Aviator and communicator fostered connections in Papua New Guinea Father Patrick Fincutter SVD, a longtime missionary in Papua New Guinea, died suddenly at Techny on July 19. Over the course of 40 years, Father Fincutter, 88, served the people of the world’s second largest island nation as...

 Day two of the AGM began with a seminar conducted by guest speaker Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti, a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse of the United States of America. Msgr. Stephen is a licensed psychologist with a doctorate in psychology from Boston College and a doctor of ministry from the...

Monday 4th April, 2016 Vanimo came alive with songs and dances on 4th April,Monday.  23 Bishops of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were warmly received by the faithful of the Diocese of Vanimo, Sandaun Province who play host to the 2016 Bishops Annual General Meeting (AGM). This is...

Thank you to the 26 Priests of the Diocese of Kimbe for your generosity, availability and most importantly your humility and cooperation throughout the days of the annual priests retreat (4-9October2015) Even the Lord God spoke to us all in the modern means of communication by switching off...

A time to celebrate our gift of life as individual citizens, the families we are born into with it's history, culture and tradition, the distinct languages, geographical features of the islands and the coastlines, the highlands with the deep valleys and steep rugged mountains, the wet and slippery...

“What kind of world do we want to live in” was the question of focus at the launch of the Encyclical letter by Pope Francis at the St. Joseph Parish Hall, Borokolast week. The Encyclical letter of Pope Francis Laudato Si, is an address to humanity about the concerns of the environment. It discusses...

UPNG and Unitech have been falling backwards for many years.  Divine Word passed up these 2 government unis long ago.  The reason is obvious.  DWU president comes from European culture and DWU is run more like a foreign uni.  It doesn’t matter if Father Jan...

"What does God ask us today? What does the Lord call us to do as a Church in the Pacific?" . This is the question asked during the General Assembly of the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, being held in Madang, an event attended by over 130 delegates from 22 dioceses. The...

Abstract The common functions of faculty in universities across the world include teaching, research, and service to the institution, the profession, and the external community. The extent to which faculty are expected to accomplish any one of these functions depends upon how the particular...

The new Bishop for Wewak Bishop Jozef Roszynski,SVD, was consecrated yesterday in Wewak at Wirui, Saunsel, an open-air amphitheatre near the Cathedral in Wewak. Catholic Bishops of PNG and Solomon Islands General Secretary Father Victor Roche,SVD said more than 7,000 people witnessed the ceremony...