Wednesday, July 28, 2010

First Roman Catholics of Nova Scotia

Canada Post / Special to The B.C. Catholic
This fourth stamp of Canada Post’s five-stamp French Settlement
in North Ameria series recalls Grand Chief Henri Membertou of the Mi’kmaq,
the first Indian of North America publicly to embrace Christianity.
The 400th anniversary celebration of a Nova Scotian chief's baptism will be held next week. Grand Chief Henri Membertou's baptism, along with others from the Mi'kmaq people represent the first conversions to the Roman Catholic Church in the area. Baptized by French explorers in 1610, Membertou became the first indigenous leader to become Christian. The celebration will take place on Chapel Island, Nova Scotia this coming Aug. 1.

Full story here.
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