Mill Hill MissionariesSt Joseph’s Missionary Society | 150 Years of Love and Service

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– 150 Years of Love and Service– How it all began– 94 Years in Cameroon

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After one-hundred and fifty years it is good to stop, look back at everythingthat has been done and give thanks to God for all the graces he has workedthrough the Mill Hill Missionaries. This magazine tells of some of thegraces God has worked in and through St Joseph’s Missionary Society, fromits beginnings in a house in north London to mission on five continents.Reflecting on one-hundred and fifty years of missionary love and serviceleaves me with just one response: thank-you God!

For us in Cameroon, this celebration is also a chance to remindourselves that in just six years’ time we will be celebrating the centenaryof the arrival of the first Mill Hill Missionaries in Cameroon. As you willsee, Cameroon has formed and continues to form a vital part of the storyof the Mill Hill Missionaries. When I read through the list of all the MillHill Missionaries who have worked in Cameroon since 1922 and saw thelist of their works, again my response was simply: thank-you God!

Four generations of missionaries have ministered with love and servicein this country, keeping alive the vision of Cardinal Vaughan to build upa strong local and self-sustaining Church with its own clergy and hierar-chy. Four generations of Mill Hill Missionaries have worked to bring the

joy of the gospel to those most in need of it, inspired by our motto: amare et servire. Four generations ofmissionaries have come to Cameroon and today a fifth generation is preparing to leave Cameroon, to followin the footsteps of their missionary predecessors and take the good news to the ends of the earth.

Thank-you for celebrating this anniversary with us. Thank-you for your continued prayers and support. Allthe Mill Hill Missionaries in Cameroon hope and pray that this celebration will ignite a deeper missionaryspirit in the heart of us all.

Prayer for Missionary Vocations

Almighty God and Father, you once chose the apos-tles to become the first missionaries, whose missionit was to make your Son, Jesus Christ, and hismessage of salvation known to distant peoples andnations and to establish your kingdom throughoutthe world.

At present there are still many people, who do notknow Jesus Christ and his message of hope and love.Therefore, we ask you to choose from among usmany Missionaries, who as members of the Mill Hillmissionaries are willing to leave their home andcountry and to offer their entire lives, in order thatyou and your Son may be known and loved by allpeoples, races and nations.

Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.St Joseph, patron of the Mill Hill Missionaries,

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A remarkable family and a wonderfulmother

Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, founder of the Mil HillMissionaries and the third Archbishop of Westminster,London, was born on 15 April, 1832 and died at St.Joseph’s College, Mill Hill, London, on 19 June 1903.Cardinal Vaughan came from an exceptionallystaunch Catholic family. The Vaughan family hadremained steadfast to their Catholic faith throughoutthe three hundred years’ of relentless persecution

which followed King Henry VIII’s break with Romeand the annihilation of Roman Catholicism in England.

Colonel John Vaughan of Courtfield, Herbert’sfather, was of strong religious principles and outlook,he inherited the Vaughans’ ancestral home, situatedin Courtfield near the border of England and Wales. Atthe age of 22 years he married Louisa Eliza Rollsdescribed in 1830 as a beautiful, charming, rich andtalented lady. She was the daughter of Mr. John Rolls,

How it all began

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a family of devout evangelicals. She becameacquainted with catholic devotion and practice duringher studies in France and became a convert to theCatholic faith shortly before her marriage. She was adeeply religious and remarkable woman.

Six years into wedlock, John Vaughan declared thathe found everything he ever desired in his wife. Stillmuch later in life, he noted that every single step hetook in marriage had been on the road to happinessfrom the time he met Eliza, his choice. In twenty-threeyears of marriage she had fourteen children and lostone child after delivery in 1837. Thirteen of the children,eight boys and five girls, survived.

A saintly woman, Eliza’s spiritual and marital lifewas extraordinary, as she was wholly dedicated to thewelfare of her husband and her large family. She was

a fervent devotee to the Holy Eucharist and for twentyyears, in addition to daily Mass, spent an hour everyevening in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament,imploring God to call her children to serve him eitherin priestly or religious life.

God’s response to her prayers far exceeded herwildest imagination as eventually four of her fivedaughters entered convents and became religioussisters, and of her eight sons, six became priests, withthree of them becoming bishops and the first, Herbert,a cardinal archbishop.

Another exemplary family with a strong Mill Hillconnections is Bishop Rogan’s. The Rogans, had fivechildren: four sons and one girl. All the four boys wentto Mill Hill and were ordained as priests, with some ofthem consecrated bishops; the lone girl entered aconvent and became a contemplative nun.

The children of Eliza and John Vaughan grew upsurrounded by love and laughter and were taught tohave a great concern for the poor. Eliza was known forher generous gifts to the needy in the neighbourhood,but also for helping the sick, washing the bedridden,and changing their sheets. In later life her eldest sonHerbert Vaughan recalled the profound effect she hadon her offspring – and particularly about her exampleof prayer. He wrote, “For long years before her death,she used to talk to me about prayer and I rememberhow it was that she was so charmed by what I nowknow was divine love. I used often to watch her fromthe gravel walk in the flower garden and marvel to seeher so absorbed in prayer.” Sadly, Eliza died young on24 January 1853 after the birth of her youngest child,John.

It was a year before the ordination of Herbert. Twomonths after her death his father wrote to Herbert:

Eliza Vaughan, Cardinal Vaughan’s mother. Colonel John Vaughan, Cardinal Vaughan’s father.

Fr Herbert Vaughan, founder of the Mill Hill Missionaries

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“Today I was watching before the Blessed Sacramentand thanking God that I could offer him the sacrificeof her whom I so devotedly and truly loved. I pouredout my heart in gratitude for His having given me Elizaas a model and as a guide – for having linked me to herin a still subsisting spiritual connection, and forhaving taken her from me that my heart may followher to Heaven… I see her constantly as I saw her beforethe Blessed Sacrament. Oh, I thought her exquisite inher pure human loveliness when I watched her beau-tiful face in prayer.” Eliza was interred in a vault underthe chapel at Courtfield.

Two sons of John Francis and Eliza Vaughan, Francisand Reginald, both married and had families and sothe Vaughans continued to occupy Courtfield. In 1950,however, the house and about 50 acres of the estatewere acquired by the Mill Hill Missionaries. For anumber of years Courtfield became the training centrefor the Mill Hill Missionary brothers. The brothers builtan extension to the property. With the decline invocations to the brotherhood, Courtfield became amission animation and retreat centre. For many yearshundreds of people enjoyed coming for retreats andconferences, in a place hallowed by the memory of theVaughans. Meanwhile, however, the Vaughan familystill lived and farmed in the vicinity. When, in the1990s it was no longer possible for the Mill Hill Mission-aries to run Courtfield the Vaughan family took posses-sion once more of their ancestral home.

Young Fr Herbert Vaughan and the call tomissionHerbert was the eldest son of John Francis and ElizaVaughan. He was expected to inherit Courtfield andcarry on the family name and tradition. He was a

natural leader, with a bold adventurous spirit. Heloved the countryside pursuits of hunting, shootingand fishing, and was a fine horseman. He was sent asa boy to a Jesuit College in England and Belgium. Hisdecision at the age of 16 to become a priest was noteasily taken and came as a shock to his father who hadenvisioned a brilliant career for his son. His mother,however, saw this as an answer to her prayers. Hethought at first of being a missionary in Wales – tobring back the Welsh people to the Catholic faith. Later,that vision was immeasurably broadened.

In 1851 he went to Rome to begin his studies for thepriesthood. A colleague of this time wrote of his admi-ration for this young man “who renounces prospectsas brilliant as almost any man in England can com-mand, to be a priest... [He] seems as happy as the dayis long in his studies and devotions.” Two years later,however, he received a great blow on receiving newsof the death of his beloved mother. After a spell athome with his grieving father he returned to Romeand was ordained priest in 1854. He had been sufferingmuch ill health, and for this reason was allowed to beordained at the early age of 22.

It was in Rome that Herbert Vaughan establisheda long friendship with Henry, later Cardinal, Manning.The Catholic Hierarchy had been restored in Englandand Wales in 1850, and Nicholas Wiseman became thefirst Archbishop of Westminster. Henry Manning wasone of many distinguished converts received into theChurch in this period; his wife had died, and he wasordained a priest. Wiseman and Manning had devel-oped the idea of founding a missionary community ofsecular clergy. Manning founded a group of commit-ted priests, the Oblates of St Charles Borromeo, whowould be devoted to missionary work within the localChurch. Fr Herbert Vaughan joined the Oblates, butwas asked to help with the formation of apostolic

Cardinal Wiseman gives Fr Vaughan letters of introduction.

Cardinal Manning encouraged Fr Vaughan’s plans.

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priests who would be devoted to the work of theconversion of England.

He was made Vice-President of St Edmund’s College,Ware. Typically, Vaughan set about his assignmentwith great thoroughness. He undertook a tour of themain European seminaries to acquaint himself withthe current views concerning the formation of secularclergy. He was particularly impressed with the Collegeof Propaganda in Rome “where men of all classes andnations, languages and climates dwell in one semi-nary.” This he thought should be the model for thework of formation in St Edmund’s. However, thesenew-fangled ‘romanizing’ ways were not to the likingof many of the senior clergy, and the Oblates wereobliged to withdraw.

