Under Mary's Mantle: Our Lady's Love for Canada

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Enter into the rich history of the Mother of God's role in Canada's beginnings and grow with the deep faith of the pioneers and saints who loved her.

Underlying Canada’s history as a nation from its earliest beginnings, like a hidden stream, giving it spiritual life and sustenance, has been the incomparable influence of the Mother of God. For early settlers and pioneers, Canada was the physical gateway to a new life and fresh beginnings. Touched by grace, they turned with yearning and devotion to Mary as the spiritual gateway to her Son.

Discover Mary’s role in Canada’s beginnings; read about men and women pioneers who were deeply given to her:

The Jesuit Canadian martyrs;
Holy native Catholics like Blessed Kateri Tekekwitha and Joseph Chiwatenha;
Jeanne Mance, Jeanne le Ber, Blessed Marie of the Incarnation, Blessed Catherine of St. Augustine, St. Marguerite Bourgeois, St. Marguerite D’Youville, Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, Elizabeth Turgeon, Marie Fitzbach and Blessed Bishop Laval.
Hear about known and little-known Marian shrines and Marian Sources of the Canadian Church.

Father Émile Brière, a priest of Madonna House, has written a unique account of Our Lady’s role in the shaping of Canada as a Christian nation. He also offers a simple and effective blueprint for the restoration of all things to her Son in the new millenium. The only book of its kind in English!