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Church History Sr Catherine Jones Bishop Philippe Viard sailed into Wellington Harbour on the Clara on 1 May 1850 with a diverse team of pastoral assistants: Marist priests and brothers, Peata Hoki and several Maori catechists, and four young teachers, sometimes known as ‘Viard’s sisters’. These young women had trained as teachers in Auckland or […]

Features Sr Catherine Jones SMSM 5 April 2013 Lyon, France, 1809: Philippe Joseph Viard, the man wwas to become the first Bishop of Wellington, was born into the chaos of post-revolutionary France. Lyon was also the birthplace of the Society of Mary which Viard joined as a diocesan priest to fulfill his desire to leave […]