Chosen by GodApr 04, 2022
3/5/201, Adults prepare for baptism or reception into the Catholic Church by means of the catechumenate. It is also called the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). It was reinstated after the second Vatican Council. It takes one year and culminates ... Read more
If Reincarnation were PossibleApr 03, 2022
16/5/1993, Columban Fr David Arms has a Ph. D. in linguistics. He is expert in the Fijian language and in translation work. But he also spent some months studying ethnic languages in the southern Philippines and in Pakistan. He helped the Columban missionaries ... Read more
Beware of Nasuva KoroApr 01, 2022
21/10/1976, I was warned beforehand. They had ambushed Fr Ed Quinn when he was serving at Nabala/Vudibasoga. While drinking yaqona after Mass someone distracted him. Yaqona should be churned up to maintain a moderate consistency before serving ... Read more
Lending MoneyMar 26, 2022
27/4/1993, I am renting a small house in Kinoya while teaching at Pacific Regional Seminary. I can participate in the local parish sector and help in the parish by celebrating Sunday Mass. A catechist who lives a couple of houses away planted dalo (a root crop) for me ... Read more
A Radical Change in Islam in FijiMar 24, 2022
30/5/1981, I am supervising two Fijian seminarians on their cross-cultural pastoral year. They studied Fiji Hindi in Suva for 4 months and are now living with Indo-Fijian rural families. I am also introducing them to the other world religions here – Hinduism and Islam ... Read more
Snoring in NadaveMar 22, 2022
17/10/2001, I have been attending a training of trainers at the Methodist Conference Centre in Nadave. This is a spin off from the ECREA National Peace Conference held a couple of months ago. Members of different faiths are present ... Read more
A Square Peg in a Round HoleMar 18, 2022
24/7/1975, The settlement was agog. The rumor spread like wildfire. One of my Muslim neighbors had been caught having an affair with another Muslim neighbor’s wife. I was sitting among some men in a house a couple of nights ago ... Read more
