181 years ago this weekend, 13 January 1838, the first Catholic Mass was celebrated on Aotearoa New Zealand soil. Bishop Pompallier had arrived in the country a couple...
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raising the roof
Take a moment to consider the situations – and the people – that you have come to accept as impossible.

comforting
Growing up in small-city 1970’s Aotearoa we didn’t think much about music that might be considered serious and high-brow.

come & go
I like that. The world as the theatre of human history, that is, the world as the place where God and people meet and live together.

no & yes
When the angel left Mary, the challenges and problems of this new era of her life had just begun.

highway for God
Unbridled ambition is problematic and resentment is exhausting. Love, generosity and forgiveness really is foundational,