Father Chris Skinner is a priest of the Society of Mary in New Zealand. In a world that is searching for spirituality, the music of Fr Chris Skinner has a growing and well deserved audience. A Marist priest, he is both a singer and song-writer. Some of his songs blend into our liturgical celebrations while others are more suited to times of quiet reflection. A thread running through most of his music however is its ability to touch our souls. In 2005 Fr Chris gave two presentations at our Eucharistic Convention – the videos below are recordings of his  presentations
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Fr David Knight came to speak at our 2005 Eucharistic Convention. The following is the promotional blurb to advertise his talk that year – below are recordings of his two presentations. —————————————-­—————————- Father David Knight is brought to the Eucharistic Convention this year by the Cursillo Group of Auckland led by Gerry and Margaret Smy. The organisers are very grateful to the Cursillos for their generous gesture on behalf of the Eucharistic Convention this year. David Knight was born in Dallas, TX in 1931. After studying and working in Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Washington, and Lyon, France, he was
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The video below of this presentation is unique and inspiring. In 1999 I was introduced to Cardinal Nguyen van Thuan by Archbishop Valerian D’Souza of Poona in India. Archbishop D’Souza gave me a copy of the Cardinal’s book “Five Loaves and Two Fish” which was most absorbing for me. Having read the book I set about trying to entice Cardinal van Thuan to come to new Zealand to speak at one of our future conventions. The Cardinal responded by letter informing me that while he would love to come to New Zealand to share his story his health at that
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In 2005 Annetta Moran talked about her personal journey of Faith – she was awe-inspiring. You will enjoy this video of her testimony which took some courage to deliver on her part. Below is the promotional blurb used to advertise her talk at the convention that year. —————————————-­—————————————-­——— Mother of four adult daughters,teacher,. Christian politician, and tireless pro-life worker for 35 years with her husband Bernard – will speak about her conversion to the Catholic faith and her life as a Christian woman. She was born in Belfast. Raised a Presbyterian, she served as an elder in the Glenfield Presbyterian
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Father Ken Hannon  spoke about the Eucharist at our 2005 Eucharistic Convention. Following is the promotional blurb advertising his talk that year. Father Hannon is a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate from San Antonio, Texas. After ordination in 1972 he had the opportunity to engage in general parochial ministry in two U.S. parishes before being called to academic work. He has been teaching at Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio since 1979. His areas of concentration were Pastoral Theology, Systematics and Liturgical Studies, and these continue to be his areas of primary interest. Although Liturgy was a secondary specialization
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In 2005 Father Neil Vaney spoke at the Eucharistic Convention about his desire and intention to open the Catholic Discipleship College here in Auckland, New Zealand. The following promotional blurb advertised the talk that year. —————————————-­—————————————- Father Neil Vaney, SM, is a lecturer in Christian ethics at Good Shepherd College, New Zealand’s seminary. He has been working tirelessly for several years to launch a Catholic Discipleship College in New Zealand based on the incredibly successful John Paul II Bible School in Radway, Alberta, Canada. “I was there for two weeks in 2002 and was hugely impressed at the highly committed
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In 2005, the weekend Pope John Paul II died, Father Rory Morrissey led the Divine Mercy programme at our Eucharistic Convention. This is a video of that event.
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In 2005 lawyer Josephine Reeves gave a beautiful presentation at our Eucharistic Convention. Here is the recording of that talk. Following is the promotional blurb used to advertise this talk pre our 2005 event. ————————————————————————————– A qualified Barrister and Solicitor, Mrs Josephine Reeves is President of Voice For Life (NZ) Inc. and has long been an advocate for human rights, particularly for the unborn and the vulnerable in society. For over 35 years, Voice For Life (formerly known as The NZ Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child) has defended the unborn against induced abortion and sought recognition for
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As Catholics we believe that Jesus is really and truly present in the Eucharist. This is why we have devotions like the Holy Hour seen in this video that was recorded at our 2005 Eucharistic Convention. Note the reverence of those participating in this liturgy.
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The beautiful song written by Robert Loretz and sung by Briar Cornwall is well worth a listen. This was sung at our 2005 Eucharistic Convention; and the people loved it.
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