Church's new pastoral plan emphasises social concerns https://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2014/09/churchs-new-pastoral-plan-emphasises-social-concerns.html#more  30 Sept. 2014 A new Pastoral Plan for the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands places great emphasis on the...

First PNG Children Website In The Making By Sr Mary Claude Gadd - Madang The Catholic Children’s Ministry PNG was created by the Catholic Bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands at their Annual General Meeting of April 2013 in Madang. That was the time when they asked Sr Mary Claude...

22 SEPT 2014. Bishop RochusTatamai of Bereina expressed his heartfelt condolences and prayers today for the victims of last Saturday’sHevilift air crash, which left two crew and two passengers dead near Port Moresby. “Although all the technical aspects of the incidentpertain to the air company and...

By Jenny Mek Mt Hagen The Catholic Archdiocese of Mt Hagen is fast moving towards the setting up of a family home for neglected children. At a planning meeting on the 30th of July chaired by Abp. Douglas Young and attended by experienced people active in social work, family life ministry and health...

By Abp Steve Reichert OFM Cap – Madang During the past year I’ve travelled by plane from Madang to Wewak and back many times.  It is an enjoyable trip.  What a beautiful country we live in. Following the coastline one sees the high mountains inland, the vast forests, the rivers and the...

GIORGIO LICINI & SOURCES A funeral mass will be held at St Peters Church at Erima in Port Moresby today for popular television journalist Jerry Ginua who died last week. Mr Ginua was born in Baliau village on Manam Island and attended St Mary’s Primary School in Bieng, completing Grade 10...

Michaelites’ Formation House, Rebiamul P. O. Box 1610 Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province 281 Ph. 542 01 69; mobile: 72 73 86 65; e-mail: zzkrcsma@gmail.com Zdzisław Zygmunt Kruczek was born in Futoma, Poland on January 9th, 1945. He completed his primary education in 1959 and began his...

Madang, 2 AUG 2014. This morning Divine Word Univeristy received the sad news of the death of Prof. Fr. Zdzislaw (Ziggy) Kruczek. Fr. Ziggy passed away yesterday (1 August 2014) between 6:00 - 7:00pm local time at a hospital in Doha. He had been admitted there on the 8th of July as he failed to...

On July 25, 2014 was the feast of St James – Apostle and the Holy Rosary Parish community of Inauaia in Bereina District were into intense preparations for the memorial celebrations of Sts. Joachim and Anne as Catholic tradition presents them as the parents of Blessed Virgin Mary. From another...

Announcing the death of Fr Aloysius Kape, the 3rd Diocesan Priest of Bereina after Louis Vangeke who  was the first PNG Priest ordained in 1937 and Julian Efi ordained in 1955. Fr. Aloysius Kape passed on to eternal life on July 26, 2014 at the age of 82 and three months. He was born at...