Oče Baraga je bil katoliški misijonar, ki je od leta 1831 do 1868 živel in delal z domorodci Ojibwe v regijah ob jezerih Superior in Michigan. Škof je postal leta 1863. Bil je znan po svoji gorečnosti in sočutju do Ojibwejev v času, ko so bili pod pritiskom zaradi izselitve, ko so trgovci s krznom delovali proti njim in ko so naseljenci pritiskali na njihova območja.
Oče Baraga je zapustil zapuščino skrbi in skrbi, ki ji bodo vsi sledili. Po potrditvi več kot 1000 ljudi v katoliško vero je postal znan kot duhovnik na krpljah, ker je s krpljami lahko prepotoval stotine kilometrov, da bi bil na voljo drugim, ko so bili v stiski. Spodaj izveste več o tem neverjetnem misijonarju in o domorodcih Ojibwe, ki jim je služil.
Nosse (oče) Baraga
(1797–1868)
Oče Baraga se širi mednarodno!
Na "vse svetnike" (1. november 2025) je oče Baraga uradno postal mednaroden! To spletno mesto je zdaj mogoče spremeniti iz angleščine v slovenščino, španščino (Mehika) ali francoščino (Kanada)! Ta stikalo najdete zgoraj in desno od možnosti »sledi tej strani«.
Ta pristop ne bo le ozavestil mednarodne javnosti o nenehnih prizadevanjih za odpravo škode, ki se je zgodila v internatih, temveč bo tudi ustvaril most med različnimi narodi za nadaljevanje teh prizadevanj za resnico in ozdravitev.
Hvala vsem našim mednarodnim prijateljem, ki nadaljujete ta prizadevanja za spravo! Hvaležni smo vam za vse delo, ki ste ga opravili! Ta stran si prizadeva nadaljevati to pot z vami ... z ramo ob rami.
Vsi otroci so pomembni
30. september je vsakoletni Dan oranžne majice, ki spominja na zgodovino internatov in se na ta dan nosi v znak priznanja Resnice in sprave.
Zapuščina internata se je začela graditi šele eno leto po smrti očeta Barage. Če bi bil oče Baraga v času internatov tukaj, bi se zavzemal za domorodno prebivalstvo in zagotavljal njihovo blaginjo.
Ta oranžna majica izkazuje vašo podporo organizaciji Resnica in zdravljenje, ki govori o tem, kako ozaveščati in ustvarjati zdravljenje za to, kar se je zgodilo z domorodnim prebivalstvom. Prosimo vas tudi, da donirate, da bi pomagali domorodnemu prebivalstvu pri tem, kar se je zgodilo med internati, in se zavzemali za preživetje njihove kulture in jezika.
Ta slika je bila posneta pri križu očeta Barage v Schroederju v Minnesoti.
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Nothing reminds me more of the histories that I am learning about in which Father Baraga was a part than these times in the United States. Fort Wilkins was a military fort created specifically to allow for the European miners to come to the region after the 1842 treaty was passed. Father Baraga walked back and forth between that Fort and the mission he established in L'Anse in 1843 in order to send his mail and also to give mass with the settlers of that region. The military was used frequently against the Native populations which was what was seen in the Black Hawk wars of 1832 when Father Baraga was working on Beaver Island where the ships would have passed.
In 1862 there was a Dakota uprising and six years before Father Baraga's passing. Father Pierz, Father Baraga's constituent, at that time worked with the Ojibwe chiefs to ensure that Ojibwe would not participate in that uprising. A military fort was even added next to Father Baraga's church in Sault Ste Marie. So it is hard for me, as a person that researches these histories, to not see the parallels of what is happening now to what happened during that timeframe and to not think about Baraga and what he would have done to calm the Ojibwe during that timeframe.
It is important to note that the Native populations were able to remain on their lands because they acted wisely in working with the United States government at that time. The government wanted them to move west. They wanted to stay and the government was more than willing to create of show of force' against any uprising. In fact, the Potawatomi near the southern end of Lake Michigan were forcefully removed from that region in the year 1838, just five years after Father Baraga worked near them in that region. They were shackled moved west during the same timeframe as the Trail of Tears. So the Native populations...and Father Baraga...learned early on that the situation, in order for the Natives to remain on their land, it would have to be done in a peaceful and yet strategic manner. They did so....and they were able to remain on their lands.
