Joan of Arc Chapel, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This structure was built in 1420 in France, not far from Jacques Marquette’s birthplace. In the early 20th century, it was transported, stone by stone, by a benefactor as a gift to Marquette University.
In this setting, on the afternoon of March 30th, 2022, the bones of Fr. Marquette (1637- 1675) were formally presented to a delegation of Native Americans and community members from St. Ignace, Michigan. Marquette’s remains now reside under the care of St. Ignace’s Museum of Ojibwa Culture. They will be formally reburied at Fr. Marquette’s original gravesite in St. Ignace Museum’s Courtyard on June 18th, 2022.
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