Foreign missionsAbout this time Herbert Vaughan grew increasinglyinterested in foreign missions. He was aware of thevast extent of the British Empire at that time, and ofthe various Protestant missionary societies involvedin evangelising work throughout the Empire. He sawhow explorers and traders were risking their lives inthe pursuit of wealth and glory and was saddened thatCatholics did not seem to show the same kind of zealfor the spread of the Gospel. His wish now was tobecome himself a missionary and to gather likeminded men around him in the work of the foreignmissions.

Again he set off to explore models of a missionary-sending seminary that could be transplanted to Eng-land. Eventually, while on a visit to the Isle of Wightwith Cardinal Wiseman, Fr Vaughan raised the matterof the foreign missions. Wiseman then confided thatat the outset of his life as a Bishop, he had beencounselled by an Italian priest, called Vincent Pallotti.This saintly priest (since then he has been canonized)

told the future Cardinal that he would never knowspiritual peace until he had established in England acollege for foreign missions.

With this encouragement, Herbert Vaughan wenthome to Courtfield and for days prayed at the tomb ofhis mother, asking her guidance as to how he shouldbegin. An answer came to him with the force of reve-lation. “Begining very humbly and very quietly.” Ittook two more years of prayer and discernment beforeVaughan put before his Oblate superior, Fr Manning,his proposal for a foreign missionary seminary.Manning agreed, but the other Oblates did not.

A period of ill health then took Vaughan to Spainwhere he received further advice about his plans fromtwo Jesuits. Both encouraged him in his dreams andhe was persuaded to resubmit his plans to Manning.Eventually Manning agreed. Further advice fromJesuit advisers in London persuaded him to ask Cardi-nal Wiseman to present his plans for the approval ofthe English hierarchy.

The young priest addressed a gathering of theBishops in July 1863: all but one Bishop gave theirblessing, though they could offer no material support.Further support came from the continental Congressof Catholics at Malines (Brussels).

Raising fundsVaughan planned a journey to the Americas to raisefunds for the establishment of his missionary college.Cardinal Wiseman supplied him with letters of intro-duction to Heads of State and others who might be ofassistance in the Americas. In Rome he received theblessing of Pope Pius IX and letters from the CardinalPrefect of Propaganda to various Church leaders. Heset sail from Southampton on 17 December 1863. Cardi-nal Wiseman, now an invalid, wrote to him, “Did I notfeel the sublimity of your cause, I would hardly allowSt Vincent Pallotti said that England needed a missionary college.

Pope Pius IX blessed Fr Vaughan’s fundraising trip.

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Holcombe House in the village of Mill Hill, nearLondon, was located – but the owner was unwilling tosell. The intercession of St Joseph was again invoked.After several refusals, Fr Vaughan bought a two-foothigh statue of St Joseph and wrapped it in brown paper.He called at the house, and before he could be ejected,he asked if he could leave his parcel and call for it later.On the last day of a novena to St Joseph, word camethat the owner would sell.

St Joseph’s CollegeOn the 5 February 1866 Vaughan published a letter tothe Catholics of England entitled ‘A Statement onBehalf of the College for Foreign Missions.’ In this heappealed for young men of any nationality withgenerous apostolic hearts who would work in overseasmission areas until a good local clergy was established.Aware of the myriad problems facing the local Churchin England at that time (growing immigrant popula-tion, most of whom were converging on the big indus-trial cities and mining areas) he asserted that makingsacrifices for the ‘foreign missions’ would nonethelessbring great blessings on the Church at home. On 28February 1866 he arrived at Mill Hill in a cart withsome basic furniture and with him his first student.

Two weeks later the freehold on the property wassold to Vaughan for the sum of £5,000. On 19 March,

you to embark on the double ocean of this work andthe Atlantic. But I feel an inexpressible confidence thatGod will prosper this work, such as I have never felt inany other.”

Fr Vaughan travelled through Panama to California,and from there to Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. It waspainful for him to be in the position of a beggar, buthis vision of the mission ahead emboldened him andovercame his misgivings. Having rounded the Cape heheaded for Brazil, and then for home.

The College at Mill Hill, London

St Joseph helps to find a homeOn his return journey across the Atlantic, HerbertVaughan was planning the next phase of his project;the missionary priests who would be ordained fromhis college would be secular priests bound together bya common rule, and with a commitment to missionarywork beyond Europe. He dreamed of new missions inAsia and Africa; perhaps Rome would assign a missionin Japan? The new missionaries would work under thedirection of the local bishop.

Friends at home began searching for a suitableproperty and Vaughan went to Ireland in search ofcandidates for the new college. Eventually a property,

St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill, London

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Feast of St Joseph, Archbishop Manning declared thatSt Joseph’s College had now opened. A few months’later it was reported that there were four students,

‘and more coming.’ A few years later it was clear abigger property was required, and a new purpose-builtcollege was built in the adjacent field. By now thestudents were of various nationalities.

Vaughan sought out missionary vocations in Bel-gium, France, Tyrol, and the Netherlands. On Decem-ber 27 1869 the first priest was ordained for the newCongregation, Fr Cornelius Dowling from Cork, Ireland.

The first ‘Friends of Mill Hill’From the beginning, lay people were deeply involvedin supporting the work of the new missionary society.The Vaughan family were connected to a network ofold Catholic families who had kept the faith throughcenturies of persecution. There were also zealousconverts: among these was the dis-tinguished Lady Herbert of Lea. Herhusband was Minister of War in theCrimean conflict, and she was a closefriend of William Gladstone, Flor-ence Nightingale, and Cardinal Man-ning. With the latter, Lady Herbertwas responsible for having FlorenceNightingale and her nurses sent tothe Crimea to tend the woundedsoldiers. From 1866 she supportedVaughan in many charitable andmissionary activities. She gave thou-sands of pounds from her personalfortune to the new missionary soci-ety, and encouraged her many influ-ential friends to do likewise.

In 1874, Herbert Vaughan wroteto her: “You know ... the great share

of the merit of the work is yours. For without you, Ishould humanly speaking have failed in carrying itout.” To this day, she is known as the ‘Mother of theMill’.

Another convert-supporter was Caroline MaryHanmer, a friend of Manning, who came to live in acottage near the entrance to the college where shestayed for 40 years. She founded a group to supplymissionaries with the material necessities for theirapostolate, and cared for the health of the students.Both these ladies were buried in the college cemetery,near to where Herbert Vaughan was laid to rest.

In addition to support received from aristocrats andother prominent Catholics were the vast number ofordinary Catholics who were fired with the missionaryspirit of Herbert Vaughan, and rallied to the supportof the Society. Particularly in the Northwest and North-east of England, but also in Scotland, Wales, andIreland – Catholics were recruited to become ‘Zealators’to pray for the missions, and raise funds through the

‘red boxes’ which were soon found in almost everyCatholic home in the country. It was the accumulationof ‘the pennies of the poor’ that raised the ongoingsums to ensure the survival of the college and theyoung missionary Society. Mill Hill Missionaries stilldepend upon the contributions of thousands of ordi-nary Catholics to support its on-going missionaryactivities.

Mill Hill’s First Missions

Baltimore, USAWith the ordination of the first members of St Joseph’sMissionary Society the big question was, where werethey to begin their missionary work? Fr Vaughansought an answer from the Cardinal Prefect of Propa-

Lady Herbert of Lea: one of the first ‘Friends of Mill Hill’.

The first Mill Hill Missionaries in Baltimore, USA.

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ganda in Rome who was responsible for all foreignmissions. Surprisingly, he was asked to send his mento the USA, to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Millionsof Afro-Americans were being released from slavery.Among them were many people of African descentwho had been exiled from Haiti, and these werepredominantly Catholic. The Archbishop had appealedto Rome for missionaries who would dedicate them-selves to the Afro-American apostolate.

On 5 December 1871 Vaughan and four young mis-sionaries arrived in Baltimore and began their workin St Francis Xavier Parish. From there they spread outto other parts of the American South. Their workprospered, and eventually led to the formation of anew missionary society devoted exclusively to thisapostolate: they became known as the Josephites – andlook on Cardinal Herbert Vaughan as their founder.Not long after his return from the United StatesHerbert Vaughan was appointed Bishop of Salford,where he ministered for the next twenty years. How-ever, he remained the Superior of the young mission-ary society.

IndiaIn 1875 a group of Mill Hill Missionaries were sent tothe Archdiocese of Madras in South India where theywere to work among the Telegu-speaking people.Eventually a new diocese was created in the Teleguarea with a MHM as the first Bishop. Thousands of theregion’s poorest people were given instruction andbaptised. A seminary was opened to prepare theTelegu priests of the future. Projects were undertakento alleviate poverty and provide education. The workprospered, and today there are now three new dioceseswith Telegu bishops and priests.

In the more northern part of India the first MHMshad been sent out as chaplains to the British Army;

many of the soldiers were Irish or of Irish descent.Some were with the army during the invasion ofAfghanistan. Later, they were entrusted with the pas-toral care of all troops in the Punjab, the North WestFrontier regions, and the territory of Kashmir andKafristan. A school was founded in Kashmir on landgranted by the Maharaja, and staffed by MHMs.

PakistanIn 1947, British rule in the Indian subcontinent cameto an end with partition and the creation of the newcountry of Pakistan. Pakistan was a predominantlyMuslim country; however, for the work of evangelisa-tion there were new constraints. Missionary outreachwas especially through the provision of schools andmedical services. In both education and medicine thePresentation Sisters and Sisters of Jesus and Mary werefaithful collaborators of the MHMs.

