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30/03/2025

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30/03/2025

OLSH Vunapope Secondary School Grade 12 students walking up to Blessed Peter Torot Catechetical College, Kinigunan.

30/03/2025

OLSH Vunapope Secondary School Grade 12 students Recollection and Pilgrimage program. Entrance procession during the Mass at the Blessed Peter Torot Catechetical College, Kinigunan with Fr. Michael Wutkapenga.

30/03/2025

Archbishop's Pastoral visit to Pomio Deanery.

30/03/2025

Live as children of the light!

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30/03/2025

Archbishop's Pastoral visit to Pomio Deanery.

30/03/2025

March 29 - MSC Sisters.

Sr. Flavia Kaiwa MSC and Sr. Joycelyn Bilangi MSC doing their presentation on the 125th Anniversary of Foundation for the MSC Sisters. Their presentation, in relation to the MSC Sisters in Peru, was the 3rd.

30/03/2025

From the Archbishop, His Grace Rochus Josef Tatamai MSC.

N.B. ☆☆☆ I would like to convey to each and every one of you all a prayerful greetings on this 4th Sunday of Lent ( oli kolim Laetare). This very important notification goes to all Parish Priests living and working in Kokopo and Rabaul Deaneries. Please schedule all your Lenten confessions to be completed in advance so that you're all available on Holy Monday, 14th April 2025, for "All the Priests Day of Recollection and Reconciliation" (Vunapope) followed by Holy Tuesday 15th April 2025, the "Chrism Mass" to held at Sacred Heart Cathedral Vunapope. These two days are very important for all the Priests and the Bishop to demonstrate our unity in the spirit of synodality during the Holy Year of Jubilee 2025 with the THEME "Pilgrims of Hope" as we are all at the forefront leading the People of God. It is imperative that you all take note, and you all make yourselves available so we can together express our commitment to Christ and God's people whom we're called to serve in the Archdiocese of Rabaul. See you all on Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday. God bless you all. +Rochus Josef Tatamai MSC - Archbishop of Rabaul ♡♡♡

29/03/2025

From the Office for Ongoing Formation and Spiritual Renewal of the RCAOR.

Today we are very happy with the newly ordained priest, Fr. Jeffrey Pensoksok for the Archdiocese of Rabaul. He was Ordained priest at his home parish, at the border of the Archdiocese and a very remote area of the archdiocese at every level. He just arrived at the archdiocesan center and this morning he celebrated Holy Mass for us at the Priest’s House Chapel.

At the end of July 2022, I arrived at the Archdiocese of Rabaul. Abp. Rochus Tatamai entrusted three Deacons and a Seminarian to be a Deacon to me fulltime at the end of August.

By the end of February 2023 another Seminarian to be Deacon joined me and at the same time two Deacons and the Seminarian to be a Deacon left.

The Deacon was Ordained a Priest, Fr. Godwill Kolu currently taking care of a parish; and Seminarian was Ordained Deacon, Jeffrey Pensoksok in February 2024. Deacon Jeffrey continued with me and was Ordained Priest on 1st March 2025. Archbishop appointed Fr. Jeffrey, as Vocation Director for the Archdiocese.

Currently, full time I have with me a Seminarian to be a Deacon and four Seminarians after their philosophical studies doing their Pastoral Year (Regency).

Seminarian to be a Deacon is assisting me while four Seminarians go to three parishes from Monday to Thursday and Friday, Saturday and Sunday they are with me for their formation programs.

Also, this year 2025, I have eight Propaedeutic Completed candidates to do their Spiritual Year next year; and four fresh candidates preparing to enter the Propaedeutic Program for their Discernment Program. They all stay at home and come for five times of three full days of formation learnings and activities at the Archdiocesan Center.
From last year 2024, Propaedeutic Completed candidates, three entered the Spiritual Year and one began his philosophical studies this year.

Currently, Archdiocese of Rabaul has eleven seminarians at various years of philosophy and theology studies at Holy Spirit Seminary, Bomana, Port Moresby.
Archdiocese of Rabaul has a draft (temporary) guidelines and policies for the Vocation Animation and Seminary Formation (2023); and we are testing its practical application and verifications before finalizing it.

