St NotburgaOct 02, 2022
Celebrated on September 14th
Austrian laywoman from what is now called the Tyrol. Notburga was born around 1250 to a poor peasant family. At the age of 18 she was employed as a kitchen maid in the castle of Count Henry of Rattenberg. The family squandered more food on pig-swill than Notburga's parents… Read more
St John ChrystostomOct 02, 2022
Celebrated on September 13th
Archbishop. Born in 347, the son of an army officer at Antioch, John was brought up by his widowed mother. In 373 he went to live as a monk in a mountain community and became quite ill because of the austere regime there. In 381 he returned to Antioch and became a deacon… Read more
St Guy of AnderlechtOct 02, 2022
Celebrated on September 12th
Layman. Guy was a farm labourer, born in Brabant around 950, who was made sacristan of the church at Laeken near Brussels. According to legend, he invested his small savings in a business which failed. After losing his home and his job he went on a seven-year long pilgrimage,… Read more
St Peter Claver, St CiaranOct 02, 2022
Celebrated on September 9th
Missionary and patron saint of the African slaves. The son of a Catalonian farmer, Peter Claver was born at Verdu, in 1581. He obtained his first degrees at the University of Barcelona. At the age of 20 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Tarragona. Read more
JPIC Parish Visitation and Awareness Report.Oct 01, 2022
I left Suva at 2pm and arrived in Ba parish at about 7:15 pm after rushing through from Suva – Sigatoka – Lautoka on mini bus and finally on a taxi from Lautoka to Ba.
This session took place after the 6pm mass and some of the parishners had already left as there was a breakdown in communication with… Read more
JPIC – Holy Family parish Visitation, Awareness and Solar Project ReportSep 29, 2022
These works of visitation, awareness and the purchase of 8 solar units for 8 communities and villages have been in the plan for JPIC for a few months since my last visit to Labasa on the joint Disaster Operation with Caritas Archdiocese of Fiji in December 2021. Read more