Missionaries were involved in reaching the poorestand most abandoned: Fr Frank O’Leary founded theJospice movement in Rawalpindi to care for the termi-nally ill, and Fr James van de Klught, a drug rehabilita-tion Centre in Peshawar. In 1977, MHMs began workingamong the marginalised tribal peoples of the Provinceof Sindh. They were involved in channelling aid invarious disaster situations, in credit unions, and in

schemes to release indenturedlabourers from conditions of near-slavery.

Indigenous PriestsA major concern of our missionarieswas to establish an indigenousclergy; Cardinal Vaughan hadalways envisaged his men becomingsuperfluous as they gave way tolocal, secular clergy. The Society wasinvolved in the setting up of theregional major seminary in Hydera-bad to form future priests to serve inthe various dioceses of the State ofAndhra Pradesh. This work grew andflourished.

In 1988 a decision was taken tobegin for the first time the recruit-Fr Thomas Jackson MHM, with soldiers at Kandahar in Afghanistan

Holcombe House, the first Mill Hill College in London.

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ment of vocations for St Joseph’s Missionary Societyamong the peoples they had served as missionaries.This project has borne great fruit – with a large numberof Indian Mill Hill Missionaries. Given the difficulty ofnon-Indians gaining visas to work in India, and thefact that there are huge un-evangelised areas of thecountry, some of these young Indian MHMs are nowworking among tribal peoples in their own country –places where they have to learn new languages andcultures. Their work, and that of other Indian MHMsoverseas, is supported by a network of lay missionhelpers.

BorneoThe Borneo mission began in 1881: MHMs wereassigned to Sarawak and British North Borneo (todaypart of the Federation of Malaysia). They also beganwork in the Sultanate of Brunei. They faced tremen-

dous challenges in the equatorial climate, the denseforests, huge rivers, and the variety of tribal peoples –some of them known as fierce ‘headhunters.’ In theearly 20th century there was an influx of Chineselabourers who were brought in to help exploit themany natural resources. The Mill Hill Sisters arrivedto assist the MHMs – especially in the work of educa-tion and health care.

The Second World War saw the Japanese occupation,the internment of all the British and Dutch missionar-ies, and the murder of eight Tyrolese MHMs. Afterindependence, the Muslim influence increased espe-cially in the northern part of this mission area – inwhat is now known as the State of Sabah. This led tothe expulsion of most of the missionaries. However,the maturity of the lay-people meant that the localChurch grew stronger. Today, there is a vibrant localChurch with three dioceses in Sarawak, three in Sabah,

and one in Brunei; only a handful of MHMs remainand the clergy are now almost exclusively indigenous.To complement their work, and to maintain the link,young Mill Hill Missionaries are being sent to Malay-sia, including some from Cameroon.

Other missionsOther missions were among the Maoris of New Zea-land, in the Philippines, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil, Aus-tralia, and the South Atlantic. Mill Hill in Africa

Mission to Africa

In 1895 the first group of MHMs set off for Africa. TheWhite Fathers had arrived in Uganda some yearsearlier, most of them French-speaking. Protestantmissionaries from Britain were also active. It was

popularly thought that Protestants were ‘the Britishmission’ (known locally as Bangareza). The Catholicswere thought to belong to the French mission(Bafransa.) The MHMs were meant to show that theBritish could also be Catholics!

They landed in Mombasa on the Kenyan coast, andbegan their epic journey on foot to Kampala on theshores of Lake Victoria. Among them were their leader,Bishop Hanlon, Fr Thomas Matthews and Fr JamesPrendergast. Mill Hill had been entrusted with a hugearea known as the Upper Nile mission; the eastern partof this territory is today part of Western Kenya. Todaythere are several dioceses, four in Uganda and eight inKenya covering this same area.

The mission in Uganda underwent the greatupheaval of the Idi Amin years; many missionarieswere expelled, but most of our MHMs remainedthroughout the years of hardship and uncertainty. A

Fr A Merkes MHM, one of the first missionaries in India. Bishop Hanlan MHM, and the first Missionaries in East Africa

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new mission was undertaken in the far north amongthe nomadic people of the Kotido region. In 1959another new mission among nomads was begunamong the Maasai of Kenya. Later still MHMs beganworking in the coastal area of Kenya.

The CongoAt the beginning of the 20th century, the Belgiancolonial regime in the Congo Free State had acquireda reputation for extreme brutality to the native popu-lation. Reports of what was going on were widelycirculated by Protestant missionaries. In response,King Leopold II of Belgium initiated some reforms, andalso invited the ‘British’ missionaries of Mill Hill towork in his African colony. They were assigned to aremote part of this vast densely-forested country.Access to the new mission of Basankusu was onlypossible by river – many days travel up the Congo andthen further up a tributary river. Disaster soon over-took the early missionaries – some dying of fever,others from drowning. Nonetheless, new missionswere established and schools set up. After independ-ence and the country sank into chaos: some of ourmissionaries were killed. In the following years thesituation has hardly improved, but Mill Hill remains.

Sudan and South AfricaMill Hill began its mission in Sudan in 1938 andremained there during many troubled years includingthe creation of the World’s newest country: SouthSudan. They worked in the diocese of Malakal but wereforced to leave in the last few years after the resump-tion of a brutal civil war. As soon as the situationstabilises, Mill Hill plans to return.

Mill Hill’s newest mission is to South Africa wheresince the early 1990s a multinational team of MHMshave been working to help the process of peace andreconciliation.

Mission to Cameroon

Cameroon had been a German colony a few decadesbefore the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, andGerman Pallottine missionaries had begun to evange-lise. However, at the outbreak of War, the French andthe British ousted the Germans, and the missionarieswere expelled. Hundreds of African conscripts to theGerman army were interned on the island of FernandoPo – a Spanish colony off the coast of Cameroon. Theremany of them became Catholic Christians. After thewar, the larger part of the country came under French

Bishop Rogan MHM with Frs Leonard Jackobs MHM and Leo Onderwater MHM at Njinikom after Confirmation in 1932.

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control, and the British obtained control of whatbecame known as West Cameroon or British Cameroon.

At the end of the war the former conscripts returnedhome and took with them their Christian faith. Theywere few in number, but the faith that they hadreceived needed to be nurtured, grown and expanded.This was the situation the first Mill Hill Missionariesfound when they arried.

Coming to CameroonThe initiative to come to Cameroon came from theHoly See. In April 1921, Cardinal Van Rossum, Prefectof the Sacred Congregation De Proganda Fide,addressed a Letter to Father Francis Henry, secondSuperior General of Saint Joseph’s Missionary Societyof Mill Hill, proposing that Mill Hill assume missionary

responsibility for that part of Cameroon which hadbeen occupied by the British Government.

In his reply to Cardinal Van Rossum, dated 28 April1921, the Superior General said, “I have duly receivedyour letter of April 12th, in which your Eminence saysthat it is the wish of the Sacred Congregation dePropanganda Fide as so many commands requiringonly our obedience”.

Father Henry then proceeded to select the membersof the pioneer team for the Cameroons Mission, fourin number. They were:

Father John William Campling, group leader,Father Benedict RobinsonFather William ScullyFather Michael Moran.

On Tuesday, 28 February 1922, apublic departure ceremony for thesefour missionaries was held in SaintNicholas’s Pro-Cathedral, Liverpool,presided over by Bishop HenryHanlon MHM. After the bishop’sblessing “then came the actual fare-well – the kissing of the feet of thedeparting missionaries. Standing ina row in the sanctuary, the mission-aries were embraced by their fellowpriests, by the students and many ofthe local clergy, and by their rela-tives and friends… Even strong menfound it difficult to restrain theirtears, as the farewells went on

Catechists Mathias Effiem, Pius Epie, Simon Peter Nguti, Paul Mbiybe Tangwa, Joseph Tako and Ferdinand Ako

Father Michael Moran MHM Father Benedict Robinson MHM Father William Scully MHM

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during the singing of the triumphant Departure Hymnand the feelings of all found relief in the singing of

“Faith of our Fathers” in which all the pent-up emotionswere expressed… on the following day, March 1st, forthe Cameroons” (St. Joseph’s Advocate, 1922).

On Sunday morning, 26 March 1922, they landed onthe Cameroon shores at Victoria, Limbe, to begin theirmission of evangelisation in the British Cameroons.

Upon arriving to their new mission the pioneeringMill Hillers, led by Mgr. John Campling, soon made along journey on foot to visit the area that had beenentrusted to the Society. In some places they metpeople who had already received some instruction inthe faith from the former conscripts.

Having entrusted the evangelisation of this part ofthe British Cameroons to the Mill Hill Missionaries,Pope Pius XI later confirmed that action with the BullHoc apostolice on 12 June 1923, in the second year of hispontificate, with Mgr John Campling as the first PrefectApostolic.

BeginningsRight from the very beginning, the Mill Hill Missionar-ies laboured in very close collaboration with theirpowerful co-workers, the Catechists. In his secondletter from the Cameroons to the Superior General,dated 19 April 1922, Mgr. Campling had this to say

about Mr. Mathias Effiem: “there is a good nativeMathias who, when the Germans left, became HeadCatechist and he is worth his weight in gold. He tookCatechism and instruction. I should say that it ischiefly due to him and God’s grace that all the Chris-tians have kept so true and staunch to their faith”.

