To make matters more complicated we are surrounded by signs pointing in every direction. Navigating a daily direction cannot be left to chance. It requires an intimate relationship with God and a keen and active discernment.
Chatham Islands
we will remember
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember...
Chatham ANZAC
One year ago today I was on the Chatham Islands for Anzac Day on the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign. The painting above is by one of the young Chatham Islanders....
a delighting bishop
This weekend marks one month since the death of Bishop Barry Jones, ninth bishop of the diocese of Christchurch, in the early hours of 13 February. On Monday evening...
Bp. Barry on Chats
One of the first phone calls I made on hearing of the death of Bishop Barry Jones on Saturday morning was to the furthest periphery of the diocese of Christchurch, the...
SMSM’s@Chatham
By the late 1940's the NZ government was finding it impossible to provide adequate medical care for the people of the Chatham Islands. The government made a request of...
Anzac Day
The entire morning of Anzac Day on the Chatham Islands is taken with dignified commemorations. The service at dawn is followed by breakfast. Then the parade from the...
Anzac dawn
Before dawn this morning here on the Chatham Islands, the Islanders gathered to remember that one morning before dawn 100 years ago this morning, New Zealand and...
Kaiangaroa visit
The centre of the Catholic Diocese for the past few days has been the remote Islands of Chatham and Pitt because this is where the bishop has been bishopping. We have...
Moriori
This morning, after arriving back from Pitt Island just after 7am, and before a few pastoral visits to the homes of parishioners, the bishop and I visited the Tommy...
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just one thing
they could have rushed back home to see the faces of their family and watch The Chase before dinner.
open the gates
For you are the living temple of God. Open up that temple, make it spacious, give it height.
be the first
With Christ we are freed from the trap of following every fad, fashion, celebrity or opinion.
so simple
These complications are very useful, and make the watch more… complicated.
get dressed
This divine dressing is not a lengthy process needing skilled tailors and holy-wardrobe assistants.