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Isaac Jogues

There are men of eighteen different languages; they are scattered here and there upon the [Hudson] river.

Isaac Jogues

My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to the work and to be faithful to him, and not to spoil his work by our shortcomings.

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Isaac Jogues

Born: January 10, 1607
Died: October 18, 1646
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Isaac Jogues, S.J. 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, calling it Lac du Saint Sacrement (Lake of the Blessed Sacrament). In 1646, Jogues was martyred by the Mohawk at their village of Ossernenon, north of the Mohawk River.

ISAAC JOGUES

(St. Isaac Jogues)