One of my classes this morning with Denis McNamara got me thinking anew about beauty. It is commonly commented that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but certainly...
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exams
Please keep in your prayer these days the students of the Liturgical Institute who are taking their final comprehensive exams for the MA degree over the next few days....
new chapel
Here at the Liturgical Institute there is a healthy daily rhythm of prayer (Morning and Evening Prayer of the Church and Mass) with class and study time - with some...
royal baptism
The weekend just past saw the baptism of Queen Elizabeth's fifth great-grandchild Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge, the second child and first daughter...
Fr. Jack O’Connor
This weekend marks the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination to priesthood of my uncle, and grand-Godfather (ie my Godmother's Godfather), Fr Jack O'Connor. Earlier in...
July 4th
It is nearing the end of the annual July 4 Independence Day anniversary here in the USA. I am fortunate to have this opportunity to join with many US friends here to...
the bulletin
Most parishes have a weekly parish bulletin. The bulletin for the Catholic Parish Parish of the Good Shepherd, Hurunui, New Zealand is uploaded every Saturday to the...
diaconate rite
In the last couple of days, since the ordination of our brothers Do Nguyen, Tien Cao and Thanh Tran as transitional deacons at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Christchurch on...
not death but life
On Good Friday earlier in the year I had the privilege of preaching the sermon at the morning ecumenical service held at St. Mary’s Co-operating Church in Culverden....
ordinations
Today is a day of great celebration for our Catholic Diocese of Christchurch as three young men are ordained deacons at 11.am in St. Mary's pro-Cathedral. Everyone is...
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THE sign
… discreetly in a restaurant, or unashamedly before a meeting, a performance or in competition on the sports field.
God going viral
For many good and faith-filled people the Church is experienced as a room closed with the door locked.
the new life
I’ll never have the experience of a mother giving birth to a child and I’m ok with that, with mothers commenting that men have got no idea what real pain is.
broken ?
Broken like a light-bulb, good for nothing? No! I’m broken like a jigsaw puzzle, full of potential and ready to become what I am created to be.
worshipping what ?
if we don’t make a conscious choice about what or who we worship, we will indiscriminately and sub-consciously grasp at something or someone to place at the centre of our lives.