For some weeks the people of the Hurunui, and especially parishioners, have been delighting in the inspiration provided by our Hurunui friends Richard and Leo in the...
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“long to reign”
Early tomorrow morning NZ time (10 September) Queen Elizabeth will overtake her great great grandmother Victoria as the longest-serving British monarch. Each year her...
Antarctic priests
I had a great lunch gathering today with some of the priests who have served the US Antarctica Summer programme in the world's southernmost continent. In January of...
Virtually Francis
A papal first a couple of hour ago when Pope Francis was interviewed in an interactive Audience / conversation with the people of the USA in preparation for his visit...
five years on…
Five years ago today, a couple of hours before dawn, the people of Christchurch and surrounding districts were jolted awake by a sharp and severe earthquake. In the...
diverse & friends
The annual Rimini meeting is in its 36th year of working to build "friendship among peoples." In recent years approx 800.000 people have taken part each year, attracted...
just intolerable
It is clear from gospel evidence that the presence of Jesus on earth two thousand years ago was not a comfortable presence for many of those who encountered him. While...
ChCh build plan
Bishop Barry Jones has issued a pastoral letter on the building plan for the Catholic diocese of Christchurch, a single plan involving the repair and strengthening of a...
to the hills
It is difficult to explain how a week with 300 people of all ages, sharing meals and conversations and social activity in one hotel, can be a vacation, but for the past...
life & style
You may have missed in today's Sunday Star Times a helpful insight into priesthood "when God comes calling." I liked the way the article on God's calling to consider...
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with new minds
With this blinkered vision, what is physical and tangible drains our time, energy and resources as we set about ‘winning the world’.
look up
We need something to look up to, to lift our gaze beyond the loss of perspective that too easily comes when we become preoccupied with the things that are important but not essential.
an inner life
Am I forgetting that when I point my index finger with accusation at someone else I have three other fingers on that hand pointing back towards me
pray & heal
We are challenged by Jesus to forgive those who harm us, but as hard as we try we are unable to do this and often we don’t even want to forgive.
let’s get personal
Many Catholics aged over 65 can still recite word-for-word catechism answers they learnt at school. However the tragic down-side