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1 Int, 1 | 1. The Church in Oceania gives glory to God at the
2 Int, 1 | millennium the Church in Oceania has welcomed and treasured
3 Int, 1 | earliest times, the peoples of Oceania were moved by the divine
4 Int, 1 | expectation. The Church in Oceania is strong in hope, for she
5 Int, 1 | the hope of the peoples in Oceania that the future will bring
6 Int, 2 | moment in which the Church in Oceania could speak of her gratitude
7 Int, 2 | the Synod of Bishops for Oceania, which was held from 22
8 Int, 2 | millennium.(1) The Bishops of Oceania were joined by Bishops from
9 Int, 2 | situation of the Church in Oceania in order to plan more effectively
10 Int, 2 | human tapestry which is Oceania.~The meeting in Rome of
11 Int, 2 | harvest among the peoples of Oceania. Faith in Jesus Christ was
12 1 | CHRIST AND THE PEOPLES OF OCEANIA~"As Jesus walked by the
13 1, 3 | encountering the many peoples of Oceania in their lands and on their
14 1, 3 | has called the Church in Oceania to himself: as always the
15 1, 3 | the life of the Church in Oceania.~The Bishops rejoiced to
16 1, 3 | rejoiced to see that in Oceania the Lord Jesus has shown
17 1, 3 | presence among his people in Oceania will always make possible
18 1, 3(2) | Cf. Special Assembly For Oceania of the Synod of Bishops,
19 1, 4 | presenting to the peoples of Oceania today Jesus Christ as Lord
20 1, 4 | efforts, the peoples of Oceania have met Jesus Christ who
21 1, 4 | original inhabitants of Oceania, inviting them to believe
22 1, 4 | reality among many peoples in Oceania. Today Jesus is again turning
23 1, 4 | wants to meet the peoples of Oceania in new ways?~Jesus Christ:
24 1, 5 | minds of the peoples of Oceania and setting them free to
25 1, 5 | of Jesus, the Church in Oceania today will be a sacrament
26 1 | The peoples of Oceania~Place and Time~
27 1, 6 | the world. Geographically, Oceania comprises the continent
28 1, 6 | splendour and beauty. Although Oceania is geographically very large,
29 1, 6 | challenge. In many parts of Oceania, travelling by sea and air
30 1, 6 | The largest country of Oceania in both size and population
31 1, 7 | missionaries first reached Oceania, island peoples heard and
32 1, 7 | of the Church's past in Oceania but also its surest source
33 1, 7 | Church on the islands of Oceania. May their memory never
34 1, 7 | The traditional peoples of Oceania make up a mosaic of many
35 1, 7 | features of the peoples of Oceania is their powerful sense
36 1, 7 | in Christ. The Church in Oceania demonstrates a real spirit
37 1, 7 | traditional cultures of Oceania. Hence the present generation'
38 1, 7 | The cultural variety of Oceania is not immune from the worldwide
39 1, 7 | a positive influence in Oceania; and the Church cannot but
40 1, 7 | conscience. A large part of Oceania, particularly Australia
41 1, 7 | questions for the peoples of Oceania. In presenting Jesus Christ
42 1, 8 | concerns of the Bishops of Oceania, the theme chosen for the
43 1, 8 | the Special Assembly for Oceania was: Jesus Christ and the
44 1, 8 | Christ and the Peoples of Oceania, Walking His Way, Telling
45 1, 8 | extends to all the peoples of Oceania: they are invited to meet
46 1, 8 | also reminds the Church in Oceania that she gathers together
47 1, 8 | appropriate for the Church in Oceania today, for the peoples of
48 1, 8 | Way will the peoples of Oceania find that for which they
49 1, 9 | and the local Churches of Oceania. The Bishops brought to
50 1, 9 | features of the Church in Oceania made it important to convoke
51 1, 9 | Assembly. The Bishops of Oceania are organized in four Conferences
52 1, 9 | Bishops' Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.). The total
53 1, 9 | histories of the peoples of Oceania. They became more aware
54 1, 9 | culture between Rome and Oceania. This experience was one
55 1, 9 | diversity of cultures in Oceania is a constant challenge
56 1, 9 | and help the peoples of Oceania to work together more effectively.
