SOME MSC HISTORY, MISSION IN KIRIBATI - misacor.org.au
2017年5月10日 · A number of people were converted and baptized by Betero and they decided to build churches in their villages; they built eight small churches altogether. When the churches were completed, Betero and Tiroi sent a request to Samoa for missionaries to be sent to Nonouti.
brought by the faithful Betero Terawati and Rataro Tiroi who were from the island of Nonouti and who upon their return in about 1880, they converted the people of their island to a new faith of Catholicism. Parts of spreading the new gospel were baptizing adults and children a kind of initiation to a new way of living.
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Pacific - History of the Diocese of ...
Many letters were written to Bishops around the Pacific and one letter from Betero and Tiroi reached the Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania. He contacted one of the priests of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who was already in charge of Priests and was working in Papua and Thursday Island.
Nonouti - Wikipedia
Two of these laborers, Betero and Tiroi, returned to Nonouti and instructed the local people about Christianity. [5] They built churches, where people assembled each Sunday to sing hymns and recite prayers. [5]
MSC Province of the Pacific Islands-Brief History
In fact, the Catholic Church in the Gilbert Islands had already been "founded" in 1878 by two laymen, Betero Terawati and Rataro Tiroi. They had been baptized in Tahiti while working there as indentured labourers.
Betero Terawati. Te Health, mauri, te raoi ao, te tabomoa! peace, prosperity! Betero Terawati Rataro. and. Tiroi. Catechists and Founders of the Catholic Church in Kiribati. 17 MAY. May the example of the founders of the Catholic Church in Kiribati strengthen us to. proclaim the Gospel with boldness, hope and joy.
On 17 May we remember... - Sisters of the Good Samaritan
2022年5月16日 · On 17 May we remember Betero Terawati and Rataro Tiroi, catechists and founders of the Catholic Church in Kiribati.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru - Wikipedia
Two of these converted laborers, Betero and Tiroi, returned to Nonouti and instructed the local people about Catholicism. [2] They built eight small churches, where people of different villages assembled each Sunday to sing hymns and recite prayers.
Kiribati...A country about to disappear - Columban
I arrived in Kiribati on May 10th, 2015, the day that the catechists Betero and Tiroi are remembered by Catholics there. They brought the Catholic faith to Kiribati in the 1880s, first to their island of Nonouti and later elsewhere. They had encountered the faith and were baptized in …
Chapter 9. My History: My Calling - ANU Press
Catholicism was brought to Nonouti, in Kiribati, first by Betero Terawati and Tiroi in 1881. They had gone to work on the coconut plantations in Tahiti during the labour trade era and had embraced Catholicism.