MISSION GROUPS
MISSION GROUPS
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On enrolment each child is assigned to a Mission group – Aubert, Chanel, Douglas or Mackillop.
Missions groups meet once a week, these are led by Y8 students and have a special character focus.
AUBERT
Mother Mary Joseph Aubert
Suzanne Aubert, better known to many by her cleric name Sister Mary Joseph or Mother Aubert, was a Catholic sister who started a home for orphans and the under-privileged in Jerusalem, New Zealand on the Whanganui River in 1885.
Born: 19 June 1835, Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, France
Died: 1 October 1926, Wellington
Parents: Louis Aubert, Clarice Aubert
MACKILLOP
Mary Helen MacKillop
Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian religious sister who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross.
Of Scottish descent, she was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia.
Born: 15 January 1842, Fitzroy, Australia
Died: 8 August 1909, North Sydney, Australia
Siblings: Alick MacKillop, Annie MacKillop, Donald MacKillop, MORE
Buried: 27 January 1914, Mary Mackillop Memorial Chapel and Museum
Parents: Flora MacDonald, Alexander MacKillop
Beatified: 19 January 1995, Sydney, New South Wales by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 17 October 2010, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
CHANEL
St Peter Chanel
Peter Chanel, SM, born Pierre Louis Marie Chanel, was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr. Chanel was a member of the Society of Mary or "Marists" and was sent as a missionary to Oceania.
He arrived on the island of Futuna in November 1837.
Born: 12 July 1803, Montrevel-en-Bresse, France
Died: 28 April 1841, Futuna, Wallis and Futuna
Education: Minor seminary
Attributes: Gentle, Kind, Encouraging
Beatified: 17 November 1889, Rome by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized: 12 June 1954, Rome by Pope Pius XII
Feast: 28 April
DOUGLAS
Father Francis Vernon Douglas
Francis Vernon Douglas was a New Zealand priest of the Missionary Society of St. Columban who was killed in the Philippines by Japanese soldiers in 1943
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Born: 22 May 1910, Johnsonville, Wellington
Died: 27 July 1943, Philippines
Education: Holy Cross Seminary, New Zealand
Church: Roman Catholic Church
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