Following the Canterbury earthquakes a number of our beautiful churches had to be demolished. This was inevitable and necessary. Some of our parishes are still...
rebuild update
A media release a few minutes ago from the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch regarding last week's visit of Catholic architect James McCrery to the diocese: MEDIA...
building in faith
It was a privilege for me to spend the day yesterday with architect James McCrery, here in Christchurch at the invitation of Bishop Barry Jones to help the parishes of...
language of form
I had the privilege earlier in the year of meeting with Washington DC based, internationally renowned, Catholic architect James McCrery. For a couple of hours in his...
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building bridges
It’s hard not to accept this evidence of unity as an answer to prayer and a sign of divine intervention

consecrated
It really highlighted how rich the church is in its diversity but also it’s unity in our common faith

Leo on Augustine
You might appreciate this brief clip of Pope Leo (in English) introducing us to Augustine.

Leo XIV
In Aotearoa we feel a connection with our new pope since he grew up speaking and thinking in our language.

an answer…
The clear evidence is that the Holy Spirit has spoken and has been heard