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THEY CALL ME FATHER
MEMOIRS OF FATHER NICOLAS COCCOLA |
| By: |
Margaret Whitehead (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774803967 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774803960 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1988 |
| Series: |
The Pioneers of British Columbia |
| Pages: |
222 |
| Description: |
These fascinating memoirs of Father Nicolas Coccola, a Corsican-born Oblatean who arrived in British Columbia in 1880, reveal the complexity of the work carried out by ordinary missionary priests. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1857, the French Roman Catholic religious order, the MissionaryOblates of Mary Immaculate, began permanent missionary work among theNative peoples of British Columbia. The memoirs of Father NicolasCoccola, a Corsican-born Oblate who arrived in the province in 1880,reveal the complexity of the work carried out by the ordinarymissionary priests.To date, historical scholarship has focused on either exceptionalmissionaries or missionary methodology. Consequently, the numerousin-the-field Roman Catholic priests who obeyed the directives of thechurch and religious communities and who aimed simply to save'heathen' souls have remained obscure. As these memoirs reveal,the life of such an ordinary missionary was neither dull nor conflictfree.Coccola worked in British Columbia for sixty-three years. Historicalcircumstances forced him to engage in a variety of roles far beyond hisclerical duties. His spiritual charges remained primarily the Nativepeoples of the Kootenay region and, later, of the northwest part ofBritish Columbia. But as these areas of the province became settled andNative culture was disrupted, Coccola gained a new constituency whenrailway construction and mining enterprises brought a large number ofworkers of European origin. His roles ranged from arbitrator inIndian/white and labour/management conflicts to the unlikely positionof director of an Indian mid-wife society. |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |