First Word from the Cross: Older Than America — The Blood of the Martyrs

First Word from the Cross: Older Than America — The Blood of the Martyrs

Stained-glass windows in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Ogdensburg, New York, depict three priestly martyrs, left to right: Leo Heinrichs, a German Franciscan, shot dead while celebrating Mass in 1908 in Denver; Isaac Jogues, the French Jesuit martyred in Auriesville, New York, in 1646; and Juan de Padilla, martyred in 1541 in what is now Kansas. ‘Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.’