PIME Missionaries - Papua New Guinea

01/06/2026

Fr Mathew Sobin pime, is appointed to serve the Catholic Bishops' Conference of PNG and Solomon Islands as the Evangelization Commission National Secretary.

25/05/2026

PENTECOST AND THE DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET PRAYER MARATHON - 2026

The Pre-Diaconate, Pastoral and the Spiritual Year Seminarians have done a Divine Mercy Chaplet Prayer Marathon from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. Fr. Shanthi and Fr. Jeffrey also joined with them in the Prayer Marathon. The target of the Divine Mercy Chaplet Prayer Marathon was that 15,000 to 16,000 times pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet during this timeframe of Easter Season.

The specific intention of the Prayer Marathon has been praying for the Archdiocese of Rabaul that is primarily praying for the Archbishop, all the priests and religious, every family and for every baptized person; to establish proper pastoral care structure for the papa’s, mama’s, couples living together without the Sacrament of Marriage and the single parents’, youth, Confirmed Personnel groups; and to establish the Parish Vocation Supportive group, Parish Finance Council and Parish Pastoral Council at every parish in an effective and fruitful manner.

Each person, personally responsible for praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet prayer everyday as much as he can according to his available time. Everyday each person reports and registers his number of praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet prayer. So we have a written record of every day that the number of each person and the total number of each day. Archbishop has given permission in a very generous way.

On Pentecost Sunday we had a Solemn Evening Prayer presided by our Archbishop. He has given us an inspiring message and after delivering his message each Seminarian presented to him the total number of his Divine Mercy Chaplet prayers. All of them could say around
21,627 Divine Mercy Chaplet prayers during the Prayer Marathon. After receiving the number of Chaplet prayers Archbishop has made a prayer and a blessing to all.

Several of the Seminarians expressed their experiences saying that they could gain proper concentration, focus, time management and they could sincerely pray through the participation in the Prayer Marathon although at the beginning there were struggles and difficulties.

Through the experiences of these seminarians, gradually we may engage with different groups of the parishes to do the Prayer Marathon with the Rosary prayer, novena prayer to St. Peter ToRot or to Our Lady of Perpetual Help etc….. When we cry to God with our intention in a truthful manner definitely God takes control on everything and we will experience peace, joy, happiness and justice proper in the individual life, family life, community life, Parish life and at the society large…..

Fr. Shanthi Chacko Puthussery PIME
Ongoing Formation and Spiritual Renewal
Archdiocese of Rabaul

12/05/2026

school animation program at St. Benedict Vocational School was inspiring, engaging, and meaningful for the students.”

12/05/2026

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12/05/2026

11/05/2026

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09/05/2026

The Mazzucconi Year: Conference given at CBCPNGSI on 25 april 2026 by Fr Ferruccio Brambillasca, former Superior General of PIME.
The theme: 'The life and martyrdom of Blessed Giovanni Mazzucconi and the relevance in the present Church.'

29/04/2026

Port Moresby, 28 April 2026: The Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands joyfully announces the election of Most Reverend Rozario Menezes, SMM as the new President and Most Reverend Justin Ain Soongie as the Vice President.

18/02/2026

The new Council of South Pacific Region
(L-R) Br Roberto Valenti, Fr Mathew Sobin, Fr Stefano Mosca, Fr Ravi Marneni and Fr Biplob Mollick

06/02/2026

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