October 19: ST. ISAAC JOGUES: The Missionary Who Went Back

Podcast: Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids · Nancy Bandzuch

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

St. Isaac Jogues escaped slavery among the Mohawk with broken, tortured hands — and then chose to go back. A Jesuit missionary among the Huron people, Isaac was captured, enslaved, and tortured for over a year, secretly baptizing whoever he could reach even in captivity. After escaping to France, he received special papal permission to say Mass with his ruined hands, then returned to New France as a missionary of peace, ultimately giving his life for the very people who had once held him captive. "It would be unjust that a martyr of Christ not drink th...