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the Keewatin forests. His entire ary bishops from all around the
career as a missionary priest and world to designate St. Therese
pioneer bishop was spent living of Lisieux as the patroness of all
among them and he performed missionaries. On December 14,
many good works for the people 1927, Pope Pius XI proclaimed
whose souls he loved. the “Little Flower” Patron Saint of
The Bishop’s recurrent re- Missions.
frain was well known to all: “If Heroic strength, admirable
we do not become saints, we patience and humility in the dif-
are fools.” ficulties of the apostolic life and
Besides being fluent in Cree a desire for holiness are the traits
and Chipewyan, Bishop Charle- that make the figure of this mis-
bois was a skilled carpenter sionary bishop endearing.
who built chapels, schools and For Bishop Charlebois, the
boarding schools, as well as his supernatural was second nature.
episcopal residence and cath- He spent the first two hours of
edral in The Pas. his day in prayer. “I accept dis-
A source of inspiration for appointments, ingratitude, pri-
this difficult life was his dual vations and illnesses in view of
devotion to the Sacred Heart of martyrdom. I consider myself
Jesus and the Immaculate Heart on a pyre where I burn slowly. I
of Mary. The motto of his epis- cough like an old sheep, I can’t
copal life recalls the very origins wait to put down the harness,
of his spiritual life: “To Jesus which I find heavier and heavier.”
through Mary”. Bishop Charlebois traveling in the In the spring of 1933, he conse-
Bishop Charlebois played wilderness to visit the Amerindians. crated his nephew, Martin La-
jeunesse, OMI, as his coadjutor
a major role in establishing St. and successor.
Therese of Lisieux as the Patron of Missions. An
Oblate Mission at Hudson Bay was about to be On November 20, 1933 Bishop Charlebois died
closed until Father Arsene Turquetil baptized the in The Pas, at the age of 71. Destitute, he asked for a
funeral for the poor. He was buried in the cemetery
first Inuits in the region on July 2, 1917. The priest
had offered a novena to St. Therese; as a result the in The Pas and his remains have rested in the cath-
Mission remained opened. He credited his success edral crypt since 1955.
to the intercession of St. Therese. Let us pray for God to give us many holy bish-
Bishop Charlebois was so moved by this that ops like Ovide Charlebois. Ask for favours through
he sent a request to Rome signed by 226 mission- his intercession so that one day he will be declared
Blessed by the holy Roman Catholic Church. v

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