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First Martyr of the Pacific

Peter Chanel. First Martyr of the Pacific. Who was Peter Chanel?. He was French! Born 12/7/1803 in Cu ét. Who was Peter Chanel?. He was French! Born 12/7/1803 in Cu ét Brought up on a farm. The 5 th of 8 children. The Major Seminary at Belley. Who was Peter Chanel?.

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First Martyr of the Pacific

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  1. Peter Chanel First Martyr of the Pacific

  2. Who was Peter Chanel? • He was French! • Born 12/7/1803 in Cuét

  3. Who was Peter Chanel? • He was French! • Born 12/7/1803 in Cuét • Brought up on a farm • The 5th of 8 children

  4. The Major Seminary at Belley Who was Peter Chanel? • He entered the minor seminary in 1819 • He was ordained in 1827 at Belley • He joined the Marists in 1831

  5. The Major Seminary at Belley Who was Peter Chanel? • Taught at the College in Belley for one year, then became Administrator and Spiritual Director of the School

  6. His statue now stands in the courtyard of that College

  7. Pope Gregory XVI In 1833 he came to Rome with Fr Colin to get approval of the Society of Mary

  8. Chanel, who had always wanted to be a missionary, was chosen as one of the first group of eight to go there. Pope Gregory XVI In 1836 the Society of Mary was approved and entrusted with the Mission to Western Oceania

  9. Journey to Oceania

  10. Journey to Oceania

  11. Journey to Oceania

  12. Journey to Oceania

  13. Journey to Oceania 8 Nov 1837

  14. Journey to Oceania

  15. On the Island of Futuna • Hard work learning the language

  16. On the Island of Futuna • Tribal wars • Chanel and the missionaries were peacemakers

  17. On the Island of Futuna • A Chief was not happy about conversions

  18. On the Island of Futuna 28 April 1841

  19. The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians - Tertullian

  20. Kiribati The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians • From Wallis and Futuna the Catholic faith spread Vanuatu, Solomons, PNG

  21. Effects Some of the great changes it brought: • An end to • Tribal warfare, • Cannibalism, • Worship of ancestral gods • Belief in • Christ • Peace

  22. Effects • Wallis Futuna • Fiji • Vanuatu • Tonga • Samoa • New Caledonia • PNG Chanel Shrine at Poi

  23. Effects Relics of Chanel

  24. Effects Children of Poi at the memorial of Chanel’s house

  25. Effects Cathedral on Wallis

  26. Faces of the Pacific Children of Futuna • Wallis Futuna • Fiji • Vanuatu • Tonga • Samoa • New Caledonia • PNG

  27. Faces of the Pacific A Fala – a Futunian house

  28. Making tapa cloth

  29. Seminarians Bomana

  30. Faces of the Pacific Women on Wallis

  31. Suva, Fiji

  32. Faces of the Pacific Missionary Sistersof the Society of Mary

  33. Novitiate, Tutu

  34. Religions of the Pacific • The Pacific today is mainly Christian • French Polynesia is 99.6% Christian • For comparison Italy is 82% Christian • But many types of Christianity • Methodist • Anglican • Roman Catholic • Hundreds of smaller Christian churches

  35. Politics of the Pacific • The struggle for self-sufficiency • Third world countries in a global economy • Overseas aid is important • Politically fragile

  36. Cultures of the Pacific • Local languages • 2 major public languages • English • French • Very localised. Village life • Building style • High humidity • Traditional cooking

  37. St Peter Chanel First Martyr of the Pacific Buona Festa!

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