THE Saint Theresa Takwa Parish in Takwa Village Northern Region, Diocese of Auki Malaita Catholic Church will be consecrated today. Speaking to Solomon Star on Friday, Honiara Based Committee Chairman, Dr Lawrence Diau said the dedication of the new building ‘St. Theresa Takwa Parish’ building has taken for almost 20 years to complete. However, Dr…
THE Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) Bishop for the Diocese of Central Solomons (DOCS) the Right Reverend Ben Seka has officially retired following a church ceremony held on Sunday in Tulagi, Central Islands Province. Those who attended witnessed the official laying down of the Diocesan Pastoral Staff on the altar of the Diocesan Cathedral in…
AUKI Catholic Diocese in Malaita Province has welcomed Fr Lawrence Maelesau into the community of priesthood –who will invest whole of his life into the work of God. Fr Lawrence was ordained as priest on Saturday and is now ready to serve as a priest in Catholic communities within the Auki Diocese. The ordination of…
SOLOMON Islands has failed again as a Christian nation following the violence and destruction which happened in Honiara last week. This was the message the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) Archbishop, the Most Reverend Leonard Dawea challenged its members with on Sunday as the church commemorated the first Sunday of Advent – a period in…
Kukum SDA Church congregation have lost another brother on Sunday morning. He is brother George Maenu who was called to rest around 5am at his home in Honiara. A statement issued by the church said he was a great man of God and a powerful preacher serving God on the streets of Honiara. Many others…
THE Makira-Ulawa Catholic Community in Honiara has celebrated the Closing of the Year of Laity on Sunday 21st of November 2021, at Holy Cross Cathedral. Thousands of Catholic believers from the province showed their appreciation to join in the combined celebration with the three diocesan. They began their celebration with the Holy mass at 9am…
BAHA’IS of Solomon Islands will mark the 100th Anniversary of the Ascension of Abdul Baha this coming Saturday. The centenary celebration will be commemorated in each cluster of the province and sectors in communities across the province. During this event all the Baha’is around the world will observe the celebration on Saturday 27th November. Abdul…
THE Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACPM) is appealing to all Anglicans to support all fundraising efforts towards the establishment of John Coleridge Patteson University on Guadalcanal. Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia Leonard Dawea said all Anglicans must get behind the John Coleridge Patterson University (JCPU) Fundraising Sub-Committee and its plans to raise the…
IT is back to the drawing board, as it were, and Reverend Eric Takila is taking up the challenge to reach out to today’s youth Jesus is the answer, is his message to young people of Solomon Islands. Rev Takila is leading a team of young people on a mission to villages in West Kwara’ae…
A LOCAL Seventh – Day Adventist (SDA) woman working in Fiji was ordained as ‘Pastor’ over the weekend in Fiji. Pr. Maveni Kaufonogna, the President of the Trans Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) of SDA Church based in Fiji officiated in the ordination service at Lautoka SDA primary school compound. Other church ministers from Fiji were…