Oceania

• 13 March 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Muslim and non Muslim Australians in dialogue at Old Parliament House, Cardinal George Pell Archbishop of Sydney was there Canberra (Fides Service) - To discuss the place of Muslims in Australia some 340 non Muslim and 40 Muslim Australians were chosen from a representative sample of 1,400 Australians to take part in a 2 day meeting at Old P ...
• 12 March 2007
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Catholics mourn Marist missionary Bishop Gerard Francis Loft who died a month ago in his native New Zealand Honiara (Fides Service) - “Jesus said to Simon Peter: do not be afraid from now on you will be fishers of men” (Lk 5, 11). This promise made by Jesus after the “miraculous catch of fish”, was fulfilled in the lif ...
• 7 March 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “We are One and we are Many”: archdiocese of Adelaide focuses Lenten Programme on Multi-Cultural richness Adelaide (Fides Service) - The society of Adelaide, the principal city of South Australia, is markedly multi-cultural with various generations of emigrants from many different European and Asian countries, and the local ...
• 6 March 2007
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - Many young Polynesians need to know more about Jesus and his message of happiness and hope.: mission during Lent, dedicated this year to evangelising young people and helping the poor Papeete (Agenzia Fides) - “Too many Christians live Lent absentmindedly…their minds are more concerned with other things” Archbishop Hubert Coppenrath of Papeete, Tahiti, writes in a local Catholic periodical La Se ...
• 3 March 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - 500 Days to World Youth Day, group registration now open. Carpenters busy making 500,000 little copies of WYD Cross for distribution to participants Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - March 2007: With 500 days to go until the start of World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia 2008 (WYD08), organisers have announced a package of measures for international pilgrims.The measures inclu ...
• 23 February 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - National Directors Pontifical Mission Societies in Oceania aim to increase mission awareness among young people in view of WYD 2008 and consider a 1st Mission Congress hosted by Oceania Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - To share experience, impressions and ideas, intensify contact: in this spirit Father Terry Bell, National Director of Catholic Mission Australia, Father Paul Shannahan (New Zealand), Father Nick ...
• 19 February 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Every Day with Jesus”: Brisbane archdiocese proposes multi media resource Lent preparation programme for all age groups Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) - Every Day with Jesus is the title of a 2007 Lent to Pentecost programme made available by the Catholic archdiocese of Brisbane to encourage the faithful to spend a little time every day with Je ...
• 17 February 2007
  OCEANIA - The role of Catholic media in the Pacific area Melbourne (Fides Service) - Catholic media can play an important role to help alleviate social economic and political crisis in various part of the Pacific. This emerged from a Seminar in Melbourne for Church representat ...
• 16 February 2007
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sisters of Mary Help of Christians open first community to help in the field of youth pastoral for girls Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Catholic women religious in Solomon Islands recently increased with the arrival of three Sisters of Mary Help of Christians called to open a new local community. Sr. Sialei Taofino ...
• 15 February 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal George Pell present at the opening of Australia’s first Catholic Crematorium Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Australia’s first Catholic crematorium was opened in Sydney with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney. The project includes a Catholic chapel and crematorium, condole ...
• 13 February 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Rockhamton diocesan Community lives Year of Evangelisation: Bishop asks Catholics to stop for five minutes prayer at midday wherever they are Rockhampton (Fides Service) - Make an effort for mission, carry the Good News to those who have yet to hear it and announce God’s love to those who suffer or are alone and desperate; evangelise families putting the cul ...
• 9 February 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ‘Catholic Outlook’ Parramatta’s diocesan tabloid newspaper celebrates 100th edition with new graphics and more contents Parramatta (Fides Service) - Catholic Outlook the official publication of the Diocese of Parramatta is a point of reference for the local Catholic community. The tabloid recently celebrated its 100th edition with an ove ...
• 6 February 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Institute of Sydney offers Missiology Units 2007 Masters Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - An introduction to contemporary understandings of mission, the educational significance of evangelisation, Catholic Social Teaching and justice issues, dynamic intervention between the faith of t ...
• 3 February 2007
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Melanesian spirituality, good basis for proclaiming the Gospel among the “dark skinned people of Oceania” Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Melanesia culture and spirituality, a holistic understanding of human and divine, was a good basis for announcing the Good News of Jesus Christ. In fact only 150 years since the first attempts a ...
• 30 January 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ‘Australian Catholics’ Magazine ever more popular, sharing stories of newly found hope and lived faith Richmond (Agenzia Fides) - It is sought and read with interest and enthusiasm in communities, parishes, schools, serving also for youth pastoral and formation for students: “Australian Catholics- Faith and living for c ...