The Mill Hill Missionaries held the early Catechistsin very high esteem as can be seen from their maga-

Bishop Peter Rogan MHM, first bishop of Buea

Bishop John Campling, leader of the first MHMs to Cameroon.

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zine articles about such men as Mathias Effiem andPius Epie, and worked hand in hand with them. Thiscollaboration between the Mill Hill Missionaries andthe local catechists saw the Prefecture Apostolic ofBuea steadily advance in growth, becoming an apos-tolic vicariate in 1939, and a diocese in 1950.

The establishment of Catholic schools was alwaysrecognized by the Mill Hill Missionaries was an essen-

tial and indispensable part of their evangelising mis-sion. They personally taught the catechism in schoolsthey also established catechetical training centreswhere they trained a good number of committedCatechists who worked hand in hand with the Mill HillMissionaries.

The sitting up of a network of primary and second-ary schools and teacher training colleges ranks highamong the achievements of the Mill Hill Missionariesin the development of the local church in the nowEcclesiastical Province and of the wider Cameroon.From the beginning MHMs opened schools, amongthem Sasse College, which is the first secondary schoolin the whole country. Mill Hill Sisters followed –becoming involved in education and health care. MillHill Brothers helped to build new churches, convents,and schools, and passed on their building and mechan-ical skills to local people.

ExpansionThe Prefecture Apostolic of Buea entrusted to the MillHill Missionaries 94 years ago by the Holy Father hasgrown in leaps and bounds and now comprises anecclesiastical province with five dioceses, with theDiocese of Kumba being the last to be created on 7 May2016.

Bishop Jules Peeters MHM, second bishop of Buea.

Bishop Rogan with some Mill Hill Missionaries and Mill Hill Sisters. The sisters worked in Cameroon until 1964.

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Besides their missionary endeavours in Anglo-phone Cameroon, Mill Hill Missionaries expandedtheir missionary outreach to the Francophone Dioceseof Ngaoundéré in 1974 where they opened a numberof parishes.

The marvellous growth and achievement of theChurch in the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda arelargely due to the heroic and selfless dedication of MillHill Missionaries and of those Institutes of the Conse-crated Life that have been working alongside the MillHill Missionaries over the years.

The Holy See entrusted the Cameroons Mission theMill Hill Missionaries under a juridical system whichwas later organically codified in 1929 based on whatwas known as the ius commissionis. Under that system,the then Prefecture Apostolic of Buea was entrustedexclusively to Mill Hill Missionaries.

Right from the very beginning, Mill Hill Missionar-ies directed all their energies resolutely and single-mindedly towards one goal, namely, the growth tomaturity and to self-reliance of a local church, with itsown diocesan clergy. In the language of the time, MillHill wanted to plant the Church so firmly in Cameroonthat we would eventually become unnecessary, as itwere, and be free to move on to other un evangelicalareas which are marginalised and among people ofgreat need.

Cameroonian Mill Hill MissionariesWith the single intention and focus of working for thegrowth and maturity of the Local Churches where wewere serving in Africa and in Asia, the Mill Hill Societyhad no intention of recruiting vocations for priests andbrothers from the mission territories where the localchurches were young and in need of their own dioce-san clergy. However, in the Mill Hill Society Chapter

of 1988 and with the encouragement of PropagandaFide, the Society took a decision to start recruitingvocations from Africa and Asia where their work ofevangelisation had seen the church grow to becomevibrant and mature and ready to send missionariesbeyond Africa and Asia to the ends of the earth (Acts1:8).

The new Mill Hill Missionaries of African and Asianorigin, following in the footsteps of their predecessors,continue the missionary vision of Cardinal HerbertVaughan of reaching out to people who are in greatneed of God’s love and mercy. Today, we thank Godthat the new venture of recruiting vocations andforming new missionaries have borne fruits.

There are now 15 Cameroonian Mill Hill Missionar-ies serving in different parts of the world. Many moreyoung men continue to be attracted to the charism ofthe Mill Hill Missionaries and are undergoing forma-tion at our formation house in Nkwen-Bamenda andoutside of Cameroon. The young men in formation, arebeing formed for mission: bringing the Good news ofGod’s love and mercy to those who are in greatest need.

Since 1922 when the pioneering Mill Hill Missionar-ies came to Cameroon to date, four generations of MillHill Missionaries have engaged and continue toengage in the work of evangelisation under the mottoof amare et servire.

The Future.Cardinal Vaughan’s missionary society has changedso much in those 150 years but its dedication to hisvision and mission grows every stronger. In 2014,young members from Africa and Asia met in Londonand prayed at his grave and in the cathedral he built:a sign, if ever one were needed, that new missionarieswill continue his vision well into the next 150 years.

The young Mill Hill Missionaries from Africa and Asia with the Superior General in London, 2014.

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94 Years of Love andService in CameroonMgr John CamplingMgr Peter RoganFr Maurice McEvoyFr Michael MoranFr William KellyFr William Scully

Fr Peter HamFr Leonard JacobsFr Ivo Stokman Fr Franz FiglFr Anton SchmidFr Cornelius Hoevenaars

Fr Leo BarryFr Benedict RobinsonFr John ScottFr Francis AltmannFr Francis Woodman

First Generation of MHMs in Cameroon 1922-1935

Fr Anthony BruensFr Gerard van RoozendaalFr John JanssenFr Peter DoeswijkFr Janus van DalFr Arnold KerkvlietFr Franz AltmannFr Anton AkkermansFr Leo OnderwaterFr Anton van de VlugtFr John ArdtsFr Francis McGrathFr Daniel Spraggon

Fr Tjeu Nabben,Fr Wijnand NelissenFr Michael MurphyFr John BrekelmansFr Francis KellyFr Michael Begley,Fr Bill BoetzkesFr Alois SchgörFr Samuel CarneyFr Tom Burke KennedyFr Tom FitzsimonsFr William DoranFr Jaap Kroon

Fr George GussenhovenFr Charles HarrasserFr Peter HeijmansFr Ben KolkmanFr Francis WagenaarFr John PrestonFr Lorenz OberarzbacherFr Jan ThiellierFr Joop JansenFr Nicholas van BilderbeekFr Arthur McCormackFr Cornelius BekemaFr Jules Peeters

Second Generation of MHMs in Cameroon 1935-1950

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Fr Herman van ‘t HoffFr Toon van AmerongenFr Peter JacobsFr Herman Bots,Fr John AltinkFr Joe BockFr Herman WoltersFr Cornelius BroersFr Peter GlancyFr Co HoogenboomFr Gerard BalleringFr Noel CannonFr John McKeoghFr Stephen CaulfieldFr Henri PeetersFr John GoedhartFr Michael KelliherFr Marinus DamenFr George GussenhovenFr Matthew NabbenFr Otto de WolfFr Gerald O’SullivanFr Alois MittererFr Lawrence FlinnFr Cornelius BrohmFr Theo BeemsterFr Henry WehkampFr John KolkmanFr Joseph HolzknechtFr Terry O’FarrellFr Fons ter BekeFr Peter NabbenFr John MolenaarFr James BoyleFr Patrick J. RyanFr James van BleisemFr Sydney FarmerFr John McCluskeyFr James NielenFr George SaraberFr Francis MonaghanFr Hans KronbichlerFr Antony MurphyFr Felix GilfedderFr Henny SlotFr Theo GeurtsenFr Harold PaceyFr Jan RekelhofFr Leo van Son

Fr Tjeu StienenFr Frans WagenaarFr Martin KeizerFr Giel de RooyFr Cornelius SchoutenFr Bernard StopelFr Tony L. JanssenFr Henk AveskampFr John LeijenFr Cornelius OprinsFr John CourtneyFr William ZwarthoedFr Matthew MintoFr John OrdFr Sylvester PonjéFr Patrick PowerFr Patrick J. RyanFr Simon StaatsFr Huub StockmannFr James TolFr Aloysius ZacherFr Ignatius SullivanFr Maurice McGillFr Lambert KiggenFr Anthony JansenFr Henri PeetersFr Peter DroogFr James DolanFr Willem ZwarthoedFr Nol VerhoevenFr Georg HanserFr Frans MeulemansFr Patrick HarringtonFr Willem op de WeeghFr Walter StifterFr Bernard FoxFr Oswald HolzerFr Hermann GuflerFr Patrick LittlewoodFr Gerard BoumFr John ConroyFr Thomas FitzsimmonsFr John HaakFr Louis van EmmerikFr Peter EdwardsFr Robert O’NeilFr Jeremiah DoonaFr Henry RiesthuisFr Michael McConville

Fr John BrummelhuisFr Ben BeemsterFr Martin KoopmansFr Patrick RyanFr George SaraberFr Michael HighlandFr Hans WilleitFr Martin van der WerffFr Peter MairFr Piet KosterFr John KelderFr Erwin HainFr Ben StukartFr Tony AmortFr Alois MittererFr Anthony MorganFr John ThompsonFr Nicholas GrootFr Joseph BoekemaFr Daniel CallinanFr Harry van DongenFr Tom TwomeyFr Tony TurbettFr Frederick ten HornFr Francis McCarthyFr Henry OlislagersFr Peter WatsonFr Thomas MulliganFr Bernard StukartFr Bill TollanFr John WrennFr Aloys ReicheggerBr Anthony BlomBr Fidelis RensingBr Jos TrimbachBr Frans te BulteBr Huub WeltersBr Eddy SlawinskiBr Engelbert SoráBr Florian RizziBr Anthony PerflerBr Alois PrechtlBr Piet HosmanBr Joseph PrillerBr Karl DallasegaBr Toon BlomBr Denis BakkumBr Theo van der Velden

