Our departed missionaries...

Father André LeBlanc, a priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Montreal on Friday, July 9, 2021 at the age of 90 years and 3 months. Born in Kamouraska on April 5, 1931, he was the son of Joseph-Narcisse LeBlanc and Marie-Alice Pelletier. He did his ... 

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Father Mario De Celles, a priest of the Foreign Missions Society, died in Laval on July 18, 2021 at the age of 92. Born in St-Marc-sur-Richelieu on July 7, 1929, he was the son of Joseph-Auguste De Celles and Gertrude Turcotte. He did his secondary studies at ....

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Father Jean-Louis Foley, priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Laval on March 6, 2021, at the age of 94 years and 6 months. He was born in St-Casimir (Portneuf) on September 2, 1926. Ordained priest on July 1, 1951, he left on September 11, 1952 for Japan, where he worked as a missionary until 1980...

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Father Jaques Paquin, priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Laval on May 10th, 2020, at the age of 90 years and 3 months. Born in Deschambault, January 31, 1930. He was a missionary in the Philippines (1959-72; 84-89; 94-96) and in Canada (1972-83; 89-94; 96-2020).

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Father Claude Dubois, a Foreign Missions priest, died in Laval on April 5, 2021, at the age of 82 years and 6 months. Born in Charny on September 14, 1938. Ordained a priest on December 21, 1963, he left on August 29, 1969 for Peru, where he worked as a missionary until 2011... 

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Father Léo Anctil, priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Laval on March 30th, 2020, at the age of 86 years and 10 months. He was born in St.Philippe de Néri on May 16th, 1933. He was missionary in Peru (1960-75; 78-85) and in Canada (1975-78; 86-2020).

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Father Jean Ménard, priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Laval on Sunday January 26th, 2020 at the age of 91 years and 6 months. Born in Valleyfield on July 23rd, 1928, he was the son of Joseph-Maximilien Ménard and Juliette L’Arche. He did his secondary studies at the Valleyfield Seminary, then his theological studies at the University Seminar of Ottawa and at the Major Seminary of Foreign Missions in Pont-Viau ...

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Father Raymond Desroches, priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Laval on Thursday December 26th, 2019, at the age of 92 years and 9 months. Born in Montreal on March 19th, 1927, he was the son of Joseph Desroches and Georgianna St-Amour. He did his secondary studies at the Collège Marie-Médiatrice and the Séminary of Philosophy of Montréal, then his theological studies at the Major Seminary of Foreign Missions in Pont-Viau... 

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Father Robert Vinet, priest of Foreign Mission, died in Laval, on December 11th, 2019, at the age of 91 years and 2 months. Born in Valleyfield on September 9th, 1928, he was the son of Aldéric Vinet and Blanche Poirier. He did his secondary studies at the Séminaire de Valleyfield and his theological studies at the Major Seminary of Foreign Mission in Pont-Viau... 

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Father André Dumas, priest of the Foreign Missions, passed away in Laval on November 7th, 2019, at the age of 84 years and 9 months. Born in St-Norbert d'Arthabaska on February 5th, 1935, he was the son of Désiré Dumas and Céa Gauvreau. He attended secondary school at the Nicolet Seminary and fulfilled his theological studies at the Grand Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Pont-Viau.... 

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Father Marc Michaud, priest of the Foreign Mission Society passed away at "La Cité de la Santé" in Laval on October 28, 2019, at the age of 75 years and 6 months. Born in Cacouna on March 31, 1944, he was the son of Adélard Michaud and Aline Lebel. He did his secondary studies at the Rimouski and Bathurst NB Seminaries, then his theological studies at the Pont-Viau, Laval, Foreign Mission Seminary and the University of Montréal. ... 

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Homily by Jean-Yves Isabel, p.m.é.
Laval, Saturday July 20, 2019

«You know him well». Yes, I know him. We have worked often together and since a few years, our rooms were face to face. At any moment, Jean-Denis would knock at my door and would say to me: «there is a message on my answering machine, but I do not understand a thing»... 

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