Welcome Home Fr. Iowane Gukibau!Jan 24, 2022
Fr. Iowane arrived into the country last week Thursday, 20th January and was on hotel quarantine for three days before arriving in Central House this morning. Fr. Iowane is currently assigned in Peru and is here on holidays ... Read more
Missionary Zeal Meets RealityJan 24, 2022
I am back in a rural settlement after seven years away from Fiji to refresh my Hindi language ability ... Read more
Fr. Vince McCarthyJan 24, 2022
Fr. Vince McCarthy, from Buffalo, New York, arrived in Fiji in February 1966. From 1967 to 1970 Fr. Vince worked in Samabula parish. He studied Fijian for 3 months at USP and then spent four years in Nabala. Lastly, he spent just over three years at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva ... Read more
Monday of the Third Week In Ordinary TimeJan 24, 2022
Gospel Reading: Mark 3:22-30 : “Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness ... Read more
Visit from a Young Japanese Catholic, Satoshi AokiJan 23, 2022
On Sunday 23rd of January, the Columbans had a visit from a young Japanese Catholic, Satoshi Aoki. Satoshi is from Fukuoka Diocese in the South of Japan, a diocese Fr Donal worked in. He now is married in Tokyo and is a civil engineer who works for the Government of Japan ... Read more
A Brush with the LawJan 23, 2022
The drive from Ba, where I am stationed as assistant priest, to Suva takes well over 4 hours. Load-carrying lorries are one of the obstacles on the way, as I found out today ... Read more
Columbans at St Johns College CawaciJan 23, 2022
Three of the 13 Columbans that first arrived in Fiji taught at St John's College Cawaci. With little opportunity to learn Fijian whilst teaching they also taught for the Cambridge School Certificate and had special interest of their own ... Read more
