given the colonial life it had had, and its ancestors, the community worked to include the church in its work and community across the eu. this was not an easy task, as it had to meet and discuss with seychelles individuals across the community, learn to listen their advice, aspiration and needs. it also learned how other communities worked to establish a national identity, whether the mauritius, the greek, zanzibar – ismaili, lebanese, the irish, the jews, the armenians, the turks and several communities from former comecon, among these the polish community. in france the excellent rapprochement with the many north african communities of maghreb, and importantly the former algerian colony, the harkis, madagascar, and comores.