Arieta Vakasukawaqa
15 March, 2021, 6:00 pm
Archbishop Peter Loy Chong (middle) with Father Thomas Lanyon, left, and Father Samson Naigulevu after their ordination to the priesthood at the Sacred Heart
Cathedral in Suva on Saturday. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
THE head of the Catholic Church in Fiji, Archbishop Peter Loy Chong, ordained Father Thomas Lanyon and Father Samson Naigulevu at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva on Saturday.
The church, in the heart of Suva, was packed to full capacity with relatives, friends and church members who were part of this auspicious occasion.
Archbishop Loy Chong thanked family members for bringing up two young men who have vowed to do the work of God.
Arieta Vakasukawaqa
14 March, 2021, 6:15 pm
Archbishop Peter Loy Chong pictured with Father Thomas Lanyon, left, and Father Samson Immanuel Naigulevu after their ordination service at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
People living in poverty and the destitute should be the heart of service for anyone serving the Catholic Church in Fiji.
This, according to Archbishop Peter Loy Chong, after ordaining Father Samson Naigulevu and Father Thomas Lanyon into the church’s priesthood at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva yesterday.
Father Naigulevu and Father Lanyon would be part of the Congregation of the Mission, a community of Roman Catholic priests and brothers founded by Saint Vincent de Paul in 1625 for the evangelisation of the poor and the formation of the clergy.