The weekly newsletter (Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time) for the Catholic Parish of the Good Shepherd, Hurunui District, is now uploaded to the parish website...
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"Traces": monthly inspiration
There are a few daily and weekly inspirations that I rely on for my good health. There are also some monthly moments that I eagerly anticipate. These provide for (the...
Queen Elizabeth – 60 years
It is sixty years (June 2) since the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. A lifetime of such commitment is worthy of admiration. On her 21st birthday in 1947 (five years...
Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII died fifty years ago today June 3. Below you will find a few quotations from Pope John and some interesting youtube clips.One of the best known John...
united in prayer
Pope Francis has invited Catholics around the world to share with him a time of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Sunday afternoon 2 June 5.00pm (Rome time)....
an Orvieto event – today, everywhere!
The Italian town of Orvieto is a beautiful settlement in which all roads lead to the magnificent medieval Cathedral. The ‘treasure’ of this church is the corporal onto...
a tale of two funerals
Interesting, and from a Protestant perspective:http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2013/05/two-kinds-of-funerals/
Corpus Christi newsletter
The weekly Newsletter for the Catholic Parish of the Good Shepherd, Hurunui, is now uploaded at the parish website www.catholichurunui.co.nz. Â
daily meditations
In a couple of blog updates, including the one earlier today, I have referred to Pope Francis' little homilies at the daily morning Mass. Â I notice that these have been...
temporary or definitive?
Each morning the pope celebrates the Vatican "worker's Mass" at 7am in the building in which he lives. At these Masses the pope gives a simple homily - and these little...
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church choice
I know that many readers are interested in what diocesan priests from all over New Zealand are hearing this week at our five-yearly assembly. When your priest arrives back home later tomorrow ask him to share something of how he was encouraged during the gathering....
Msgr. Pat RIP
It is with great sadness that 186 of us diocesan priests gathered in Christchurch learned this morning of the death of one of our brothers, Monsignor Pat Ward of the diocese of Auckland. Pat had arrived in Christchurch to take part in the Assembly, but was admitted to...
inspiration
Last night there was a great buzz at a Christchurch hotel as 186 diocesan priests from the six New Zealand dioceses gathered for days of formation and fraternity. This morning the first of the keynote speakers, Canadian priest Fr. James Mallon and author of Divine...
good vs evil
Life in relationship with Jesus Christ is not a life of comfort. Life with Jesus is an adventure. This is because we humans are not made not for comfort but for abundant life. We are made for adventure. This is why healthy people seek adventure by climbing mountains...
priests together
Next week 180 diocesan priests from the six dioceses of New Zealand will gather in Christchurch for the fourth national assembly of diocesan priests. These national assemblies are held every five years and previous gatherings have been held in Blenheim and Rotorua....