Saint René Goupil, also known as Renatus Goupil, was born in 1606 in Anjou, France. He entered the Jesuit novitiate in Paris with the intention of joining the order. However, due to his deafness, he was unable to become a Jesuit. Undeterred, René pursued the study of medicine and eventually offered his services as a medic to the Jesuit missionaries in America. In 1639, René Goupil embarked on...