 He entered the Oblate novitiate at Notre-Dame-de-l'Osier in 1853 and studied theology at Montolivet in Marseilles, where he took his vows the following year.In 1857 Clut went to Canada at the invitation of Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché of St Boniface, who ordained him that same year.Taché sent him to La Nativité mission at Fort Chipewyan, where he served there from 1858 to 1869.