Lent

Excerpt from an article by Matthew Newsome: “Sundays in Lent, Why It Doesn’t Really Make Sense” Okay, that “40 days” thing doesn’t quite add up, because technically Lent ends on Holy Thursday, when the Easter Triduum begins (though our fasting continues up till the Vigil…

January 23, 202 was a very very crucial day. On this day, Dr. Graham Stuart Staines an Australian medical missionary, who worked among leprosy patients in Orissa [Odisha], and his innocent two sons Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6) were burnt to death. In…

The day immediately preceding Ash Wednesday(the beginning of Lent in Western churches). It occurs between February 2 and March 9, depending on the date of Easter. Shrove, derived from shrive, refers to the confession of sins as a preparation for Lent, a usual practice in…

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading…

Lent 2022: “Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all” (Gal 6:9-10) Read message here

Lent is a time of renewal for us as Catholics and that is so needed in the world right now. We are an Australian Catholic Ministry reaching those who are disconnected in their faith from around the world, as well as people who are committed…