National Relic Tour 2024-25

The major relics of the Canadian Martyrs, including the skull of St. Jean de Brébeuf and bones of St. Charles Garnier and St. Gabriel Lalemant, will be travelling across Canada for the first time. The relics have resided principally at the National Shrine to the Canadian Martyrs in Midland, Ontario for the past hundred years. The three Jesuit saints are among the eight French missionaries who first brought the Gospel to Canada, and were martyred during the Huron-Iroquois Wars of the early 1600s. Joining them will be the relic of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first indigenous North American saint, who was canonized in 2012 and is a beloved patron of the First Nations peoples.

The purpose of the devotional tour is to bring the relics to parts of Canada whose people don't easy get to visit the Martyrs' Shrine, so that Canadians can have an encounter with these great saints, and receive the graces of healing and reconciliation for themselves, their families, and our country.

Beginning in late December 2024, the relics will tour western Canada, returning to Martyrs' Shrine for the summer season and continuing with an eastern Canada tour in the fall of 2025.

For full details, visit:
www.martyrs-shrine.com/relic-tour