Vanuatu Archives - Anglican Religious Life Yearbook

Society of Saint Francis (SSF), Solomon Islands Province

SSF friars first went to Papua New Guinea in the late 1950s. They then went on to found friaries in the Solomon Islands. The Islands … Read more

Gender: Male community

Ministry: Primarily apostolic

Lifestyle: Primarily residential in community houses

Vow: Evangelical Counsels or Benedictine vows including celibacy

Rule: Franciscan

Locations: Pacific, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Melanesian Brotherhood (MBH)

The Melanesian Brotherhood was founded by Ini Kopuria, a native Solomon Islander from Guadalcanal, in 1925. Its main purpose was evangelistic, to take and live … Read more

Gender: Male community

Ministry: Primarily apostolic

Lifestyle: Primarily residential in community houses

Vow: Mixture of members with different vow status

Rule: Mixture of traditions or non-defined

Locations: Asia, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Community of the Sisters of Melanesia (CSM)

The community of the Sisters of Melanesia is a sisterhood of women in Melanesia. It was founded by Nester Tiboe and three young women of … Read more

Gender: Female community

Ministry: Primarily apostolic

Lifestyle: Primarily residential in community houses

Vow: Mixture of members with different vow status

Rule: Mixture of traditions or non-defined

Locations: Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu