And yet more savouring of Saturday’s ordinations. This time Ken Joblin who led the choir and orchestra inspiring the congregation to join in full voice shares with us 45 minutes of the music from the ordination Mass. Tap on the image of Ken and his team below to savour the beauty.
Here in the Christchurch diocese we are still savouring the inspirational celebration of last Saturday’s triple ordination. You can see the complete album by tapping on the image below. Peter Fleming was the official photographer for the celebration and he has generously offered his images here for sharing on Food For Faith. He also offers […]
It is 40 years ago today that my paternal grandfather William O’Connor died. Grandad spent the last few weeks of his life not on the Gray’s Corner Farm where he had lived for fifty years but at our family home in Timaru. I recall the morning a couple of weeks before his death when the […]
It’s the feast of St. Thomas today 3 July, and an opportunity to reconsider the term “doubting Thomas.” Thomas was not really a doubter. Instead he was an adult seeking the verification that all adults need if we are to truly believe. A child will believe simply because someone they trust says it is so. […]
It has been a great day of celebration for the diocese of Christchurch with the ordination of three new priests. No need for words, the images convey something of the beauty and depth of the celebration.
I thought readers might appreciate some inspiring weekend reading. Recently Fr Julian Carron’s book Disarming Beauty was published in English. It’s release is timely as we Christians wonder if we have lost the battle of faith in the midst of contemporary challenges. Fr. Carron reminds us of the original attractiveness of the disarmed reality of […]
