A recipe for better thinking, a thought for building, not destroying, with respect for the good and dignity of all

A recipe for better thinking, a thought for building, not destroying, with respect for the good and dignity of all

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Fr. Saint-Luc FÉNÉLUS
Published August 3, 2026
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Fr. Saint-Luc FÉNÉLUS

Fr. Saint-Luc FÉNÉLUS

Father Saint-Luc Fénélus: Elementary school: 1984–1993 in Puilboreau and Ennery. High school: 1993–2000 in Ennery and Gonaïves (CDSP). Philosophy Studies: 2001–2004 in Cessades, Haiti (Bachelor’s degree), affiliated with the Pontifical Salesian University (PUS) in Rome. Community Experience: 2000–2008 in Haiti and Ecuador. Theological Studies: 2004–2008: Bachelor’s degree at CEIT, at the Convent of the Dominican Fathers, OP, in the Dominican Republic, affiliated with the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas “Angelicum” in Rome, and Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE), 2010–2013. Ordination: Diaconate: August 15, 2014; Priesthood: December 12, 2014, in the Archdiocese of Joinville, Santa Catalina, Brazil. Continuing Education: 2017–present: Master’s degree in Canon and Civil Law from the Pontifical Lateran University (PUL) in Rome (in civil and religious law), and currently pursuing a doctorate at the same university (in civil and religious law). Graduated with a degree in Advanced Studies for the Causes of Saints from the Institutum Patristicum Agustinianum – PUL and the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in 2024–2025, he received a certificate in the course on exorcism from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (APRA) in 2025 and completed the training course in bioethics at APRA in Rome in 2024–2025. A graduate of CEBIPAL and the Centrality Program for the Protection of Children and Youth (PCN), an organization established by the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM), Caritas Latin America, Fe y Alegría, World Vision, and other socio-ecclesial organizations, whose goal is to train agents of kindness and well-being as part of the continental strategy for the prevention and protection of children and adolescents, with the support of Intermissionwerk, in 2021. He was also a graduate of the schools of the Academy of Catholic Leaders between 2019 and 2021. He received certificates from the Faculty of St. Basil the Great (FASBAM) in Brazil for courses on the formation of priests and formators of consecrated life, on Mariology and the role of philosophy in ecclesial formation, and for seminars on canon law in 2020–2021. He participated in and received a certificate from the International Congress on the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Persons at PUC Goiás in 2020. He also participated in and received a certificate from the alumni reunion of the Ribeirão Preto Law School/USP at the University of São Paulo in Brazil in 2020. He also participated in the 3rd Canon Law Symposium of the Higher Institute of Canon Law of Santa Catarina on “The Management of Ecclesiastical Assets in Light of the Brazil-Holy See Agreement: Problems and Perspectives” in 2019 and received a certificate. He participated in and received a certificate from the Brazilian Communication Workshop in 2021. He also participated in and received a certificate from the conference on the Second Vatican Council and its implications at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) in 2012, as well as from the UFFS seminar on international migration and the 1st meeting/ conference of PROHAITI’s institutional commissions on the historical and political dimensions of recent migration in Brazil in 2022, and the 33rd meeting/conference of the Brazilian Society of Canonists in Joinville on marriage—updates—theological, canonical, and pastoral aspects in 2018. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Bioethics at Anáhuac University (Mexico). This master’s program is recognized and eligible for specific degrees by the following three institutions: the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (Italy), Francisco de Vitoria University (Spain), and the UNESCO Organization for Bioethics and Human Rights (Italy). Course on Jurisprudence and Administrative Practice of Justice in the Church in 2026, organized by PUL and the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, with a diploma. Pastoral Experience: In all the countries where I studied, I worked in parishes; I served at UPAG in Haiti, in schools in other countries, and at an ecclesiastical tribunal in Brazil.

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