Dr Joe Grayland, a New Zealand priest, introduces his book Horizons which is a series of essays on current issues in the Church that gather around synodality and its future,…
Prof Thomas O'Loughlin has been a frequent guest on Muffin Talk. Here are a few snippets from longer interviews recorded with him over the years. He is originally from Dublin,…
Patrick Carolan is a Catholic activist in the United States whose values are based on the work of St Francis and St Clare of Assisi. He promotes connectedness versus indifference.…
In the census before 2023, the figure of New Zealand residents being affiliated with a religion reached just above the 50% mark. In 2023, the number of people affiliated with…
Acts 5:27-32,40-41; Apocalypse 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 In Acts, the Apostles are questioned before the Jewish Court. They were accused of not having followed the warning not to preach in Jesus’…
Who was St Joseph? In this snippet taken from a Muffin Talk interview with Fr Merv Duffy sm, we hear the story of how St Mary and St Joseph met:…
St Patrick is part of the identity of Ireland - but what do we really know about him?What languages did he speak and why does the feast day of this…
Why are many important accounts in the New Testament, esp. in the Gospel according to Luke, connected to the Temple - and how did the Temple in Jesus' time actually…
Waitangi Day – Te Rā o Waitangi in Māori marks the anniversary of the initial signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on the 6th of February 1840. How did it…