THE RETURN A COMMEMORATION AND REBURIAL OF THE BONES OF FR. JACQUES MARQUETTE

THE RETURN:
A COMMEMORATION AND REBURIAL OF THE BONES OF FR. JACQUES MARQUETTE

We invite the public to an historic occasion of remembrance and healing.

Friday, June 17, 2022 at 7 P.M.

“The Honoring”
Outdoor Concert and Welcome
Music by Br. James Boynton, S.J., and Friends
At the Museum of Ojibwa Culture Grounds

Saturday, June 18, 2022

7 A.M.

Sunrise Traditional Pipe (Anishinaabe) Ceremony
At the Mission Bay, adjacent to the Museum of Ojibwa Culture

1 P.M.

Reburial Service and Ritual
At the Museum of Ojibwa Culture Grounds at the site of Marquette Monument

4 – 6 P.M.

Traditional Feast: Native American and French-Canadian Foods
At the Museum of Ojibwa Culture Grounds

All are welcome. Events are open at no cost. Donations are invited: https://cedartreeinstitute.org/the-return/

For more information call (906) 430-0446 to speak with Shirley Sorrells, Director of the Museum of Ojibwa Culture
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The recovery and reburial of Fr. Jacques Marquette’s remains will be a sacred, historic, and healing event. These bones have been missing from St. Ignace for 145 years. Thanks to the efforts of St. Ignace’s Museum of Ojibwa Culture, members of the Native American community, the Jesuits (Society of Jesus), Marquette University, and the Cedar Tree Institute, the return and reburial of this priest who was beloved by the Native peoples of this region, is now returning.