Father Guinard spent 60 years from 1901 in Fiji as a priest of the Roman Catholic Mission. Forty-two years of his service were spent at Namosi. See also PMB MS 432.
The 'Histoires de Mission, pour enfants', written in a 250-page minute book, relate events in Father Guinard's career and observations on many aspects of life in Fiji. A typewritten version of Father Guinard's manuscript appears at the end of the microfilm.
These works are believed to have been compiled by either Father C. Mathieu, SM, or Father P. Michel, SM, of the Roman Catholic Mission, Fiji. A clue to the author's identity is a notation on the last page of the grammar which reads, 'faite a Rewa 1854'. Both Father Mathieu and Father Michel were stationed at Rewa from 1852 and were there in 1854. Father Mathieu died in Sydney, NSW, in 1872. Father Michel died in New Zealand in 1887. See also PMB 432.
Father Michel died in New Zealand in 1887. See also PMB 432
See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.
Constitution and Rules for the Government of the Catholic Young Mens' Society of Fiji, 15 February 1923 and correspondence with Bishop C.J. Nicolas, SM, 1923-29.