As much as we would like to believe that this is the first time our country has seen violence and inhumane treatment against those within our countries walls, this in fact is not the case. Father Baraga seen this frequently when it came to the treatment against the Native populations...and it's one of the reasons the Catholic faith was so warmly welcomed by the Native populations. He worked with them to ensure that they would be cared for. He saw it and he worked with them to ensure that they would remain peaceful during that timeframe. Please note that the famous Chief...Chief Buffalo of Madeline Island...became a Catholic near the end of his life. This confirmation took place after the Ojibwe had signed the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe, which officially granted them the ability to stay on their land. He chose this because of Baraga's example. This act of recognition shows the lengths that Baraga would go through to ensure that the issues that were important to them also became important to him.
To learn more about some of these histories, please feel free to go to my Youtube Channel. Please note that I am not a public speaker. I was chosen to do this work and have these histories explored after being on a life journey that has helped me see the parallels in these histories between the different people. Each video is about 5-10 minutes long and helps a person to see what all transpired during that timeframe. It gives glimpses into the Ojibwe life. It gives glimpses into Baraga's work. It gives glimpses into the events that transpired at that time with the government. It also gives glimpses into the differences between Baraga and the boarding schools, and the level of trust that the Native populations gave to the Catholic populations at that time.
Please forgive any stumbling you may hear. I am working to provide everyone with an understanding of these histories while simultaneously working with my own misgivings in speech. Pretend I'm like Moses...called to the work, but crying to God that I do not feel capable of such a call. But that's what it is to say 'yes' to what God has called you to do. Sometimes I believe He doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. In this way I am doing all that I can do to work past my own inadequacies in order to have these histories reach a broader audience. Thank you for providing the much needed grace. I do these walk and talks mostly during my morning walk with my pups on my 22 acres. It's some of the little time that I have, but also gives a glimpse into Baraga's work. Walking was not unfamiliar for him...neither was the snow or the woods.
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Slika prikazuje mavrico za križem očeta Barage v Schroederju v Minnesoti, ki simbolizira upanje za prihodnost. To sliko je posnel avtor.
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Časovnica očeta Barage
To je stran, ki jo pogosto uporabljam kot referenco. Na desni strani je prikazana primerjava med dogajanjem z očetom Barago in dogajanjem z Ojibweji. Z neposrednim vpogledom v to, kaj so Ojibweji preživljali med njegovimi misijami in katere mejnike je dosegel na tej poti, gradi kontekst njegovih misij.
Priljubljena stran
Knjige, ki jih je napisal pater Baraga
Ta slika je iz avtorjeve osebne zbirke knjig očeta Barage.
Ta priljubljena stran prikazuje seznam knjig očeta Barage, ki jih je napisal s pomočjo Ojibwejev. Poleg številnih misij, ki jih je ustvaril, je oče Baraga napisal tudi veliko število knjig, poleg tega pa še največji slovar Ojibwejev, kar jih je bilo kdaj napisanih. Kliknite spodnjo povezavo, da si ogledate te knjige, se odpeljete na njihovo prvotno mesto objave in se seznanite s samimi knjigami.
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Univerza Notre Dame
Ta slika prikazuje Notre Dame, kjer se hrani veliko zapisov očeta Barage.
Ta stran ni za tiste s slabim srcem. To je seznam, pridobljen iz arhiva Notre Dame, ki vsebuje pisma, napisana očetu Baragi in poslana od njega. Če vas zanima katero od teh pisem, lahko pišete e-pošto na Univerzo Notre Dame (e-poštni naslov je naveden na tej strani), da izveste, kaj se je dogajalo z očetom Barago med njegovim bivanjem v Združenih državah. Za več informacij kliknite spodnjo povezavo.
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O avtorju
To sliko je avtorica posnela pri križu očeta Barage leta 2022, dve leti po svojem prvem obisku.
Mnogi se morda sprašujejo, zakaj opravljam to delo. Kakšna je moja motivacija? Mnogi so presenečeni, ko ugotovijo, da nisem bil vzgojen v katoliški veri in da nisem domorodec. Sprašujejo se, zakaj bi ustvaril celotno spletno stran o katoliškem duhovniku po imenu oče Baraga in njegovi povezavi z domorodci Ojibwe? Spoznajte, koliko mi to delo pomeni in zakaj se ga lotevam. Presenečeni boste, ko boste odkrili neverjetne čudeže, ki se skrivajo za tem potovanjem.