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By Afia Enosa, SDB Suva, Fiji Islands, 20 May 2022 -- A container of sports equipment, clothes, tables, chairs, medical kits, keyboards, and other goods for the Youth Centre arrived in Fiji from the Mission Office in Australia. This contain...

By Afia Enosa, SDB Suva, Fiji Islands, 19 April 2022 -- “Sing, Alleluia! The Lord Has Risen!” This was the refrain that was sung with such energy and joy at the Easter Vigil by the St. John Bosco Parish Youth Choir. It lifted th...

By Afia Enosa, SDB Suva, Fiji, 24 March 2022 -- Sunday, 20 March, was a special day as was the day before with the diaconate ordination of Deacon Peter Minh Duc Nguyen. Today, in a packed youth and educational centre, Brother Peter Anh Vu N...

By Afia Enosa, SDB Suva, Fiji, 22 March 2022 -- The Solemnity of Saint Joseph (19 March) was extra solemn this year because five candidates were ordained to the ministry of deacon by His Grace Archbishop Peter Loy Chong in Suva, Fiji. The c...

By Lauren Hichaaba, AUL PDMA DBTC, Alafua, Samoa, 18 March 2022 -- Don Bosco Technical Centre in Alafua, Samoa is pleased to announce the opening of a newly purpose-built kitchen and classroom facility. The building was funded through gener...

By Fr. Petelo Vito Pau, Samoa Delegation Delegate Don Bosco Alafua - Samoa Pacific Delegation (AUL province), 4 March 2022 -- Here in Samoa, we give thanks to the ANS news and to the AustraLasia news for keeping us informed regarding the Sa...

By Afia Enosa, SDB Suva, Fiji, 4 February 2022 -- On Sunday, 30 January 2022, more than three hundred parishioners, friends and families gathered to celebrate the feast day of Don Bosco and to witness the blessing of the new Don Bosco Youth...

By Afia Enosa DB Youth Centre, Suva, Fiji, 5 January 2022 -- The events of the day began with a prayer led by Dc. Atonio Lealea. Then, Bros. Peter Anh Vuh, Peter Minh Duc and Afi’a Enosa and a group of young leaders took the young thr...

By Afia Enosa, SDB Suva, Fiji, 21 December 2021 -- After nearly two years of travel restrictions, Fr. William Matthews (Provincial) was able to visit our community in Suva, Fiji. He was welcomed with the traditional Fijian kava ceremony (se...

By Cl. Peter Duc Nguyen, SDB Don Bosco House, Suva, Fiji Islands, 6 December 2021 -- On Wednesday 1 December 2021, Don Bosco Suva Community organized A VILLAGE CLEAN UP DAY around Muanikoso village with the slogan: "KEEP FIJI CLEAN." The pu...