Description
At a young age, he decided to become a priest and, at 13 years old, he entered a college, where he obtained a BA in 1962. He pursued his Theology studies in a Seminary and was ordained a priest in the spring of 1966. In 1967, his bishop ordered him to continue his religious studies at Université Laval (Quebec). It was during this time that he began to realize that it was possible to think outside the box. After completing his studies at Laval, he resumed his priestly duties in his diocese, where he taught religion and mathematics at a high school until 1970. It was during this time that this young priest met the woman who would later become the mother of his two children.
Can we imagine that this young priest, whose thinking had been programmed for decades into a single way of believing, was able to overcome this “brain-washing” and continue to faithfully serve others by altering his beliefs and his way of thinking?
Read on… see how this priest evolved!
À PROPOS DE L’AUTEUR
Born in the Acadian village of Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Gérald C. Boudreau received his first degree in 1962 from Collège Sainte-Anne. From 1973 to 2003, he was an executive administrator at Université Sainte-Anne, Vice-president (Academic and Research), Secretary General, Registrar, and finally, Director of the Centre acadien until his retirement.
Dr. Boudreau also received degrees from Université Laval (Quebec), Saint-Paul University (Ottawa) and Université de Montreal; he received a Ph.D. in theology in 1990 from the latter.
His research and his numerous publications since 1984 focus mainly on the prodigious work of Fr. Jean Mandé Sigogne (1763-1844). His volunteer commitments affect a number of community organizations, regionally and nationally. He was President of the Association canadienne d’éducation de langue française (ACELF), Vice-president of the Société nationale de l’Acadie, President of the Société Promotion Grand-Pré, and President of the Fédération des parents acadiens de la NouvelleÉcosse.
From 2007 to 2012, Dr. Boudreau co chaired the Advisory Committee that prepared the nomination file to have the Grand-Pré Landscape recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, designation received in June 2012.
In 2002, he received the title of “Grand Artisan” recognizing francophone vitality in America, from the Conseil de la vie française en Amérique (Quebec), the Ordre des francophones d’Amérique from the Conseil de la langue française (Quebec) and, in 2003, the rank of Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes académiques (France).