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Aitape
St Ignatius
High School |
1968 - 2001 |
Two Brothers began the ministry at
Saints with others to soon swell their numbers until the opening of St
Francis when numbers were reduced to two again. The last few years had
just one Brother in the school.
(Photo: Charles Barry, Michael Luff, and Tony O'Connor (RIP), meeting
at the Brothers' house at Saint Ignatius. c.1986)
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Aitape
Aitape
High School |
1974 & 75
1989 & 90
1993 |
One Brother taught in the local government high
school while living at Saint Ignatius.
Two Brothers living and teaching at the school
Two Brothers living at school: Charles Barry as principal and Philip
working at brickworks.
(Photo: Students showing off their culture at a school cultural week.
These two are mud men.) |
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Nuku
St Francis
High School
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1978 - 1994
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Two Brothers literally carved this school out
of the PNG jungles. The school, like St Ignatius, was opened by the Catholic
Diocese of Aitape.
Nuku (the school area known as Walamu) was the location of the beginning
of Patrician formation in PNG.
(Photo: Brothers Michael Vella -far left - and Charles Barry -seated
- with staff of 1979.)
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Laingim |
1989 |
This isolated location was the site of the first
novitiate. The postulancy remained at Walamu.
(Photo: Brother Philip Turner - far right upstairs - with young Papua
New Guineans training to be Patrician Brothers. Laingim is a very isolated
area and perhaps too isolated. The formation house was soon moved to Aitape.)
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Aitape
Bishop's Hill |
1989 - |
As soon as this site became available in Aitape
the novitiate was moved here. It became the sole Patrician training centre.
It has been developed considerably since. It's on a hill overlooking Aitape
bay: beautiful!
(Photo: 2002 postulants at Bishops Hill with Norbert - far left - and
Peter - centre. In 2003 all moved on to the next stage of formation. Formation
work is a real "trust in God" exercise with few Brothers to show for many
years of hard work. But we persevere.) |
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Lumi
Lumi High School |
1989 - 92 |
Two Brothers were invited by the government to
take over this government school in an attempt to lift its academic standard
and to improve facilities. They did.
(Photo: Br David Sullivan taking a break from school life at Lumi. David
also taught at St Ignatius and St Francis.)
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Mt Hagen
Holy Trinity
Teachers' College |
1990 - 94 |
Brothers were sent here to be trained as primary
school teachers. One Brother also acted as the dean of men and campus manager.
(Photo: Br Primus - far right back - graduating from teachers' college
at Mt Hagen.)
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Aitape
Mission
workshop
Mission brickworks |
1990
1991 - 2001 |
One Brother took over the management of the Aitape
mission workshop.
One national Brother took over the management of the mission brickworks
and tank-making factory.
(Photo: Overlooking the mission workshop from Bishop's Hill. The brickworks
are out of picture at the bottom of the photo.) |
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Wewak
St Benedict's
Teachers' College
&
Callan Services |
1995 & 96
&
2001 - |
National Brothers sent to St Benedict's to be
trained as primary school teachers (95 & 96). One Brother also taught
in the local primary school (95 & 96) and another lectured in the college
(96). One Patrician was involved with Callan Services as academic registrar
(95 & 96, 2001 - ).
(Photo: The 1996 Brothers' house at St Benedict's teachers' college.
Five Brothers were living there at the time: John, Ben, Stephen, Primus,
and Simon.)
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