Remembering St AthanasiusMay 02, 2024
Today’s first reading from Acts 15:7-21, is about the decision taken by the leaders of the early Christian community, notably Peter and James, not to make it unnecessarily difficult for non-Jewish people to become baptised disciples of Jesus Christ. Read more
Celebrating St Joseph the WorkerMay 01, 2024
In 1955 Pope Pius X11 introduced the feast of St Joseph the Worker on the 1st of May to bring a religious orientation to International Workers Day which is held in many countries. Read more
Remembering St Peter ChanelApr 29, 2024
In yesterday's Sunday Gospel, the union that Jesus desires between himself and us is described as the closeness between a vine and its branches. Today we remember two saints who lived out that union with Jesus in their lives. Read more
Celebrating the feast of St MarkApr 26, 2024
Today in Aotearoa we celebrate the feast of St Mark transferred from yesterday when we remembered Anzac Day with its special mass. Read more
Anzac Day 2024Apr 25, 2024
Today is a holiday here in Aotearoa-New Zealand. It is ANZAC day. It is a day on which we remember one of the most disastrous campaigns in military history. Read more
Choosing BarnabasApr 24, 2024
Today the first reading from Acts 12:24-13:5, relates the most important missionary event of the early church. Read more
Like ripples in a pondApr 23, 2024
Today's first reading from the Acts of the Apostles 11:19-26 is a revealing text about the spread of the early Church. The message about Jesus was carried across the western Mediterranean world, to the towns of Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch. It was inevitable. Read more
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