Religious Liberty Today
The problem of religious liberty is as old as man himself.
Coping with Change
We in the Church have a problem with change, and we are not very good at coping with it. We have a passion for permanence. We change in spasms and convulsions interspersed with long periods of inertia, stone-walling and entrenched resistance to movement.
We need an organic model for change so that we get away from the on-off, stop-go model we have been following.
Seeds for the Growing
A review of the book “Seeds of a New Church” by John O’Brien CSSp, Columba Press, Dublin, 1994.
A Candle in the Darkness
When did you last meet a Catholic who was enthusiastic or joyful about the faith? For myself, it’s been so long I don’t remember. And others I’ve asked feel the same.
Church and Society in History
Published for the Tertiary Christian Studies Programme of the Combined Chaplaincies at Victoria University of Wellington.
Is Infant Baptism Pastorally Responsible?
Every priest engaged in parish work is well aware – sadly, wearily or angrily – of being asked to baptize children of parents who rarely or never appear in the church. What should we do?
What Do We Make Of The New Missal?
The new missal discussed in this article was introduced in 2011. This article appeared in Doctrine and Life magazine in 2010.
Apostle in Aotearoa
Published in New Zealand in 1977, Apostle in Aotearoa tells the story of Father Jeremiah Joseph Purcell O’Reily OFM Cap., Wellington’s first Catholic pastor.
Scattering The Proud: Christianity Beyond 2000
A review of Seán Ó Conaill’s book of this name, The Columba Press, Dublin, 1999, pp.104.
(Doctrine and Life, March 2000, pp.187-188)
How Liberal Is Post-Christian Liberalism?
Contemporary liberalism is post-Christian, but how can liberalism be brought back to health and sanity?