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Today at The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada (AJC), we celebrate the birthday of F\u00e9lix Martin, S.J. (1804-1886), Superior of the Jesuits of Lower Canada, founder of Coll\u00e8ge Sainte-Marie, and archivist. Martin\u2019s story is inextricably woven into the history of the Society of Jesus in Canada after its restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F\u00e9lix Martin (standing center right with crossed arms) among jesuites at the Coll\u00e8ge Sainte-Marie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Though the Jesuits in Canada were not forced to return to Europe when the Society of Jesus was suppressed on the continent and in its missions around the world, new missionaries were prohibited from joining them. When the last of the pre-suppression Jesuits passed away in 1800, it took another forty-two years before the Society of Jesus returned to its missions in Canada. The precious records of the first generation of Jesuits were either destroyed, lost, given to other entities, or brought back to France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Father Martin arrived in Canada in 1842, among the first party of missionaries to return post-suppression, he began the work of collecting and preserving the records that survived. The story of how he received documents from the Hospital Sisters of the H\u00f4tel-Dieu in Quebec City\u2014which had been entrusted to them by the last Jesuit in Canada\u2014is part of the AJC\u2019s origin story. Eventually, when he founded Coll\u00e8ge Sainte-Marie in Montreal, Father Martin set up the archives that would contain both the pre-suppression materials he collected and future documents related to Coll\u00e8ge Sainte-Marie and the activities of the Jesuits in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Today, The AJC holds Father Martin\u2019s papers, writings, and publications, as well as a number of sketches, drawings, and paintings of architectural structures and landscapes, for which he was known. Indeed, in addition to his talent as an archivist, Martin was a skilled architectural artist. Though his most famous piece is likely his watercolour of Coll\u00e8ge Sainte-Marie, the following images demonstrate the range of Martin\u2019s interests as an artist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Notre-Dame de Bonsecours avant les r\u00e9parations. 0900-0027.3.4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dessins du P. F\u00e9lix Martin, s.j.
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\u00ab Cath\u00e9d. du Mans galerie de l\u2019abside. \u00bb 0900-0027.3.0014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Croquis de diff\u00e9rents \u00e9l\u00e9ments architecturaux tir\u00e9s de plusieurs \u00e9glises. 0900-0027.3.0015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue d\u2019un passage semi-\u00advo\u00fbt\u00e9\ten pierre avec personnages discutant et chien. 0900-0027.3.0015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sc\u00e8ne canadienne. 0900-0027.3.0016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cabane construite sur les Alpes par des bucherons tyroliens. 0900-0027.3.0016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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To find out more about our holdings on Father Martin, check out his entry in our catalogue here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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