Tag: Ash Wednesday
From dawn to dusk, Sydney returns to church for ashes and...
Thousands of Catholics visited Sydney’s CBD churches on Ash Wednesday. The renewed their faith for many different reasons, but all left with the ashes that mark them as Christ’s disciples
Archbishop Fisher: Valentine’s Day on Ash Wednesday reminds us Lent is...
Archbishop Fisher: Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are three gifts, wrapped in purple, that show the magnitude of God's love for his creation
Marie Kondo your life this Lent
Lent is an opportunity to drop habits that don't serve God
In the Maronite Church, Lent is a nautical expedition. It begins on Cana Sunday...
Lent a time for love, not ‘useless sermons’
We are just "dust in the universe" but "destined for eternal life" said Pope.
Pope’s Lent message focus on conversion, Satan’s lies
By Hannah Brockhaus
There is an urgent need for personal conversion, without which the temptations of Satan, and the presence of evil, create a “hell here...
Hong Kong cancels Masses amid fears
Bishop halt all Masses including Ash Wednesday liturgies to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Sydney launches Lenten app
Blogs, videos, comics and daily Gospel readings are some of the features of this year’s Lenten smartphone app launched by the Archdiocese of Sydney...
Mark Shea: The Strange Need for Ash Wednesday
One of the paradoxes of life in liturgical Churches is the odd popularity of Ash Wednesday. People who resent the very idea of Holy...
