n° 21 09 Nov 2018

OMP Bulletin

“With so many witnesses in a great cloud all around us, we too, then, should throw off everything that weighs us down and the sin that clings so closely, and with perseverance keep running in the race which lies ahead of us” (Hebrews 12:1)

One Heart and

One Mind for

Life and Mission

ADMINISTRATION

NEWS

Provincial

Attending Pacific Regional Semi-nary Graduation 9th November

Marist Student (3rd Year), Viliame Cama received top award for Diploma of Theology graduands.

VICAR PROVINCIAL Continuing Visitation of Fiji Sec-tor

Sick Confreres

Please continue to pray for our sick confreres: . Br George van der Zant sm Fr John Crispin sm +Bob Leamy sm

OCEANIA MARIST PROVINCE, PO Box 1198, 28 Nararo St, Suva, Fiji Islands. www. maristoceania.org

LEST WE FORGET: OMP DECEASED SMs NOV 2017 to NOV 2018

Fr Jean Henaff sm +09 March 18

94 yrs old

Bro Eliseo Eremodo Nadaku sm

+09 March 18 67 yrs old

Fr Petero Tagidrau sm +25 June 18 44 yrs old

13 Years, Wallis Futuna Is 50 Years, New Caledonia 63 years in Oceania 70 years as a Marist

37 Years Fiji Is 7 Years Solomon Is 44 Years as a Marist

1 Year Tonga Is 11 Years Fiji Is 11 Years as a Priest 15 Years as a Marist

Fr Francois Xavier De Vivies sm

+26 May 2018 77 yrs old

45 Years New Caledonia 46 Years as a Priest 49 Years as a Marist

27 Years as a Priest 31 Years as a Marist 11 Years as a Bishop

Bp John Doaninoel sm +07 Aug 2018

68 yrs old

Fr Cleophas Waisu sm +19 Oct 2018

42 yrs old

2 Years Tonga Is 4 Years Fiji Is 12 Years Solomon Is 13 Years as a Priest 18 Years as a Marist

OMP DECEASED MEMBERS 2008-2018

* Non-communicable Diseases: Cancer, Heart, Kidney, Diabetes

OCEANIANS NON-OCEANIANS

TOTAL (59) 18 41

Age of most deaths 44% (< 51 yrs) 68% (> 80 yrs)

Cause of most deaths 78% (NCDs*) 68% (Old Age)