Our beloved Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street was opened on 12 February 1905, but was demolished in 2020 after suffering irreparable damage in the 2011 earthquakes. The inscription on the front of the church reads Ecce tabernaculum dei cum homnibus, which may be translated as Behold, Look, here God lives among us! During the February 22 Quake in Christchurch , a statue of the Virgin Mary in the South Tower of the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral was turned 180

The iconic Christchurch Cathedral has been a key part of Christchurch city’s identity for over 150 years.

The Burning Bush. Exodus 3-21. The Red Sea Crossing. Exodus 14. Two Tablets, the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20. The Ten Commandments concern matters of fundamental importance in Judaism and Christianity: the greatest obligation (to worship only God), the greatest injury to a person (murder), the greatest injury to family bonds (adultery), the greatest injury to commerce and law (bearing false witness), the greatest inter-generational obligation (honour to parents), the greatest