built churches and held religious services, taught school, ran hospitals, and cared for the poor.
11 - The Jesuits in New France - Cambridge University Press
WEBSep 28, 2008 · Seventy-five years after the approval of the Society of Jesus by Pope Paul III in 1540 and fifty-five years after the death of its founder, Ignatius Loyola, the French Jesuit priests Pierre Biard (1567-1622) and Ennemond Massé (1575-1646) set foot in New France at Port Royal, 22 May 1601.