www.foodforfaith.org.nz is branching out this week with our first live streaming. Four young men will be ordained as transitional deacons at Holy Cross Seminary,...
deacons
on women deacons
Friendship grows easily here at St Mary of the Lake University and Dawn Eden is inspiring company. (Dawn's blog at this link) Her books The Thrill of the Chaste:...
diaconate rite
In the last couple of days, since the ordination of our brothers Do Nguyen, Tien Cao and Thanh Tran as transitional deacons at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Christchurch on...
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seeking & calling
In every encounter, local and afar, with people of every age and at every stage of life, the struggles and joys of people are remarkably similar.
Assumption
Humans too often make the fatal mistake of separating body and soul, yet our deep desire is for unity of body and soul.
ahead of grace ?
Both readings are personal favourites and every time I hear them and ponder them these texts speak to me in new and powerful ways.
Mary MacKillop
Too often we settle for an existence of lurching from one satisfaction to the next.
an inner peak
I know a few people, including several Food For Faith followers, who are nearing death. Some of these are elderly and accepting that their life on earth is naturally coming to an end. Others, well before their time, are struggling with poor health and living with diagnoses of terminal illness.