Ergebnis für "Märtyrer!" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

Two hundred and fifty years ago, French Jesuits erected a mission deep in the uncharted Canadian wilderness, till they were brutally murdered by a band of renegade Iroquois.Or so the legends say. Today Ste-Claire College stands near the legendary massacre site, the mission's memory now more folklore than fact. Then Ste-Claire professor Karl Desbiens, who's soon to be a Jesuit priest himself, sets off to locate the mission ruins along with a group of eager college students. But after ten days of searching, they find nothing...until an old world evil is uncovered.

Die Heiligenlegende zum Monat April: Der heilige Georg. Legenden - das sind Geschichten, die seit zweitausend Jahren erzählt und immer wieder aufgeschrieben wurden, Geschichten von Mut und Glaubensstärke, von Wundern und Visionen, von Menschen, die für das Gute einstanden, im Glauben lebten und dem Tod furchtlos ins Auge sahen. Enthält die Legende vom heiligen Georg und seinem Kampf mit dem Drachen.

A Tale of Ancient Rome brings to the fore the true essence of the Christian race. The history of the writing itself is illustrative of the route through which Faith has come from Christ to the present time: the route that has wound through shame and ridicule, but which, like the hero of the tale, is bound to lead to glory.

There is an African proverb, “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” which translates as “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.” This is why we continue to remember the tales of struggle and tales of perseverance, even as we look to tales of hope. What a people choose to remember about their past, the stories they pass down, informs who they are and sets the boundaries of their identity. We remember the pain of our past to mourn, to heal, and to learn. Only in that way can we ensure the same mistakes are not repeated.