Tag: Mass
Pope celebrates Mass with 50,000 Catholics—the only religious group growing in...
On the feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, Pope Francis celebrated Mass alongside an estimated 50,000 people who nearly filled Singapore's National Stadium to capacity.
Pope Francis celebrates outdoor Mass in Timor-Leste with 700,000
An estimated 700,000 people gathered to celebrate an outdoor Mass with Pope Francis on a sprawling esplanade near the Capital City of East Timor, with a choir of hundreds.
Q&A with Fr John Flader: Missing Mass for work or travel
I have been offered a job in a mine on a fly in-fly out basis, which will prevent me from attending Mass on the Sundays when I am at the mine, which are about half of all Sundays. Can I take the job?
Will you spend time with God? That depends on who you...
Would you willingly spend time with someone you didn’t love, or like, or even know very well? Would you spend an hour a week with them, simply because they asked you to?
What “nevers” tell us about Massgoing
Dr Philippa Martyr delves into Catholic Mass attendance survey results to understand the reasons people go or don't go to Mass.
New study says 69 per cent of Massgoers believe in Real...
A new study suggests that Catholic belief in the Real Presence may be higher than previous data indicated — but measuring that belief accurately remains a tricky task for researchers.
Mark Wahlberg talks faith with Sydney priest Fr Lewi Barakat
Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg has again urged his 30 million Instagram followers to "stay prayed up", this time surprising Sydney Catholics by appearing alongside a local priest.
Prayers rise for peace in Holy Land as conflict worsens
Sydney’s Catholics answered Pope Francis’s call for a special day of fasting and prayer for peace on 27 October as death and destruction continued to rage in the Holy Land.
Philippa Martyr: Young Catholics want Mass to be Mass. That’s OK
University of Notre Dame academic Stephen Bullivant and Philippa Martyr asked just over 700 younger Catholics under 40 across Australia why they attend Mass every Sunday.
The wine which prefigures an eternal and heavenly banquet
Some years ago a mind I revere, Fr Herbert McCabe, spoke about why we couldn’t consecrate burgers and Coca-Cola at mass. One good answer...
The first Mass on land in Australia? It’s a mystery
The first Mass recorded in Australian history is the public one celebrated on 22 May 22 1803 by the convict priest Fr James Dixon,...
Dr Philippa Martyr – Mass: it’s about God, not emotions
Pope Francis wrote an exhortation on the liturgy, Desidero Desideravi, earlier this year. I’d like to unpack just one element of it - the...
