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a God-incidence

a God-incidence

I have some days in Rome at the moment before I head north to spend time with friends on vacation, and a couple of meetings which I will tell you more about later. But for the moment I wanted to share with you an inspiring experience of this morning. One of the things...

Ignatius

Ignatius

It is the feast of Ignatius Loyola today and I grateful to have been greatly influenced by Ignatius and by his followers the Jesuits. Ignatius remains one of our Christian traditions greatest teachers of discernment, the art of recognising and naming attraction and...

Marists @ 200

Marists @ 200

Last weekend all over the world, as in New Zealand, the family of the Society of Mary gathered to celebrate 200 years since their beginning in July 1816. On the feast of Mary Magdalen, 22 July, Jean-Claude Colin and his companions were ordained with the intention of...

Fred Dagg

Fred Dagg

It's Fred Dagg's birthday today.  Well, Fred himself is not that old, but John Clarke his creator is having his 68th birthday. I'm aware too that no-one from outside NZ will have any idea who (or what) I am talking about, and neither will any New Zealander aged under...

a martyr’s birth

a martyr’s birth

Last year I was privileged to be with Fr. Ibrahim Alsabagh and hear him speak of the rampant persecution and execution of Christians in his parish of Aleppo in Syria. A couple of months ago he reported that things have never been so bad for him and his people. At...