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deep sadness

deep sadness

Last evening we received the tragic news of the death of one of our youngest priests in a road accident. Graeme Blackburn was ordained on 1 July last year. Our prayers are with and for Erin his mother, his family, his many friends, and for us his diocesan family of...

the pointer

the pointer

My paternal grandfather knew his way around the night sky. In New Zealand, the Southern Cross is the most recognisable constellation.  I remember grandad showing me this cross, and the "Pointers", the two stars that seem to point to the Southern Cross. Many artistic...

180 years ago

180 years ago

180 years ago, 13 January 1838, the first Catholic Mass was celebrated on Aotearoa New Zealand soil. Bishop Pompallier had arrived in the country a couple of days earlier. Here is the account of the event in from his diary: "On Wednesday, the 10th of January, 1838, we...

Encounter

Encounter

One of these years I will make it to the New York Encounter. The 2018 event will be held over the next two days and "strives to witness to the new life and knowledge generated by the faith," following Pope Benedict's claim that "the intelligence of faith has to become...

searching

searching

My friend Alex is an excellent preacher. Because he is in the US which is a day behind NZ and his homilies only appear online on NZ's Monday I am unable to steal his thoughts and use them as my own Sunday homily!  Instead I am happy to share his YouTube channel and...