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This fonds provides information on the history of the St. Mary’s Parish in Cape Croker, and on the Waubaushene St. John’s Parish. It contains diaries of the Cape Croker Mission, from 1902 to 1943, in addition to correspondence and announcements pertaining to the Waubaushene St. John’s Parish. It also contains financial records about the Waubaushene community.

The fonds includes graphic material and photographic records on the Waubaushene St. John’s church, before and after the fire of 1914. It also includes photographs of Edward J. Devine, S. J.’s visit to the area in the early 1920s. In addition, the fonds comprises maps and plans of the First Shrine to Canadian Martyrs as well as a map of the Cape Croker mission circa 1930.

The fonds documents the activities of Father Devine, particularly in relation to his publications and his activities within the Society of Jesus. The fonds primarily reflects Father Devine’s interest and work concerning the history of Jesuit interactions with Indigenous communities, including the interactions Saint-Marie-among-the-Hurons and research about the Jesuit Martyrs of Canada.. This includes his correspondence related to the Martyrs’ Shrine, as well as publications such as The Jesuit Martyrs of Canada and material about Kahnawà:ke and Kateri Tekakwitha. Father Devine’s lectures, articles, typescripts, brochures, and other historical writing related to these subjects (some of which were intended for a proposed menology) are well represented in the fonds.