Royal Commission on Abuse in Care (www.abuseincare.org.nz)
The purpose of the Commission, as found on its website is this: “The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is looking into what happened to children, young people…
Message from the Bishop—1 September 2021
…you to all who have responded in the past few days. Other Covid-19 information is at https://anglicanlife.org.nz/news-and-announcements/covid-updates/ . Note also that the Government’s Level 3 guidelines https://covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and-updates/alert-level-3/ this time are…
Message from the Bishop—20 May 2020
…sign of inter-faith solidarity and compassion in our region. Food for Thought—here are a couple of articles you may be interested in reading https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/western-intellectuals-dreaming-christian-dreams/ https://democracyproject.nz/2020/05/17/fr-joe-grayland-is-the-governments-de-facto-ban-on-religious-services-a-form-of-prejudice/ With respect to the…
Message from the Bishop—18 August 2021
…Kimberley, https://www.cardboardcathedral.org.nz/pages/this-sunday and in the evening, there will be Night Prayer by Zoom at 8 pm from St Barnabas’ Fendalton, https://zoom.us/j/959998327. Unfortunately an important national Anglican youth/young adults event, The…
The Gift of Music
…of distributing the funds. You can find out more about the incredible work they do at facebook.com/streetwisenz Tickets are available now from https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2019/the-gift-of-music/christchurch More information can be found at fionapears.com…
LIVESTREAMING of Cathedral Site and Worker Blessing
Invitation to the LIVESTREAMING of the Cathedral in the Square Site and Worker Blessing https://www.facebook.com/pg/reinstateChristChurchCathedral/videos Now we’re in Level 3, work on stabilisation of the Cathedral can continue. This…
Message from the Bishop—19 August 2020
…your ministry unit. The first hour is presentations from the speakers and the final 45min is the panel Q&A session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTnCGdrdW1U. This Saturday morning the seminar is on the referendum…
Message from the Bishop—27 January 2021
…property, what if an investment was made in social housing? There is a lot to say on this subject and a starting point is through this link: https://www.anglicansocialjustice.nz/resources/2020/he-waka-eke-noa-motion-11-report-on-fruitful-stewardship-through-mission-aligned-investment . The…
Message from the Bishop—11 August 2021
…natural disasters should not be downplayed let alone ignored https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/09/humans-have-caused-unprecedented-and-irreversible-change-to-climate-scientists-warn. Each of us as individuals, families and local communities should be asking with renewed urgency, what we can do to…
Message from the Bishop—9 September 2022
…Christchurch, we are bound to follow this timetable: In ten days’ time, the funeral service will take place in Westminster Abbey—according to this article, https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/royals/300683885/the-next-10-days-after-queen-elizabeth-iis-death, that will be on Monday…