Waitangi
culture & faith

culture & faith

Today we mark 184 years since the first signatures were put to the Treaty of Waitangi

Bp. Barry on Chats

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...

This Town – Chathams

This Town – Chathams

In 1997 New Zealand historian Michael King published a well-received history of New Zealand Catholicism. He titled his work "God's Farthest Outpost." If New Zealand is...

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just write

Jesus Christ IS speaking and IS teaching, IS preaching and IS healing in our own neighbourhoods

seriously

seriously

I’m inspired by Moses’ willingness to accept a NO from God

breaking & entering

breaking & entering

I’m happy that Mary’s immediate response at the Annunciation was to be troubled.

here & now

here & now

Giraffes with their long necks can look back and forward. Rabbits are nourished by the grass at their feet

God present

God present

Tragically many people think that they are also distant from God. This is not true.