Oceania

• 10 March 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New monthly newsletter on the Internet on Mission and Spirituality, information service for Australian Catholics Sydney (Fides Service) - Internet is increasingly a field for evangelisation and the Australian Church is making an effort to follow the indications of the Holy Father who has repeatedly said, also recently in his messag ...
• 8 March 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “I am ready for mission in Australia”, says new Papal Nuncio in Canberra Canberra (Fides Service) - Recently the new Papal Nuncio to Australia Archbishop Ambrose De Paoli, was welcomed by the Catholic Bishops of Australia, staff at the Nunciature in Canberra, many priests and local Catholics ...
• 7 March 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - New Catholic radio broadcasts over the Pacific: Salesians fathers launch Radio Bosco to spread Good News Honiara (Fides) - A new Catholic broadcaster is sending the Word of God across the Pacific. Radio Bosco is the name of a Catholic radio station launched by the Salesian Fathers in Solomon Islands. The radio commenced it ...
• 2 March 2005
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Caritas Solomon Islands collaborates to fight AIDS in Papua New Guinea Honiara (Fides Service) - To intensify cooperation in programmes of healthcare and development in the Pacific, recently Caritas Solomon Islands sent one of its teams on a three week visit to Papua New Guinea. In Madang, ...
• 1 March 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Mission in Australia past and present: Fides Dossier with documentation from Propaganda Fide mission history archives Sydney (Fides Service) - It was the year 1676 when Dominican Father Vittorio Riccio wrote from Manila to the “De Propaganda Fide” College in Rome offering to lead a mission of evangelisation in lands still further to ...
• 1 March 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops launch Australian Catholic Church Television Sydney (Fides Service) - Christians in Australia have a new means of listening to the Word of God, hearing meditations on the Bible or following televised Mass thanks to Aurora Community Television, opened by the Catholi ...
• 24 February 2005
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Four congregations of Sisters of Mercy decide to become one to face challenge of new evangelisation more effectively Wellington (Fides Service) - The four congregations of “Sisters of Mercy” in New Zealand announced that they will merge to form one new order “Sisters of Mercy of New Zealand”. The respective superiors have made ...
• 23 February 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Announcing Christ through art and music and computer science: Catholic school in Tenaru adds new subjects to its programme Tenaru (Fides Service) - Music and art and the Internet can touch the human heart and so they can serve for evangelisation. With this conviction St Joseph’s Catholic School in Tenaru, Solomon Islands, added to its curr ...
• 21 February 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Applications to take part in World Youth Day in Germany pour in Sydney (Fides Service) - In Australia there is growing enthusiasm for the 20th World Youth Day event in Germany in August this year as the number of young Australians applying to participate continues to increase. For th ...
• 21 February 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - 70 years of mission, witness and service in the Solomon Islands: new leadership for Daughters of Immaculate Mary DIM Honiara (Fides Service) - For 70 years they have been present in Solomon Islands, involved in first evangelisation, pastoral work, education, service of the poor: the Daughters of Immaculate Mary recently held an extraor ...
• 17 February 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Little Church in the Pacific welcomes new vocations: new members for Dominican sisters and brothers Honiara (Fides Service) - New vocations in Solomon Islands are a great encouragement for the local Church. In a report sent to Fides Honiara archdiocese says that an increasing number of young men and women are choosing ...
• 15 February 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - "Be a Light for all to see" says former parish priest now Bishop of Auki at blessing of new parish at Noro attended by Christians of various denominations Honiara (Fides Service) - After years of challenge and hard work the Catholic Community at Noro, Gizo diocese Western Province, Solomon Islands, proudly witnessed the fruit of their efforts as they dedicated their new ch ...
• 9 February 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Lent forces us to come to terms with the ‘tsunami’ of sin and evil in our lives” Archbishop of Melbourne says in Lenten Letter 2005 Melbourne (Fides Service) - Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne has said that “parishes communities and individuals have been deep in prayer and practical and financial support for those who had their livelihood destroy ...
• 4 February 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Youth of Solomon Islands (Tetere, Tanagai and Tenaru) attend leadership encounter in preparation for World Youth Day 2005 in Germany. “We have come to adore Him”: testimony of encounter and also against abuse of drugs and alcohol Honiara (Fides Service) - 161 persons registered for the Youth Leadership Encounter, held at Don Bosco Hall, Henderson, Solomon Islands, from 28 to 30 January, 2005 in preparation for World Youth Day in August this year ...
• 28 January 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Quarterly newsletter of the Catholic Church of Solomon Islands launches Survey to improve communications service Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - To improve its service aimed at building up the Catholic faith of the people through sharing of articles, experiences, views and news Voice Katolika, (1,600 copies) the quarterly newsletter of t ...