A deserter's adventures / Felice Vagioli ; translated by John Crockett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaggioli, Felice, 1845-1921.

Contributor:

Crockett, John C.

Standardized Title:

Avventure di un refrattario descritte da lui stesso. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vaggioli, Felice, 1845-1921.

Vaggioli, Felice.

Missionaries--New Zealand--Biography.

Missionaries.

Missions.

New Zealand.

New Zealand Region.

New Zealand--Missions.

Benedictines--Biography.

Benedictines.

Catholic Church--Missions--New Zealand.

Catholic Church.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dunedin, NZ : University of Otago Press, 2001.

Contents:

Felice Vaggioli and Colonial Catholicism in New Zealand / Rory Sweetman xv

Chapter 1 Towards Our Destination. 8 to 23 December 1879 1

1. Aboard a new steamer

2. Second class

a proper pigsty! The lay brothers join us in first class

3. Terrible weather and seasickness

4. At Bluff, southern extremity of New Zealand

5. Dunedin

6. Christchurch

7. Wellington, the colonial capital

8. Napier

9. Gisborne

10. Tauranga

11. We safely reach our destination

12. Evening reception

13. The Storia della Nuova Zelanda

Chapter 2 In Auckland. From late 1879 to early 1880 9

1. The Town of Auckland

2. The Bishop's Reception: 23 December 1879

3. The Auckland Diocese

4. Mons. Steins sets to Work

5. Two New Renegades!

6. Should the Renegades be Accepted?

7. Destined for the Gisborne Mission

8. My Appointment to Gisborne

9. Preparations for Departure

Chapter 3 I Land Myself in a Mess. 1880 43

1. Arrival

2. I Try to Clarify the Situation

3. Alone and Aghast

4. A Glimmer of Hope

5. Ascertaining the Degree of Debt on the Church

6. I Make a Vital Decision

7. Working on the Debt

8. I Pay Individual Creditors

Chapter 4 Gisborne: A Missionary's Life. c. 1880 to 1881 67

1. Daily Routine

2. Regular Visits to Parishioners

3. Marriages in New Zealand

4. Quarrel with a Lawyer

5. The Irish Catholic Society

Chapter 5 Sorting out the Debt. Early 1880 to mid-1882 91

1. Developing a Plan

2. Discussion with the Bishop

3. A Solution is Found

4. Bazaar or Public Auction?

5. Working on the Debt

6. Hard at Work

Chapter 6 Final Activities in Gisborne. Early 1881 to early 1883 113

1. Missionary Work

2. Election of a Local Member of Parliament

3. Benedictine Affairs

4. Benedictine Affairs (continued)

5. Pressing On

6. The Anglican Minister's Downfall

7. Dreams for a Rosy Future Dashed!

Chapter 7 Auckland: I Pay Off Others' Debts! October 1882 to January 1884 149

1. An Inextricable Debt

2. I Manage to Put Together a Statement

3. Mons. Luck OSB

4. Sorting Out the Debt

5. A Year of Intense Toil

6. Laxity at St Benedict's

Chapter 8 Missionary Life. 1882 to 1885 179

1. Italians in New Zealand

2. The Masonic Movement in New Zealand

3. A Tract in Support of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

4. Discussion with a Mason

5. Trying to Save the Catholic Paper

6. I Stagger on, Up to My Neck in Work

7. Forced to Abandon Working on the Debt

8. Ending My Work in Auckland

Chapter 9 A Missionary in Coromandel. Late 1884 to mid-1887 219

1. I Choose to go to Coromandel

2. Coromandel

3. Missionary Activity in Coromandel

4. The Woodcutters of Coromandel

5. Singular Events

6. Ill Again

7. My Final Months in Coromandel

8. Bound for Australia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translation of selected sections of five-volume autobiography--p. xii.

ISBN:

1877276111

OCLC:

48778261