Oceania

• 5 November 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The Church on mission through the mass-media: new format Voice Katolika Catholic quarterly ever more popular Honiara (Fides Service) - The role of the media is to inform, educate and enhance the lives of people said Fr. Ambrose Pereira in the third issue of the Catholic quarterly Voice Katolika in its new format. The magazine ...
• 4 November 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Tetere Catholics mark 10 anniversary of Christ the King parish Honiara (Fides Service) - For ten years a large statue of Christ the King and a great Cross have watched over the town of Tetere and Christ the King Catholic parish on the island of Guadalcanal, one of six large islands ...
• 3 November 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - 'Vatican II today and tomorrow': study seminar organised by Sydney Catholic Institute Sydney (Fides Service) - A study seminar to mark the 40th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council has been organised by the Sydney Catholic Institute, a study centre for theological formation and elabora ...
• 26 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA Aboriginal Catholics at Other Way Centre celebrate 25th anniversary Adelaide (Fides Service) - For 25 years Other Way Centre in Adelaide has been a reference point of Aboriginal Catholics in and around the city. Its name derives from a desire of the Aboriginal community to find another ...
• 24 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Melbourne’s oldest Catholic Church St Francis marks 160th anniversary: busy parish, centre of propulsion for evangelisation and vocations Melbourne (Fides Service) - On 23 October Melbourne’s oldest Catholic Church, St Francis, busy parish, centre of propulsion for mission and seedbed of vocations, celebrated its 160th anniversary. The anniversary coinci ...
• 20 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian Christians give generously to special collections and other efforts of solidarity for earthquake victims in Pakistan Sydney (Fides Service) - “We are with them as they help those stricken people start a new life”, said Fr Terence Bell, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia, explaining how PMS Australia ...
• 19 October 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sister relationship between Catholic schools in Solomons and Australia Honiara (Fides Service) - Bishop Epalle School in Rove Honiara and Trinity School in Sale in Australia have established a new sister relationship which ties a double knot between the schools, pupils and teachers and hel ...
• 18 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Eucharist, source and summit of Christian life: Catholic Australia new site feature Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “For Catholics, Holy Mass is not only a sacrifice offered it is the Holy Supper. Because Jesus chose to offer himself to us as food and drink. In this way we experience God’s love for us, acc ...
• 17 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Re-imaging God and Mission within Australian cultures” ecumenical conference: Catholics prepare for World Mission Sunday Melbourne (Fides Service) - As World Mission Sunday 23 October approaches, all manner of missionary events are taking place in Australia organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies and individual missionary institutes ...
• 15 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Proclaim Life for All. Witness, free, teach celebrate”: local Mission Sunday in Australia. “A wonderful opportunity to witness: the Eucharist calls for mission”, says national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia Sydney (Fides Service) - Mission Sunday is a “great opportunity to bear witness and proclaim Christ”, Fr Terence Bell, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia said referring to events organ ...
• 14 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Re-launching mission in Oceania, celebrating Pope Paul VI’s great apostolic exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi Sydney (Fides Service) - To reflect on evangelisation in Oceania and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s great missionary exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi a series of thought-provoking conferences were held ...
• 13 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Notre Dame and St Vincents & Mater Health Sydney joint nursing degree from 2006 will focus on quality training and medical ethics Sydney (Fides Service) - Sidney’s newest University Notre Dame and St Vincents & Mater Health Sydney have entered a partnership to offer a joint nursing degree from 2006. Notre Dame’s executive director Peter Glasso ...
• 12 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Giuseppine Sisters make youth pastoral a priority in view of World Youth Day 2008 to be hosted by Sydney Sydney (Fides Service) - Draw young people to Christ, offering them ways to deepen their faith and personal vocation, spread the values of the Gospel in this generation of play stations and text messages: this is the goa ...
• 11 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ‘Caring for people with a mental infirmity’ World Day for the Sick 11 February: main celebration in Adelaide Adelaide (Fides Service) - Caring for people with a mental infirmity is the theme chosen for the 13th World Day for the Sick. Adelaide in Australia will host the main celebration of this event organised by the Catholic ...
• 11 October 2005
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholics commemorate 150th anniversary of the martyrdom of Italian missionary Blessed John Mazzucconi Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Almost one thousand Catholics from the Diocese of Alotau commemorated the 150th anniversary of the death of Blessed martyr John Mazzucconi at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on ...