Oceania

• 2 September 2006
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholic Brother murdered Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic Brother from East New Britain was speared to death on Monday night outside Port Moresby. Br Augustine Taiwa, in his 40s, was attacked near the Xavier Institute at Bomana, where h ...
• 27 July 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Serving the Lord with joy”: Local Catholic priests renew pastoral commitment Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Serving the Lord with Joy was the theme of an annual retreat held in Honiara in the Solomon Islands attended by 36 local Catholic priests. The retreat was preached by Fr. Jim Nolan and the pri ...
• 20 July 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Ecumenism, social questions, prayer in latest issue of Catholic Australia web newsletter Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The latest issue of Catholic Australia electronic newsletter focuses on Ecumenism, Social Questions and the importance of Prayer for every Christian with numerous articles, contributions and int ...
• 19 July 2006
  OCEANIA/ISOLE SOLOMON ISLANDS - Annual Vincentian Convocation “Service to the poor leading us to Jesus” Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - To protect youth from delinquency and drug abuse and educate them to human and Christian values the Vincentians organise Vincentian Youth Groups whose aim is to put in to practice the charisma o ...
• 18 July 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Dominicans mark 50 years of life and pastoral service Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - A Dominican Jubilee was celebrated in Solomon Islands with the motto “Praise, Bless, Preach”, to mark 50 years of presence of the Dominican community today consisting of 23 Sisters and 17 p ...
• 18 July 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Intercontinental twinning: African priests next year in Brisbane archdiocese to give a hand with pastoral work Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the Australian archdiocese of Brisbane will receive two priests and two seminarians from Nigeria. The recent agreement was reached by Nigerian Bishop Lucius Ugorji of Umuahia diocese ...
• 13 July 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Nuncio tells Catholics to "live Christianity" to face challenges facing the faith in Australia Albury (Fides Service) - Speaking last Tuesday in Albury to 60 priests and monks from the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, apostolic nuncio Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli, emphasised the importance of " ...
• 11 July 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Four special Committees to prepare World Youth Day Sydney 2008 Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - World Youth Day organisers have announced the establishment of four committees to prepare Australia’s Catholic community for this major church event in 2008 which is giving rise to great joy a ...
• 10 July 2006
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - ‘Journey Together’ Salesians renew mission in Papua Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The 60 Salesian confreres of the Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands delegation began the final stage of their ‘Journey Together’, as they commenced the Delegation Days and the Assemb ...
• 6 July 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Honiara archdiocese welcomes two new deacons for service to the community and evangelisation Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Dominic Gapiurutara and Howard Deli were ordained deacons by Archbishop Adrian Smith sm, Archbishop of Honiara at Holy Cross Cathedral, on 25th June, 2006. Over 1500 people were present for a v ...
• 14 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Salesian receives national award for helping street children “off the Streets” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Rev. Chris Riley received the Order of Australia award. He is the third Salesian to receive this honour in recent years. The Order of Australia is assigned to praiseworthy citizens every year on ...
• 12 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Religious congregations, Church movements and associations start preparation for World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: Kindling the fire of mission in young hearts Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Religious congregations, Church movements and associations have started preparation for World Youth Day in Sydney 2008 with meetings of prayer and reflection, in order to become a point of ref ...
• 7 June 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISANDS - Communication to “build bridges”: seminar for pastoral workers Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - “You are building that bridge - between a village culture and a cash culture”, said Dr. John Roughan as he addressed the participants at the Media Education Seminar for parish animators, at ...
• 6 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Church Movements: springtime for mission in Oceania Paramatta (Agenzia Fides) - New Church Movements and Communities are a springtime for mission in Oceania said Bishop Kevin Manning of Paramatta diocese after Pope Benedict XVI June 3 meeting in Rome with Movements and ...
• 5 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Christian magazine on the web features theology, church ministries, culture... Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Oikonomia is the name of a new Christian magazine on line produced in Australia by the Sydney College of Divinity. The title of the magazine “God’s Plan for the Fullness of Time” is taken ...