Podcasts

Food for Faith now offers three podcasts. You can scroll down to view all the latest episodes or click these links to view each individual podcast:

Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures

Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures

Food for Faith - talks and reflections from fr john o'connor

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October “Traces”

October “Traces”

One of the highlights of my monthly reading is the Traces magazine of the Communion & Liberation community. A couple of months ago the decision was taken to no longer publish a hard-copy magazine in English, but to move this edition to a digital format. I was...

Francis the teacher

Francis the teacher

Last week a parishioner asked me “what is our pope up to?” The parishioner was puzzled and concerned by many media comments suggesting that major changes to church teaching were immanent. I have followed the synod with interest and noticed that there certainly is...

synod & chickens

synod & chickens

News headlines this week reported an “earthquake” in Rome with the publication of the mid-term report from the two week Synod: "Pastoral challenges to the family in the context of evangelization.” I received a call from Radio NZ on Wednesday morning. They had picked...

Teresa at 500

Teresa at 500

This year's celebration of the feast day of the 16th century Spanish saint Teresa of Avila is especially significant because in March of next year we will mark 500 years since her birth. A number of my friends have been sharing their favourite Teresa quotations via...

synod interview

synod interview

Archbishop John Dew is representing New Zealand at the Synod on the Family in Rome this month. The synod is unprecedented in its wide-ranging and thorough consultation and participation. Archbishop Dew comments that 25% of the New Zealand respondents are Catholics who...