Tag: stations of the cross
Philippa Martyr: Seeing Jesus in a different light
The Stations of the Cross can be simple, no fuss, and utterly harrowing, says Philippa Martyr
New Stations of the Cross unveiled at St Peter’s Basilica for...
St Peter's Basilica inaugurated a new Stations of the Cross 20 February, with paintings by a young Swiss artist who won the Vatican's international art competition.
Sydney’s Urdu-Hindi community going strong one year after inaugural Mass in...
The Urdu-Hindi community celebrated the one-year anniversary of their inaugural Mass, performed in their native language, early this month, capping a remarkable year of community and formational growth.
Rookwood Cemetery holds Stations of the Cross
Family educators of the Auburn/Lakemba network recently facilitated the fourth annual Stations of the Cross. Held in the Way of the Cross Chapel in Rookwood, the Stations were observed at the peaceful Rookwood Cemetery with the devotion being led by Fr Maurice T Thompson EV and Fr Nen Dang.
Behold, the man! How playing Jesus is a Passion project for...
Passion play actors who literally walk with, and as Christ, on Good Friday are transformed through the experience and touched by the effects on others.
Palm Sunday procession through Sydney’s west proclaims Christ’s saving power to...
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
Form your faith by engaging your body
What we do with our body forms the soul and our beliefs. That’s why it’s so important to take part in processions and other public displays of faith, writes Fr Bijoy Joseph, assistant priest of St Joachim’s Lidcombe.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ
On the outskirts of Sydney, set in acres of tranquil bushland, is the hidden gem of the St Joseph Conference Centre at Bringelly. It is home to not only conference facilities and a Memorial Park but also the most beautiful life-sized white statues depicting the Stations of the Cross.
Stations of the Cross community art for Lent
By Judith Kennedy
Family Prayer has become an important practice at Our Lady of Fatima Kingsgrove.
Each Wednesday morning a grade leads prayer for any families...
Somascan parishes enter into Easter with Passion
“If anyone has hurt us, if we think anyone owes us something, if we think anyone has done us wrong, Christ is ready to pay that debt in full,” said Somascan Religious Fr Chris de Sousa CRS to a crowded St Christopher’s parish in Holsworthy at the Veneration of the Cross on Friday 15 April.
Easter is light amid a crisis for believers, Archbishop tells worshippers
Jesus dies, the disciples are scattered, everything seems lost - that's the experience of Easter. But something beyond imagining is almost upon us with the dawning of the Resurrection
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.
