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Rev. Moise Blais, OMI, was born in Yamachiche, Quebec, on Jan. 6, 1853 to Joseph Blais and Lucie Gerin-Lajoie. He made his profession on May 23, 1876 at Lachine, Quebec, and entered the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He was ordained on May 3, 1883 at Hull by Archbishop Grandin of St. Albert, AB.
Rev. Blais served as a missionary throughout various parishes and missions, including: Lac Ste-Anne, Edmonton, Lamoreux, Fort Saskatchewan, and St. Catherine's Mission (1883-1885); Calgary, Kamloops, Pincher Creek, and Fort MacLeod (1886-1890); Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1890-1894); Manitoba, residing in Kenora, Ontario (1894-1907); Duluth, Minnesota (1907-1909); and Manitoba (1910-1926).
He died on August 27, 1926 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, and is buried in the OMI plot in St. Boniface Cemetery.