Tag: Blessed Sacrament
Domus Australia celebrates home with 40-hour adoration
Domus Australia marked our national day with a traditional "quarantore"—40 hours of Eucharistic Adoration—over the weekend of 24-26 January.
Man risks life for the Blessed Sacrament during typhoon
While Super-Typhoon Gaemi tore through the Philippines in late July, one man risked his life to save both the Blessed Sacrament and priceless relics.
Blessed Sacrament can change your life
On the second night of the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis 18 July close to 50,000 Catholics prayed together, listened to touching personal testimonies and were invited to reflect on how to turn away from those obstacles dampening the fire of their love for Jesus Christ.
Q and A with Fr John Flader: Eucharistic Adoration
Dear Father, I have noticed that more parishes in Australia have Eucharistic adoration. Do we know how this practice developed in the Church?
Eucharistic congresses ‘like Catholic family reunion’
Despite threats of blizzard-like conditions,1,700 Catholics braved the cold to attend the Evansville DIocese's first Eucharistic congress.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Body and Blood
Therapists and life-coaches describe it as the antidote to our fast-paced and distracted lives, and a remedy for many physical and psychological ailments.
Philippa Martyr: No shame in sitting out Communion
If you’re not living in eucharistic coherence—when your soul, lifestyle, and beliefs all line up when you receive Holy Communion—what can you do about it? UK sociologist Stephen Bullivant and I are working through our Catholics in Australia survey results. We’ve noticed that receiving Holy Communion isn’t what it used to be.
Philippa Martyr: School, the parish and the faith
Is it time to start thinking along different lines about how we organise ourselves out there in the world?
I recently said that boutique parishes...
This crisis delivers us victory and hope, Archbishop tells worshippers
In a unique ceremony, Sydney's Archbishop turns to the example of Jesus in His last moments with His disciples
What is a plenary indulgence?
By God's grace, participation in a prayer or action that has an indulgence attached to it brings about the necessary restoration and reparation without the suffering that would normally accompany it.
Drawing on their faith: students win Walk With Christ awards
On Monday 2 December Sydney Bishop Richard Umbers presented awards to the two winners of the inaugural Walk with Christ Banner Competition.
The entries were...
Sydney goes from rowdy to reverent
About 6000 Sydney Catholics from every background and every age knelt in silent prayer.
