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  Celebrating Remembrance Day

Nov 11, 2024
In many parts of the world today is celebrated as Remembrance Day. It is to commemorate the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War.
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  Accompanying Refugees in Aotearoa

Sep 30, 2024
When I tell people that I am accompanying refugees from Colombia they often ask why people from Colombia are coming to Aotearoa as refugees sponsored by United Nations and supported by the New Zealand government.
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  Igniting Sparks of Hope

Sep 19, 2024
This month we continue to celebrate the Season of Creation with its theme of “To Hope and Act with Creation”.
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  "Happy are you who are poor; yours is the Kingdom of God"

Sep 11, 2024
Imagine a poor village in the Andes of South America. Most of the people are poor; there are no hospitals, doctors or health service. Then one day a clinic is set up and the priest who was asked to bless it said, ''You are the happy ones today, the poor of the village. The clinic belongs to you.''
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  Social Justice Week 2024

Sep 09, 2024
As we continue the Season of Creation, which runs from September 1 to October 4, we also celebrate Social Justice Week from September 8 to 14.
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  The Benedictus as a Prayer for Peace

Aug 15, 2024
Given the wars and conflicts that seem to be happening all over the world, I found myself drawn again to the prayer of Zachariah we know as the Benedictus.
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  Remembering Mary MacKillop

Aug 08, 2024
The two readings for today are appropriate for today's feast of St Mary of the Cross
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