Crosier - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 15 Jun 2016 05:22:07 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Crosier - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Bishop-elect compares himself to a jedi https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/06/17/bishop-elect-compares-himself-to-a-jedi/ Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:20:48 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83714 Soon-to-be bishop Fr. David Konderla is carving his very own staff - or crosier - to signify his new position and duty as a teacher and head of a diocese. "Every Jedi has not completed his training until he's made his own light saber that he uses to fight evil with - so this is Read more

Bishop-elect compares himself to a jedi... Read more]]> Soon-to-be bishop Fr. David Konderla is carving his very own staff - or crosier - to signify his new position and duty as a teacher and head of a diocese.

"Every Jedi has not completed his training until he's made his own light saber that he uses to fight evil with - so this is my light saber," Konderla told CNA in an interview.

"Of course it was natural when I found out I was going to be made a bishop that I would want to make my own myself," Fr. Konderla said.

Konderla's own crosier will be the fifth he has made.

He he has already made four crosiers for other Bishops. Continue reading

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