Oceania

• 19 October 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sister relationship between Catholic schools in Solomons and Australia Honiara (Fides Service) - Bishop Epalle School in Rove Honiara and Trinity School in Sale in Australia have established a new sister relationship which ties a double knot between the schools, pupils and teachers and hel ...
• 18 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Eucharist, source and summit of Christian life: Catholic Australia new site feature Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “For Catholics, Holy Mass is not only a sacrifice offered it is the Holy Supper. Because Jesus chose to offer himself to us as food and drink. In this way we experience God’s love for us, acc ...
• 17 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Re-imaging God and Mission within Australian cultures” ecumenical conference: Catholics prepare for World Mission Sunday Melbourne (Fides Service) - As World Mission Sunday 23 October approaches, all manner of missionary events are taking place in Australia organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies and individual missionary institutes ...
• 15 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Proclaim Life for All. Witness, free, teach celebrate”: local Mission Sunday in Australia. “A wonderful opportunity to witness: the Eucharist calls for mission”, says national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia Sydney (Fides Service) - Mission Sunday is a “great opportunity to bear witness and proclaim Christ”, Fr Terence Bell, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia said referring to events organ ...
• 14 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Re-launching mission in Oceania, celebrating Pope Paul VI’s great apostolic exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi Sydney (Fides Service) - To reflect on evangelisation in Oceania and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s great missionary exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi a series of thought-provoking conferences were held ...
• 13 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Notre Dame and St Vincents & Mater Health Sydney joint nursing degree from 2006 will focus on quality training and medical ethics Sydney (Fides Service) - Sidney’s newest University Notre Dame and St Vincents & Mater Health Sydney have entered a partnership to offer a joint nursing degree from 2006. Notre Dame’s executive director Peter Glasso ...
• 12 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Giuseppine Sisters make youth pastoral a priority in view of World Youth Day 2008 to be hosted by Sydney Sydney (Fides Service) - Draw young people to Christ, offering them ways to deepen their faith and personal vocation, spread the values of the Gospel in this generation of play stations and text messages: this is the goa ...
• 11 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ‘Caring for people with a mental infirmity’ World Day for the Sick 11 February: main celebration in Adelaide Adelaide (Fides Service) - Caring for people with a mental infirmity is the theme chosen for the 13th World Day for the Sick. Adelaide in Australia will host the main celebration of this event organised by the Catholic ...
• 11 October 2005
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholics commemorate 150th anniversary of the martyrdom of Italian missionary Blessed John Mazzucconi Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Almost one thousand Catholics from the Diocese of Alotau commemorated the 150th anniversary of the death of Blessed martyr John Mazzucconi at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on ...
• 10 October 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The centrality of the Eucharist in the life of Consecrated persons: Day of Reflection for men and women Religious Honiara (Fides Service) - The centrality of the Eucharist in the religious life and the Eucharist as source of all apostolate: these were the main points emerging from a recent meeting of men and women Religious at the M ...
• 7 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Bible and SMS or text messages : new technology at the service of the Word of God Sydney (Fides Service) - The idea might have seemed curious at first but it soon convinced even the most sceptical: to ‘translate’ Bible verses and spread the World of God via SMS or text messages. The advantage is t ...
• 5 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Eucharist and Mission: 23 October procession of the Blessed Sacrament to close Year of the Eucharist on World Mission Sunday Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Walk with Christ” is the slogan of a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament on 23 October through the streets of Sydney to mark the closing of the special Year of the Eucharist and the annual e ...
• 4 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Maronite Catholics in Australia welcome relics of Maronite Saints for the first time Sydney (Fides Service) - In 2005 for the first time ever relics of three Maronite saints, Charbel, Rafqa and Nemetallah have been brought from Lebanon to visit the consistent and lively community of Maronite Catholics in ...
• 30 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australians prepare for “Anti-Poverty Week ” 17-22 October which includes UN anti-poverty day and for Catholics will culminate World Mission Sunday Sydney (Fides Service) - Australia is soon to mark Anti-Poverty Week with events and initiatives concerning the wellbeing of vulnerable individuals and families in Australia and around the world organised by parishes, mo ...
• 29 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian Biblist on the eve of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican: “We will reflect on the true essence of the Eucharist. The Church is not just a body of believers, but rather, a Eucharistic people." Sydney (Fides Service) - Australian biblical scholar Salesian Fr Frank Moloney, from Melbourne who will attend the Synod of Bishops focussed on The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church, 2-2 ...