Saint Paul University (french: Université Saint-Paul) is a

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federated with the

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since 1965. It is located on Main Street in Canada's capital city,

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. Fully bilingual, it offers instruction in both of the country's official languages: French and English. The university has been entrusted for over a century and a half to the Congregation of the

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, ...

. In August 1866, the university was endowed a civil charter that was passed by the government which was then called the

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. It later received a pontifical declaration promulgated by Pope

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on 5 February 1889.

History

In 1848,

Joseph-Bruno Guigues Joseph-Bruno Guigues, (26 August 1805 – 8 February 1874), was an Oblate priest, a teacher and became the first bishop of the diocese of Bytown (Ottawa) serving from (1847–1874). His consecration service in 1848 was performed by Rémi Ga ...

, the first bishop of the

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, established the ''College of Bytown''. In 1856, the college was officially entrusted to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and, in 1866, it was renamed the ''College of Ottawa''. The institution would later rewrite its pontifical charter in keeping with the Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XI, and also rewrote its civil charter around the same time. Its rewritten civil charter was approved by the

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in 1933, when it was officially renamed the ''University of Ottawa'', and its revised pontifical charter was approved by the

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in 1934. On July 1, 1965, by an act of the

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, the institution previously known as the University of Ottawa was renamed ''Saint Paul University'', which retained its civil and pontifical charters, while a new corporate body, to be known as the

, was created to inherit the majority of the university's holdings.

Faculties

Canon Law Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is th ...

* Human Sciences * Philosophy * Theology

Undergraduate programs

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* Human Relations and

Spirituality The meaning of ''spirituality'' has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape o ...

* Public

Ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

and Philosophy *

Conflict Studies Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts), with a view towards understanding those pro ...

* Social Innovation *

Theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Graduate programs

* Counselling, Psychotherapy and

* Canon Law *

* Public

and

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

* Transformative Leadership and Spirituality *

Research centers and institutes

* Research Centre for Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism * Centre for Religious Education and Catechesis * Research Centre in Public Ethics and Governance * Centre for Research on Conflict * Sophia Research Centre * Lonergan Centre

Research chairs

* Research Chair for Religious History of Canada * Chair in Christian Family Studies * Mercy and Presentation Sisters Chair

Services

* Jean-Léon Allie Library and Archives * Office of Research and Ethics * Office of Admission, Registrar and Student Services * Alumni and Development Office * Internship Office * Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre * Centre for Canonical Services (CCS) * Multiservices Centre * Computer and Distance Education Services * Pastoral Services * Recruitment and Communications Services * Financial Services * Facilities Services * Human Resources Services * Food and Conference Services

Jean-Léon Allie Library and Archives

The collection contains over 500,000 volumes, 1,000 current periodicals and some 100,000 microforms. History The library began on April 27, 1937, as the library of the University of Ottawa's seminary. The late Father Jean-Léon Allie, O.M.I., was its founder and first Chief Librarian. After occupying that post for more than 40 years, Father Allie continued to devote all his energies to the Library, as Acquisitions Librarian, then as University Librarian Emeritus, until his death on November 26, 1996. Starting with only four books, the library began immediately to grow through generous donations from other religious institutions, as well as through the founder's judicious purchases, to become the largest of its kind in Canada. The excellent quality of the library has long been recognized by scholars in philosophy, medieval studies and theology. As early as 1963, in a survey conducted for the National Conference of Canadian Universities and Colleges, Edwin E. Williams of Harvard University stated: "Ottawa (i.e. Saint Paul University) has nationally outstanding collections for philosophy and religious history, with advanced research holdings for work in ... medieval studies." The organization of the collection follows that of the Library of Congress mixed the Lynn-Peterson Classification System.

Partnership

The university is a member of the

Association of Colleges and Universities of the Canadian Francophonie Association of Colleges and Universities of the Canadian Francophonie (known by the acronym ACUFC for its French name, "Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne") promotes community college and university education in ...

, a network of academic institutions of the Canadian Francophonie.AUFC
/ref> It was announced from autumn 2017, that St. Paul's, will begin offering, a joint distance learning, Licentiate in Canon Law (JCL) and joint civil masters in canon law with St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland.

Alumni

* Cardinal Francis Eugene George, OMI * Sister Helen Prejean M.A. (1973)

References

Bibliography

External links

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada profile
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