The village of Cerdon, in the northern Bugey mountains
Detail: Official icon of Jean-Claude Colin, with Blessed Virgin and Child
Barbery: Cross on the site of the Colin home
Forest of Barbery: hiding place for priests during Revolutionaries' raids - and of quiet for the young Jean-Claude
St Bonnet-le-Troncy, boyhood home of Jean-Claude Colin
River Loire, which flows past the minor seminary of St Jodard
Lyon, Fourvière: ancient chapel of the Blessed Virgin and Basilica
Fourvière: sanctuary of the ancient chapel of the Blessed Virgin.
Cerdon: Fr Colin's first appointment as assistant to his brother, Pierre.
Cerdon: statue in the church of St John the Baptist
Presbytery at Cerdon: home for the first nine years of Jean-Claude's priestly life.
Belley: Minor seminary high school where pioneer Bugey missioners lived
Bugey mountains: village of Lacoux
Bugey mountains: church at Innimont
Bugey mountains: church at Innimont
Bugey mountains: statue at Arandas
Rome: The Quirinale, residence of the Popes at the time of Fr Colin's first visits
Rome: Odescalchi Palace, from the church of the Apostles where Fr Colin stayed in 1833
Belley: Chapel of La Capucinière, first Marist professions, 1836
Lyon, Puylata: General House of the Society of Mary from 1838
Rochefort du Gard: one of the shrines undertaken by Fr Colin and the Marists
Toulon, La Seyne: One of the first high schools established by the Marist Fathers
Marcellange: established by Fr Colin as a place of retreat for his missioners
Trappist monastery at Aiguebelle: Fr Colin would make private retreats here
La Neylière: planned by Fr Colin to be a place of silence and retreat
La Neylière: book belonging to Fr Colin
La Neylière: Fr Colin's study
La Neylière: winter sunset, from the room of Fr Colin
La Neylière: bedroom of Fr Colin
La Neylière: crucifix laid in the hands of Fr Colin upon his death
La Neylière: resting place of Fr Colin

Saint Peter Chanel

Jean-Claude Colin had a profound influence on the lives of many Marists,
including the Society of Mary's first martyr, Peter Chanel
This page holds resources to learn about St Peter Chanel and celebrate his life. 


Short biography   |   Prayer service   |   Votive Mass   |   Prayer cards   |   Novena   |   Reflection   |   Video   |   Chanel places

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St Peter Chanel
Marist priest and first martyr of the South Pacific
 A short biography

 

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Peter Chanel
Marist priest and first martyr of the South Pacific
 A short prayer service

 

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St Peter Chanel

Votive Mass

 

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Peter Chanel

Prayer cards

 

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St Peter Chanel

Novena for vocations
Apr 19 to 27


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St Peter Chanel

A Marist reflects


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Life of St Peter Chanel

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Chanel places
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Above: Birth place of Peter Chanel, La Potiëre, France.   |   Baptistry at Montrevel.   
Below:  Church at Cras   |   Plaque at Cras commemorating Fr Chanel's first Mass.   |   St Peter Chanel altar, Cras. 
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Above:  Church at Crozet   |    Statue at Crozet.
Below: Windows in the church of Cuet depicting Fr Chanel's arrival and martyrdom in Futuna.  |   Church at Cuet 
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Below:  Depictions of the miracles attributed to the intercession of St Peter Chanel, church of Cuet.   |   Portrait of St Peter Chanel by noted Australian artist, John Coburn. It now hangs in the Marist community of Montbel, Hunters Hill, Australia.
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Below:
Medallion of St Peter Chanel.   |   Reliquary, church of Cuet. 
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Below:   Missionaries' scroll in the Fourvière heart, Lyon, France.
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Below: Relics of St Peter Chanel, Sydney, 1977, en route to Futuna.   |   Skull of St Peter Chanel, chapel of Monteverde, Rome, 1985, prior to its return to Futuna. 
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Below: Poi, Futuna, final resting place of the remains of St Peter Chanel. 
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