Third Generation of MHMs to Cameroon 1950-1980

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Fr Frans SchoutenFr Kevin HughesFr Brian OswaldFr Thomas SinnottFr Noel FeenyFr James JumaFr Liam CumminsFr Gerald DoyleFr Frederick GrootFr John McAuley

Fr Eugene PereiraFr Andrew MukuluFr Abner DimoFr Henry DelfinFr Richard NjorogeFr Christopher HancockFr Stephen GilesFr Dominic NyachotiBr Duncan MacGilvrayFr Noah Monday Mbabazi

Fr Tiberius VuniFr Benedict Ohanga OduorFr Vijay KumarFr Nicholas AbbaFr Stephen BottoFr Lawrence OtienoFr John Rose CirilFr Norbert OdungaFr Poulson Pasala

Fourth Generation of MHMs to Cameroon 1980-

Fr Richard NjorogeFr Arnold VerhoevenFr Henri PeetersFr Patrick HarringtonFr Hermann Gufler

Br Huub WeltersBr Duncan MacGilvrayFr Christopher HancockFr Elvis Shudzeka BerkaFr Dominic Nyachoti

Fr Benedict Ohanga OduorFr Noah Monday MbabaziFr Tiberius VuniFr Lawrence OtienoFr John Rose Ciril

Mill Hill Missionaries in Cameroon in 2016

Mgr. John CamplingBp. Peter RoganBp. Jules PeetersFr Ivo StokmanFr Anthony van de VlugtFr Francis FiglFr Alois MittererFr Michael MoranFr Peter HamFr William Kelly,Fr William ScullyFr Leonard JacobsFr Ben StopelFr William op de WeeghFr John Kolkman (died on trek)

Fr John RekelhofFr John BrummelhuisFr Peter NabbenFr Janus van DalFr John MolenaarFr John AltinkFr Henry SlotFr Cornelius BroersFr Jeremiah DoonaFr Peter DoeswijkFr Hubert StockmanFr Bob O’NeilFr Cornelius SchoutenFr Bill BoetzkesFr Thomas Burke Kennedy

Fr Arnold KerkvlietFr John McKeoghFr Anthony JansenFr William ZwarthoedFr Lambert KiggenFr Joseph HolzknechtFr Peter DroogFr Martin KoopmansFr Cornelius OprinsFr George HanserFr Francis MonaghanFr Norbert OdungaFr Vijay Kumar

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Trekking

Fr Arthur McCormackFr Jan ArdtsFr Gerard BoumaFr Silvester PonjéFr Francis WoodmanFr Nico van BilderbeekFr John CourtneyFr George CunninghamFr Harry van DongenFr Peter KosterMill Hill SistersFr Francis McGrath

Fr Henk OlislagersFr John McDermottFr John PrestonFr Jan HaakFr Gerard HeinsFr Jaap TolFr Matthew MintoFr Frank McCarthyFr Simon StaatsFr Marinus DamenFr Jaap NielenFr Jaap van Bleisem

Fr Jan Willem StumpelFr Peter LeliveldFr Thomas MulliganFr Bill TollanFr Anthony MurphyFr John McCluskeyFr Maurice McGillFr Henri PeetersFr Peter WatsonFr Thomas TwomeyFr Lawrence Flinn

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted in the Field of Education

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Fr Aloysius ZacherFr Maurice McGillFr John McCluskey

Fr Henri PeetersFr James NelienFr Stephen Botto

Fr Christopher HancockFr Richard Njoroge

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Seminary Formation

Fr Anthony JansenFr Anthony BarnicleFr Erwin Hain

Fr Martin van der WerffFr Hermann GuflerFr Patrick Harrington

Fr Huub Stockmann,

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Finances

Br Joseph TrimbachBr Francis te Bulte

Br Hans RaffainerBr Eddy Slawinski

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Technical Works and Training

Fr Anton SchmidFr Toon Bruens

Fr Arie KerkvlietFr Jan Kelder

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Catechetical Initiatives

Fr Gerard BalleringFr Nicholas Groot

Fr Fidelis RensingFr Martin Koopmans

Fr Harry van DongenFr John Kolkman

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Agricultural Projects

Mgr. Jules PeetersFr Siem StaatsFr Leo van SonBr Theo van der Velde

Fr Nicholas GrootFr Bert Kiggen, Br Huub WeltersBr Francis te Bulte

Fr Francis MeulemansFr Walter StifterFr Hans WilleitBr Anthony Blom

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Building Work

Fr John Brummelhuis ‘John the Road’Br Francis te Bulte

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Road Building

Fr Silvester Ponjé Vicar GeneralBuea Diocese

Fr Joseph Boekema Vicar GeneralBamenda Archdiocese

Fr Michael de Rooy Vicar GeneralKumbo Diocese

Fr Bernard Stopel Vicar GeneralKumbo Diocese

Fr Peter Watson Vicar GeneralKumbo Diocese

Fr Arnold Verhoeven VicarGeneral Mamfe Diocese

Fr Frans Meulemans VicarGeneral Ngaoundéré Diocese

Fr Georg Hanser, Mill Hill SocietyRepresentative

Fr William op de Weegh, Mill HillSociety Representative

Fr Bill Tollan, Mill Hill SocietyRepresentative

Fr Maurice McGill, Mill HillSuperior General and SocietyRepresentative

Fr Andrew Mukulu, Mill HillSociety Representative

Fr Richard Njoroge, Mill HillSociety Representative

Fr Christopher Hancock, JudicialVicar Bamenda EcclesiasticalProvince

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Administration

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Fr Ben Stukart Fr Leo Onderwater

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Publications and Photography

Br Jos TrimbachBr Frans te BulteBr Huub WeltersBr Eddy SlawinskiBr Engelbert Sorá

Br Florian RizziBr Anthony PerflerBr Alois PrechtlBr Piet HosmanBr Joseph Priller

Br Karl DallasegaBr Toon BlomBr Denis BakkumBr Theo van der VeldenBr Duncan MacGilvray

Mill Hill Missionaries Noted for Building, Catechesis and Technical Works

Fr Anthony Turbett †Fr Arthur McCormack †Fr Benedict Robinson †Fr Bernard FoxFr Christopher HancockFr Daniel Spraggon †Fr Denis Healey †Br Duncan MacGilvrayBr Edward SlawinskiFr Felix Gilfedder †Fr Francis McCarthy †Fr Francis McGrath †Fr Francis Monaghan †Fr Francis Woodman †Fr George Cunningham †Fr John Campling †Fr John ConroyFr John Courtney †

Fr John McAuleyFr John McCluskeyFr John McDermott †Fr John Ord †Fr John Preston †Fr John Scott †Fr Michael McConvilleFr Patrick McDonald †Fr Harold Pacey †Fr Francis Kelly †Fr William Kelly †Fr John TaylorFr John Thompson †Fr Joseph Bock †Fr Kevin HughesFr Laurence FlinnFr Leo Barry †Fr Matthew Minto †

Fr Patrick Littlewood(RIP)Fr Patrick PowerFr Peter Edwards †Fr Peter Glancy †Fr Peter WatsonFr Samuel Carney †Fr Stephen BottoFr Stephen Caulfield †Fr Stephen GilesFr Sydney Farmar †Br Thomas Cusack †Fr Terence O’Farrell †Fr Thomas Fitzsimons †Fr Thomas Mulligan †Fr William Doran †Fr William Scully †Fr William Tollan

Mill Hill Missionaries from the United Kingdom

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Fr Alois MittererBr Alois Prechtl †Fr Aloysius Schgör †Fr Aloysius Zacher †Fr Anthony Amort †Fr Anthony Kneidinger †Br Anthony PerflerFr Anthony Schmid †

Fr Charles Harrasser †Br Engelbert Sorá †Fr Erwin HainBr Florian Rizzi †Fr Francis Altmann †Fr Francis Figl †Fr George HanserBr Hans Raffeiner

Fr Hermann GufflerFr Johann KronbichlerFr John WilleitFr Joseph Holzknecht †Br Karl DallasegaFr Laurence Oberarzbacher †Fr Peter MairFr Walter Stifter

Mill Hill Missionaries from the Tyrol (German Speaking Region)

Fr Anthony MurphyFr Francis KellyFr Gerard O’Sullivan †Fr James BoyleFr James Dolan †Fr Jeremiah Doona †Fr John McKeogh †Fr John Wrenn †

Fr Maurice McEvoy †Fr Maurice McGillFr Michael HylandFr Michael Kelliher †Fr Michael Moran †Fr Michael Murphy †Fr Noel Cannon †Fr Noel Feeney

Fr Patrick HarringtonFr Patrick J. RyanMgr. Peter Rogan †Fr Thomas Burke-Kennedy †Fr Des Ignatius Sullivan †Fr Thomas SinnottFr Thomas Twomey †Fr William Kelly †

