A couple of weeks ago, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands was having its annual meeting just down the road from St. Fidelis. One Sunday morning, Nate Johnson and I were asked to drive Archbishop Douglas Young and Bishop Bill Fey to the village church at Rempi for [...]
What is a typical day like at St. Fidelis? Well, here’s a montage of video clips that might help give you an idea. Let me know what you think! A Day @ St. Fidelis Seminary from Steve Nelson on Vimeo.
On April 26th, the seminary had its annual St. Fidelis Day Celebration. Not only did the students have the day off from classes, but they got to sleep in, spend the morning playing sports, celebrate the memorial of this first of Capuchin martyrs with all the Capuchins in the Madang area, and wow us with [...]
Here’s another short video, called “St. Fidelis Work Parade.” Several times each week, the students divide themselves into various work groups and help with the care and maintenance of the school campus. Groups include housekeeping, chapel crew, library crew, grass cutting, flower gardens, fruit gardens, vegetable gardens. (Word has it that the vegetable crew is [...]
I finally have some access to high speed internet again and was able to upload the rest of my long awaited Holy Week videos. OK, may be not long awaited, but you may find them interesting. I’m not real happy with the quality of the video or the editing. It was difficult to shoot much [...]