Fr. Shanthi Chacko Puthussery PIME
Director for Ongoing Formation and Spiritual Renewal
Archdiocese of Rabaul

29th March 2025
Vunapope

28/03/2025

From the Office for Ongoing Formation and Spiritual Renewal of the RCAOR.

2025 Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk on the third Friday of the Lent Season by the couples living together without the Sacrament of Marriage and the single parents groups of the parishes have been a very special event inviting the Archdiocese to do more pastoral care for them in a very special way!!!

31 kilometers from Blessed Peter ToRot Shrine to Sacred Heart Cathedral, Vunapope, this group experienced as a “fitting pilgrimage walk”. As they gathered together to start their walk there was a heavy rain and it did not discourage them at all…… Once rain stopped, they began their walk from 8 pm Thursday and they arrived at 6 am Friday without any rain.

They represent 17 parishes with a total of 648 persons - 13 parishes from Rabaul Deanery (Iatapal - 67; Kabaira - 44; Kerevat - 11; Malagunan - 19; Rakunai - 48; Ramalmal - 100; Rabaul - 21; Ratongor - 47; Raunsepna - 41; Tavuiliu - 11; Volavolo - 30; Vunapaladin - 39; Vunavawar - 100) and 3 parishes from Kokopo Deanery (Paparatava - 5; Tapo - 7; Vunadidir - 48; and Vunapope 10). Pomio Deanery they do their pilgrimage walks to their own two designated Pilgrim Churches.

During the Holy Mass Fr. Shanthi Chacko Puthussery PIME reminded the pilgrim participants in his homily saying that “couples living together without the Sacrament of Marriage and the single parents are the most focused group for their pastoral care according to the teaching of Pope Francis in his post-synodal apostolic exhortation “Amoris laetitia” in 2016.”

Further he highlighted that: “Today the volunteer cooperation and collaboration, the couples living together without the Sacrament of Marriage and the single parents’ parish groups have demonstrated their desire and enthusiasm to receive the mercy of God during the Jubilee Year on this third Friday of the Lent Season. It is also an indication that they are willing to receive their formation program in order to lead a proper Catholic family life. It’s truly a special blessing today for the Archdiocese. Let good Lord bless us all.”

Fr. Shanthi Chacko Puthussery PIME
Ongoing Formation and Spiritual Renewal
Archdiocese of Rabaul

28th March 2025
Vunapope

28/03/2025

26/03/2025

Vunapope Mission area; view from Blessed Peter ToRot Catechetical College, Kinigunan.

26/03/2025

Pope Francis releases his catechesis for the weekly General Audience, which was not held as he recovers from bilateral pneumonia, and recalls that it is never too late to consign everything to God and start anew in our journey.

Pope Francis releases his catechesis for the weekly General Audience, which was not held as he recovers from bilateral pneumonia, and recalls that it ...

26/03/2025

March 26 - OLSH - Vunapope Secondary School GR. 10 & 12 RECOLLECTION/PILGRIMAGE.

During the Ordinary Jubilee Year of Hope, the Catholic Church is embarking on many programs and events throughout the world, especially as the Jubilee Year of Hope is a time of Grace.
For the OLSH Vunapope Secondary School, helping the graduating students for this year to grow in their personal, familial and community lives is important. Part of this growth is the decision making as to what they will become after finishing school. Thus, the school, through the CRE department has come up with the recollection and pilgrimage program for the students in grades 10 and 12 for this year, integrating the Church's pastoral programs with their intellectual programs to help form these young women intellectually, temporally and spiritually.
Pictures are from the day with the grade 12 classes on Wednesday, March 26. The day began with recollection at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Vunapope, and the pilgrimage walk up to Blessed Peter Torot Catechetical College, Kinigunan for further recollection and Mass.
Gratitude to Fr. Michael Wutkapenga for giving the recollection and celebrating Mass.