CATHOLIC
SAINTS IN CANADA
CALENDAR OF SAINTS
Updated April 2004
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January
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6 Blessed Andre Bessette
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12 St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
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March
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19 St. Joseph, husband (patron)
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April
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17 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
- in Canada
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May
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1 St. Joseph, worker (patron)
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4 Blessed Marie-Leonie
Paradis
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6 Blessed Francois de
Laval
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8 Blessed Catherine
of St. Augustine
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17 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
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21 Blessed Eugene de Mazenod
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24 Blessed Louis-Zepirin Moreau
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30 Blessed Marie of the Incarnation
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June
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Martyrs Canonized by Pope
John Paul II in Ukraine, July 2001
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27 Blessed Martyr Nikita Budkam
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the first Ukrainian Canadian
Catholic Bishop of Winnipeg
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27 Blessed Martyr Basil Velichkovsky
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buried in Winnipeg
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he died during his visit here
in 1973 after being injected with a slow-acting poison by his communist
captors
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July
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14 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
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in the USA
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26 St. Anne (patron)
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August
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05 Blessed Frederic Janssoone
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September
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4 Blessed Dina Belanger
(Blessed
Marie Sainte-Cecile of Rome)
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26 The Canadian Martyrs
- in Canada
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Priests
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St. Jean de Brebeuf
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St. Noel Chabanel
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St. Anthony Daniel
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St. Charles Garnier
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St. Issac Joques
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St. Gabriel Lalemant
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Laypersons
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St. Rene Goupil
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St. Jean de Lalande
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Native Canadians
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Peter, Joseph Chiwatenhwa, Tonache
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many many others in their villages -
read
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October
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6 Blessed Marie Rose
Dorocher
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16 St. Marguerite d'Youville
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19 St. Jean de Brebeuf, Issac
Jogues and Companions
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(celebrated in the universal Church under
the title North American Martyrs)
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No Known Date