By Lance Polu/ Apia, Samoa – 24 August 2024 – The new leader of the Catholic Church in Samoa, Archbishop Mosese Vitolio Tui has called on the diocese to work together and put an end to what he described as “so much sad news”. The newly ordained Archbishop was delivering his homily in his Thanksgiving Mass on Friday 23 August after his ordination as Archbishop of Samoa Apia in a packed and cheerful atmosphere at the St. Therese Pastoral Centre, Leauva’a the day before.
“My dear archdiocese of Samoa Apia, my fellow priests, my fellow deacons and their beautiful wives, the catechists and their wives; there’s so much sad news,” he said. “Because deacon versus deacon; deacon versus priest; priest versus priest. We better stop that and work together.
Then our prayer will be a visible manifestation in ourselves.” Likeable, popular and armed with a sense of humour that he uses effectively to direct his sharp messages, Mosese is the first Salesian priest to be appointed Archbishop and to lead the Samoa church. His message is simple.
“If we work together, we see God in each other; and that’s where we begin.” A worker known for his practical approach, he spearheaded the founding of the Don Bosco Technical Centre at Alafua and Salelologa that gave life chance opportunities to young men who were somewhat lumped at the lowest of the academic ladder in the current education system. Don Bosco colleges are popular in the manifestation of team work and the students ha.