Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, OSV News reports.
In 1926 the Church in New Zealand celebrated the 700th anniversary. Here is the front page from the Month, a journal founded by Bishop Cleary.
The Franciscan friars first arrived in New Zealand in 1860. Here is the story of that foundation from the Month in 1929.
Vaggioli’s History is part of the Auckland Catholic Diocese Collection (POM 40-2)
Here is part of the table of contents-
Here is a copy of the original list of friars to accompany Bishop Pompallier-
Entries in the Parnell sacramental register by Friars Galosi and Barsanti
A record of the Franciscans in the diocese in 1869
The friars returned to the diocese under Bishop Liston but that is a story for another blog.
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