Tag: Almsgiving
Soup outreach warms hearts and stomachs
For the entire month of July parishioners at St Declan’s Penshurst have been busy cooking up a storm to serve those most in need during some of the coldest night of the year across Sydney.
George Weigel: Literary companions for Lent 2024
The traditional Lenten practices of intensified prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are spiritual disciplines to be followed along the six-week pilgrimage from Ash Wednesday to the Easter Triduum.
Mark Shea: Why are you giving alms in Lent?
Part 3 of Mark's series on Lent
Jesus is the Word made flesh, not the Word made word. When God chose to save us, he...
Mark Shea: Lenten Almsgiving
If, as we said last time, the point of Lent is to get ready, not for a holiday of chocolate eggs, bunnies, and nice clothes we call Easter ...
New guide offers a truly deeper Lent
A beautiful and prayerful Lenten Companion has been released by the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney to journey with you through the season of Lent.
