HONORING OUR BICENTENNIALS – A PAGE FROM THE FAMILY ALBUM
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American Marianists first arrived in the missionary field of Peru in 1939, and Fr. Robert Heil — shown in this circa 1940s photo — was among the first to serve there. The Marianists established schools and staffed parishes in Lima, Callao, Chupaca and Trujillo. Fr. Robert, a beloved teacher, pastor and basketball coach, died in Lima in 2006.
Photo from the National Archives of the Marianist Province of the United States