Conferral of an honorary doctorate on Father Louis Lougen, OMI
On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, Saint Paul University (SPU) will grant an honorary doctorate to Father Louis Lougen, Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
What: Doctorate Honoris Causa Ceremony – Father Louis Lougen, OMI
When: Tuesday, March 15, 2016, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: De Mazenod Chapel in Saint Paul University, 223 Main Street, Ottawa
Limited seats available. Please register before Friday, March 4, 2016.
Born in Buffalo, New York, USA in 1952, Louis Lougen met the Oblates as a student at Bishop Neumann High School in Buffalo, and entered the juniorate in Newburgh, New York, in 1970. He made his first profession at the novitiate in Godfrey, Illinois, in 1973 and continued his first formation at Oblate College in Washington, D.C., obtaining a Baccalaureate in Philosophy and a Master’s in Theology. He made perpetual vows in Newburgh in 1976.
On September, 28, 2010, the 35th General Chapter in Rome elected Fr. Louis as the 13th Superior General of the Congregation.
The granting of this honorary doctorate is part of SPU's 200th Anniversary Celebrations of the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
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