WelCom December 2024/January 2025
Bula Vinaka! The archdiocese Catholic Fijian Community celebrated their first Mass at the re-opened Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on Sunday 10 November. Fr Tom Rouse ssc was the celebrant. The Fijian Community Mass was a response from the multicultural Mass celebrated in July, where Archbishop Paul Martin sm declared the cathedral as ‘home’. The Catholic Fijian Community has invited other ethnic communities to join them with the hope many others will celebrate their own cultural Masses in our cathedral. In typical Fijian style, the Mass was followed by festive kai. Words and photo: Maya Bernado