Oceania

• 23 May 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Ecumenism makes progress in Oceania: 20 May - 3 June Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and Prayers for Reconciliation Sydney (Fides Service) - Two weeks of intense ecumenical prayer in the Pacific from 17 May to 20 May the Church in Oceania celebrates the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and from 20 May to 3 June Prayers for Re ...
• 22 May 2007
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - “ We have survived! A Message from Bishop Bernard O' Grady op, Bishop of Gizo in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands devastated by earthquake and Tsunami in early April Gizo (Fides Service) - "We have survived! Despite the widespread devastation, a sample of which is shown in the attached photo, we are slowly making our way to recovery after the magnitude 8.1 earthquake of April 2, 2007 ...
• 21 May 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Starting from the parishes Catholic Bishops launch new evangelisation of Australia Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - New missionary impetus is needed to counter a decline in religious practice in Australia. With this in mind Archbishop John Bathersby, president of the Australian Bishops' Commission for Mission ...
• 19 May 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Little reporters grow: Catholic students research and write “Media and Faith Bishops' project Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Profession reporter: many Australian school students are trying their hand at journalism. On the occasion of World Communications Day Catholic students all over the country have been invited to ...
• 18 May 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Evangelising text messages: 21st century Salesians sight new spirituality Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - From 18 to 20 May the Salesian Education Directors of the Australia-Pacific region will meet in Melbourne for their annual conference to reflect on the motivations and gifts of Salesian spirit ...
• 16 May 2007
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Six of the world's poorest nations recognised for their advanced contributions to the “co-financing” of vaccines, and for putting immunisation on the forefront of their development priorities Geneva (Fides Service) - The GAVI Alliance and the World Health Organisation announced today that the governments of Guyana, Ghana, and four of Africa’s poorest nations, Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, have be ...
• 16 May 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Writing an article, planning lay out, title, graphics; producing a Newsletter: Catholic school pupils attend media workshop (Honiara) - The excitement of writing an article, planning a page, the title the graphics and seeing the end product, a publication, was the very significant and instructive recent experience of Catholic school students ...
• 14 May 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Receive the Power” song by Australian composer official Hymn for World Youth Day 2008: Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Receive the Power is the title of the official hymn for the celebration of the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney in 2008 written by young Australian composer Guy Sebastian. “We were looking for a ...
• 10 May 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Two new Auxiliary Bishops for Melbourne, Australia's largest Catholic diocese Melbourne (Fides Service) - Catholics in Melbourne are celebrating the recent appointment of two new Auxiliary Bishops Bishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Bishop Peter Elliot, to flank Archbishop Denis Hart in the pastoral ...
• 8 May 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Human Rights and Violence latest issue of Voice Katolika Honiara (Agenzia Fides) -Human Rights and Violence is the focus of the latest issue of Voice Katolika magazine, produced by the Catholic Church in Solomon Islands. Readers will find contributions by experts, formative ar ...
• 7 May 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Growing spirit of solidarity, young Australians and New Zealanders want to help as many as possible young people from poor countries to travel to Sydney for 2008 World Youth Day Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - There is a growing spirit of solidarity and charity among young Australian and New Zealand Catholics: parish communities, schools, church movements and associations, are doing their best to help ...
• 4 May 2007
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Young people from all over the country reflect on 'Education for Life', discussing AIDS and the Media Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Following the last one organised for young couples and families recently the diocese of Honiara hosted a seminar on Education for Life for young people from Catholic schools, parishes, movements ...
• 30 April 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Keeping Time. Australian families and the culture of overwork" May 1 Pastoral Letter from the Catholic Bishops' Catholic Social Justice Council Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “No” to the culture of overwork which produces an individualistic mentality undermining family communion and bonds: families must be guaranteed time for interpersonal contact, conversation, h ...
• 28 April 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Thien An Pastoral Centre a gift for young Vietnamese Australian Catholics Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Thien An Catholic Pastoral Centre was offered as a gift to young Catholic Vietnamese immigrants living in the suburbs of Melbourne from other young Australians. Thien An in Vietnamese means ...
• 27 April 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Efforts continue to assist people affected by earthquake and tsunami: Caritas supplies material and spiritual comfort Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - A month since the earthquake and tsunami disaster efforts continue to provide assistance to the affected people even now that the emergency appears to have disappeared from international news. ...