Augie Merasty

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Augie Merasty
Augie Merasty

5 quotes from Joseph Auguste Merasty: 'I know they never practiced what they preached, not one iota. Do to others what you want them to do unto you. Be kind to others. Jesus will love you for it, and so on, and on and on and on, all the talking and preaching in church and classrooms. A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation. 'At 86, Augie Merasty has been a lot of things: Father. But now he is a first-time author, a. Joseph Auguste (“Augie”) Merasty, the author of The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir, passed away this morning in Prince Albert. He was 87 years old. A retired fisherman, trapper, jack of all trades, and amateur boxer, Merasty rose to prominence in 2015, when at 86 years old, his first book, The Education of Augie Merasty (with David Carpenter) was published by the. 'This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of 'aggressive assimilation.' As Augie Merasty recounts, these.

More than 70 years ago, Merasty was sent to St. Therese Residential School in Sturgeon Landing, on the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It was one of the 130 church-run schools that all aboriginal children were required to attend as a part of a Canadian government policy of forced assimilation in the 20th century. Between 1935 and 1944, Merasty was physically and sexually abused, beaten, insulted, and exposed to unspeakable conditions by priests and nuns who were supposed to educate him. He carried the scars on his mind and body all his life. Unlike many of his peers who suffered similar or worse abuse silently, Merasty remained courageously determined to publish a book that would expose the injustices he and so many other children endured. In Carpenter (The Literary History of Saskatchewan), he found a superb writer and editor and a tenacious ally who saw the book through to publication even after Merasty's enthusiasm for the project was dimmed first by alcoholism and later by cancer. This book offers a glimpse into Merasty's life in the residential school, exposing a terrible regime where evil went entirely unchecked. A quick read, it's nevertheless a historically significant one. (Feb.)

Augie Merasty

Reviewed on: 03/09/2015
Release date: 02/01/2015
Genre: Nonfiction

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Augie Merasty

Joseph August Merasty “Augie” was born on Sunday, January 6, 1929, in Pelican Narrows, SK and passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Prince Albert, SK at the age of 88 years. August is the author (with David Carpenter) of the book “The Education of Augie Merasty – A Residential School Memoir”. August is survived by his loving family, his children and grandchildren, Ralph’s daughter, Suzy Castillo, Joanne Merasty (Donnie Bell) and her children, Jennifer (3 boys) and Tara (1 son), Gilbert Merasty (4 boys, 2 girls), Patsy’s children, Alexandra Merasty (1 daughter), Hillary Morin, and Preston Merasty (1 son, 1 daughter), Glen Merasty and his daughter, Stacey Lee Sanderson, Thomas Merasty (mother of his children, Geraldine) and their children, Jason Merasty (Tammy) (1 son) and Leonard Thomas Merasty (1 son), Johnny Merasty, Catherine Merasty and her daughter, Ronalda Cook (Clyde Cook) (1 daughter), Arlene Merasty and her children, Shandi Merasty (2 sons), Jessica Bird (John Starblanket) (1 daughter), and Caitlyn Bird, and Elton Merasty (3 children), as well as his sisters, Cecilia Merasty, Gertrude Montgrand and Anne Merasty. He was predeceased by his parents, John and Marie Merasty, his brothers and sisters, Adelaide Merasty, Veronique Morin, Thomas Merasty, Napoleon Merasty, David Merasty, Catherine Connor and Angelique McKay, his wife, Agnes Merasty (nee Morin), and his children, Ralph Merasty, Patsy Merasty, Vincent Merasty and Sandra Merasty. A wake service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the Senator Allan Bird Centre in Prince Albert, SK. August’s funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the Senator Allan Bird Centre in Prince Albert, SK, Father Michael Fahlman officiating. Cremation will follow on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of River Park Funeral Home in Prince Albert, SK, 306-764-2727, Don Moriarty, Funeral Director.

Date : 2017-02-27