Posts Tagged ‘Fiji Indians’

St Thomas School Lautoka celebrates 90 years

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

More than 500 former students of St Thomas Primary and St Thomas High schools marched through Lautoka, in Fiji, on Saturday to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the primary and 40th anniversary of the high school. The celebration began with a mass at 7am before the march through town at 9.30am, which was led by Read more

Hindu and Ecumenical groups honour Archbishop Mataca

Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

“His contributions towards strife-filled situations were always very considerate and the Sabha believes that he crossed all barriers to bring comfort to everyone” says Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Fiji media officer Kamlesh Arya. The comments were part of a message of condolence offered to the Catholic Church in Fiji on the death of he late Archbishop Emeritus Read more

Waikato hospital chaplain has interesting background

Friday, February 28th, 2014

Daniel Sitaram has taken an interesting route to his present job as a chaplain at Waikato Hospital. Born in Fiji, he is of Indian Fijian heritage. He was ordained an Anglican priest and worked in parishes in Fiji before spending 8 years as a high school teacher. Then he moved to Anglican diocese of Christchurch. He obtained Read more

Hindi speaking Catholics in Fiji gather to celebrate 30 years

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Hindi speaking Catholics in Fiji celebrated their thirtieth anniversary in Suva last Sunday. About 350 Hindi speaking Catholics gathered at the St Joseph School hall to mark their anniversary celebrations with devotion and socialising. Dharma Sammelan (religious gathering) secretary Doreen Francis said the event was an annual get-together for Hindi speaking Catholics. “The Dharma Sammelan Read more