If you were Pope Francis and had the opportunity to give a message to the young people of South America, what would you tell them? Before you read further, take a...
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life-long adventure
As I come to the end of my summer semester of liturgical studies at the Liturgical Institute (Mundelein Seminary), I am grateful most of all for the robust vocational...
building beauty
One of my classes this morning with Denis McNamara got me thinking anew about beauty. It is commonly commented that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but certainly...
exams
Please keep in your prayer these days the students of the Liturgical Institute who are taking their final comprehensive exams for the MA degree over the next few days....
new chapel
Here at the Liturgical Institute there is a healthy daily rhythm of prayer (Morning and Evening Prayer of the Church and Mass) with class and study time - with some...
royal baptism
The weekend just past saw the baptism of Queen Elizabeth's fifth great-grandchild Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge, the second child and first daughter...
Fr. Jack O’Connor
This weekend marks the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination to priesthood of my uncle, and grand-Godfather (ie my Godmother's Godfather), Fr Jack O'Connor. Earlier in...
July 4th
It is nearing the end of the annual July 4 Independence Day anniversary here in the USA. I am fortunate to have this opportunity to join with many US friends here to...
the bulletin
Most parishes have a weekly parish bulletin. The bulletin for the Catholic Parish Parish of the Good Shepherd, Hurunui, New Zealand is uploaded every Saturday to the...
diaconate rite
In the last couple of days, since the ordination of our brothers Do Nguyen, Tien Cao and Thanh Tran as transitional deacons at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Christchurch on...
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engaging reality
Let’s retreat from from “those false and superfluous certainties around which we have constructed our daily schedules…”
that sinking feeling
We are faithful disciples when we calmly keep our gaze fixed on Christ. It is this gaze that saves us
a little bit
What the boy brings seems so insignificant in the face of the problem: “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?”
mature faith
Thomas was not a doubter. Instead he was an adult seeking the verification that all adults need if we are to truly believe.
without fear
The experiences that feel like death are very often more like a birth offering different opportunities and invitations.