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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If the Magi had settled for seeking creature comforts, they would never have encountered the Lord.

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