Fr. Augustin Poulain, SJ (1836-1919) Reverend P�re Augustin Francois Poulain was born at Cherbourg, France, on December 15, 1836. After pursuing higher studies in philosophy and science, in 1858 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Angers. He made his final vows at the �cole Sainte-Genevi�ve in 1877.Jesuits receive many years of higher education, and Poulain did well in philosophy and science, while pursuing further studies in theology and mathematics. He was ordained a priest in 1870, and served in the Jesuits with various duties, including professor, supervisor, director of an artists' guild, and librarian. He died a holy death on July 19, 1919.He was of a naturally witty and happy… disposition and diffused gladness all around him; the clearness of his mind is manifest in all he wrote.