Farewell to Ba Parish #3Feb 21, 2023
We may be leaving the Parish of Ba but in Votua Village stands the large church of St Columban, the only church in Fiji named after our patron St Columban. Read more
Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church - February 21Feb 21, 2023
1007–1072
Patron Saint of Faenza and Font-Avellano, Italy
Pre-Congregation canonization
Canonization confirmed and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XII in 1823
Liturgical Color: White (Purple if Lenten Weekday) Read more
30/12/2022 A Bright Girl with InitiativeFeb 21, 2023
I hadn’t visited Koroqaqa village in Ba parish for more than 20 years. I heard that they had almost completed a new church. So while helping out in Ba parish over Christmas, I made arrangements with the catechist to say Mass there on Friday night, December 30th. Read more
Alone with Jesus February 21, 2023 Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary TimeFeb 21, 2023
Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.” Mark… Read more
St Jacinta and Francisco Marto Celebrated on February 20thFeb 20, 2023
Child visionaries. Between 13 May and 13 October 1917, three children, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia, Portuguese shepherds from Aljustrel, saw apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. Read more
20/12/2022 Ba – a Friendly TownFeb 20, 2023
Ba town is not on the Fiji tourist trail. But I enjoy shopping there because the shop assistants answer me in Hindi when I speak it to them. Read more
