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Fr. Harrison Ayre

@frharrison.bsky.social
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Pastor of St Peter's in Nanaimo, BC. Doctoral Candidate at St Mary’s, Twickenham.

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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 12h
ran into a woman at Mass who I distinctly remember from my time as a Deacon at St Thomas Moore. Her family was experiencing weird stuff. Was unsure of origin, but did a house blessing. She said to me in tears “Father, you have no idea how much our lives turned around to God after that day” 😭😭
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 12h
I cannot express how amazing it is to not have thesis writing weighing on me. Had Sunday Masses early morning and just spent 2 hours playing the new Lego Batman game. I cannot remember the last time I could do things without some demand weighing on me
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
done
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
24 more hours. almost there! lots to do but it's coming together!
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Somehow, by some miracle, I have been able to consistently keep my thesis at just under 100,000 words. About to do 2 rounds of final mechanical reviews, a few minor adjustments. but currently the word count sits at 99,356.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
was great to have Jenny Martin in Edmonton tonight and catching up with her over dinner with colleagues from Newman College (running back to editing)
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
this is a pretty great overview of the Examen. even more touching was how clearly talking about it brought some deep felt emotion to Andrew while describing. beautiful. we need more good stuff like this on the internet!
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I watch this video pretty much daily as my thesis morphs from rough draft, to draft, to final draft, to final final draft. finally, it will come to REAL FINAL DRAFT (USE THIS ONE!!)
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I can't wait to start learning German in October. Because the Germans have amazingly cool words. Like "Weltgeschichtsgröße"
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
11 more days of Hel....intense purgatory.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A quick reprieve to RT this as I saw this and....boy oh boy this is my life right now. Especially the end. The draft names....you should see my chapter file names!! Back into the void.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Deleting my social media apps until September 30th. please pray I get everything done that needs to be done in time for submission. Activating monk mode! Asking especially Maurice Blondel, whose cause is now open, for intercession.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is now starting to feel real. The Master Document is now being constructed as each chapter goes through its edits.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
hard to believe that South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut turned out to be more of a documentary than a comedy.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
from this day forward, the bird formerly known as the American Eagle shall be known as Canadian Eagle.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think I am finally hitting the “oh crap my thesis is due in 5 weeks and the mountain of work is almost insurmountable” moment that gets me productive.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Przywara's account of the fallout from WWI feels apropos to our moment in history: "this idolized world flew apart in shreds, that this entire humanity, into which God had been narrowed and humanized, revealed itself as a mob of predators, that this entire creation revealed itself as a volcano. 1/2
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
just wanna say: love my american friends…your politicians as of late…not so much
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I feel I need to be like Maurice Blondel and lock myself away in the middle of nowhere with no contact with the outside world so I can get through the last 5.5 weeks of thesis writing
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
bit weird but in a good way of getting back into the “gotta prep for sunday homilies” rhythm again. ive missed this rhythm a lot the last year (often said Mass on my own). it feels good to retrain this rhythm of homily prep.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I was struck by this passage by St Jean Vianney. A true gauge of progress is how easily we know what to ask of God in comparison to our earthly needs. His point is not “earthly needs are bad”. It is “your desire for God increases in asking for God alone”
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I have arrived in Edmonton. The new phase of priesthood begins!
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Goodbye St Peter’s. Goodbye Nanaimo. Thank you for an amazing 6 years. Next stop: Edmonton.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
packing day. mixed emotions.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
how many times writing my thesis I have to remind myself: dont describe: argue! it is rather annoying how often I hit a wall in editing and it takes me an hour to realize the problem is I have no frame to argue through that makes my descriptive writing actually work.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A mention at breakfast this morning: we should not call it AI slop. It is human slop. because a human prompted the slop. to call it AI slop is to scapegoat our own responsibility. I think that is a great point.
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
made this into a meme for you
polyphemus saying that
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
glory to God in all things
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Man oh man. St. peter’s in Nanaimo. Thank you. I am overwhelmed by the love you have shown me not only today, but these last 6 years. Let us continue to grow closer to Jesus and share His love with the world!
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
tomorrow is my last Mass at St Peter’s. So grateful for 6 years of being Pastor, Ive loved this place so much and will never forget the joy—even in the midst of difficulties—of leading this parish on the way to God.
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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Yes. Chad Pecknold of CUA has become a flag-waving sycophant. Bishop Robert Barron is Bishop Robert Barron. My mom and dad love Christ and disappoint me w their voting habits. But the Eucharist makes the Church, we celebrate it daily, Christ is risen, and every hour is a new chance to be converted.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
boy oh boy. the 10:30am Mass this morning. it all finally hit me that I am leaving st peter’s. pretty emotional Mass.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
it is bitter sweet to be back in nanaim
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
hey @catholickungfu.bsky.social. as someone who has only dabbled in the theo-logic of Balthasar, wondering: is there a trinitarian character to logic as such that could be unpacked re: AI? since AI requires logic to execute its operations etc…
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
damn this tweet blew up
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👨‍🚀 @frdan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
and there is a “religious freedom” social order vision embedded in all this, but one that allows both for the idea “society needs to organize itself to enable man to seek the truth (God)” and “pluralism can exist in this framework as creating the space to seek this truth”.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
the augustinian “two cities” image plays off this encyclical throughout.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
FRICKEN FINALLY THANK YOU
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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
“The Spirit does not wish to be the object of our devotion; rather, he wishes to spur our dedication to the neighbor in whom we find God. … Our finding God is the seed out of which the entire Our Father unfolds.” Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
the bxvi AI thing (not to mention the so called society it partners with) is uber shady. lots of issues 5 minutes of digging around would surface
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I bought one of those neck/back massager things because both of those have been hurting from sitting at a library all day. And boy oh boy. amazing.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Anyone have access to "Selbstkritik der Philosophie" by Alois Dempf? I need to get pages 249-273 of that work for my thesis Introduction.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Anyone have access to "Selbstkritik der Philosophie" by Alois Dempf? I need to get pages 249-273 of that work for my thesis Introduction.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Just came up with the best name for a Catholic food truck. Friar Truck
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
talking to a Scripture prof at the college yesterday and he said “history is not in vogue these days.” he meant that phrase tragically, noting my emphasis on Ratzinger’s appreciation of history in theology may not be as welcomed as I think (which is hilarious because im just following the results!)
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
John Stuart Mill was all about utility after all
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I am editing chapter 3. I realized I over did it on biography of Dempf. like…by 15-20 pages. I went through 5 minutes of “but I worked so hard on this” then came to and am ok with cutting (pending supervisors thumbs up obviously)
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Just gonna say: been killing it with writing/editing the last couple of weeks. Working on my edits of Chapter 3 to reframe it (it used to be Chapter 1). After a complete re-write of the first 10 pages and some editing, I'm about 1/3 of the way through the chapter in ONE DAY.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre @frharrison.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
just like…how is it that there is so much written on ratzinger but no one seems to actually look at who Ratzinger himself said was important and influential on his texts! the level of churning on ratzinger without the heavy textual and historical lifting is infuriating
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