Author: Anna Malone

2023 Annual Retreat

Our annual retreat day for adorers is going to be held on Saturday 1st April at Christ the King Parish Centre. The day will start with Mass at 9am. There will be four speakers during the day speaking on various aspects of Prayer and Holy Week. These speakers include Sr Lauren Butler from Carmel, Marianne […]

Praying in the middle of the night – why?

The Perpetual Adoration Chapel in Christchurch has now been open for nine years. Perpetual Adoration means exactly that – the chapel is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Because the Blessed Sacrament can never be left alone, someone must be in the chapel every hour during the week. Therefore, one of the […]

Perpetual Adoration and the Traffic Light Framework

On Friday December 3rd the Traffic Light Framework comes into effect. Here in Christchurch we will be entering the Orange setting. I have read all the information available, including the actual Order that the Government has gazetted, all the guidance given to Faith Communities and I have spoken to a number of people at the Diocese, […]

Retreat with John Pridmore

There will be another retreat opportunity at St Gregory’s for adorers on Saturday September 7th from 9am-12.30pm. It will be led by John Pridmore who was a gangster in London and had an amazing conversion. He is in the Diocese for a couple of months giving parish missions and speaking to school students. You can […]