Tag: Holy Week

The sacrament of reconciliation is having a come-back, say Sydney priests. Even young people are embracing it.

Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his physical strength, the Vatican press office said, but he also is increasing the number of private meetings he is holding with the heads of Vatican offices.

As Pope Francis and Orthodox Church leaders advance talks on unifying the date of Easter, the spirit of that dialogue was reflected in Punchbowl, where thousands of Orthodox and Catholic faithful processed through the streets and gathered at St Charbel College on Highclere Avenue to celebrate Palm Sunday together for the first time since 2017.

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering—it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.

As Pope Francis continues his convalescence, the Vatican published a full calendar of Holy Week and Easter liturgies with no indication of who would preside or be the main celebrant.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP's Homily for the Chrism Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, Maundy Thursday 28 March 2024.

No one told the standing-room only crowds at St Mary’s Cathedral that Christianity is on the wane, as thousands of people of all ages attended each of the sacred liturgies from Holy Thursday through to Easter Sunday.

Hundreds of pilgrims took up the cross for the final week of the three-week pilgrimage in Sydney's central deanery, which concluded on Palm Sunday at St Joachim's Lidcombe with Mass celebrated by Bishop Richard Umbers

Crowds were noticeably bigger at the Holy Week and Triduum liturgies at Christ the King Syro-Malabar Mission at Villawood, and the community’s young people are stepping up their involvement in ministry after the relative quiet of the early Covid pandemic years, said parish committee member Jennix Joyson.

New research from NCLS says that most Australians would come to church, but nobody's asked them. Now's your chance...

Here we are at Palm Sunday for our last and deadliest sin: pride. If you’ve ever tried spiritual direction, you usually start by asking yourself, “What is my root sin, the sin that seems to be lurking behind all my other ones?”

Easter is approaching fast and if you’re like us, it tends to sneak up on us a little bit. So we asked our staff what they’re planning for their Holy Week and Easter celebrations and gifts.