sentences:  From the Gregorian he obtained a doctorate in theology and in philosophy (1927), and a master's degree in canon law (1929).Suenens had taken as his mentor Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier, who had also sent him to Rome.Ordained to the priesthood on 4 September 1927 by Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Suenens initially served as a professor at Saint Mary's Institute and then taught moral philosophy and pedagogy at the Minor Seminary of Mechelen from 1930 to 1940.