Franz Van de Velde, O.M.I. [Oblates of Mary Immaculate], a Roman Catholic missionary well known in the Kitikmeot and northern Hudson Bay regions, died in Marelbeke, Belgium, on 22 February 2002 at age 92. Member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate religious order, cultural historian, author, and genealogist, Father Franz (Frans) was born in Belgium on 28 November 1909 to Arthur Van de Velde and Gabriella Lanens de Lier. He graduated from a Jesuit secondary school in 1929, but chose to join the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a worldwide missionary order founded in France. He took his first vows as an Oblate on 8 September 1930, in Niewenhove, and was ordained a priest by Bishop Rassneur on 8 September 1933 in Velaines, Belgium. Father Van de Veld...
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Eggermont-Molenaar (Mary) en Callens (Paul), eds. Missionaries among Miners, Migrants & Blackfoot. T...
Lestocquoy J. Van der Essen (Léon) Le siècle des Saints (625-739), Etude sur les origines de la Belg...
A letter of Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte to Mr. J. P. Oggel of Axel, Zeeland, whose son, Pieter J., i...
This book examines the first photo album to document life at the Kugaaruk mission, which was founded...
Father Guy Mary-Rousselière was 81 when he died in a house fire in Pond Inlet in April. Born ...
On the evening of 12 November 1986 Omer Robidoux, o.m.i., the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Central a...
A desire to delve into "the simple relationships between man and land" among the Baffin Island Inuit...
... At the age of 21, William Duval shipped aboard a whaler for the Arctic; he arrived in Cumberland...
A letter of Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte to Andries N. Wormser of Amsterdam, about Michigan\u27s weat...
Reverend Father Jean Marie Raphael Le Jeune, 0. M. I., was born at Pleybert-Christ, Department of F...
In the shallow Queen Maud Gulf a series of small islands, named by Amundsen during his Northwest Pas...
[One of Frank Hunt's many scientific contributions was the detailed mapping of the Canadian Arctic A...
This brief biographical record of Rev. Albertus Van Raalte, the father of Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalt...
"Motivation!" That single word, spoken with a strong French accent and remarkable conviction, resona...
The lives and contributions of Felix De Andreis, Joseph Rosati, and John Timon are described. De And...
Eggermont-Molenaar (Mary) en Callens (Paul), eds. Missionaries among Miners, Migrants & Blackfoot. T...
Lestocquoy J. Van der Essen (Léon) Le siècle des Saints (625-739), Etude sur les origines de la Belg...
A letter of Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte to Mr. J. P. Oggel of Axel, Zeeland, whose son, Pieter J., i...