Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Belgian Among Native Americans

The Society of Jesus observes 2014 as the 200th anniversary of its restoration. As part of the anniversary the British Jesuits created a calendar of significant Jesuits. March bears the face of the Belgian missionary among Native Americans, Fr. Pierre Jean de Smet. At ThinkingFaith Jesuit William Pearsall sketched his life.

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Wiki-mage by Ad Meskens of Pierre De Smet CC BY-SA 3.0

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