By: Bradley Gregory and Yvonne Kambibel - DWU Journalism Students. To achieve vision, one must embrace the present positively with youthful energy and not dwell too much on the past or future. Fr Victor Roche, SVD, said these words while facilitating the final retreat of the Divine Word...

By Augustine Malana – ‘Divine Word University’ East New Britain student My encounter with Peter ToRot I began to know about Peter Torot in my younger age during Sunday school sessions in the year 1995, just after the twin eruption of the Tavurvur volcano in Rabaul in 1994. Peter Torot’s life...

By Fr. John Mc Carthy,SVD – PNG Provincial Superior. The 17th General Chapter of the Divine Word missionaries (SVD) took place in Nemi village, just south of Rome between 17th June  – 15th July.  140 SVD missionaries from all over the world gathered together with a threefold purpose: to...

From May 15th to 22nd a parish youth leaders leadership training was held at St. John the Apostle's Parish Pastoral Center, Tokarara for the parish youth leaders of Port Moresby Archdiocese. 18 participants have participated in it from 14 parishes and two Chaplaincies of Port Moresby...

By Fr John Glynn – WeCare! Foundation - Port Moresby. Wheelchairs at last! After almost a year of waiting promised donations we decided to wait no longer but to buy the chairs we needed. There was a long wait before we could do this too - the chairs have to be imported. At last we have been...

By Fr Frank Arnold By chance I was in Vanimo during election time and I could observe how the campaign was conducted by candidates and their supporters. I was expecting more rallies and more noise in town; but, in public, it looked like a low-key campaign. Apart, in fact, of the big rallies for...

125th Anniversary of the Arrival of Daughters of OLSH Sisters on Yule Island How else could we introduce this great day of celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the arrival of the first Daughters of OLSH to Yule Island on 1st August 1887? With St Paul we can say in assurance to each other...

By Abp. Francesco Panfilo, SDB – Rabaul. Cardinal Joseph Zen SDB of Hong Kong, Papal Envoy to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Peter ToRot, arrived at Rabaul airport from Port Moresby on Friday 6 July, together with the Papal Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and...

People and clergy gathered at the Rakunai shrine in East New Britain on 7 July for the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Blessed Peter ToRot were impressed and applauded when a letter was read from the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan. The prelate...

Archdiocese of Rabaul Lord Jesus, you have called each of us by name to live in communion of love and holiness and to be one in the great family of God's children. Send us forth to shine with your light and to communicate the fire of the Spirit through a life inspired by the...