Papuan Native's Remarkable
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Achievement
From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, Sept. 16.
August 31, a native of Mekeo, Louis Vangeneke, now a secular priest, returned to Papua by the K.P.M. steamer Mactsuycker after 10 years’ study in a Jesuit College in Madagascar, where he completed the full course of philosophy and theology with honours. In March last Louis Vangeneke was raised to the diaconate by the Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, His Lordship Monsignor Fourcadier, at Andohalo (Madagascar), since when he has been proclaimed a priest.
It is understood that Louis Vangeneke desired to proceed to France to commence
his novitiate and thus in time become a member of the Order of the Sacred Heart, but permission was not granted, owing to the severity of the climate.
After officiating at a solemn high mass at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Port Moresby, on September 5, Louis Vangeneke proceeded to Yule Island, the head station of the Catholic Mission in Papua, from where he will cross to the mainland and work among his own people. At Mekeo a congregation of native brothers are to be trained to assist the European Brothers in their work of aiding the priests of the Sacred Heart Society.
The Mission already possesses a con gregation of native Sisters, formerly under Mother Therese, who nearly 20 years ago commenced their training. At present their number is 34, of which four are novices.