The gift of Tradition In recent months I have been invited to meetings at several Christchurch Diocese parishes which are facing the building or restoring of churches...
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Saint Solomon
On Sunday September 2, 1798, Brother Solomon Leclercq was martyred. He had a choice in the matter. He had been imprisioned in Paris and was, with a group of his fellow...
faith & commitment
This afternoon's diaconate ordination was a wonderful celebration of faith and commitment in this year of mercy as Cardinal John Dew emphasised in his homily. Cirilo,...
streaming live
www.foodforfaith.org.nz is branching out this week with our first live streaming. Four young men will be ordained as transitional deacons at Holy Cross Seminary,...
duck church
One of the great joys of sharing a home with another priest is the opportunity to try out our homilies on each other before we subject a congregation to our reflections...
on the bus
On a bus journey across the north of Italy following a faith-focussed four-day meeting of people representing 80 countries, a number of participants were interviewed....
over the hill
On Tuesday afternoon I drove "over the hill" to the West Coast for an evening adult formation session for the parishes of the West Coast. The drive across the alps was...
poets’ friendship
The weather last night could not have been worse for the annual Christchurch Rochester lecture with John Weir reflecting on the life, letters and loves of NZ poet James...
Weir on Baxter
In the annual Rochester Lecture the Catholic diocese of Christchurch offers an opportunity to hear well-regarded speakers on a variety of topics. This year the lecture...
Saint Teresa
This evening NZ time (Sunday morning in Rome) Mother Teresa will be named a saint of the Church. You can watch the ceremony at the streaming link below (beginning...
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This realisation is precisely what it means to live in right relationship with God and with self.
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something greater
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Our Father
Today’s reflection on the Our Father is available in two forms so you can read and/or listen.
leadership
A clear and direct question, which one cannot avoid or remain neutral to, nor can one delegate the response to someone else