Saturday of the Third Week of AdventDec 18, 2021
Gospel: Matthew 1: 18-25 : This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man ... Read more
Friday of the Third Week of AdventDec 17, 2021
Gospel: Matthew 1: 1-17 : The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers ... Read more
After their ArrivalDec 16, 2021
Fr. Dennis Fitzpatrick. He was the team leader of the First Columban group in 1952. Fr. Denis and Fr. Rod Hoult took over the Lautoka Mission Station without any language study. Fr. Charles O’Mahony was sent to Ba ... Read more
The Pioneer Group (1952) - The ArrivalDec 16, 2021
Thirteen priests were appointed to Fiji in 1951. Frs. Charlie Mahony, ordained in 1944 and Rod Hoult ordained in 1951, arrived in Fiji from Australia and New Zealand in 1952. There was an unusually large class of twenty-nine ordained in Dalgan, Ireland at the end of 1950 and nine of these were sent to… Read more
The Pioneer Group (1952) - The ArrivalDec 16, 2021
Thirteen priests were appointed to Fiji in 1951. Frs. Charlie Mahony, ordained in 1944 and Rod Hoult ordained in 1951, arrived in Fiji from Australia and New Zealand in 1952. There was an unusually large class of twenty-nine ordained in Dalgan, Ireland at the end of 1950 and nine of these were sent to… Read more
