Guide to the Records of St Joseph's Foreign Missionary Society (as filmed by the AJCP), 1882-1972

Summary

Collection number:

M1181-M1182

Creator:

St. Joseph's Foreign Missionary Society

Extent:

16 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence 1882-1905 of Cardinal H. Vaughan, Father F. Henry and other Mill Hill priests with Bishop J. Luck, J.R. Madan, J. Becker, J.W. Smiers and other missionaries in New Zealand.

Reports 1896-1902 of Maori Mission.

Diary 1912-1913 of Father F. Henry on journey to United States, New Zealand, Australia and Uganda.

List of superiors and members of Maori Mission 1886-1972 The Story of Mill Hill in New Zealand 1886-1966 (1966) and other histories of the Maori Mission.

Biographical / Historical:

Herbert Vaughan (1832-1903), later Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, founded the missionary seminary St. Joseph's College at Mill Hill in 1866. In New Zealand the Marist Fathers had established Maori missions as early as 1838 but after 1850 there were few Marist Fathers left in the Auckland Diocese. The Bishop of Auckland, J.E. Luck, asked Bishop Vaughan to send some missionaries and the first two Mill Hill missionaries, J. Becker and J. Madan arrived in December 1886. The first mission stations were at Matata and Rotorua. Two more missionaries arrived in 1888 and by 1900 there were 17 Mill Hill Fathers working in New Zealand. Mill Hill missionaries have continued their work within the Diocese of Auckland up to the present day.

Early Superiors of the Maori Mission

1886-1893 J. Becker

1893-1913 A. Lightheart

1913-1931 G.W. van Dijk

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2253337] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

St Joseph's College. Lawrence Street, Mill Hill, London, England.

For further information, see St Joseph's Missionary Society Archivist. [http://www.millhillmissionaries.co.uk/contact-us/contact-the-archivist]

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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