Oceania

• 14 September 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishops' appeal for peace on Social Justice Sunday Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Australia celebrates Social Justice Sunday on September 26. The title of the document made public for the occasion by the Catholic bishops of the country is "Violence in Australia: A Message of ...
• 8 September 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New challenge for the Catholic Church: lack of religious ed teachers Newcastle (Agenzia Fides) – Maitland Newcastle Diocese children’s ministries director John Donnelly has expressed his regret for the lack of religion teachers in schools. According to a report, there were more than 1 ...
• 8 September 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Sisters of Mercy working to offer relief to residents of Carteret Islands escaping rising waters Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) – About 1700 of the Carteret Islands' more than 3000 occupants are being forced to relocate to Bougainville in Papua New Guinea to live on 48ha of land donated by the Catholic Church as their i ...
• 4 September 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Sisters of Charity in Australia launch website Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of Charity in Australia have just launched a site with information on their mission at present, in the past, and what it may look like for the future, with an archive, photo gallery, ...
• 1 September 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Healthcare workers of the Church: “unsung heroes” in the fight against HIV Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – Half of the hospitals and healthcare services present in the country are run by Christians and one-fourth of them are run by the Catholic Church. Carol Kidu, PNG Minister for Community De ...
• 1 September 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Meeting Jesus on the internet, E-Conference: “Jesus the Christ: Fully Human, Truly Divine” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Gerald O'Collins SJ will be the headline speaker at the Broken Bay Institute's next National E-Conference, 'Jesus the Christ: Fully human, Truly divine', on Thursday 16 September 2010. The ...
• 30 August 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishop of Wollongong calls for tolerance towards refugees Wollongong (Agenzia Fides) - Wollongong's Bishop Peter Ingham has celebrated Refugee and Migrant Sunday at his diocese with a call for openness and tolerance towards new arrivals. “Today is a time to remember the many ...
• 6 August 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - First National Coordinator of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Australian Bishops' Conference, in response to a request from Syro-Malabar Catholics, has appointed them their first National Coordinator. His name is Fr. Francis Kolencherry, Administrator ...
• 4 August 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Thousands registered from across the world for “Jesus the Christ” eConference Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the Broken Bay Institute are expecting thousands across the country and the globe to participate in an upcoming Jesus the Christ eConference on Se ...
• 3 August 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Walking to spread the Word: 2,000 kilometer walk in Queensland Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) – Three friends plan to walk 2000 kilometres, from Cairns to Stanthorpe in Queensland to raise awareness that the Bible remains untranslated in 2000 languages - representing 350 million people. ...
• 30 July 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Anti-Poverty Week 17 - 23 October Sidney (Agenzia Fides) – Once again this year the world will mark UN Anti-Poverty Day on 17 October. And as customary in recent years Australia will be holding its Anti-Poverty Week 17 - 23 October. Anti-Poverty Week w ...
• 28 July 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - First convention for Catholic youth ministry leaders from all over Australia Sidney (Agenzia Fides) – Leaders of Catholic Youth Ministry from all over Australia will take part in the first Catholic Youth Ministry Convention ACYMC to be held in Melbourne 1 and 3 October, open to all involved in ...
• 23 July 2010
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - Ploërmel Brothers of Christian Instruction: 150 years on mission in Polynesia Papeete (Agenzia Fides) – On 17 October 1860 five Brothers of Christian Instruction arrived in Tahiti, from Ploërmel in France. The Superior Brother Albert Marie, was 27, and his four companions were only 19 years old ...
• 22 July 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Churches in Australia call for solidarity with Palestinian Christians Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – In solidarity with Palestinian Christians, the leaders of the different Churches in Australia have asked the wider Australian community to consider a boycott of goods produced by Israeli settle ...
• 22 July 2010
  OCEANIA/WALLIS and FUTUNA - The people of Wallis and Futuna are proud of their missionaries and pray for them always Wallis e Futuna (Agenzia Fides) – “Evangelised more than 170 years ago, in turn, the Islands Futuna and Wallis now send missionaries around the world. The proportion of priests and religious sent on mission by this l ...