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This evening I plan to be at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament choir and orchestra performance of Bach's St. John's Passion. Details below. But before then, at 3.00pm in Hawarden, I will unite with Christians around the world for the solemn Celebration of the...
This Holy Triduum beginning with this evening's Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper is at the heart of our Christian faith, and therefore at the centre of our human existence. So often we struggle to make sense of the joys, griefs, hopes and anxieties of every...
In the midst of Holy Week I can't resist paying a tribute to John Clarke, best known in New Zealand for his Fred Dagg role which made him a part of our national lore from the moment of his first TV appearance as Dagg on Country Calendar in 1974. John Clarke died this...
The Monday evening of Holy Week is a highlight for a priest in the diocese of Christchurch. At 5 in the afternoon we gather to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation together. It is both humbling and moving to be a brother among brothers as we confess our sin and...
You will read this on Monday, but I'm writing on Sunday night, the end of a full day. It's brisk outside, "a touch autumnal" as Bishop Ashby used to say. But the cool air is not enough to put me off stepping outside at 10.15pm to barbecue the steak I am now enjoying....