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A Deserter's Adventures: The Autobiography of Dom Felice Vaggioli. Translated by John Crockett
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by Dom Felice Vaggioli, John Crockett (Translator)
Dom Felice Vaggioli
A Deserter's Adventures: The Autobiography of Dom Felice Vaggioli. Translated by John Crockett
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by Dom Felice Vaggioli, John Crockett (Translator)
Dom Felice Vaggioli
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Dom Felice Vaggioli wrote this autobiography between 1909 and 1911, after the publication in Italy of his History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants. One of the first Benedictine monks to be sent to New Zealand, he arrived in 1879 and returned home in 1887, having worked in Gisbourne, Auckland and the Coromandel. A Deserter's Adventures is Vaggioli's title, as he was a concientious objector, or "draft-dodger," as a young monk and so termed himself "a deserter." This is typical of the individual who emerges from these pages: always questioning, and always applying a strong sense of justice and fine logic to the many dilemmas he found himself in as a missionary priest in New Zealand.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781877276118 |
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Publisher: | Otago University Press |
Publication date: | 01/01/2001 |
Pages: | 274 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Dom Felice Vaggioli (1845-1921) was a Benedictine monk from Tuscany. As a youth he was a conscientious objector, avoiding compulsory military service by hiding in a region which was under Austrian rule. He began his novitiate in 1864 and was professed a religious the following year. In 1876 he was sent as a missionary to Tunisia, and three years later to New Zealand. Vaggioli was first appointed parish priest in Gisborne, and was entrusted with the job of clearing the parish debt. He then performed similar tasks at St Benedict’s church in Newton, Auckland. However, the stress of debt collecting resulted in his health deteriorating and after a brief holiday he was appointed to Coromandel. In 1888, after his return to Italy, he assumed the important post of Abbot Visitor of the Italian province of his order, until 1896 when he ceased this role to concentrate on his writing. From 1910 until his death he occupied the prestigious position of Superior of San Giorgio Maggiore monastery in Venice. Vaggioli was known for his austerity, intellectual curiosity and frankness. John Crockett was born in Auckland in 1946 and attended Holy Name Seminary in Christchurch to begin studies for the Catholic priesthood. He then spent four years at Propaganda Fide College in Rome, where he received a theology degree and was ordained as a deacon, but decided not to become a priest. On returning to New Zealand he completed a BA in history and Italian and an MA in applied sociology. He has worked as a social worker and counsellor and currently works at Student Health at the University of Auckland. He is translating the first volume of Vaggioli’s History of New Zealand and is also working on an historical novel, Nga Roimata, based on the journey of two students, Maori and Pakeha, who were sent to Rome by Bishop Pompallier in the mid nineteenth century.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | v | |
Introduction | vii | |
Felice Vaggioli and Colonial Catholicism in New Zealand | xv | |
Chapter 1 | Towards Our Destination. 8 to 23 December 1879 | 1 |
Summary | ||
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 |
Summary | ||
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 |
Summary | ||
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 |
Summary | ||
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 |
Summary | ||
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 |
Summary | ||
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 |
Summary | ||
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 |
Summary | ||
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 |
Summary | ||
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 | 263 | |
Index | 267 |
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