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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: lent: 84 1 - Feb 2016 - Reflection: Archbishop Fisher’s homily at 2016 Chrism Mass, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP(Subscribers only - please login to view) After becoming ill at Christmas-time Archbishop Anthony Fisher gave the Chrism Mass at the end of Lent at St Marys Cathedral in Sydney. 2 - Sep 2015 - Books: YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOUR: A Homiliary for the Roman Liturgy, Aidan Nichols OP, Paul Simmons Vol 2: The Temporal Cycle Advent and Christmastide Lent and Eastertide. 3 - Sep 2015 - Apostolic Letter: Pope Francis proclaims Year of Mercy, AD2000 Report He made an impassioned plea that Lent 2016 in this Jubilee Year should be a time of particular mercy. 4 - Apr 2015 - Reflection: Good Friday Reflection, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa In this capacity he provides meditations to the Pope and other high-ranking clergy each Friday during Lent and Advent. 5 - Feb 2015 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 2015 Saints Calendar and Daily Planner Lawrence Cross This spiral-bound diary has plenty of space for appointments. 6 - Dec 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 2015 Saints Calendar and Daily Planner Lawrence Cross This spiral-bound diary has plenty of space for appointments. 7 - Jun 2014 - Reflection: Eucharistic adoration: path to union with the Holy Trinity, Bishop James Conley During Lent we were called to make time for prayer for fasting and for almsgiving. 8 - May 2014 - Friday abstinence gains support among Australia's bishops, Matthew Biddle The 1983 Code of Canon Law confirmed that authority stating that the penitential days and times in the universal church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent but that any conference of bishops can substitute other forms of penance in place of abstinence. 9 - May 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Ministry to fallen-away Catholics launches call to confession This Lent a ministry dedicated to fallen-away Catholics launched an initiative specifically geared to bring Catholics back to the practice of confession (www. 10 - Apr 2014 - Reflection: Lent: our preparation for Easter, Bishop Anthony Fisher OP Lent is practice for Easter. 11 - Mar 2014 - Editorial: Lent 2014 and its practical application, Peter Westmore As this months front cover reminds us this years season of Lent commences with Ash Wednesday on 5 March and extends until Holy Saturday 19 April. 12 - Apr 2013 - Books: FESTA PASCHALIA: A History of Holy Week Liturgy in the Roman Rite, Goddard, Michael Daniel Available from Freedom Publishing) The most significant celebration in the Christian liturgical year is Easter and because of the prominence of this solemnity there is a gradual preparation for this feast through the observances of Lent Palm Sunday and the Triduum. 13 - Apr 2013 - Letters: Holy priest, M.A. Ross The Gospel during the second week of Lent (Luke 16:19-31) about Lazarus and the rich man will always remind me of a wise loyal holy very prayerful and steadfast priest Fr John Burns whose voice we will never hear again. 14 - Jun 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic News Agency Cardinal Wuerl: bishops must teach the faith Citing a prevalent lack of catechesis since the 1970s Cardinal Donald Wuerl says that a bishops role as teacher is particularly essential today as there is a whole generation with little solid intellectual formation in their faith. 15 - May 2011 - News: The Church Around the World The attack occurred at the start of Lent while nine US dioceses were partnered with Catholics Come Home to share the life-giving power of faith in God by inviting inactive Catholics home to the Church during the Lenten season. 16 - Feb 2011 - News: The Church Around the World The other two bishops who are retired would be ordained by Lent 2011. 17 - Aug 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Last year several British Anglican bishops urged Christians to reduce their carbon footprint for Lent. 18 - Mar 2010 - Conversion: Paul Fitzgerald: my spiritual journey, Paul Fitzgerald Unfortunately I lent it and it was never returned. 19 - Nov 2009 - Climate change alarmism: a new 'religion' for Christians?, John Morrissey Earlier this year a couple of UK Anglican bishops called on Christians to observe a carbon fast during Lent; while in Australia not-a-few members of religious orders have been embarking on tree-hugging eco- theologies. 20 - Jul 2009 - News: The Church Around the World More than twelve dioceses and archdioceses in the US plan to launch CCH television and web campaigns in Advent 2009 or Lent 2010. 21 - Jun 2009 - Sharia Law: Lights dim for Christians in Pakistan, Babette Francis There were not any processions of Christ the King during the month of Lent which had been organized for decades. 22 - Apr 2009 - US Catholic universities: how not to observe Lent Three Jesuit-run universities in the United States hosted events promoting sexual licence cross-dressing and homosexual ideologies just as Lent began with Georgetown University being accused of promoting promiscuity under the label of sexual liberation. 23 - Mar 2009 - Editorial: Lent: preparing for the risen Christ, Peter Westmore In our secularised society the season of Lent for many has become a time when Hot Cross Buns can be bought at bakeries and supermarkets promote the sale of fish in the run-up to Easter. 24 - Dec 2008 - Novus Ordo: Vatican approves new Missal translation, Michael Gilchrist Significantly the approved Order of Mass allows for use of the Apostles Creed as an alternative to the Nicene Creed especially during Lent and Easter time. 25 - Aug 2008 - Books: QUESTION TIME by Fr John Flader, Fr Anthony Robbie Available from Freedom Publishing) Why is holy water being removed from some church fonts during Lent asks one of Fr Fladers correspondents? 