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Far Distant Shores : The Marist Brothers Of The Schools In New Zealand Samoa Fiji Tonga And Kiribati 1838-2013
Paperback Edition: 1
Some 175 years ago, the first Marist Brothers arrived in the Pacific, members of a French Marist missionary team headed by Bishop Pompallier. One of them stepped ashore in the Hokianga in January 1838 with the Bishop and a Marist priest as the Catholic mission
to New Zealand. He was the first in the long line of Brothers of various nationalities who went on to build up an influential network of schools thoughout New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and Kiribati. But, as this story will show, their influence extended far beyond the schools and the Catholic Church.
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Featured in the 18 September 2017 New Zealand / Pasifika Newsletter.
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Pages : 687
Publisher : NZ Marist Brothers Trust
Publication date : 2017
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in New Zealand, New Zealand, Pasifika, NZ History, Pacific History