Last Saturday's gathering was a remarkable experience of friendship and faith, with Pope Francis. You'll get a taste of the event in this video clip made with an iphone...
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1000’s of friends
The official estimates are that around 100.000 people whose lives have been touched by the charism conveyed by Luigi Giussani came to St. Peter's Square on Saturday to...
women wells wales
In the midst of the Hurunui drought, one of the options for this Sunday's Gospel reading (Lent 3) is the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well....
living with passion
Just over ten years ago I attended a lecture given by a Puerto Rico born American priest who was to speak over two days on John Paul II's Theology of the Body. I well...
NZ speaks in Rome
I picked up a copy of the Vatican Newspaper yesterday and was not surprised to see an interview with Cardinal John Dew. Pope Francis is attracted to peripheries and New...
FFF in Rome
This week Food For Faith is made in Rome during an unexpected and grace-given visit. While I will continue to upload to this Food For Faith website, the more regular...
podcasts
In the near future the LISTEN tab on the Food For Faith page will link to regular podcasts where I will offer brief reflections. As I drive around the Hurunui podcasts...
life in the gap
The "mind the gap" signs are often found at railway stations where the authorities don't like to lose customers between the platform and the train. The gap is a helpful...
FFF on F book
The www.foodforfaith.org.nz now has a companion Food For Faith Facebook page. While the website has a few formal updates each week, the Food For Faith Facebook page has...
a Saturday…
The Catholic communities of the Hurunui district are small and spread around a large rural hinterland. Since my arrival in the parish just over three years ago the...
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I was out for a walk last night soon after sunset, clear sky, Southern Cross above, and the International Space Station passing – a human presence in the skies.
dear friends
…not the restoration of a familiar world order, but a new world where human achievements, personal successes and health are signs that point us beyond
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Returning to the way things were is the “recession” of which we should have the most fear.
gone fishing
Jesus asks them about fishing, something they knew about, their ordinary, everyday, practical human reality.
getting physical
We have filled the space left by the lack of availability of the sacraments with live-streamed liturgies. But because we humans are physical creatures a virtual connection is always inadequate