Frédéric-Louis Colin
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Frédéric-Louis Colin was a French-Canadian Sulpician priest. Much involved in higher education
, he was also superior in Canada of his order from 1881 to his death.
For twenty years Father Colin was the promoter in Montreal of higher education for the clergy and laity. For the clergy he founded the Canadian College at Rome (1885), intended to enable young Canadian priests to pursue a higher course of ecclesiastical studies by attending the Roman universities; besides this he established the seminary of philosophy at Montreal (1892).
Colin established Laval University, despite many obstacles. With Ferdinand Brunetière
he advocated the erection of a chair of French literature
to be occupied by a lecturer from France, and he himself defrayed the costs. This was an early example of the way French and Belgian specialists have been brought into French-Canadian higher education.
returning from Rome (1871), and a funeral oration on Mgr. Bourget (1885).
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
, he was also superior in Canada of his order from 1881 to his death.
Life
After pursuing a course of scientific studies, he entered the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice at Paris, where he was ordained priest in 1859. Transferred to Canada in 1862, he at first took up parochial work; later he became successively professor of theology and director of the higher seminary at Montreal.For twenty years Father Colin was the promoter in Montreal of higher education for the clergy and laity. For the clergy he founded the Canadian College at Rome (1885), intended to enable young Canadian priests to pursue a higher course of ecclesiastical studies by attending the Roman universities; besides this he established the seminary of philosophy at Montreal (1892).
Colin established Laval University, despite many obstacles. With Ferdinand Brunetière
Ferdinand Brunetière
Ferdinand Brunetière was a French writer and critic.-Early years:Brunetière was born in Toulon, Var, Provence. After school at Marseille, he studied in Paris at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Desiring a teaching career, he entered for examination at the École Normale Supérieure, but failed, and the...
he advocated the erection of a chair of French literature
French literature
French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in French language, by citizens...
to be occupied by a lecturer from France, and he himself defrayed the costs. This was an early example of the way French and Belgian specialists have been brought into French-Canadian higher education.
Works
Many of his sermons were printed; among them are one to the papal zouavesPapal Zouaves
The Papal Zouaves were an infantry force formed in defence of the Papal States.-Origin:The Zouaves evolved out of a unit formed by Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière...
returning from Rome (1871), and a funeral oration on Mgr. Bourget (1885).