Marian devotion
Origin and history
Three Missionaries of the Sacred Heart sailed from Sydney in a small gulet and arrived in Nonouti on the Day of Ascension, May 10, 1888. After the first Mass, they placed in visible place an image of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart: the first Marian advocation of Kiribati, arrived literally by sea. Two lay converts, Betero and Toloi, had already prepared the ground and raised eight small churches.
Party and devotion
The Virgin who came by sea to the islands: the cradle of faith in Kiribati. Devotion is a sign of identity of your community.
Link to the Rosary
In the most remote islands of the Pacific, where faith often arrived by sea, the Rosary remains the simple prayer that unites every heart with Mary, from island to island and from generation to generation.
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