Catholic beginnings in Oceania: Marist missionary perspectives
"The many Pacific Islands have many founding stories. For the Catholics of Western Oceania, stories go back to the members of the Society of Mary and the man who sent them out as religious: Jean-Claude Colin, who agreed to staff the mission in February 1836. This book expores the relationship o...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Hindmarsh
ATF Press
2009
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| In: | Anno: 2009 |
| Periodico/Rivista: | The Marist series
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| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Colin, Jean-Claude 1790-1875
/ Ozeanien
/ Missione
/ Maristen
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Colin, Jean-Claude 1790-1875
B Marist Brothers Missions Oceania B Marist Missionary Sisters Missions Oceania B Atti del convengo 2007 (Suva) B Missionaries French Polynesia B Marist Fathers Missions Oceania B Catholic Church Missions Oceania B Missionaries Oceania |
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| Riepilogo: | "The many Pacific Islands have many founding stories. For the Catholics of Western Oceania, stories go back to the members of the Society of Mary and the man who sent them out as religious: Jean-Claude Colin, who agreed to staff the mission in February 1836. This book expores the relationship of Colin to the Marists, to Jean-Baptiste Pompallier, the first Catholic bishop, and to the pope in Rome. ... This volume, the fruit of international cooperation, focuses on the French presence (religious and political) in the Pacific and on the missionaries who were mostly Marists (religious men and women, and lay people)."--P. [4], cover |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | IX. 240 S., Ill., 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 1921511540 |