{"id":7465,"date":"2024-09-27T10:47:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/?page_id=7465"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:40:28","slug":"marist-brothers-high-school-suva-fiji","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/marist-brothers-high-school-suva-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"MARIST BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL, SUVA, FIJI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/correct-badge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/correct-badge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7472\" style=\"width:246px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/correct-badge.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/correct-badge-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marist_Brothers_High_School,_Fiji\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marist_Brothers_High_School,_Fiji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marist Brothers High School, Suva, Fiji<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE FIRST PEACE FIELD PROJECT PEACE PITCH, FIJI.<\/h2>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qsX3iqtwXoc?si=izIpOtZxbb-LiOmg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/75-PLAQUES-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/75-PLAQUES-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/75-PLAQUES-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/75-PLAQUES-300x225.jpg 300w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FIJI-PFP-ON-WALL-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FIJI-PFP-ON-WALL-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7536\" style=\"width:295px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FIJI-PFP-ON-WALL-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FIJI-PFP-ON-WALL-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FIJI-PFP-ON-WALL-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FIJI-PFP-ON-WALL-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FIJI-PFP-ON-WALL-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Marist Brothers High School<\/strong>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholicism_in_Fiji\">Roman Catholic<\/a>&nbsp;all-boys&#8217; high school situated in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suva\">Suva<\/a>, the capital of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiji\">Fiji<\/a>. It is a school in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Society_of_Mary_(Marists)\">Marist<\/a>&nbsp;tradition, founded in 1946 by the order of Marist Brothers, which has had a presence in Fiji since 1844.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The first&nbsp;Fijian&nbsp;Contingent left for Britain in January 1915<\/strong>. After further training in Britain they fought in the battles of Flanders. Nine Fijian soldiers lost their lives and 31 were wounded. A second Fijian Contingent left for Britain in July of that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first Peace Field Project Peace Pitch in Fiji is twinned with The Peace Pitch, Flanders, Mesen, Belgium, site of the 1914, First World War, Christmas truces.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">THE FIRST PEACE PITCH IN FIJI<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140019-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7920\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Marist Brothers High School, Suva, Fiji welcome the Children&#8217;s Football Alliance&#8217;s Ernie Brennan and Paul Cooper to their Peace Field Project Peace Pitch twinning event, Monday 28th October 2024.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<strong>Marist Brothers High School share the values of The Peace Field Project.  We are very proud to be the first ever peace pitch in Fiji.  The First World Ware historical connections with Fiji help educate our boys in many ways.  We are a school that prides itself on sport and inclusion.  We look forward to annual events celebrating peace through play<\/strong>&#8216;.  Master Asish Dayal, Principal, Marist Brothers High School, Suva.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140061.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140061-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7921\" style=\"width:437px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Cooper, Director, CFA (left) and Master Asish Dayal, Principal, Marist Brothers High School (right) signing The Peace Field Project Declaration of Peace Certificates.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<strong>The Peace Field Project continues to grow and it is schools like the Marist Brothers High School, Fiji that indentify with the value of peace education through play.  The Children&#8217;s Football Alliance welcomes the first ever Fiji peace pitch too the International Peace Field Projec<\/strong>t.&#8217;   Ernie Brennan, CEO, CFA. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140016-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7922\" style=\"width:457px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ernie Brennan, CEO, CFA, talks to the Marist Brothers High School boys about the significance of their peace pitch twinned with Flanders Peace Field, site of the 1914 First World War, Christmas truces.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11210003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"7923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11210003-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7923\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11210004.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"7925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11210004-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7925\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11210005.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"7926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11210005-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7926\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11210012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"7924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11210012-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7924\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The twinning event witnessed the hoisting of the Commonwealth Flag of Peace for the first time in Fiji at the Marist Brothers High School.  On behalf of the Commonwealth Trust the CFA presented Master Asish Dayal, Principal with the Commonwealth Flag of Peace.  The Marist Brother&#8217;s pupils sang their school anthem to celebrate the event.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"7927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140014-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7927\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140037.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"7929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140037-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7929\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140038.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"7928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/S1140038-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7928\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Marist Brothers High School boys would like to thank Brighton &amp; Hove Albion Football Club for the kind donation of Premier League football kits.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marist Brothers High School, Suva, Fiji THE FIRST PEACE FIELD PROJECT PEACE PITCH, FIJI. 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