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Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures
Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures
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This afternoon bishop, priests and people of our Christchurch diocese gathered for the funeral Mass and burial of our priest and brother Fr. Bernie Goulding. Just before the start of the Mass Fr. Dan Doyle shared a brief tribute that superbly captured something of the...
Have you ever heard a well-intentioned speaker talking of the life of faith as a journey of 'letting go'? Â Were their examples motivated by fear, or by the attraction of love? Â Click on the video below for a reflection that you might find encouraging.
Happy New Year! With the season of Advent a new church year begins. For a month now we will prepare for Christmas with scriptures of anticipation yearning for a deeper personal and communal experience of God-among-us. When Christians celebrate Christmas we often focus...
There is a story told of the holy French priest Jean Vianney (Ćure d’Ars d.1859). He noticed an elderly man who would spend hours in the church before the Blessed Sacrament. The ćure was curious about what happened in this man’s prayer. ‘What do you do when you are...
This morning Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Steve Lowe, priest of the diocese of Christchurch, as the next bishop of the diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand. This immense loss for the diocese of Christchurch is a great grace for the diocese of Hamilton. Only three...