The Funny Side of Being a Priest
Fr Chris Townsend has been a priest for 16 years – and its been an experience… As you read this, I’ll be reaching my 16th anniversary as...
Fr Chris Townsend has been a priest for 16 years – and its been an experience… As you read this, I’ll be reaching my 16th anniversary as...
Fr Chris Townsend looks at the practice of cremation and how some take the idea too far. I love this Month of Prayer for the Dead....
Christian Mission / Church / Fr Chris Townsend
by Chris Townsend · Published October 27, 2016 · Last modified October 28, 2016
Father Chris Townsend looks at the Church, past and present. In the time of turmoil that our country is going through, I travelled past Holy Trinity church...
Christian Living / Fr Chris Townsend / Social Media
by Chris Townsend · Published September 29, 2016 · Last modified September 27, 2016
Sometimes Catholic communication seems like an oxymoron, like military intelligence or clean government. As the person responsible for communication for the bishops’ conference for seven years, I...
I’m probably a bit old for this and every time I think about the effort of World Youth Day, I promise myself that it’ll be my last—yet...
by Chris Townsend · Published August 3, 2016 · Last modified August 2, 2016
In one of the parishes I previously served in, in preparation for the celebration of the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday, we couldn’t find 12...
by Chris Townsend · Published July 6, 2016 · Last modified July 5, 2016
In response to Sr Sue Rakoczy’s cri de coeur about preaching in The Southern Cross in April, and the variety of reaction thereafter, I was given a...
After a few years of using the new edition of the Roman Missal in English and the Revised Standard Version Second Catholic Edition for the Lectionary (readings...
My life as a priest is often very humorous, ranging from delicious irony to pure slapstick and everything in between.
The powerful movie Spotlight showcased the failure of Church leadership to initially respond to the scandal of the abuse of minors. In the South African Church, thanks to...
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