A healthy happy human person is a sign-post that points to God.
true freedom
life in silence and prayer within a physical cloister enclosure might seem to some rather restricted and unfree.
an ultimate adventure
A Diocesan Priest belongs not in a monastery-cloister but in the neighbourhoods of the people.
peace through integrity
The name God will give you for ever will be Peace through Integrity.
come & go
The world as the theatre of human history, where God and people live together.
just one thing
I like that about Christian faith. We are in it together and the company is great.
one foundation
Jesus is the relationship for which the sign (organised religion) exists.
a little is enough
our meagre offerings become ‘all we have ever wanted, with much to spare
garden of life
with a bit of luck and some water the tomatoes and lettuces will be salads before Christmas.
holey roofs
If I have closed all doors and locked all windows, even then God will find a way – even through the roof!
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Impossible? Not!
I know I’ve used the image above before, but it remains one of my favourites.
forty years on
It is forty years today since I was ordained priest in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Timaru
not less than everything
I’m grateful to Catherine Fyfe and James van Schie, new Trustees who join Chris Fogarty, Kate Kearins and Catherine Gibbs.
the practice
We must stop using the term non-practicing in such an inaccurate and distancing way.
the rock
It’s sixty years next Monday since the closing of the three-year Second Vatican Council.










