 |
|
|
|
"May God bless Papua New Guinea.
May his peace descend on your beautiful islands,
your great rivers, high mountains and deep valleys;
may it rest on your volcanoes and fill your blue seas.
And may the love of Christ abide in your hearts
and your homes, today and for ever."
Pope John Paul Blessing at Jackson's Airport, May 7, 1984
RNDMs in Papua New Guinea
There is one official RNDM community at Kagua, Southern Highlands Province.
We number just three RNDM's in the region - coming from various provinces of origin - New Zealand, Ireland, England.
1. Marie Lawlor - who lives
intercongregationally with an American congregation of Franciscans. She
is located in the Southern Highlands, also
Mendi Diocese, in a place called Kagua, which would roughly be about 70-80kms from Mendi
town, into the bush area of the region.
2. Carmel Looby - is from Ireland and teaches in Tari High School (SHP)
with three Indian Clarissian Sisters.
3. Rose Mary Harbinson - is living in Port Moresby (National Capital).
She lives in a staff residence along with two other sisters and priests on the
faculty.
MORE PHOTOS and information in Solidarity Newsletter #4-2001
and in Solidarity Newsletter #3-2003
Traditional Costume for a Sing-sing
APOSTOLATES (WORKS) INVOLVED IN
In the Southern Highlands:
Pastoral Work - involving the teaching and guidance of catechists and church
leaders, both men and women. Direction and coordinating courses for various groups
at diocesan and local levels. Preparing guidelines and materials, both visual and
written, for study and parish work - in Tok Pisin and English mainly for grassroot
leaders.
Working and accompanying a Diocesan Local Religious Congregation of Sisters -
mainly in Pastoral ministry and assisting in Vocation Promotion Skills for their
congregation.
Being engaged in Women's Groups and various levels of Literacy
Living intercongregationally and witnessing to community and working alongside both
male and female co-workers from various communities and cultures.
On the Coast:
We are engaged mainly in teaching young men who are aspiring to priesthood or ministry
within the church. We offer a feminine aspect to their academic and spiritual
formation - as we are the only women on staff.
Our academic commitments would be - mainly English and Scriptural Studies.
For a number of years, the music and liturgical life of the college has been the
responsibility of an RNDM - this involves various forms of inculturation, education, and
application of creative expressions of dance and song that embraces a Melanesian
Spirituality.
The sisters here live in a staff house, but share life with a lay and religious community
of Capuchins.
Kagua – Jubilee
2000 Gates
Holy Doors. A Bible Seminar group has
just finished their programme
The Easter
baptisms in 2000 were held in the new baptistery in the Kagua parish church.
Report
from Mendi, Papua-New
Sister Lukas Suess from
Congratulations to Maureen Dwan on her
appointment to the Congregational Leadership Team based in Rome. Maureen is a New
Zealander who has served for many years in the Southern Highlands, alongside the Capuchin
Fathers. In her early years she served in a number of different outposts in the Highlands.
More recently she has been setting up a catechetical centre for the Southern Highlands and
preparing material in Pidgin English for the catechists.
This photo was taken at the celebration of Marie Lawlor's Golden Jubilee in June 2001, and
captures the willingness of the local people to support and thank the Sisters who work
amongst them.
Report from Papua-New Guinea – Education with a difference <from Sister Rose Mary Harbinson>
The students at St Fidelis College, Madang, are now able to read
daily events from
around PNG and the world – photocopied from journals and newspapers and posted on
their Information Notice Board.
Thanks to the Solidarity Fund (UK) we were able to buy a new heavy duty, reliable photocopier, as a resource to produce texts for examination classes. Funds for textbooks and equipment in our college are non-existent.
A special thanks to Mr and Mrs McKeown (Belfast), who through their own missionary zeal and work for RNDM Solidarity, helped to raise this particular donation.
Children of Papua New Guinea
 Big sister looking after the little ones. |
A seven year old carries the baby
|
Blessed
Peter ToRot
The recent
Assembly of the Church in PNG/Solomon Islands has looked at the role of the laity and the
ministry of local men and
This is a painting of Pita as catechist, in the relic chapel in Rabaul.
ITEM FOR PNG website page 13.06.06
A KENYAN SISTER IN PNG 2006/2007
Rose Mary Harbinson [below] welcomes
Anna Regina 
[from
Kenya] to the shores of Papua New Guinea.
Anna Regina has come to this remote mission to share their life and work for 12 months.
Sunday Mass at a coastal village, PNG style – under a temporary shelter, is a new experience for Anna Regina.
For more info on PNG opportunities contact :
Rose Mary <rmharbinson@dg.com.pg>
