Sister Angela Cavey came to Fiji in 1967 at the age of 50. She spent six years teaching in Fiji before going to other countries in the region and finally coming back to Fiji to stay. On Saturday she was hosted to a special lunch put on by the Sisters of Cluny and the St Read more
The National Museum of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica is putting on display a collection of rare sacred artefacts from Guam’s unique Catholic history, including vestiges from the island’s Spanish period The collection includes: The cassock of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores and the sword that martyred him A Spanish-era stone water well A subset Read more
A Solomon Islands opposition party says it will encourage greater involvement of churches in education if it forms the new government following the national elections later this year. The People’s Alliance Party says the involvement of churches in education was reduced in 1970 when they were allowed to administer only secondary schools. Before that churches Read more
The Vanuatu Christian Council of Churches says support, not punishment, is the best way to respond to a perceived increase in the number of babies being abandoned by young mothers. The Council is responding to a call by a Tanna chief for harsher penalties for mothers who kill their babies at birth. The Independent reports the chief, Read more
The situation has been tense at the Divine Word University in Madang following the murder of a third year journalism student last Friday night. According to his roommate Nigel Laki, who is from Sepik, was attacked outside the Madang Technical Teachers College while making his way back home to his cousin’s house. On Monday the Read more
The archbishop of Suva, Peter Chong, has announced that the Archdiocesan Commission for Justice and Development would use the lenten collection this year to help build proper housing for about 30 persons with mental disabilities. “These people live behind St Vincent House on Brown Street in Suva.” “I ask parishes to send out special lenten Read more
A New Zealand aid worker says the situation in overflowing Syrian refugee camps remains hopeless as the country marks three years of civil war. The brutal Syrian conflict has left an estimated 146,000 people dead, half of them reportedly civilians, and caused millions to flee. Aid experts say up to 4 million people could be Read more
The Presbyterian church of Vanuatu and the South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) of Solomon Islands has formally agreed for the Solomon Islands Missionaries to serve in Vanuatu. The formal agreement was signed during the celebration of the 50th Golden Jubilee of SSEC in Ambu, Malaita. Following the agreement, SSEC’s Bishop Mathias Lima commissioned 10 Solomon Read more
Members of a church group in Samoa have been ordered not to enter the land of a family which had been banished from the village of Tanugamanono, but which was later awarded thousands in compensation. Samoa’s Land and Titles court has issued an injunction stopping members of the Congregational Christian Church at Tanugamanono from doing Read more
Catholic Charities Hawaii has received the national Social Innovation award, from Catholic Charities USA, for one of its successful affordable housing programs. The Hale Wai Vista Support Housing Services program, launched in collaboration with Prudential Locations, is a 215-unit affordable rental project. “This is a great example of a nonprofit organisation and private sector company partnering to address a Read more