One hundred years ago today, 15 March 1915, the first Catholic Bishop of the newly created diocese of Christchurch died. John Joseph Grimes was an English Marist...
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Fr. Jack O’Connor
It is the end of a wonderful day of celebration of my uncle Jack's 50th jubilee of his ordination as a priest of the diocese of Christchurch. While the actual date is...
Francis’ friends
Last Saturday's gathering was a remarkable experience of friendship and faith, with Pope Francis. You'll get a taste of the event in this video clip made with an iphone...
1000’s of friends
The official estimates are that around 100.000 people whose lives have been touched by the charism conveyed by Luigi Giussani came to St. Peter's Square on Saturday to...
women wells wales
In the midst of the Hurunui drought, one of the options for this Sunday's Gospel reading (Lent 3) is the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well....
living with passion
Just over ten years ago I attended a lecture given by a Puerto Rico born American priest who was to speak over two days on John Paul II's Theology of the Body. I well...
NZ speaks in Rome
I picked up a copy of the Vatican Newspaper yesterday and was not surprised to see an interview with Cardinal John Dew. Pope Francis is attracted to peripheries and New...
FFF in Rome
This week Food For Faith is made in Rome during an unexpected and grace-given visit. While I will continue to upload to this Food For Faith website, the more regular...
podcasts
In the near future the LISTEN tab on the Food For Faith page will link to regular podcasts where I will offer brief reflections. As I drive around the Hurunui podcasts...
life in the gap
The "mind the gap" signs are often found at railway stations where the authorities don't like to lose customers between the platform and the train. The gap is a helpful...
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the desert road
And so, we went about our lives distracted, pretending that we could control everything. The circumstances, however, spoiled our plans
food to last
“The sailor cannot see the north but knows the needle can”
let go the net
It is commonly wrongly thought that the call of God is at odds with our deepest human longings. But when we do set out on the paths that God has revealed, we discover that we are truly ourselves.
pray to sleep
You might use this “PRAY TO SLEEP” audio when you are ready for sleep. Just press play and with any luck you’ll be asleep before the end of it
practising
Why is it that a Catholic who is baptised, prays regularly and insists that their children are baptised doesn’t feel able to call themselves “practising”?