Twenty Years With Blessed Peter Torot: 1995 - 17 January - 2015
Twenty Years With Blessed Peter Torot: 1995 - 17 January - 2015
Twenty Years With Blessed Peter Torot: 1995 - 17 January - 2015
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of PNG & SI - Commission on Social Communications, P.O. Box 398, Waigani, NCD Tel.: 325 9577 - Fax: 323 2551
THE Basilica of Blessed Peter ToRot in his native village of Rakunai, East New Britain Province.
the Scared Heart (MSC) in fact ar-
rived in Rabaul on 29 September
1882 and at Yule Island on 4 July
1885.
The beatification itself was the development of the people of PNG The Holy Father had a special neighbors.
But that successful pastoral visit
culmination of the work of evange- and Melanesia, particularly in terms message for everyone on that 17 I heard and still remember the
was just a spiritual preparation for following words of Pope St. John
lisation that had begun with a first of education, health, pastoral care January 1995.
a second one, even more signifi- Paul II: “As you are aware, the cen-
unsuccessful attempt by the and infrastructures. He addressed the Catholic faith-
cant, for the beatification of ful, all the other Christians, those tral event of my visit is the beatifi-
French Marists and the Foreign The beatification ceremony was
Blessed Peter ToRot – Catechist who are suffering, and he made a cation of Peter ToRot, Catechist
Missions (now PIME) of Milan, Italy also a confirmation of the mutual
and Martyr 11 years later at the Sir special reference to the Constitu- and Martyr. You can be truly proud
in 1847-’55, followed by the arrival collaboration between the mission-
John Guise Stadium – Port tion of the country and appealed to of your Melanesian brother.
of the MSCs and the SVDs (Soci- aries and the new indigenous lead-
Moresby. all people of good will. He has brought distinction and
ety of the Divine Word) later in that ership, the time of harvesting of the
Such a historical event definitely Everywhere he made a continual honor to your people. Peter ToRot
century. Since then the Religious fruits of a long labour of love.
introduced a new dimension of ex- reference to Blessed Peter ToRot is an outstanding example of family
Congregations have made a signif- Peter ToRot is the first Melane-
citement to the life, contribution and as the model for family life and an man, a Church leader, the person
icant contribution to the evangeli- sian to be beatified, a layman and
AWARDED
Letter on the Basic Media Course
FROM the New Year’s List of Logohu
By Fr Leo Kartika nications. Media awareness and edu- like elementary student.
Awards
Kamusi, Western province The main idea was that cation was the other topic Bishop Rochus Tatamai
communication is the soul of which opened our minds MSC, Deputy Bishops for So-
(GCL) “Chief”
2014 by the the Commission cent and influent means of spent with basic video lan- vember and challenged us
on Social Communications of communication such as mo- guage and production: how not to sleep on the knowl-