Mill Hill Missionaries from Ireland

Fr Brian OswaldFr Eugene Pereira

Fr John Rose CirilFr Nicholas Abba

Fr Poulson PasalaFr Vijay Kumar

Mill Hill Missionaries from India

The new face of Mill Hill Cameroon: members and students

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Fr Anthony Akkermans †Fr Anthony Bruens †Br Anthony Blom †Fr Anthony Jansen †Fr Anthony Louis JansenFr Alphonsus ter Beke †Fr Anthony van de VlugtFr Arnold Kerkvliet †Fr Arnold VerhoevenFr Bernard Kolkman †Fr Bernard Stopel †Fr Bernard BeemsterFr Bernard Stukart †Fr Christian van Dal †Fr Cornelius Bekema †Fr Cornelius Broers †Fr Cornelius Brohm †Fr Cornelius Hoevenaars †Fr Cornelius Oprins †Fr Cornelius Schouten †Br Denis Bakkum †Br Engelbert Sinkeldam †Br Fidelis Rensing †Fr Francis MeulemansFr Francis SchoutenBr Francis te Bulte †Fr Francis Wagenaar †Fr Frederick Groot †Fr Frederick ten HornFr George Gussenhoven †Fr George SaraberFr Gerard Ballering †Fr Gerard Bouma †Fr Gerard Heins †Fr Gerard van Roozendaal †

Br Godfried Koppers †Fr Herman Bots †Fr James van Bleisem †Fr John Altink †Fr John Ardts †Fr Henri PeetersFr Anthony MorganFr Henry Aveskamp †Fr Henry Olislagers †Fr Henry RiesthuisFr Henry SlotFr Henry van Dongen †Fr Herman van ‘t Hoff †Fr Herman Wolters †Fr Hubert StockmannBr Huub WeltersFr Ivo Stokman †Fr James Kroon †Fr James NielenFr James Tol †Fr John Brekelmans †Fr John Brummelhuis †Fr John Goedhart †Fr John Haak †Fr John Janssen †Fr John Kolkman †Fr John Leijen †Fr John MolenaarFr John Rekelhof †Fr John Thiellier †Fr John WehkampFr Joseph BoekemaBr Joseph Trimbach †Br Jules Peeters †Fr Lambert Kiggen †

Fr Leonard Jacobs †Fr Leonard Onderwater †Fr Leonard van Son †Fr Louis van Emmerick †Fr Marinus Damen †Fr Martin Keizer †Fr Martin Koopmans †Fr Martin van der Werff †Fr Matthew Nabben †Fr Matthew Stienen †Fr Michael de Rooy †Fr Nicholas Groot †Fr.Nicholas van Bilderbeek †Fr Otto de Wolf †Fr Peter Doeswijk †Fr Peter Droog †Fr Peter Ham †Fr Peter Heymans †Fr Peter Hoogenboom †Br Peter Hosman †Fr Peter Jacobs †Fr Peter Koster †Fr Peter Leliveld †Fr Peter NabbenFr Simon Staats †Fr Sylvester Ponjé †Fr Theo GeurtsenFr Theodore BeemsterBr Theodore van der Velden †Fr William Boetzkes †Fr William op de WeeghFr William Zwarthoed †Fr Wijand Nelissen †

Mill Hill Missionaries from the Netherlands

Fr Daniel Callinan †Fr Anthony Barnicle †

Fr Robert O’NeilBr Godfried Koppers

Mill Hill Missionaries from the United States of America

Fr Abner Dimo Fr Henry Delfin

Mill Hill Missionaries from the Philippines

Fr Abner DimoFr Henry DelfinFr James JumaFr Andrew MukuluFr Richard Njoroge

Fr Elvis Shudzeka BerkaFr Norbert OdungaFr Benedict OhangaFr Dominic Nyachoti

Fr Tiberius VuniFr Noah Monday MbabaziFr Lawrence Otieno

Mill Hill Missionaries from Kenya and Uganda

About 245 Mill Hill Missionary priests and brothers , 26 lay associates and 26 Mill Hill Sisters have served inCameroon since 1922: a total over 300 Mill Hill Missionaries.

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David BartonHans and Liam BeentjesAngelique BertelsKathryn BourkeCaroline BrooksStephen CollMargit DunderHildegard Gstrein

Hans and Elizabeth HeijnenRuth HopkinsMary HughesKeith JohnsonJacqueline KouwenhovenJohn NaughtonEuphemia RoelingAnne Shelley

Mary SpencerCormac and Martin WalshJacques and Jose VosAnderea HewittPaul SnoerenCora SnoerenToon van Kaam

Mill Hill Missionary Associates

Bojongo, Bernard Robinson, 1922(1894)

Sasse, John Camplinng, 1922(1907)

Bota, William Kelly, 1922 (1908)Shishong, Michael Moran, 1923

(1913)Soppo, Maurice McEvoy, 1925Baseng, Peter Ham, 1926Ossing, William Scully, 1926 (1912)Njinikom, Leonard Jacobs, 1927

(1913)Ikassa, Peter Doeswijk ,1929 (1904)Tiko ,Francis Altmann, 1929Okoyong, Anthony van der Vlug,

1933Mankon, Francis Woodman ,1935Fiango, Joseph Bock, 1936Mbetta, Matthew Nabben, 1936Tabenken, Cornelius Hoevenaars,

1937Bafut, Francis Kelly, 1938

Babanki-Tungo, Thomas Burke-Kennedy, 1938

Djottin, Ivo Stockman, 1938Mbonge, Francis Wagenaar, 1943Muyuka, Peter Jacobs, 1943Tombel, Leonard Jacobs, 1945Nkar, Wynand Nelissen, 1948Wum, Anthony Akkermans, 1948Bambui, John McDermott, 1951Widekum, Leonard van Son, 1951Bangem, George Cunningham,

1952Nkambe, Matthew Steinen, 1955Mamfe Town, Anthony

Amerongen, 1956Bali, Bernard Kolkman, 1956Tatum, Michael de Rooy, 1957Victoria (Limbe), Peter Jacobs, 1957Djottin (Re-opened), Arnold Kerkv-

liet, 1958Akum (Bagangu), John McDer-

mott, 1960Kumbo, Jules Peeters, 1960

Buea, Anthony van der Vlught,1962

Kumba, John Altink, 1963Njinidom, Thomas Fitzsimmons,

1964Akwaya, Alois Mitterer, 1964Mbiame, Jeremiah Doona, 1965Bafmeng, Martin Keizer, 1965Meluf, Cornelius Schouten, 1965Bayelle, Otto de Wolff, 1966Ntambeng, Harold Pacey, 1967Nyandong, Sylvester Ponje, 1968Ndop, Herman Wolters, 1969Fundong, Joseph Holznecht, 1971Batibo, Robert O’Neil, 1973Fuli, Jeremiah Doona, 1975Ako, Francis Meulemans, 1984Jakiri, William Zwarthoed, 1986Elak-Oku, Oswald Holzer, 1986Sabongari, Hermann Guflee, 1987Baba I, Francis Meulemans, 2009Ilung, Dominic Nyachoti, 2011Fonfuka, Tiberius Vuni, 2013

Parishes Opened by Mill Hill Missionaries in NW and SW Cameroon

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Njinikom/Shishong Catechists’School, Anthony Schmid, 1936

Sasse, St. Joseph’s College , AloysiusSchgör, Michael Murphy, PeterKoster, Arthur McCormack,George Cunningham, 1939

Sasse, Holy Family Seminary,Arthur McCormack, 1943

Njinikon/Bambui TeacherTraining College, JohnMcDermott, Arthur McCormack,1944

Baseng Teacher Training College,Nicholas Bilderbeek, 1944

Bojongo Teacher Training College,Arnold Kerkvliet, ThomasMulligan, 1955

Tatum Teacher Training College,John Ardts, Gerard Bouma,Lawrence Flinn, 1957

Bamenda Sacred Heart College,Thomas Mulligan, 1961

Soppo/Mutengene TeacherTraining College, MatthewMint, 1962

Soppo Bishop Rogan College, JamesTol, 1964

Kumbo St. Augustine’s College,James Nielen, AnthonyBarnicle, Fidelis Rensing, 1964

Kom St. Bede’s College, AnthonyJansen, James van Bleisem,Robert O’Neil, 1964

Nchang Teacher TrainingCollege Henry van Dongen,1964

Nguti Pastoral and Social Centre,John Kelder, 1966

Fontem Seat of Wisdom College,George Cunningham, JanWillem Stumpel, 1966

Catholic Mission Garage BigMankon, Br Joseph Trimbach,1955

Catholic Mission GarageMutengene, Br Francis teBulte, 1974

Catholic Mission Garage Kumbo,Fr James Nielen, 1966-1967

Schools, Colleges and Training Centres Mill Hill Missionaries have Opened

Mill Hill Missionaries in Sasse College, founded by Bishop Rogan and built by Bishop Peeters

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Who are the Friends of Mill Hill?As we saw in the story of the foundation of Mill Hill,Cardinal Vaughan and the first missionaries dependedon lay people to support them in their work of spread-ing the Gospel among those who had yet to hear theGood News of Jesus Christ. The role of these first’Friends of Mill Hill’ continues to live on in our ownFriends of Mill Hill in Cameroon.

Friends of Mill Hill are missionaries. They jointhemselves to the mission that Jesus gave to theChurch by supporting the work of Mill Hill. Friends ofMill Hill know that every Christian is called to be amissionary. Friends of Mill Hill are missionariesthrough their prayers and sacrifices for the Church'smission. Friends of Mill Hill are missionaries thoughthe care and support Cameroonian Mill Hill Studentswho are preparing to be missionaries, to leave theirown country to preach the Good News to the ends ofthe earth.

