events
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Third Sunday After Easter: 19 April 2026
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, THANK YOU for your ongoing, exceptional generosity in multiple ways [love, presence, time, skills, money, etc] embodying your trust in God’s work through God’s church! In a…
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Easter: 5 April 2026
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Christ is risen!“The tomb of Christ is famous because of what it does NOT contain!” (Unknown). The angels removed the stone from the cave….. not a requirement to…
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First Sunday in Lent: 22 February 2026
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, We have now entered into the courageous season of Lent. The focus of our Lenten sermon series this year is:Light in the Wilderness. Our world feels so…
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Fifth Sunday After Epiphany: 8 February 2026
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Our Sunday Gospel presents us with 2 images as guides for how to be in the world as Christians: LIGHT & SALT. Some of my favourite light is…
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First Sunday of Advent: 30 November 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Holy “nudges” are all around us and within us. These nudges can be personal and speak into our personal relationship with the Divine. Then there are those nudges…
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: 26 October 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,What a densely disruptive weekend this is turning out to be. There is the “dry run” for the G20 Summit which entails numerous road closures rolling out at…
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Patronal Festival: St Francis of Assisi, 5 October 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,What is it that you, personally, find so attractive about St Francis of Assisi? There’re a number of aspects of our beloved patron saint which I find intensely…
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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: 28 September 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Would you like to see one facet of what hope looks like? I believe that our Archdeaconry’s 2 Confirmation Services offer a window into a particular expression of…