Blessed Father Frederic Janssoone, ofm.
The Patron of the Regional Fraternity of Eastern Canada is Blessed Father Frederic Janssoone, ofm.
Frederic Janssoone was born in Ghyvelde, France, on the 19th of November, 1838.
Father Frederic's first trip to Canada was in 1881. He came to Canada to raise funds for the Holy Land. During his eight month stay, much of his time was devoted to preaching and writing while he prepared for his mission to the Holy Land. After a time in the Holy Land, where he founded the Commissariate of the Holy Land, he returned to Canada to stay in 1881.
Good Father Frederic, the first Franciscan to arrive in Canada for the third return of the Franciscans to this country, dedicated himself in a remarkable way for the Secular Franciscan Order, then known as the Third Order of Saint Francis. He was Spiritual Assistant of the Third Order and it was due to his dedication that the Fraternity of Warwick, Quebec, grew with 184 novices and 150 professed members and in 1897 it had attained the record number of 400. In 1890, the year of the return of the Franciscan Friars, there were 34 Parish Fraternities, 17 of which had been founded by Father Frederic, with a total of some 12,000 members.
He published a "Manual of the Third Order which sold 5,000 copies. In 1889 he wrote a booklet under the title "The Third Order, Its Rule and Its Excellence". 10,000 copies sold quickly ay $3.00 per hundred, that is, three cents a copy.
Blessed Father Frederic is well known for his work for the sanctuary at Cap de la Madeleine, near Trois Rivieres, Quebec, which he did much to establish and where miraculous events took place. When in Montreal, he lived in a small, humble room at St. Joseph's Friary. He died in Montreal on the 4th of August, 1916, and is buried in a tomb at the Church of Saint-Antoine. He was declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II on the 25th of September, 1988.
More info can be obtained from:
Centre Frederic-Janssoone,
890 Saint-Maurice Street,
Trois-Rivieres, QC G9A 3P8
(819) 375-4004 / 378-4864
Frederic Janssoone was born in Ghyvelde, France, on the 19th of November, 1838.
Father Frederic's first trip to Canada was in 1881. He came to Canada to raise funds for the Holy Land. During his eight month stay, much of his time was devoted to preaching and writing while he prepared for his mission to the Holy Land. After a time in the Holy Land, where he founded the Commissariate of the Holy Land, he returned to Canada to stay in 1881.
Good Father Frederic, the first Franciscan to arrive in Canada for the third return of the Franciscans to this country, dedicated himself in a remarkable way for the Secular Franciscan Order, then known as the Third Order of Saint Francis. He was Spiritual Assistant of the Third Order and it was due to his dedication that the Fraternity of Warwick, Quebec, grew with 184 novices and 150 professed members and in 1897 it had attained the record number of 400. In 1890, the year of the return of the Franciscan Friars, there were 34 Parish Fraternities, 17 of which had been founded by Father Frederic, with a total of some 12,000 members.
He published a "Manual of the Third Order which sold 5,000 copies. In 1889 he wrote a booklet under the title "The Third Order, Its Rule and Its Excellence". 10,000 copies sold quickly ay $3.00 per hundred, that is, three cents a copy.
Blessed Father Frederic is well known for his work for the sanctuary at Cap de la Madeleine, near Trois Rivieres, Quebec, which he did much to establish and where miraculous events took place. When in Montreal, he lived in a small, humble room at St. Joseph's Friary. He died in Montreal on the 4th of August, 1916, and is buried in a tomb at the Church of Saint-Antoine. He was declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II on the 25th of September, 1988.
More info can be obtained from:
Centre Frederic-Janssoone,
890 Saint-Maurice Street,
Trois-Rivieres, QC G9A 3P8
(819) 375-4004 / 378-4864
Read Good Father Frederic's booklet Holy Land History
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