Tropical Cyclone Cody Devastates Fiji

Tropical Cyclone Cody Devastates Fiji

Sr Caroline Vaitkunas RSM, Peace, Ecology and Justice Team member at the Columban Mission Centre in Essendon, Australia reports on the urgent need for assistance in Fiji in the wake of Category 1 Cyclone Cody, which hit the country on 10th January and caused...
A Parish Confirmed in Faith on its Feast Day

A Parish Confirmed in Faith on its Feast Day

Fr Pat Colgan, parish priest of Christ the King in Ba, writes about the 20th anniversary celebration of the opening of this church in Fiji, which was marked by a Confirmation ceremony presided over by Archbishop Peter Loy Chong. French Catholic missionaries first...
A Survival Kit for Life

A Survival Kit for Life

While suffering with Covid-19, people around Columban lay missionary, Mereani Nailevu, helped him move from fear to seeing the culture of care surrounding him. “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you....
Music – A Bridge Across Boundaries

Music – A Bridge Across Boundaries

Celebrating lockdown Mass in Hindi provided Fr Frank Hoare with an insight into music’s ability to cross boundaries of culture and connect people. Fiji’s Archbishop Peter Loy Chong, like many others, realised the importance of social media when Covid19 caused...
Celebrating Mass for an Olympic hero

Celebrating Mass for an Olympic hero

It’s not every day a member of your parish brings home a gold Olympic medal, writes Columban missionary Fr Pat Colgan from Fiji.  I was very happy to meet Olympian Waisea Nacuqu from Votua after his two weeks’ quarantine, plus some ‘down time’,...