The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a French priest later recognized as a
St. Eugène de Mazenod
Chapelle des Oblats (Aix-en-Provence)
The Canadian Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Chri
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
…poor", OMI are known for their mission among the Indigenous peoples of Canada, and their historic administration of at least 57 schools within the Canadian Indian residential school system. Some of those schools have been associated with cases of child abuse by Oblate clergy and staff. The "Society of Missionaries of Provence" was founded…
A Catholic Indian residential school in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories
Mohawk Institute Residential School, c. 1943
St. Paul's Indian Industrial School, Middlechurch, Manitoba, 1901
Anglican-run Battleford Industrial School, Carpenter's shop, circa 1894