57 1, 9 | the Synod, the Bishops of Oceania will feel more than ever
58 1, 9 | opportunity for the Church in Oceania to prepare for the gift
59 1, 9(13) | Cf. Special Assembly For Oceania of the Synod of Bishops,
60 1, 9 | Jubilee if the Church in Oceania, strengthened in so many
61 1, 9 | cease to draw the peoples of Oceania more deeply into this newness
62 2 | THE WAY OF JESUS CHRIST IN OCEANIA~"Going on further Jesus
63 2, 10 | Gospel anew to the peoples of Oceania, so that culture and Gospel
64 2, 11 | The local Churches in Oceania recognize that they share
65 2, 11 | cultures and great distances in Oceania, the local Bishops realize
66 2, 12 | characteristic of many parts of Oceania and can serve as a model
67 2, 12 | relations between the Bishops of Oceania and with others. This model
68 2, 12 | Churches have arrived in Oceania in comparatively recent
69 2, 12 | Catholicity in various parts of Oceania, particularly Australia.
70 2, 12 | Latin Catholic Church in Oceania. Over the years, often in
71 2, 12 | that the Latin Bishops of Oceania are eager to appreciate,
72 2, 12 | challenge for the Church in Oceania is to come to a deeper understanding
73 2, 12 | charity".(31) The peoples of Oceania have an instinctively strong
74 2, 12 | now among the peoples of Oceania.~ ~
75 2, 12(31)| Address to the Bishops of Oceania, Sydney (1 December 1970):
76 2, 13 | 13. The Church in Oceania received the Gospel from
77 2, 13 | in carrying the Gospel to Oceania;(32) their sacrifices have,
78 2, 13 | fruit. As the peoples of Oceania came to accept the fullness
79 2, 13 | evangelization among the peoples of Oceania, a fresh proclamation of
80 2, 13 | with all the peoples of Oceania, whatever their situation.
81 2, 14 | News for the peoples of Oceania according to their present
82 2, 15 | Catholic communities of Oceania are increasingly confident
83 2, 15 | in missionary outreach in Oceania and beyond, in the Pacific
84 2, 15 | However, some Dioceses of Oceania still have to depend upon
85 2, 15 | mission.~In many islands of Oceania catechists are assisting
86 2, 15 | convincingly to the peoples of Oceania.~It was a joy during the
87 2, 15 | Catholic communities in Oceania are already making great
88 2, 15 | all the Catholic people of Oceania to join them in that hope.~ ~
89 2, 16 | authentic Christian life in Oceania. The process of inculturation
90 2, 16 | of inculturation began in Oceania as immigrant people brought
91 2, 16 | the indigenous peoples of Oceania, inculturation meant a new
92 2, 16 | they had come. As a result, Oceania offers many examples of
93 2, 16 | Gospel that was brought to Oceania; and he is the Gospel that
94 2, 16 | effectively to the peoples of Oceania, must respect each culture
95 2, 16 | found in the cultures of Oceania will enrich the way the
96 2, 17 | insisted when he visited Oceania that "far from smothering
97 2, 17(52)| Address to the Bishops of Oceania, Sydney (1 December 1970):
98 2, 17 | asked that the Church in Oceania develop an understanding
99 2, 17 | missionaries arrived, the Church in Oceania has inevitably been involved
100 2, 17 | better enable the peoples of Oceania to experience in their own
101 2, 17(57)| Cf. Special Assembly For Oceania of the Synod of Bishops,
102 2, 17 | of the many cultures of Oceania forming a rich and distinctive
103 2, 17 | that all the peoples of Oceania will discover the love of
104 3 | TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST IN OCEANIA~"While the people pressed
105 3 | Evangelization~Evangelization in Oceania~
106 3, 18 | of all evangelization in Oceania(59) and the basis for all
107 3, 18(59)| Cf. Special Assembly For Oceania of the Synod of Bishops,
108 3, 18 | Gospel must be heard in Oceania by all people, believers
109 3, 18 | future of the Church in Oceania. Many of them spoke of the
110 3, 18 | of particular Churches in Oceania. Some felt that the Church
111 3, 18 | felt that the Church in Oceania as a whole is at a crossroads,
