DIOCESE OF AITAPE CHURCH BUILDING PROGRAM

	News report No. 31 October 2004 Diocese of Aitape P O Box 179 Aitape Sandaun Province Papua New Guinea Ph +675 8572046 fax +675 8572056
Aitape Haus Lotu Projects

Introduction:

Welcome to the tenth report for 2004.
This is the thirty first report on the Church Building program for the month of October.
In 2002, we established agreements with all of the sub parishes, and work started at Amu.
In 2003, we collected gravel for Arop1, Arop2 and Pou; began site work at Arop1 and Pou, and the welding of the steel frames for Arop2; at Amu we compeleted the roof and the concrete floor; at Barapu completed ground works; and began the design of Barapu and Sissano.

This month of October saw the completion of the first church for the Haus Lotu Projects at Amu. The church will be blessed by the Bishop next month, but already it has been used several times by the people at Amu. On this day there was a first Holy Communion for the school children of Amu, said by the parish priest Fr. Chinua Okeke, CSSp from Nigeria.

Photo 1: The front view of the new Amu church now completed in October 2004.

Photo 2: Amu church. The view from the choir loft.

Photos 3 and 4: 3: Right, the tabernacle made in the shape of the church and trimmed with gold paint.
4: Left, the view of the outside walls, concrete below, timber pattern above, with carved Amu paddles in the corners.

Photo 5 and 6: at Pou.
Work continues at Pou on the concrete floor and side walls. The side walls incorporate vent bricks and a concrete seat between the posts.