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Known in religion as Brother Valerian, John Braniff spent some thirty-four years of his life with the Marist Brothers, working largely in their schools around Australia. This frank memoir traces his story from his childhood in Kilmarnock, Scotland, through his primary schooling there, his family's migration to Australia, and his secondary education in Victoria's Gippsland region. The narrative continues with his training and career as a Marist Brother and concludes with his decision to leave religious life and marry. His account is both a personal history and a lively portrayal of Australian Catholic education and society over the last fifty years.

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John Braniff was a member of the Marist Brothers for 34 years, during which time he served as Headmaster of a number of their schools around Australia. He also served on the Catholic Education Commission of WA, the Marist Provincial Council of the Melbourne Province and as a member of AHISA, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools. He has degrees from Sydney, New England, San Francisco and Murdoch universities and the Melbourne College of Divinity. He is the author of histories of three of the order's oldest schools in Australia St Patrick's College, Church Hill, St Ildephonsus' College, New Norcia, and Assumption College, Kilmore as well as an account of the Marist Brothers' presence in Australia: 'And Gladly Teach' (2006).

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