Since 2001, in November of every year, I have led the ordination retreats for the Anglican Diocese of Waikato.Last night I began with the group who will be ordained...
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Christ the King
What image enters your mind when you think of Christ as King?I find it hard to get beyond the trappings of contemporary royalty: wealth, glamour, and image. I’d have to...
Cathedral Update
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacramentupdate November 18 2011Tap this link for newsletter.
hope
the gardenOne of life’s little satisfactions is to spend time in the garden. Yes, sitting under a tree with a book is pleasurable. But just as satisfying is being down...
election 2011
In my homily this weekend, I referred to this months general election. A Christian will use their votes wisely and well considering not only their own interests, but...
Hearts Aflame 2012
Several times in recent years I have participated in the Hearts Aflame event. This is a remarkable, annual, ten day January gathering of young (18-35) adults, in an...
All Souls
Pope Benedict XVI on the Feast of All Souls a couple of years ago.Note that the tomb of Blessed John Paul II is now in the basilica:
All Saints
Four hundred and ninety nine years ago today, Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes were 'completed'. I am sure that there was no coincidence in the date: the...
ismasschanging.org
There are some very creative people around. As we near the arrival of the Third Edition of the Roman Missal on the First Sunday of Advent this year (end of November),...
Sacred Heart "Praise Be"
A number of people responded to the blog yesterday on the centenary of Sacred Heart basilica in Timaru. This morning Praise Be featured a number of hymns recorded in...
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weekend reading
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....
Cathedral images
Last night's TV Seven Sharp programme featured these images of the interior of the damaged Catholic Cathedral in Christchurch. We await the appointment of a new bishop to lead us through the discernment to decide the future of this magnificent building. Tap on the...
just give all !
Thinking about Peter and Paul, and martyrs, and getting ready for this Sunday when we will hear Jesus saying that no-one who prefers another to me is worthy of me. The only way we can truly live is when we live before all else, with Jesus Christ. Every other...
hope emerging
Yesterday I had the privilege of taking part in the Funeral Mass and burial rites of a much-loved Christchurch woman. Wendy died early last week decades too young at 47. For her husband and seven children this past week since their wife and mother's sudden death has...
together in faith
I am privileged to count as a friend Archbishop David Moxon who this week completes his term as the director of the Anglican Centre in Rome and the Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the Holy See. David is also good friend of the Catholic community of New...