Oceania

• 16 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - South African Cardinal Napier in Australia offers touching testimonial on Wollongong diocese mission month theme ‘Proclaiming Life for All - Witness, Liberate, Teach and Celebrate’ Wollongong (Fides Service)- A celebration of the universality of the Church’s mission and the fact that in the Catholic world north and south do not exist. The event was a ceremony to launch the missionary month of Oct ...
• 15 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Pastoral Projects Office opens new website Sydney (Fides Service) -The research and pastoral planning office of the Australian Bishops has just unveiled its new website www.ppo.catholic.org.au offering information on its progects, a FAQ about the Church in Austra ...
• 14 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Jesus, Light for the World Living the Gospel Today”: Australian Catholic Social Justice Council issues 2005 Statament for Social Justice Sunday 25 September Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus, Light for the World Living the Gospel Today” is the title of the 2005 Social Justice Statement issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in view of Australia’s national Social Ju ...
• 13 September 2005
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Salesians 25 years at the service of young people where violence among youth is widespread Port Moresby (Fides Service) -Juvenile deliquency in New Guinea is a serious problem, a matter of concern for experts, educators, civil and religious leaders. The Salesians who first came here 25 years ago to work among ...
• 12 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Hobart archdiocese Tasmania opens new Catholic Diocesan Centre: “Preaching the Gospel is still our main task” Hobart (Fides Service) - The Catholic diocese of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, has a new Centre which houses the Church’s administration and pastoral offices as well as the Catholic Development Fund, the Catholic Educ ...
• 8 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - English version of New Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church soon on sale in Australia Sydney (Fides Service) - The new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is “concise and valuable” said Bishop Kevin Manning of Paramatta diocese in Australia where the English version of the book will soo ...
• 7 September 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sr Aloisa, a life dedicated to prayer and service of others Honiara (Fides Service) - Sister Aloisa Alathamalefao an important witness of the Catholic faith in this part of the world, died recently at the age of 96. The local Catholics thank God for the life of this exemplary nat ...
• 5 September 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Family pastoral work in Solomon Islands: Church offers formation seminar for married and engaged couples Honiara (Fides Service) - The family as the basic cell of society, the sacrament of marriage as a union of man and woman called by God to share life, the values of faithfulness, sacrifice, love, recipirocal gift of self, ...
• 2 September 2005
  OCEANIA/ISOLE SALOMONE - Marianist Missionaries contribute to formation for 200 young Solomons evangelisers Honiara (Fides Service) - A formation seminar for young catechists and evangelisers was organised recently by the Marianist Missionaries in Honiara, Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Some 200 enthusiastic young peopl ...
• 31 August 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: a great opportunità for growth and evangelisation for the Church in Australia”, said retired Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Edward Clancy Sydney (Fides Service) - “World Youth Day’s injection of spiritual values could break the spirial of self-indulgence that is responsible for the cycle of suicide and alcohol that kills a signficant number of young A ...
• 29 August 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Communicators in a changing world: Solomon’s young Catholics are introduced to Information Technology and the Internet Honiara (Fides Service) - To introduce young Catholic communicators to the potential and use of the media and modern information technolology, the Catholic Communications Commission Solomon Islands recently organised a s ...
• 29 July 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Catholic Directory 2005 now available also online Sydney (Fides Service) - The Catholic Directory 2005 on the Church in Australia has just been published and is also available on line www.catholichdirectory.com.au. The directory lists all Catholic church bodies in the ...
• 25 July 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - In view of a new educational project Salesian Sisters visit the Pacific Islands Rome (Fides Service) - Sr Edna Mary Macdonald and Sr Margaret Bentley, two Salesian Sisters , visited Honiara the capital of the Solomon Islands from 17 to 21 July and then went to Fiji. The purpose was to consider est ...
• 21 July 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Muslim-Christian dialogue in Australia: prejudice and sterotypes must be put aside says Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Following the terrorist attacks in London, Bishop Christopher Prowse Auxiliary of Melbourne stressed the need to build good relations and bonds of friendship between Christian and Muslim commu ...
• 18 July 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Young Adult Ignatian Ministry prepares to take part in World Youth Day in Germany Sydney (Fides Service) -In view of the 20th World Youth Day in Germany in the coming month of August, Young Adult Ignatian Ministry YAIM has organised Magis World Youth Day for young people aged between 18 adn 26 especia ...