Homily – Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
August 21, 2026
Growing up in a traditional Catholic family, my whole life revolved around the parish community. Apart from attending weekday and weekend Masses, one of the…
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It’s Show Time!
August 21, 2026
Holy Days New Zealand, 2025, 101 minutes, Colour Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes, Elijah Tamati, Nat Boltt, Craig Hall Jonny Brugh,…
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No One’s Just A Number
August 21, 2026
Stop – Check – Protect Scam Awareness Week 2026 While reading the newspaper recently, I came across an advertisement for a Scam Education webinar, serving…
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A Tour through the Mass!
August 21, 2026
Account of the Last Supper At the core of the Eucharistic Prayers, we have the recounting of what Jesus did and said at the Last…
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Homily – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 14, 2026
This week’s solemnity of the Assumption was declared as dogma on 1 November 1950 by Pope Pius XII, who exercised papal infallibility by speaking ex…
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From the Parish House
August 14, 2026
As mentioned last week, Fr Ian and I attended the clergy conference this week and we were blessed to have as our keynote speaker, Bishop…
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Bearers of Faith
August 14, 2026
A few years ago, I was caught up in a very challenging International Women’s Day (IWD) exchange. The office leader had written to all the…
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Introducing Deacon Hans
August 14, 2026
Dear friends, my name is Hans Raang, and I’m so happy to be your new Deacon! I come from a small island in eastern Indonesia…
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A Tour through the Mass!
August 14, 2026
The Last Supper and the Eucharist At the core of the Eucharistic Prayer is an account of what the Lord did at the Last Supper.
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Homily – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
August 7, 2026
There has long been spiritual advice encouraging us to seek and embrace the presence of God in quiet prayer rather than in extraordinary and spectacular…
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Sandy Curnow Reflection
August 7, 2026
Soldiers, ‘Justice’ and ‘Keeping the Peace’ in the Time of Jesus When King Herod the Great died in 4 BCE most Jews must have heaved…
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Celebrating a Platinum Jubilee
August 7, 2026
Fr Damien Heath Marks 70 Years of Priesthood This August, our parish community has the profound honour of celebrating a truly…
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