Fr Jan de Bree was born in Utrecht 1908, youngest of ten children. At age 15 he began six years of study at a Mill Hill college, then two years at Rosendale studying philosophy and science. After a further four years with the Mill Hill order in London he was ordained in 1935. The day after ordination he and three other priests were appointed to the Auckland diocese in faraway New Zealand. On arrival in New Zealand he was sent … Continue reading Our First Parish Priest