CATHOLIC aid agencies are part of the international relief efforts for survivors in remote parts of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in the aftermath of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami. Tens of thousands of people fled their homes when an earthquake struck Central Sulawesi province, and soon after a tsunami engulfed the main centres of Palu and Donggala and ... Read More »
THE latest church bombings in Indonesia show the same trademark of fear that gripped the country almost a generation ago, and now once again threatens Christians, many of whom are from the ethnic Chinese minority, and make up about nine per cent of Indonesia’s 260 million people. Wind the clock back to Christmas Eve 2000. Orchestrated attacks on churches in ... Read More »
DISABLED children who were neglected and given to the permanent care of a group of religious brothers in Flores, Indonesia, have received their first visit from a doctor. The Missionaries of the Poor in Labuan Bajo, a small but poor fishing town in Flores, welcomed Dr Naomi Moss from Jindalee to their apostolate, a home for children with severe disabilities. ... Read More »
IMAGINE living in a remote village, without electricity, where people walk for half a day just to charge their mobile phones. When a young West Papuan, Amatus Douw, put that scenario to a group of socially-minded Logan entrepreneurs, they came up with PowerWells – a cheap and innovative solution using old laptop batteries and solar cells. It is just a ... Read More »
PARISH priest Fr Neville Yun is preparing to live with just the clothes on his back when he heads on a mission trip to Indonesia this year. The parish priest at Holy Family Indooroopilly will spend two weeks with the Missionaries of the Poor, a religious order that take an extra vow of free service to the poor. Founded by ... Read More »
CATHOLIC bishops from across the Pacific region have declared support for West Papua to have a greater international voice. Dignity for West Papuans was a focus issue for the executive committee of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands meeting in Port Moresby. Toowoomba Bishop Robert McGuckin and Parramatta ... Read More »
VISITING Pacific island bishops have heard of on-going violence and repression faced by Papuan people during a rare visit to Indonesian’s most easterly province. A delegation of 20 bishops from the Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were also told of Papuan desires for independence from Indonesia, during a visit to the Papuan provincial capital, Jayapura. ... Read More »
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