Friends of Mill Hill are challenged by Dr John NguFoncha, an outstanding Friend of Mill Hill whom theyremember with admiration. Dr Foncha was inspiredby what he had gained from the Mill Hill Missionaries:baptism, Catholic education, friendship and his owntrue missionary spirit. In that spirit he contributedland generously so that Missionaries from Cameroonwould be able to organize themselves and set up theirown formation programme, which has already borneabundant fruits with Cameroonian Mill Hill Mission-aries working throughout the world.

Behind St John’s Church, Foncha Street, Dr JohnNgu Foncha and Br Engelbert Sorà, MHM, lie buriedside-by-side, symbolising the unity between Mill Hill

Missionaries and the Friends of Mill Hill. A unity that,inspired by the example of Dr Foncha, continues togrow from strength to strength.

What do the Friends of Mill Hill Do?Friends share in the mission of the Mill Hill Mission-

aries by spreading the Good News and living charityin the home, workplace and community.

Friends share in the mission of the Mill Hill Mission-aries by praying for Mill Hill Missionaries throughoutthe world, especially those working in difficult circum-stances and for students in formaiton.

Friends make sacrifices for the material needs ofmissionaries and Mill Hill students by fundraising.They also take active part in the Chruch’s globalcollections for mission: the Holy Childhood Collectionand Mission Sunday Collection.

Friends make friends with individual Mill HillMissionaries and students, showing interest in theirwork. Friends make friends with each other and meetin groups three times a year. Friends read aboutmission, talk about mission and kindle enthusiasmfor mission.

Friends have Red Boxes into which they regularlyput what they can afford to sacrifice.

Friends celebrate Mass together. Every NovemberFriends celebrate Mass for the deceased Friends of MillHill and Mill Hill Missionaries.

Friends of Mill Hill, since the time of CardinalVaughan, are true friends who we can count on to helpus in our mission to make Christ known to the endsof the earth.

You want to know more about us? Join us!

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Messages of GoodwillFrom Christian Cardinal Tumi

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Dr and Mrs John Ngu Foncha proud to be Friends of Mill Hill!

We the Foncha Family have always worked closely with our Mill Hill Missionaries and are delighted to sendthis message of support on the occasion of their 150th anniversary.

We know that Pa Foncha would be so happy to see the formation centre on the land he gave producingyoung Cameroonian Mill Hill Missionaries who are working throughout the world with the same sprit andzeal as those first missionaries, whom he knew so well, who brought the Good News to our land 94 years ago.

Be assured of our our family’s continued support and cooperation in your mission of love and service.

Ad multos annos!

From Mamma Foncha and the whole Foncha family.

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From the Diocese of Mamfe

On the Occasion of 150 Years of Existence and 94 Years of Mission in Cameroon

On behalf of the entire Priests, Religious men and women and all Christ’s Faithful in the Diocese of Mamfe,and in my personal name, I wish you extend hearty congratulations to the Mill Hill Missionaries for theirexistence as a Missionary Society.

I am particularly grateful to God for the Mill Hill Missionaries and their heroic missionary journeysthroughout the world. I am singularly grateful to these Missionaries because I owe my Christian history tothem, as I was baptized by one of them. I have known and worked with the Mill Hill Missionaries for a longtime, both in various parishes in Buea Diocese and above all, I spent more than four years studying in Romeand living with the Mill Hill Fathers in the Mill Hill Procure. The community spirit was paramount and weshared on social evenings, a family drink which spurred us to share stories, good humour and “small congossai”.We could experience to veracity of the words of the Psalmist, “How good and how pleasant, brothers living inunity. There the Lord gives his blessing, happiness for ever”.

This is only my personal history with the Mill Hill but the history of our entire Local Church within theEcclesiastical Province of Bamenda is rooted within the traditions of the Mill Hill Missionaries. We rememberwith nostalgia the great missionaries who spread the gospel message in our country since 1922 and how theclimbed the hills, went down valleys, passed through forests and even gave their lives for the spread of theGospel. May God bless and reward them with eternal life. We look at the Mill Hill men who are still aroundand we thank God for their stamina, their strong faith and their endurance. Each Mill Hill Man around is likethe flame of faith still burning within our Local Church.

To the entire Mill Hill Society, I say Hearty Congratulations and May God continue to bless them all abundantly.

+Andrew NKEA,Bishop of Mamfe.

From the Diocese of Kumba

Congratulatory Message to the Mill Mill Missionaries

Through the Mill Hill Missionary Fathers and Brothers with the founding foresight of Herbert Cardinal Vaughanin 1866, 150 years ago, inspired by the Holy Spirit to love and to serve, (amare et servire), the command of ourLord, "Go into the whole world, proclaim the Good News", brought them, to many countries and 94 years ago,to the English speaking territory of Cameroon which covers the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda, which nowcomprises five Diocese, namely Buea, Bamenda, Kumbo, Mamfe and Kumba. None of these Dioceses can writea history without the Mill Hill Missionaries. The mother Diocese of all the Dioceses, Buea, had the Mill HillMissionaries as her first two Bishops, Bishop Peter Rogan and Bishop Jules Peeters and the other four Diocesesof the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda are more or less the projection of Bishop Jules Peeters.

The life of the Diocesan Priests in our Church Province is modelled on the spirituality and way of life ofthe Mill Hill Fathers and that is why it is convenient and possible for them to live together.

We owe a lot to the Mill Hill Missionaries for the growth of the faith and the work of evangelisation inour five dioceses. Their pastoral work for the past 94 years as well as in other places for the past 150 years didnot unfold without challenges, difficulties and obstacles, to the extent that many of them died to love and toserve God by bringing the Good News.

On behalf of all the priests and the lay faithful of the Diocese of Kumba we wish to heartily congratulatethe Mill Hill Missionaries, living and dead, for their selflessness in the spirit of humble service and love to bringthe faith to us through their work in the parishes and in our renown secondary schools in the EcclesiasticalProvince of Bamenda. May our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the author of time and who gave the mandate to theMill Hill Missionaries through the intercession of St. Joseph their Patron for the past 150 years continue toshower His blessings upon them and their work.

+Agapitus NfonBishop of Kumba

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From the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary

Congratulations to our fellow missionaries on the occasion of this special Jubilee of St. Joseph’s Mill Hill. Wethank you for your Missionary vision of continuing to pioneer and reach out to the marginalised. We ThankGod for all the years we have journeyed side by side right from the first day our Sisters arrived on Mission inCameroon sixty years ago. You are part of the history here and we are happy to be part of yours. God bless eachone of you.

From the Sisters of St Therese of the Child Jesus of Buea

We join you to thank God for 150 years of service in the Church and 94 years particularly in our local churchthat is the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province. We remain grateful to you immensely for touching our lives inprofound ways. You encountered many challenges as you shares the Word with us. Your faith has beensteadfast like that of St Joseph. The Mill Hill Fathers and Brothers remain a part of us forever.

Congratulations for the these many years of faithful service. Be assured of our prayers as you continue inyour pastoral commitments.

Ngu Grace SSTSuperior General

From the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus

Goodwill Message to Mill Hill Missionaries

The Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus, Cameroon Mission, warmly felicitate with the Mill Hill Missionarieson the celebration of your 150th anniversary of foundation.

Congratulations for the great ministry you have carried on all over the world and especially in Cameroon.Your missionary spirit, dedication, love and service has touched and changed the lives of many not onlyspiritually but otherwise.

May God Almighty bless you for your good work. May He be your strength in the years ahead.Happy Anniversary!

Sr Agnes OlayodeMission Superior

From the Conference of Religious of Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province

We the religious of the Conference of Religious of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda congratulate you onthis occasion of dual importance. We join you to thank God for the founding spirit of your founder and 94 yearsof faithful service in our local church. We remain deeply grateful for the firm foundation you have given toour Church.

May the good Lord continue to shower your endeavour with success.

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Faith of Our Fathers and Response of Our Mothers:150 Years Mhm 94 Years in Cameroon

Not everyone is good in history – in dates and times and events!Not everyone remembers the past,No oral or written tradition ignores ancestry, foundation or origin.You cannot break from the past and live said Yaya in Kenjo Jumban’s The White Man of God.No one knows where he/she is going unless you know where you come from, others say!

Come Twenty Twenty Two, Bamenda Archdiocese will shake again!Until then, it is time to shake – shake in jubilation!Come Second June Twenty Sixteen Cameroon will shake in Bamenda;Until then it’s time to reminisce and rehearse the sentiments of Nineteen Ninety SevenWhen grand pa Archbishop Paul Verdzekov made the famous quote in His Homily in Bamenda:In Christianity time has a fundamental significance… and in that Seventy Fifth AnniversaryOf Mill Hill Missionaries in Cameroon the echoes at the end of the Mass of this great hymn left Many in

tears: Faith of our fathers living still… we will be true to thee till death.

So went a popular entrance song when I grew up as a teenage choir master:We are gathered today as one family, to offer a word of thanksgiving,For the good things the Lord has given to us, O Lord we say – thank you!Mill Hill is a Hundred and Fifty Years – O Lord we say Thank you!Mill Hill is Ninety Four Years in Cameroon – O Lord we say Thank you!Mill Hill has many friends, supporters and families – O Lord we say Thank you!Mill Hill has two times seven missionary priests from Cameroon – O Lord we say Thank you!Mill Hill has over half a century students in formation for mission to love and to serve – O Lord we say

Thank you!Mill Hill Missionaries worked in Ngaoundere, Kumbo, Bamenda, Buea, Mamfe, Kumba –O Lord we say Thank you!Mill Hill is largely admired, appreciated and supported in Cameroon – O Lord we say thank you!For what has been – Lord, Thank You – for what will be, Lord, YES!

