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MACKSVILLE




1990MACKSVILLE 
IN 1990 FATHER BERNIE RYAN SM ESTABLISHED A KOORI MINISTRY TO THE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES IN THE NAMBUCCA VALLEY IN MACKSVILLE. HE WAS JOINED IN 1996 BY THREE OTHER MARISTS, ONE EACH FROM THE PROVINCES OF OCEANIA, NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA MAKING THIS SPECIAL MINISTRY AN INTER-PROVINCIAL PROJECT WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT. ORIGINALLY THE COMMUNITY RENTED A SMALL RIVERSIDE BUNGALOW UNTIL IT WAS RELOCATED IN 2000 TO A LARGER RESIDENCE ALSO IN MACKSVILLE.

MARIST COMMUNITY
FIRST MARIST COMMUNITY HOUSESECOND MARIST COMMUNITY HOUSE
THE RESIDENCES USED BY THE COMMUNITY IN MACKSVILLE HAVE BOTH BEEN SIMPLE DOMESTIC BUNGALOWS REFLECTIVE OF THE PERSONAL NATURE OF AN APOSTOLATE SEEKING TO WORK WITH AND THROUGH THE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY IN THE NAMBUCCA VALLEY.

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