https://omeka.uottawa.ca/recipro/files/original/d16bd6faf21dff8d7cfaef56ed575b44.jpg dd98114eb9bd34b1db33544a5a035eb0 Person An individual. Birth Date 1591 Birthplace Province of Champagne, France Death Date 1665 Place of Death France Occupation Teacher at the colleges in Rennes and Bourges; taught rhetoric at Nevers; taught rhetoric at Caen; preaching at Dieppe and in charge of the Jesuit residence in this town; superior-general of mission in Canada; superior of the Jesuits of Quebec; office of procurator of mission; editor of Relations des Jesuites de la Nouvelle-France Languages Spoken or Written French; language spoken by the Indigenous Peoples Biographical Text Paul le Jeune embraced Catholicism at the age of 16. Paul le Jeune served as a missionary priest in Montreal, as well as supported the Ville-Marie settlement project, which was to bring Christianity to the Indigenous Peoples. He also established many personal relations with members of the Societe Notre-Dame de Montreal. Le Jeune also had an interest in the language of the Indigenous Peoples to this area and spent a lot of time with the Indigenous people of the land trying to learn their language and to understand their music. It was also during the M.de La Dauversiere’s project that he saw the finger of God which led him to joining the project. It was during his time in the M. de La Dauversiere’s project that he published the first plan of the Messieurs de Montreal in text. Bibliography Cornelius J. Jaenen, “Paul le Jeune”, in The Canadian Encycolpedia, 2018, accessed September 29, 2021, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/paul-le-jeune Dale Miquelon, “Ville-Marie (Colony), in The Canadian Encycolpedia, 2018, accessed September 29, 2021,https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ville-marie-colony Helmut Kallmann, “Missionaries in the 17th Century”, in The Canadian Encycolpedia, 2018, accessed September 29, 2021,https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/missionaries-in-the-17th-century-emc Associated Course Select the course for which this item is created, if applicable. Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1301) Student Cataloguer Enter your student name here if this item is part of a course activity. Kristine McGuire Portrait Credit Cite the source of the attached portrait, including title, creator, date, source, and any other credits such as permission, a Creative Commons or other license. Les portraits du pere jesuite Paul Le Jeune, confusions et conversions, Donald Guthrie McNab, Sept.1895. https://rd.uqam.ca/LeJeune/1895McNab.html Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Le Jeune, Paul Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1639-1649 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant M. de La Dauversiere project & Ville-Marie settlement project. Also superior-general of missionary mission in Canada, and superior of the Jesuits of Quebec. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Description An account of the resource Jean le Jeune performed a lot of missionary work in Montreal, mainly in trying to convert the Indigenous Peoples to Christianity. He mainly did this through the Ville-Marie settlement project, and as well through the Jesuits of Quebec. He also spent a lot of time with the Indigenous Peoples and tried to understand their language and music culture. He did this in hopes to make it easier to bridge them over to Christianity. He also gathered a lot of information to later publish in Relations des Jesuites. He also joined the M. de La Dauversiere’s project where he was the first to publish in text the plan of the Messieurs de Montreal. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cornelius J. Jaenen, “Paul le Jeune”, in The Canadian Encycolpedia, 2018, accessed September 29, 2021, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/paul-le-jeune Dale Miquelon, “Ville-Marie (Colony), in The Canadian Encycolpedia, 2018, accessed September 29, 2021,https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ville-marie-colony Helmut Kallmann, “Missionaries in the 17th Century”, in The Canadian Encycolpedia, 2018, accessed September 29, 2021,https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/missionaries-in-the-17th-century-emc Type The nature or genre of the resource Person