Today, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis is spending the day in Assisi.At 9.20pm tonight NZ time (10.05 Chatham Islands), Pope Francis will visit the...
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the human person: a state of emergency
One of the many highlights of this year's Rimini meeting was the encounter with John Waters reflecting on the theme of the 2013 meeting "The Human Person: a State of...
a feast of feasts
This week is filled with significant feasts: Jerome 340-420AD (Monday Sept. 30), Therese of the Child Jesus 1873-1897 (Tuesday 1 Oct), the Guardian Angels (Wednesday...
yachting, and school lunches
I have really enjoyed watching the America's Cup races. In fact I got a bit hooked over the last few days. The past week has not been easy as we watched a convincing...
still dews of quietness
It is just after 11 on Tuesday evening. I have just arrived home from a Parish Council meeting in Hawarden, an hour from my home. A closed road meant that two of our...
joys and desires (francis & benedict)
A number of newspaper headlines in recent days have featured encouraging quotations from an interview with Pope Francis.Pope John Paul never gave interviews. His texts...
joys and desires (francis & benedict)
A number of newspaper headlines in recent days have featured encouraging quotations from an interview with Pope Francis.Pope John Paul never gave interviews. His texts...
the Francis interview
In recent days newspaper headlines have featured a substantial interview given by Pope Francis. You can read the complete text of the interview...
friendship and inspiration
This week 180 of NZ's diocesan priests gather in Rotorua for our third National Assembly. Five and ten years ago we gathered. Last night's Powhiri, liturgy and dinner...
space station spotting
A few weeks ago, at an al fresco dinner in Italy, a friend became preoccupied with his smartphone. When we asked what he was doing, he replied that he was waiting for a...
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the day life began
Human life for too many people is an exhausting existence of grasping at whatever will bring pleasure for a night, or working at a project that will at best deliver only fleeting prosperity and glory.
the first Mass
181 years ago this weekend, 13 January 1838, the first Catholic Mass was celebrated on Aotearoa New Zealand soil. Bishop Pompallier had arrived in the country a couple of days earlier. Here is the account of the event in from his diary: “On Wednesday, the 10th of...
Epiphany
This is the effect on the one who has encountered the person of Jesus. We are never again fully at home on earth, even in the fulness of all that our world has to offer. We are drawn to a greater light – and this is a sign that we are healthy.
resolutions
This is the last email for “Food For Faith for Advent 2018” subscribers. I thought you might appreciate a New Year encouragement.
Family & Sr. Wendy
“No matter how deep the love,
every human being is essentially a mystery.