Fr Joe Grayland is a priest of the Palmerston North diocese, New Zealand, where he has worked in several parishes. He currently lectures at the University of Wurzburg, Germany, specialising in Liturgy and Sacramental Theology. Joe has written and spoken publicly about how the Catholic Church responds in secular contexts, about changes in liturgy due to COVID-19 (the ‘liturgical lockdown’), about globalisation, and cultural shifts in Catholicism. Joe’s roles as parish priest and liturgical theologian give him perspectives both from practise and from academic theology. In the New Zealand context, his reflection on the changing face of Catholic identity is significant for understanding the future of the Church in that country.