Looking out my office window, I can see the steady stream of people going into our Church Hall to vote. It’s been that way since early morning. I hope that means in our ward, immediate neighbourhood at least, the turnout has been good. I’m also pleased that Holy Apostles is an active agent in the [...]

Hi Everyone. We are about mid Lent, and a good time to access how we are doing with our Lenten resolves-has chocolate crept back in or the occasional pint quietly slid down? It is so often the case and of course, we forgive ourselves as we aim to fortify our will power. But Lent isn’t [...]

This morning I received this lovely picture from my son, Andy, who is stationed in Alaska. His family is getting involved in a variety of winter activities, including ice fishing, ice skating, skiing and photography. They are not overly religious, and yet their picture captures the “heart” of the season. They moved to Alaska last July, [...]

Recently, I attended a day retreat, “Knocking on the Door”, advertised as a Day of Prayer and Creativity with Sr. Sheila Gosney rjm, out in Wapping. I’m no great artist and had never been to Wapping, so a day of spiritual finger-painting sounded interesting and really appealing. Sr. Sheila is a treat not to be [...]

Have you seen the new Parish Classified on our website? It’s a great way to advertise what you do, things to sell or even what you want. I’m going to try selling a few things there instead of e-bay–just to test the waters. By the way, anybody have a sofa bed or umbrella stand they’d [...]

Perhaps you have heard something about One-2-One buzzing around our parish community. It’s not the latest mobile phone deal, but instead a method of establishing public relationships to explore commonalities and build better teamwork for those common goals. Austen Ivereigh has been coaching our Parish Council in this technique, which is utilised and taught by [...]