tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post5695721791309044720..comments2024-01-19T11:41:09.359+13:00Comments on A Hebridean in New Zealand: The Churches of Northland: St Mary's Church at MotutiGBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-45028562108552241302012-04-30T05:08:39.051+12:002012-04-30T05:08:39.051+12:00That it might be but there have been plenty of sai...That it might be but there have been plenty of saintly relics spread over Europe too. Sometimes not even all of them kept together in one place! ;)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-72286209790377143592012-04-29T23:35:53.342+12:002012-04-29T23:35:53.342+12:00I suspect, Monica, it's as much to do with bei...I suspect, Monica, it's as much to do with being Maori as being Catholic.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-2184408712902160102012-04-29T23:34:59.902+12:002012-04-29T23:34:59.902+12:00No, Katherine, they are just stations of the cross...No, Katherine, they are just stations of the cross. They have their stations services outside. Quite novel: perhaps unique.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-49292050988548131322012-04-29T23:33:16.802+12:002012-04-29T23:33:16.802+12:00Actually I think they were concrete but I'm no...Actually I think they were concrete but I'm not sure. I was hoping that Pauline's blog would tell me. I'll try and find out.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-16294138569519901152012-04-29T21:47:34.379+12:002012-04-29T21:47:34.379+12:00Thanks for the very interesting background story. ...Thanks for the very interesting background story. I have to say though, I've always had difficulties understanding the importance of relics, and hence also the act of moving the remains of anybody's bones across the earth after 130 years. I'd have found it so enough to just raise a memorial stating the facts. (But then I'm not Catholic...)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-56001674136693736852012-04-29T09:21:20.564+12:002012-04-29T09:21:20.564+12:00Now, that's how a church should look! Yes Gra...Now, that's how a church should look! Yes Grams, I noticed the stations too. Are they headstones too?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-13787027245534889962012-04-29T07:27:07.840+12:002012-04-29T07:27:07.840+12:00thanks for the journey thru history! Pompallier se...thanks for the journey thru history! Pompallier seemed to have been way ahead of his time ministering to the Maori. Are the Stations of the Cross made of stone?Scrappy Gramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09009685288094065223noreply@blogger.com