Fr Emmanuel Nuh Mbeh, MHM 17th May 2016

Mill Hill Missionaries from three Continents working in Cameroon.

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Our Mission

To go out to be followers of Christ in dialogue withpeople different from ourselves, proclaiming in ourdaily lives, in Word and Sacrament, that the Kingdomof God, present in all cultures, has been revealed in aunique way in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.

To create deeply spiritual Christ-like communitieseverywhere, and offering our own spiritually rootedinternational fellowship, as a sign that the Kingdomis present and operative in our world today.

To challenge society as a whole, through dialogue,to be transformed by the Holy Spirit along the path ofthe basic values of the Kingdom, justice and peace,forgiveness and reconciliation, global solidarity andrespect for human rights.

We have heard the words of Christ to his disciples:

Go therefore, make disciples of all nations, baptisethem in the name of the Father and of the Son andof the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all thecommands I gave you.

Together, as a Society, we are committed to actingon these words.

We believe that the Kingdom of God is the pearl ofgreat value and that the Gospel is the power of Godsaving all who have faith. To receive this gift our-selves, we set out hearts on God's Kingdom and right-eousness.

To share this gift with others, we have freely leftour homes, our relatives and friends and become, likethe apostles, witnesses to Christ proclaiming the GoodNews to peoples "far away". True to our missionaryvocation, we are ready to leave our country and ourown culture. We do so in order that the Gospel ofChrist may bring together people of different racesand may become incarnate in every culture and nation.

What We Do

The mission and work of the Mill Hill Missionariesfind expressions in various forms and ways. The lastChapter in 2005 redefined mission as the heart of theSociety and challenged all members to live out thepriorities of the Society in their respective ministries,responding appropriately to the challenges of secular-isation and globalisation in the local churches wherethey serve.

Primary Evangelisation—In many areas, there arestill large numbers of people who do not know Christand who have never heard the Gospel. Mill Hill Mis-sionaries have a preference for pioneering work: toopen up new fields, to respond boldy to fresh needsand face unfamiliar challenges.

Justice and Peace & Integrity of Creation—By pref-erence, Mill Hill Missionaries go where the need isgreatest, to the people 'most abandoned and poorestin the means of grace', to share with them theKingdom where justice and peace reign and whereGod's creation is respected and valued as God's pre-cious gift to all of us to share in.

Mission Animation—Mill Hill Missionaries seekalso to discover and unite people committed to God'sdesign for the world, to share with them their missionand to bring them to a greater awareness of their rolein God's mission. Within the local Christian commu-nity, Mill Hill Missionaries try to help the membersrealise their missionary calling.

Development Work—In many areas, Mill Hill Mis-sionaries work to bring about the integral develop-ment of peoples, not only through relief work, but alsoby creating opportunities of growth and developmenttowards a better future for the people. The buildingup and development of faith communities in urbanand rural areas are important strategy of evangelisa-tion.

Interfaith Dialogue—One important aspect of themission of the Mill Hill Missionaries is to approachpeople of different races and religions, seeking, in aspirit of dialogue, to listen to the Spirit speaking intheir cultures and traditions. In this respect, missionbecomes a humble attempt to sense God's presenceand discern the working of the Spirit among the people.

The Mill Hill Missionaries

A Mill Hill Missionary announcing the gospel through music.

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Where We Work

Mill Hill Missionaries are found in almost everycontinent of the world but more specifically in Africa,Asia, North and South America and in the homeregions of Europe. Traditionally, members originatedfrom the West and were from countries which formedpart of the home regions: Great Britain, Ireland, theNetherlands and from the German speaking areas ofNorthern Italy and Austria. Members also came fromthe North American Region. After training in centresin Britain and the Netherlands, these Mill Hill mission-aries were sent to countries in Africa: Cameroon, EastAfrica, Sudan, DR Congo, and in more recent yearsSouth Africa, and to countries in Asia: Pakistan, India,Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia. Mill Hill mission-aries are also found in New Zealand and China.

Europe—Europe is the home of the members whooriginally formed the bulk of the membership. Thesemembers came from the Home Regions and theseinclude the North American Region, the Irish Region,the British Region, the Dutch Region and the GermanSpeaking Region. Members in the Home Regions areeither enjoying their retirement from active ministryin care homes or involved in pastoral work in parishesor actively promoting the work of Mill Hill Missionar-ies.

North America—The first Mill Hill Missionarieswent to North America to work among the African-American communities after they were freed fromslavery. The very first mission was in Baltimore,Maryland. From there Mill Hill Missionaries havecontinued to make their presence felt in St Louis, LosAngeles and New York. Other than involvement inparish ministries, some members are activelyengaged in pastoral activities on a full time basis.

Latin America—In the 1970s, Mill Hill Missionarieswere present in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil andEcuador. The general thrust of these South Americanmissions was the provision of teams to respond tospecific local problems. Once these problems wereunder control, the Mill Hill teams withdrew andhanded the missions over to local clergy. At present,Mill Hill Missionaries are active only in Brazil withone member in Bolivia and another in Ecuador. TheMill Hill Missionaries were also assigned responsibil-ity for the Falkland Islands, St. Helena, AscensionIsland and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic.However, this responsibly has now been relinquished.

Africa—Mill Hill Missionaries were first assignedto Uganda in 1895. In 1905 they were sent to Congo. By

1922 they were working in Cameroon. In the later halfof 1930s they began work in Sudan. These missionar-ies were sent to these countries under politicallymotivated circumstances. Despite this, these mission-aries were able to concentrate on the training ofcatechists, catechumenate, care of the sick and thebuilding of schools and churches. Up to this day, thereare still Mill Hill Missionaries working in these coun-tries. However, their numbers have declined signifi-cantly over the years. More recently, Mill HillMissionaries were assigned to South Africa, this timein response to the request of a black township. In the1980s, faced with a declining number of new membersfrom the Home Regions, the mandate was given torecruit from those countries where Mill Hill Mission-aries traditionally work. Recruitment began inUganda, Kenya, DR Congo and Cameroon. In 2008, theAfrican Region was formed comprising the countrieswhere Mill Hill Missionaries are still actively present.

Asia—The presence of Mill Hill Missionaries in Asiabegan in the late 19th Century and has continued tothis day in Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia andthe Philippines. The mission to South Asia began withthe arrival of the missionaries to Andra Pradesh in1875. One of the first priorities was the training of localclergy. This expanded to the mission in Afghanistanin 1879 and later on in 1884 to Kashmir and the NorthWest Frontier Region of the Punjab which later onbecame part of Pakistan. Even though the missionar-ies there started as military chaplains, their attentionwas turned to the plight of the orphans. In the 1970sMill Hill Missionaries began their mission to the tribalpeople in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. Much of thework in Pakistan consisted of establishing Christianagricultural colonies and technical institutions toprovide skills to the local Christians. The Borneomission began in 1881 and with the expulsion ofmissionaries from Sabah in the 1970s, many chose tocontinue to work in the Indonesian part of Borneo.With the completion of their mission there, theymoved on to Irian Jaya.

New Zealand—In 1895, the Mill Hill Missionarieswere invited to share with the Marist Missionaries themission to the Maoris of New Zealand. The aim of theMill Hill mission was to provide a pastoral care thatwas consistent with Maori customs and culture. Itcontributed to the nurturing of a self-reliant andself-respecting Maori Catholic community, proud ofits heritage. Mill Hill Missionaries continue to bepresent in New Zealand and is considered to be one ofthe many success stories of her mission.

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In 1972 Mill Hill andthe dioceses of Buea

and Bamendacelebrated 50 yearssince the arrival of

the first Mill HillMissionaries. In thisphotograph we see

Bishops PaulVerdzekov, JulesPeeters and Pius

Awa standing bendFr Noel Hanrahan,

the Mill Hill SuperiorGeneral.

The Friends of MillHill are true friendsand give particular

support to ourstudents preparingfor the missionary

priesthood.Therefore the

celebrate with joyeach new Mill Hill

ordination.

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Mill Hill is aninternational societydrawing membersfrom all over theworld. In this photowe see young MillHill Missionariesfrom Africa and Asiaproudly wearing theiconic red sash andtheir MissionCrosses after makingtheir perpetualmissionarycommitment.

The Jubilee Class!These eight youngCameroonians willtake their temporarymissionarycommitment duringthe celebrations tomark the 150th

Anniversary of MillHill in BamendaCathedral. Withthem are two oftheir formators.

Mill Hill Students on pilgrimage to Mbekunyam, pausing for prayer at the spot where Fr Jan Kolkmann MHM died while on trek on11 October 1985

Could you live a life of love andservice as a Mill Hill Missionary?For more information about vocations as aMill Hill Missionary or to join the Friends ofMill Hill contact:

Fr Elvis Berka or Fr Arnold Verhoeven

Mill Hill MissionariesFoncha StreetNkwen-BamendaNWR Cameroon

mhmvocationcam@gmail.com

673 752 205 / 669 474 928 / 674 299 257St Joseph, Patron of the Mill Hill Missionaries.