Workers to Complete the St. John School

Workers on to work	Some of the workers prepare for work

14 builders are here to complete the St. John Secondary School at Nila Catholic Mission. The head builder, Mr. Willy Wania said, “They are here by the request of Rev, Bishop Luciano Capelli sdb to help out finishing the St. John Secondary School”. He said, most of the boys were graduated student from Don Bosco technical school. With them also 6 Vanga Rural Training Center graduated students.

St. John School Building. (picture 2009)	A View- School Building with 2 Staff House. (Picture 2009)

At the school they will form co-groups so that they can work cooperatively and manage the construction.

The construction of the St. John Secondary School began November last year. The school will have form 4, 5 and to 6.

Mr. Willy said, to finish this school, they depend mush to the helps of the communities at Nila parish.

At the moment they did small constrictive works for the diocese here in Gizo.

Marriage Enrichment Seminar En-lights More Couples

Receiving Marriage Sacrament during the wedding ceremony is not enough or not the end of the wedding ceremony, but the beginning of the ceremony which is the everlasting wedding ceremony for life”, said many who attended the Marriage Enrichment Seminar at St Peter’s Cathedral, Gizo parish.

BBS Training Seminar Motivates More Youths

31 participated in the 10 days Bible Seminar from 1st to 10th July at Moli Pastoral Center. The program included youth and elders. Many of our youth were privileged to observe and learn from the elder participants and the facilitators.

St. Peter's Day during National Priests Gathering

National Priests Gathering Vanga Training Center

Priests During welcome and Renewal

Dear People of God of the Gizo Diocese:

We, your bishop and priests, spend time with God and ourselves for two weeks  in the effort of a  Renewal of the giftedness of catholic priesthood  to our diocese s as part of the golden celebration of the diocese. At a time when we hear sad and disturbing news about priesthood, this wants to be indeed a good piece of  inspiring good news. From June 20 to 29 all the priests of the three catholic dioceses of the Solomon Islands (Honiara, Auki and Gizo) met for a renewal and formation program at the conclusion of the international year of the priest called by Pope Benedict the XVI th.

Women’s & Youth literacy Seminar, Wagina parish

35 participants representing their parish (Wagina, Moli, Sirovanga, Nila, Gizo and Noro) have completed a 5 days seminar from 10^th to 14^th May at Wagina Parish Cookson. Mostly are females and some of them are youths and kindergarten teachers.

The Seminar mainly was to teach participants on sounding of the letters and constructing words out from those soundings.

However, as it was a Pidgin spoken seminar and many words are spelled in Pidgin rather than English. During the seminar they were put in groups for – practicing teacher teaching the class.

The Program was facilitated by Sr. Evangeline DMI from Diocese of Auki with the help of Janet Burabura.