112 3, 18 | this that the Church in Oceania is now called; and this
113 3, 18 | Given the situation in Oceania, God's call can easily go
114 3, 18 | Holy Spirit, the Church in Oceania is preparing for a new evangelization
115 3, 18 | of the Christian faith in Oceania, noting that it exerts less
116 3, 18 | all the local Churches in Oceania, but with particular force
117 3, 18 | priority for the Church in Oceania. In one sense, her mission
118 3, 19 | the Special Assembly for Oceania, the Bishops recognized
119 3, 19 | truth. The Catholics of Oceania continue to pray fervently
120 3, 19 | such a wonderful grace in Oceania.(68) Lay people also play
121 3, 19 | every corner of society in Oceania. Upon this, the success
122 3, 19 | to bear on civic life in Oceania.(71) As a result of these
123 3, 19 | bring to the peoples of Oceania the wonderful fruits of
124 3, 20 | the missionaries in Oceania travelled over land and
125 3, 20 | of the Church's birth in Oceania, the Synod Fathers felt
126 3, 20 | to proclaim the Gospel in Oceania: on the one hand, the traditional
127 3, 21 | in the remotest parts of Oceania. The media have a great
128 3, 21 | centre for the whole of Oceania could be of great help in
129 3, 22 | truth of Jesus Christ" in Oceania today summons her to renew
130 3, 23 | many missionary areas of Oceania, the differences between
131 3, 23 | fraternal. The Church in Oceania has given ecumenism a high
132 3, 23 | gifts of the Holy Spirit to Oceania;(87) and cooperation in
133 3, 23 | in which to take root in Oceania, because in many places
134 3, 25 | and hence the presence in Oceania of the great non-Christian
135 3, 25 | delicate task.~The Church in Oceania also needs to study more
136 3, 26 | early years, the Church in Oceania welcomed papal social teaching
137 3, 26 | developing countries of Oceania, the social doctrine of
138 3, 26 | Council, and the Bishops of Oceania have taught this social
139 3, 26 | Bishops' Conferences of Oceania, the Bishops' Conferences
140 3, 26 | still more effectively in Oceania, especially through structures
141 3, 27 | keen that the people of Oceania become still more conscious
142 3, 27 | are either under threat in Oceania or need to be more widely
143 3, 27 | The smaller nations of Oceania are particularly vulnerable
144 3, 27 | destructive phenomenon in Oceania is the spread of gambling,
145 3, 28 | to indigenous peoples in Oceania, the Synod Fathers apologized
146 3, 29 | between the local Churches in Oceania makes communio visible to
147 3, 29 | Many national economies in Oceania are still dependent on international
148 3, 29 | the more wealthy parts of Oceania share her resources with
149 3, 29 | Nor can the Church in Oceania be indifferent to the fate
150 3, 29 | improve human conditions in Oceania.~The Sanctity of Life~
151 3, 30 | and affluent societies of Oceania, the right to life is the
152 3, 31 | 31. Oceania is a part of the world of
153 3, 31 | called upon the people of Oceania to rejoice always in the
154 3, 31 | Yet the natural beauty of Oceania has not escaped the ravages
155 3, 31 | governments and peoples of Oceania to protect this precious
156 3, 31 | welfare of peoples not only in Oceania but in every part of the
157 3, 31 | The natural resources of Oceania need to be protected against
158 3, 32 | history of the Church in Oceania cannot be recounted without
159 3, 33 | Church and civil society in Oceania has been inestimable. In
160 3, 33 | teaching.~Today, the Church in Oceania is extending her commitment
161 3, 33 | is in its early stages in Oceania and calls for special gifts
162 3, 34 | ministry of the Church of Oceania is for many people the most
163 3, 34 | history of health care in Oceania shows the intimate link
164 3, 34 | financing medical care in Oceania, some institutions are under
165 3, 34 | care systems throughout Oceania. The Church and society
166 3, 35 | offered by the Church in Oceania; but some were given special
