Our Vision

On Pentecost Sunday in 2020, the three former parishes of Christ the King - Burnside, Holy Trinity - Bryndwr, and St Joseph’s - Papanui amalgamated and formed the new Catholic Parish of Christchurch North under the former Bishop of Christchurch, Paul Martin SM. His pastoral vision for the renewal of the Christchurch City Parishes were set out in his document ‘Our Faith, Our Future'. In 2024, after months of discernment with our community, Bishop Michael decreed the assignemtn of our new patron - Christ the Redeemer.

Upon studying and breaking open this document, a project group was formed and met together to create a vision for the new Christ the Redeemer Parish - springing up from the overall Diocesan Vision.

“The vision for the Catholic Parish of Christ the Redeemer is of a missionary parish bringing people to come to know Jesus Christ personally, helping them grow as disciples, and going out to others with the Gospel Message.”
— Christ the Redeemer Parish Vision

We hope that you feel at home in our parish, as we continue to try and live out this three-fold vision for our parish:

To know Jesus personally, to grow as disciples,
and to go out with the Gospel Message.

God Bless,
Fr Rick Loughnan (Parish Priest)

Meet the Priests

Meet the Leadership Team

The Leadership Team will assist and support me [Monsignor Rick Loughnan] as Parish Priest to develop, implement and oversee a future-focused strategic plan based on the vision of the Catholic Parish of Christchurch North.

Members of the leadership team are appointed to a three-year term of office and I look forward to working with the team as we help realise the three-fold mission of the Parish: to know Jesus Christ personally, to grow as disciples, and to go out to others with the Gospel Message.

The members of the Leadership Team are (from left to right)

  • Monsignor Rick Loughnan [Parish Priest]

  • Fr Alister Castillo

  • Dan Martin

  • Alex Chia

  • Thomas McNaughton

  • Judith O’Sullivan

  • Katrina Talanoa

  • Genevieve Wei

Meet the Parish Staff

The Catholic Parish of Christchurch North’s new Parish Boundary - consisting of the former boundaries of Papanui, Bryndwr and Burnside Parishes.