Letters on the go : the correspondence of Suzanne Aubert / edited & translated by Jessie Munro ; with the assistance of Bernadette Wrack.
Publication details: Wellington, N.Z. : Bridget Williams Books, 2009.Description: xii, 635 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781877242410 (pbk.)
- 1877242411 (pbk.)
- At head of cover title: Correspondence of Suzanne Aubert
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Main Collection | Diocese of Waiapu | 255.97 AUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A42372679 | ||
Main Collection | John Kinder Theological Library | BX4705.A88 AUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | J00920184 | ||
Main Collection | Te Rau College Gisborne | 255.97 AUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A40634359 |
"This book has been commissioned by the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion (the Sisters of Compassion.)"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The letters begin in Auckland, where the dedicated young French missionary first settled, working with Maori students, meeting her fellow countrywoman Marie Louise Outhwaite, beginning her lifetime's negotiation with bishops and clergy and her association with the Society of Mary. After her departure for Hawke's Bay, her correspondence with Auckland friends sustains her, and her skills in nursing emerge ever more clearly. The remote Whanganui River settlement of Hiruharama is the setting for her next series of letters, written as she set up a farm, set up an orphanage, and work closely with Maori. Politics both national and clerical periodically threaten, and letters to priests, bishops, health inspectors and members of parliament intersperse her day-to-day correspondence with the sisters."--Book flap.