The ruins of an old Catholic mission stand on the southern side of Niutao, half-overgrown with creeper and pandanus. Christianity arrived in Niutao in the nineteenth century through the London Missionary Society and quickly reshaped daily life on the island; the Catholic mission came later and never put down deep roots, as most of the population remained with the Protestant church that became the Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu.
The walls are coral and lime mortar, much weathered, and the roof is long gone. A short walk through the bush from the Kulia–Teava road brings you to the site; the village will tell you who to ask permission from. It is a quiet, neglected place that gives a small sense of how the missionary century reshaped the Pacific in ways the islands are still working out.