Oceania
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12 November 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - St Joseph Sisters open museum in honour of Blessed Mother Mary MacKillop, Patron Saint of WYD in Sydney
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in Victoria Province have opened a museum in honour of their foundress Blessed Mother Mary MacKillop in Fitzroy, near Melbourne, where Mary was bor ...
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9 November 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Good Shepherd Sisters promote human development among Aboriginal Australians with Scholarship programme
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Australian Good Shepherd Sisters in collaboration with the Mary MacKillop Foundation (Australia's first Blessed, beatified by Pope John Paul II in Sydney in January 1995) have launched the annual ...
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6 November 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Help us reach Millennium Goals" Caritas urges political forces in electoral campaign
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The political forces which govern Australia must enable the country to make a greater contribution towards achieving the Millennium Goals one of which was to eradicate extreme poverty in the worl ...
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31 October 2007
OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLAND - Religious life in the Pacific grows: a Dominican Nun makes Solemn Profession
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Recently the Catholic community in Solomons rejoiced for the solemn profession of Sister Loretta Arohikeni, who took her final vows as a Dominican Sister in Honiara Cathedral. Locally born Siste ...
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29 October 2007
OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Technical training Centres and schools needed in rural areas to promote integral development particularly for young people
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Technical training Centres, schools, mission stations, social centres which promote health aggregation are essential in rural areas of Solomons to ensure human, economic, social, cultural and sp ...
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26 October 2007
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Gizo diocese rejoices for ordination of new Bishop Luciano Capelli, Italian Salesian missionary
Gizo (Agenzia Fides) - When a missionary is appointed a Bishop it is a great joy for the local people. Especially when the new Bishop is a priest who has been very close to the life and the problems of the people, is fam ...
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25 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “World Youth Day, a new Pentecost”, says Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Bishop Julian Porteous
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “World Youth Day is a new Pentecost, desperately needed by Australia” says Bishop Julian Porteous auxiliary Sydney who has encouraged young Australians to reflect on a “new Pentecost” sin ...
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24 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Caroline Chisholm, active lay woman involved in social apostolate on the way to the honour of the altars
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2008 Australian Catholics will ask permission to open the diocesan stage of a process for the beatification of British born lay woman Caroline Chisholm, who devoted her life to social ...
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23 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - With Pastoral Letter the Bishop of Ballarat encourages participation in World Youth Day in Sydney next year
Ballarat (Agenzia Fides) - "World Youth Day is always a wonderful opportunity for young people from around the world to build bridges of friendship and hope between continents, peoples and cultures, said Bishop Peter Con ...
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22 October 2007
OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - New Constitution and general elections in 2009, local Catholic Church called in to help
Suva (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Fiji will participate in the moral and civil reconstruction of the country which is starting a progress of normalisation after travailed years of civil war which caused seri ...
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19 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archbishop of Melbourne issues Mission Sunday message: keep alive passion for mission in Australia
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - 'All the faithful for all the world' is the title of a message for World Mission Sunday in which the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart, calls for more mission awareness an ...
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18 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia prepare for Mission Sunday: reflection focuses on young people
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - How can young people play a leading role in missionary work; what are their specific qualities and principal modalities; in what sector must they be oriented to harness all their mission potentia ...
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12 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - With enthusiasm and spiritual preparation Salesian Youth Movement members prepare for World Youth Day next year
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - World Youth Day 2008 will be a meeting of different charisma in the Church, of young members of different lay associations and diverse spiritual paths. Besides sharing experience and ides with ...
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11 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Anti-poverty Week: Australian Catholics re-launch awareness building and active solidarity
Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - Australia will live a national week of anti-poverty mobilisation 14 to 21 October in view of the UN World Anti-Poverty Day on 17 October. The local Catholic Church is fully involved in the init ...
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10 October 2007
OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Pilgrims and Missionaries through the journey of life ”: young Catholics look forward to World Youth Day 2008 in Australia
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Young Catholics in Solomon Islands continue to prepare for World Youth Day in Sydney Australia in 2008 with prayers, reflection and sharing experience of volunteer work. Recently a special Mass ...
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