Samuel de Champlain
When New France was founded in the early 1600s, besides making the settlement venture pay dividends to the French King. The principal task was for people such as the future Canadian Saints to convert the aboriginal population to Christianity as well as minister to the settlers coming to these new lands..
It was in fact Samuel de Champlain who returned to New France on 2nd June 1615 with four Recollects (The Recollects were a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans) in order to further religious life in the new colony. The Roman Catholic Church was eventually given en seigneurie large and valuable tracts of land estimated at nearly 30% of all the lands granted by the French Crown in New France.
Many of the early settlers came to serve their fellow man and they included such people as the future Canadian Saints – Margeurite Bourgeoys, Margeurite d’Youville, Jeanne Mance and Bishop Francois Laval and many more. These future Canadian Saints worked ceaselessly to establish schooling for both aboriginal children as well as the children of the early settlers. In addition, these same future Canadian Saints established hospitals and other care centres for the sick and destitute while founding religious orders.
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