Celebrate Requiem Mass Nusabaruku. 
On Saturday 14th of August, the community in Nusabaruka along with the Nuns of the Society of the Visitation, and with Fr Soloko celebrated the Requiem Mass at Nusabaruku.
The foundress of of the society, Mother, Vincenza, was laid to rest at the society's sanctuary in Italy.
An ongoing fundraising drive has successful at the end of July last month with the money raised up to more than $16,000.00 at Nusabaruku. Under the umbrella of Gizo parish; Nusabaruku Catholic community had to pull up its socks and started paying off the dues as required by all Catholic community zones, in and around Gizo parish.
Nusabaruku Catholic community being one of the zones that make up the Gizo parish community would need to pay an annual contribution of $7,000.00.
This in mind, including other commitment for our Catholic community in Nusabaruku the church and missionaries – the community split into 3 groups, having their own leaders, to do fundraisings through the month – and the outcome of their fundraise efforts to be publicly announced at the end of the month. With the little drama, this to show appreciation to the team that raised the highest funds.
I hope that this would ignite a spirit of competiveness, and thus boost morale in fundraising.
Fundraising includes contributions, Bobo night, card games, and sales of cooked and uncooked foods throughout the month.
Next day, the new month that was on Sunday 1 August after the Holy Mass celebration, the fundraising committee announced the wining group. The highest raised funds to be crowned, and have the privilege of first serve at the table.
Total raised was $16,913.00 and the group ranking as follows;
Group 3 (Anthony’s group) $7,381.00
Group 2 (Naou’s group) $5,020.00
Group 1 (Tomas’s group) $4,512.00
The committee has convey their sincerely thanks to the participating teams and more so to their friends and supporters for their generosity in help they rendered.
They said that their parish contribution could now be settle.
His Excellency Yashuhi Horimoto the Ambassador of Japan to SI and Mrs Horimoto are the guest of honor for the handover of the 2 story building to Vanga RTC, Catholic Diocese of Gizo.
The handover ceremony on the 3rd June 2021 highlights speeches from different speakers who gave their wonderful speeches and appreciations to each other.
| Ambassador Yashuhi and Bishop Luciano Capelli sdb officially opens the funded building. |
Rt: The new Vanga 2 story funded building |
St. John Bosco Nila, Shortland Nila 9th School Graduation
Saint John Bosco School in the Shortlands has graduated about 70 students in the ninth ceremony in its History.
The PRIMARY SCHOOL school was built at the very beginning of the station by the Marist Fathers missionaries from Bouganville and was later run by the Dominican sisters and given back to the government in ’78. It was taken back by the church immediately after the earthquake and tsunami of April 2, 2007
Christ the King Parish Celebrate WYD23.
“We cannot make it to Portugal for the WYD 2023, but we do make it here at Sariana Christ the King Parish” said Ben Kulabule a parish media volunteer there.
Bishop Luciano Capelli SDB August Message
Dear Gizo Diocese collaborators, benefactors, people of God,
In my last message I only remember the most important things, I forget all the rest
What is the most important message I can leave you after these 24 years in the Solomons and 16 years in Gizo?
I came to Gizo right after the earthquake and tsunami of 2007 and I could notice the hardships you endured having been so affected... I saw the sadness in your eyes for being victims of such a great disaster. It was easy for me to look for a motto for my episcopacy. I saw my mission as one of ‘encouraging’, inspiring’ supporting you in your sufferings. “Lift up your hearts”... If I could only help you to ‘lift up your hearts’ you would have managed your sad situation in a better way and it would be a big joy for me and my mission as your shepherd. No one can help people to lift up their hearts if he/she himself/herself is downhearted. The faithful of the Gizo Diocese needed to stand up around a specific mission first individually and then together in communion.
To lift up the heart of others we need “courage” and “enthusiasm” in our personal life. The word “courage” comes from the Latin word “cor”, the heart, the center of passion for life, and the word “enthusiasm” comes from the Greek “En Theos” (with God) the motivating force of grace which supports all courage and all pastoral action.
From + Luciano Capelli, sdb
For you a Bishop (for 16 years), with you a brother who loves you with a ‘solo’ heart made in Italy.