Oceania

• 10 July 2006
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - ‘Journey Together’ Salesians renew mission in Papua Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The 60 Salesian confreres of the Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands delegation began the final stage of their ‘Journey Together’, as they commenced the Delegation Days and the Assemb ...
• 6 July 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Honiara archdiocese welcomes two new deacons for service to the community and evangelisation Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Dominic Gapiurutara and Howard Deli were ordained deacons by Archbishop Adrian Smith sm, Archbishop of Honiara at Holy Cross Cathedral, on 25th June, 2006. Over 1500 people were present for a v ...
• 14 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Salesian receives national award for helping street children “off the Streets” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Rev. Chris Riley received the Order of Australia award. He is the third Salesian to receive this honour in recent years. The Order of Australia is assigned to praiseworthy citizens every year on ...
• 12 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Religious congregations, Church movements and associations start preparation for World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: Kindling the fire of mission in young hearts Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Religious congregations, Church movements and associations have started preparation for World Youth Day in Sydney 2008 with meetings of prayer and reflection, in order to become a point of ref ...
• 7 June 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISANDS - Communication to “build bridges”: seminar for pastoral workers Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - “You are building that bridge - between a village culture and a cash culture”, said Dr. John Roughan as he addressed the participants at the Media Education Seminar for parish animators, at ...
• 6 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Church Movements: springtime for mission in Oceania Paramatta (Agenzia Fides) - New Church Movements and Communities are a springtime for mission in Oceania said Bishop Kevin Manning of Paramatta diocese after Pope Benedict XVI June 3 meeting in Rome with Movements and ...
• 5 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Christian magazine on the web features theology, church ministries, culture... Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Oikonomia is the name of a new Christian magazine on line produced in Australia by the Sydney College of Divinity. The title of the magazine “God’s Plan for the Fullness of Time” is taken ...
• 31 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Families prepare to take part in World Meeting of Families in Spain Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic families from a number of Australian dioceses are preparing to take part in the 5th World Meeting for Families to be held in Spain in the city of Valencia in July. There is fervid acti ...
• 30 May 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Announcing the Truth “civilisation of images”: young people in Solomons and media education Honiara (Agenzia Fides) -Images, cameras and video-cameras can be employed to announce the Truth, to inform people of situations of suffering, or trampling of human dignity. This emerged from a recent Media Education Sem ...
• 24 May 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Life improves on remote islands thanks to Radio Bosco, channel of information and formation of consciences Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Life for people in Solomons has improved thanks to Radio Bosco which provides information and formation. The Salesian radio station opened a year ago on February 27 2005 provides a competent and ...
• 23 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - More space and responsibility to women in the pastoral of the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Working together in material and spiritual assistance for the disabled and the marginalised; responsibility in the field of catechesis and religious instruction especially for young people and fa ...
• 22 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Catholic Church in Australia has called for more assistance for Aboriginal communities particularly victims of abuse Adelaide (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Australia has again raised its voice in support of Aboriginal Australians. The archdiocese of Adelaide has called on religious groups to do more to help indigenous communities af ...
• 15 May 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - New Premier, new hope for peace and social harmony Honiara (Fides Service) - People in Solomon Islands long for peace and the situation is at last returning to normal now that Parliament at last elected a new prime minister on 4 May following the uprising which forced hi ...
• 12 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops restructure Conference, greater involvement of clergy, religious and laity Sydney (Fides Service) - The Catholic bishops of Australia have decided to reorganise the structure of their Bishops’ Conference announcing in a Pastoral Letter the new composition of the offices and commissions which ...
• 10 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Young people in Australia ever more thirsty for spirituality says AYCW report. Growing commitment to evangelisation in view of World Youth Day in Sydney Sydney (Fides Service) - There is a growing sense and need of spirituality among young Australians. The complexity of life, alienation of technology, plurality of messages which bombard young people in this era of global ...