Graham Apian is my name and I am from the East Sepik province. I com­pleted my four year degree program in Health Management at Divine Word University – Madang in 2010 and graduated in 2011. I am currently working with the National Catholic HIV/AIDS Office in Port Mo­resby, a body under the...

By Sr. Marilyn Akonoh, MSC DWU Social and Religious Studies - Year 3 The Social and Religious Studies - Year 3 students of Divine Word University (DWU) did a baseline survey this year at Malmal community on the Madang north coast as part of their academic assessment. The community water supply...

By Bradley Gregory - DWU Journalism Student THE Catholic Church has contributed enormously to the Education and Health sectors in both the rural and urban areas of Papua New Guinea. Secretary of the National Planning and Monitoring council, Dr Peter Kora made this statement at the Divine Word...

By Fr Shanthi Puthussery PIME National Catholic Youth Coordinator What was your experience with the youth at Kavieng regarding prayer and faith at the end of their leadership training program on Sept. 16-23? It was a terribly struggle! I found the Kavieng youth particularly in trouble with...

By Fr Franco Zocca SVD Melanesian Institute, Goroka Why 3425 candidates for 111 seats in Parliament in the 2012 PNG elections? I think the main reason is the money which comes with the position. The “original sin” of current PNG politics, however, is the confusion between the legislative with...

Students and staff of Divine Word University (DWU) in Madang celebrated the Feast of Blessed John Mazzucconi PIME, Missionary and Martyr, on Sunday, 23 September two days ahead of the official calendar schedule of Tuesday 25. “It was the first time for us to do so”, said Year 3 Faculty of...

PNG Missionary and Martyr (1855) 25 (23) September 2012  “DO NOT BE AFRAID of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul” (Mt 10:28). Jesus teaching indeed applies to the celebration of the martyrs. When we read about their lives and observe their attitude, we come to know that...

A mission dinghy remains missing as of sunset today, 28 August, between Goudenough Island, Rabaraba and East Cape in Milne Bay province about 30 hours after passengers were able to contact relatives through Digicel and apparently report fuel and engine problems. The boat is reportedly carrying...

They brought him a spear, slaughtered pigs and made him a chief of the Nauro, the only white man they had so honoured. Father Jaworski, a small and softly spoken man, is a charismatic figure in the highlands -- a missionary doctor, who became a priest, who became a chief. From Poland, he has...

A Filipino teacher is confirmed dead and few are still missing, including a Filipino missionary priest, after a speed boat belonging to the Catholic Bishop of Gizo, Luciano Capelli SDB, went missing on Saturday afternoon in the waters of the Solomon Islands: “Fr Edmund and teacher Bryan, both...