Oceania

• 30 July 2004
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - After building up a local clergy and Church the Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate take leave of the Pacific Islands which they served for 27 years Papeete (Fides Service) - After 27 years of mission, undertaken with enthusiasm, apostolic zeal, dedication and docility to the will of God and at the service of the people in French Polynesia, the Oblate Missionaries of ...
• 29 July 2004
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Schools register increasing number of non-Catholic pupils Brisbane (Fides Service) - The quality of Catholic education is convincing more and more families, regardless of their religion, to choose a Catholic school for their children: about one quarter of the pupils at Catholic ...
• 28 July 2004
  OCEANIA/NUOVA ZEALAND - Solidarity crosses the ocean: New Zealand Caritas workers assist Sudanese refugees in Darfur Wellington (Fides Service) - A team of New Zealand Caritas workers is in Sudan to help homeless people in Darfur where there is the world’s worst humanitarian tragedy in recent times. Besides material and economic assi ...
• 23 July 2004
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholics called to take active part in politics using discernment: in view of federal elections this Autumn, Justice and Peace Commission of Brisbane archdiocese issues call, following Statement by Catholic Bishops of Australia Brisbane (Fides Service) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the archdiocese of Brisbane has issued a call to Catholics to take active part in the next elections exercising discernment. A copy of the message was sent t ...
• 12 July 2004
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Priority to family and youth for the Church in Papua New Guinea, after its general meeting Rabaul (Fides Service) - A Church which always relied on missionaries, now anxious to become a self supporting Church which trains its own clergy religious and laity to respond to the challenges of pastoral work giving s ...
• 9 July 2004
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New impulse to missione in Asia and Oceania: Christian Brothers take up the challenge Sydney (Fides Service) - The Congregation of the Christian Brothers has decided to give new impulse to evangelisation with new missions in Asia and Oceania, focussing on service to the poor. This was announced by Brother ...
• 6 July 2004
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Day against sexual abuse and violence on the feast day of Saint Maria Goretti Sydney (Fides Service) - A day of prayer and awareness promotion to eliminate sexual abuse and violence was held in Australia to mark 6 July feast of Saint Maria Goretti. The initiative, launched by the Catholic Women� ...
• 16 June 2004
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islands consolidates social peace and restarts engines of economy and tourism - local Church works to promote social reconciliation and offer psychological assistance to heal traumas caused by violence Honiara (Agenzia Fides) -Solomon Islands is rediscovering life, hope and serenity a year after the arrival of the peacekeepers from Australia who came to restore order and security in a situation of conflict which had la ...
• 15 June 2004
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Catholic schools, appreciated for high quality education, teaching corps and structures, grow steadily in number and number of pupils Wellington (Fides Service) - Confidence in Catholics school education is growing among the people of New Zealand. According to a report by the NZ Catholic Education Office, the 2004 school year is starting out with new e ...
• 14 June 2004
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Following the example of the Good Shepherd: reflection by Archbishop John Dew, new Coadjutor of Wellington Wellington (Agenzia Fides) - “As Archbishop Coadjutor, I need to be reminded even more of the task of Shepherd. I ask for your ongoing prayers for me as I accept this responsibility so that I will listen faithfully, gu ...
• 7 June 2004
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS One hundred years of service and blessings in the Solomon Islands for the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary Honiara (Fides Service) - For one hundred years the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary have worked in Solomon Islands, tirelessly announcing the Gospel, giving pastoral care to the faithful, serving in education, ...
• 26 May 2004
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS “The media and the family - A risk and a richness ”: forum for media and pastoral operators in Solomon Islands reflects on Pope John Paul II’s message for the Church’s World Communications Day marked this year on 23 May. Honiara (Fides Service) - Pastoral and media operators gathered with priests, laity, families and religious to take part in a forum to reflect on Pope John Paul II’s message for this years Day of Social Communications ...
• 11 May 2004
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - “Honest and constructive debate to settle differences between Maori and Pakeha (people of European origin) ”: Bishop Peter Cullinane, president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference Wellington (Fides Service) - “Maori have a deep need to know that the guarantee given them in Article 2 of the Treaty still holds. And Pakeha (people of European origin Fides) need to know that at the end of the day th ...
• 7 May 2004
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - For 25 years on mission in the South Pacific: Salesians’ contribution to the evangelisation and education of the people of Papua Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Thousands of young people instructed in scholastic and professional knowledge; native tribes and villages in the heart of the forest have heard and welcomed the Gospel of Jesus; great suppo ...
• 30 April 2004
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholic diocese appeals for help to rebuild mission and school destroyed in accidental fire Bereina (Fides Service) - The Catholic mission and mission school at Mainohana, in Bereina diocese, Papua New Guinea, has been completely gutted by an accidental fire. To the dismay of the missionary personnel and the sc ...