S Gabriel Lalemant
by Carlos Diaz
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S Gabriel Lalemant
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Carlos Diaz
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S Gabriel Lalemant by Carlos Diaz
Gabriel Lalemant was born in Paris, October 31, 1610, the son of a French jurist and his wife. He was the third of six children, five of whom entered religious life. Two of Gabriel's uncles served the Jesuits in New France: Charles Lalemant as the first Superior of the Jesuit missions in Canada, and J�r�me Lalemant as the Vicar-General of Quebec.
In 1630 Lalemant joined the Jesuits, and in 1632 he took the vow to devote himself to foreign missions. He taught at the Coll�ge in Moulins from 1632 to 1635. He was at Bourges from 1635 to 1639 studying theology and was ordained there in 1638. He taught at three different schools, being professor of philosophy at Moulins. In September 1646 he arrived in Quebec, where his uncle J�r�me Lalemant was head of the Canadian mission.
Little is known about Lalemant's stay in Quebec. Father Bressani, a fellow missionary in New France, referred to him as a man of extremely frail constitution. For the first two years Gabriel worked in and around Quebec and the trading center of Trois Rivi�res (Three Rivers). In September 1648 he was sent to Wendake, the land of the Wyandot (Huron), as an assistant to Father Jean de Br�beuf, and posted to the mission at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. In February 1649 he replaced No�l Chabanel at the mission of Saint Louis.
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