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Claude Jean Allouez, 1622-1689

Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missioinaries


Read More About It

"Missionary Labors of Fathers Marquette, Menard and Allouez in the Lake Superior Region" by Chrysostom Verwyst

"Father Claude Allouez, Missionary" by James Clark


Vocabulary:

missions
groundwork


Interesting Fact:

Father Allouez first came to Wisconsin in 1665 when he replaced Father Rene Menard as the head of the Ottawa mission on Lake Superior.


Study Questions:

  • Why were many of the early Wisconsin explorers French missionaries?
  • What success did Father Allouez have with converting the Native Americans to Christianity?
  • How long did Father Allouez do mission work with the Native Americans?


    Search these newspaper databases for additional stories about Father Claude Allouez:

  • Wisconsin State Journal/The Capital Times
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • BadgerLink Wisconsin Newsstand
  • Wisconsin Historical Society


    U.S. historical events that occurred on December 2:

    1823: The Monroe Doctrine, a policy opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere, is outlined by President James Monroe.
    1859: Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his raid on Harper's Ferry.
    1970: The Environmental Protection Agency begins operation.



    • December 2

    December 2, 1669: Father Allouez arrived in Green Bay to lay the groundwork with the Indians for establishing future missions in the area.

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