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Our forebears in faith
One of my earliest memories of being in church is of All Souls’ Day, long before I made my first communion, and of trying to ensure that I got as many souls out of purgatory as I possibly could by making visits to the church and saying many Our Fathers and Hail Marys. I later […]
Can You Bear It?
Can you Bear It? An American called Bill decided to write a book about famous churches around the world, so he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando, thinking that he would start by working his way across the USA from South to North. On his first day he was inside a […]
The Book of Revelation (2)
Chapters 1 to 3 The inaugural vision of the Risen Christ fills chapter 1. John uses symbols that would be familiar to his first readers/hearers. Jesus is the “firstborn of the dead, and ruler of the kings of the earth,” an echo of Psalm 89:27 where God appoints David by the title “ruler of the […]
Friday 23 August
Ruth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22, Ps.146, Matthew 22:34-40 Your people shall be my people, your God, my God Ruth, along with three others, is a gentile woman in Jesus’ genealogy. She says those wonderful words ‘wherever you go, I will go, wherever you live, I will live. Your people shall be my people, your God, my God.’ Mary […]
Wednesday 14 August
St Maximilian Kolbe – memorial Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Ps.66, Matthew 18:15-20 A living family of God We are baptised into a communion, the church as the body of Christ, a living family of God. As in any family, church relationships are challenging. The principles apply for any community. Jesus speaks about mutual respect, trust, the importance […]
July Crossword
Solution for June Across: 1 Mendicant – Hidden word indicated by secretly ” Recommend I cantor” 6 Lay 9 Diesel engines – Anagram of “Deigns Nile see” indicated by “change” 10 Scholasticate – Anagram of “East Catholics” indicated by “develop” 12 Aphid – PHD arranged about one = i 13 Slype, 16 Blotting paper, 17 […]
New Wineskins
In our Archdiocese we are going through a process of structural review which will result in cutting the number of parishes by half. At present there are 46 parishes and one personal parish for Maori. The clergy are aging, with a third retired, some of whom are still working. There are two ordinations this year […]
Colourful History of Crusader Church of St.Anne
The Church of St. Anne is a Roman Catholic church, located at the start of the Via Dolorosa, near the Lions’ Gate and churches of the Flagellation and Condemnation, in the Muslim Quarter of the old city of Jerusalem. The current church was erected near the remains of an earlier Byzantine basilica, and over the […]
Reclaiming Generation Y
GENERATION Y is short hand for the generation of the new Millennium, born in the mid-80s and later. They follow Generation X,born in the 60s and 70s, who are in turn the children of the Baby Boomers – the post war generation. One of the saddest sights today is a church with few young people […]
Signing yourself with Holy Water
Having written about the Triduum in the last issue, I was asked why, during that time, the Holy Water stoups (or fonts) by the Church doors are left empty. This has had me thinking about why we usually cross ourselves with holy water on entering and leaving a Catholic Church. Like many things in religion, […]
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