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Oblate Missionaries of the Immaculate A Lay Institute Emerges

The Oblate Missionaries of the Immaculate, a new lay Catholic institute founded in July 1952 by the Rev Louis Canadian Oblate, began with six women in Grand-Sault. The group has grown to about 600 members serving Canada, the United States, and multiple countries with nursing, teaching, social work, and laboratory roles while taking vows of poverty chastity and obedience.