167 3, 35 | Church's social apostolate in Oceania. In a quiet and unobtrusive
168 3, 35 | care. Since the nations of Oceania are dependent on the oceans
169 3, 35 | evangelization of the peoples of Oceania. Faith is awakened by the
170 4 | LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST IN OCEANIA~"When he had ceased speaking,
171 4, 36 | Eph 4:24). The Church in Oceania has been endowed by the
172 4, 37 | importance for the Church in Oceania of prayer and the interior
173 4, 37 | family.(127) The presence in Oceania of communities of contemplative
174 4, 38 | be accessible to all in Oceania. They need to be well and
175 4, 39 | in the local Churches in Oceania, and they expressed the
176 4, 40 | Cor11:24). The Catholics of Oceania understand well the central
177 4, 40 | many communities throughout Oceania go without the celebration
178 4, 41 | many of the Churches in Oceania the Sacrament of Penance
179 4, 43 | growth of the Church in Oceania".(136) From the very beginning
180 4, 44 | 44. In many countries of Oceania, young people form the majority
181 4, 44 | the youth of the Church in Oceania that they are called to
182 4, 44 | joy to the young people of Oceania!~Marriage and Family Life~
183 4, 45 | The Church and society in Oceania depend heavily on the quality
184 4, 45 | social condition of women in Oceania, insisting that the principle
185 4, 45 | same faith.(147)~Today in Oceania as elsewhere, marriage and
186 4, 46 | charitable works of the Church in Oceania. It is important that the
187 4, 47 | times" for the Church in Oceania is the emergence of new
188 4, 48 | are relatively few. Yet Oceania has many young people who
189 4, 48 | consecrated religious in Oceania. The promotion of vocations
190 4, 48 | candidates for the priesthood in Oceania: human, intellectual, spiritual
191 4, 48 | situation of some Churches in Oceania. In the particular Churches
192 4, 48 | sharing of personnel within Oceania. Local diocesan priests
193 4, 48 | insufficient resources in Oceania, appeal should be made to
194 4, 48 | future of the Church in Oceania depends in large part upon
195 4, 49 | priesthood.~In certain parts of Oceania, sexual abuse by some clergy
196 4, 49 | them.(171) The Church in Oceania is seeking open and just
197 4, 50 | introduced into some Dioceses of Oceania, where it has been well
198 4, 50 | the permanent deacons in Oceania, and were conscious of the
199 4, 51 | founding of the Church in Oceania is largely the history of
200 4, 51 | spirituality of the peoples of Oceania and are a sign of the holiness
201 4, 51 | consecrated life in the Church in Oceania, it is important that Bishops
202 4, 51 | orders have taken root in Oceania, and they attest in a special
203 4, 51 | vital for the Church in Oceania. From the very heart of
204 4, 51 | there never cease to be in Oceania a deep appreciation of the
205 4, 52 | Pondering God's generosity in Oceania and his infinite love for
206 4, 52 | The Special Assembly for Oceania has offered many directions
207 4, 52 | by the local Churches in Oceania to ensure that they play
208 4, 52 | 6). Though the waters of Oceania are many, vast and deep,
209 4, 52 | and deep, the Church in Oceania has not ceased to walk joyfully
210 Con, 53 | is so revered throughout Oceania. Missionaries and immigrants
211 Con, 53 | that time, the faithful of Oceania have not ceased to show
212 Con, 53 | proclaimed her as Patroness of Oceania under the title of Our Lady
213 Con, 53 | Pacis, help the peoples of Oceania to know this peace, and
214 Con, 53 | harmony be God's gift to Oceania and to all the nations of
215 Con, 53 | commend all the peoples of Oceania to the maternal protection
216 Con, 53 | deep,~guide the peoples of Oceania~across all dark and stormy
217 Con, 53 | millennium~that the Church in Oceania~will not cease to show forth~
218 Con, 53 | Plead for the Church in Oceania~that she may have strength~
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