26 - Apr 2008 - Reflection: Original Sin, the 'madness' of the Cross and the 'foolishness' of God's love, Fr Dennis Byrnes The Church unites herself to this mystery in a special way in the liturgical season of Lent. 27 - Apr 2008 - News: The Church Around the World Commenting on the process of reconciliation between Muslims and Christians Archbishop Sako said Even during Lent our Islamic brothers come to see us but it takes time to promote initiatives and we have to learn. 28 - Mar 2008 - Reflection: Benedict XVI on Lent: 'authentic conversion to the love of Christ', Pope Benedict XVI Lent is a favourable time to learn to stay with Mary and John the beloved disciple close to him who on the cross consummated for all mankind the sacrifice of his life. 29 - Dec 2007 - Reflection: May we deepen our longing for the Lord's coming, Bishop Arthur Serratelli Advent like Lent is a time of more intense prayer and fasting to ready ourselves for the Lord. 30 - Apr 2007 - Books: Books available from AD2000 and Freedom Publishing Daily Lenten Meditations Pope John Paul II This compact book contains John Paul IIs reflections on the Scripture readings for each day of Lent from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. 31 - Apr 2007 - Rockhampton Lenten program: 'whatever that might mean', AD2000 Report Launching his dioceses Lenten program for 2007 Bishop Brian Heenan of Rockhampton Queensland commented (Brisbane Catholic Leader 18 February 2007) To evangelise does not necessarily mean to convert or lead others directly to the Lord. 32 - Apr 2007 - History: How much do Catholics know about ecumenical councils?, Frank Mobbs A council can order the faithful to abstain from eating meat during Lent and later abolish the order and later still impose it again. 33 - Apr 2007 - News: The Church Around the World Sunday Telegraph (Sydney) Spanish Archbishop on General Absolution abuse In his pastoral letter Lent in Times of Trial Archbishop Fernando Sebastian of Pamplona has demanded that priests definitively cease from abusing the practice of general absolution in which the confession of sins and the direct and personal reception of absolution are suppressed. 34 - Mar 2007 - Books: The Glory of These Forty Days, by Fr James Tolhurst, Michael Gilchrist An ideal book for entering into the spirit of the Lenten Season THE GLORY OF THESE FORTY DAYS: Reflections on the Lenten Season by Fr James Tolhurst (Gracewing/Aid to the Church in Need 2006 102pp $15. 35 - Apr 2006 - 1973 Decree: A Fourth Rite of Reconciliation for Queensland?, AD2000 This note is not included at the end of the other services; the services can be conducted by a lay person as the end blessing in each case is given in the lay form; in one of the services the Presider states: Now let us turn to God our Father and ask him to free us from evil - which could easily be construed as some form of absolution; the impression could easily be conveyed that all that is required for forgiveness of sins is for an individual to attend one of these services in Advent and/or Lent. 36 - Nov 2005 - Editorial: A remarkable Catholic parish This has continued since then with weekly High Masses using the works of such composers as Mozart Haydn and Gounod for much of the year outside Lent and Advent. 37 - Aug 2005 - London's Balham parish, 'an icon of liturgical hope', Joanna Bogle and knew all about Lent and giving things up. 38 - Aug 2005 - Campus Life: Cardinal Pell's program for a Catholic culture at Sydney's universities, Stephen Lawrence Last Lent we prayed the Stations of the Cross through the main points of the university every Thursday carrying with us a life-sized cross. 39 - Apr 2005 - Letters: Talking in Church, Judith McRae On Friday nights during Lent there is an extra Mass and during November a special Friday night Mass when parishioners are invited to bring forth the names of loved ones to be read out for whom the Mass is being said. 40 - Apr 2005 - Letters: Dissent, Fr John Speekman But there is a deeper level of disturbance in me which only this weekend (at the time of writing) was resolved by the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent. 41 - Mar 2005 - Books: Books to read in 2005 95 Lent and Easter in the Domestic Church Catherine amp; Peter Fournier This is an illustrated book full of activities for children and families to help better understand and celebrate the Lent and Easter seasons. 42 - Mar 2005 - News: The Church Around the World Archbishop Hart: importance of Confession In his Pastoral Letter for Lent 2005 Archbishop Hart referred to the tsunami of sin and evil in our lives and encouraged all Catholics to return to the Sacrament of Penance during Lent. 43 - Feb 2005 - Books: Books to read in 2005 It includes readings and blessings for Advent Christmas Lent and Easter as well as table graces for children and a set of blessings for special foods. 44 - Dec 2004 - New Evangelisation: Rebuilding a lost Faith, Fr John Walter This nomination is to be made on four non-consecutive Sundays early in the year usually near or during Lent and only through the Sunday Parish Bulletin. 45 - Oct 2004 - Books: Be Not Afraid: Cardinal George Pell's new book to be launched in November The Holy Father called for the Joyful Mysteries to be said on Monday and Saturday the Luminous on Thursday the Sorrowful on Tuesday and Friday and the Glorious on Wednesday and Sunday (except for Sundays during the Christmas season when the Joyful Mysteries are said and the Sundays of Lent when the Sorrowful Mysteries are said). 46 - Jun 2004 - Letters: Name changes? (letter), Frank Mobbs The case is stronger with Lent and Easter for the words themselves have no meaning even if users of English know what events are picked out by these two names. 47 - Jun 2004 - Abortion: 'Pro-choice' issue emerges in US presidential campaign, Michael Gilchrist When Kerry says the Churchs pro-life teaching is a sectarian position which cannot be imposed on a pluralistic society he is wilfully misrepresenting the nature of the Churchs position - by suggesting that this is something analogous to the Catholic Church trying to force everyone in the United States to abstain from eating hot dogs on Fridays during Lent. 48 - May 2004 - News: The Church Around the World The Archbishop in a four-page pastoral message in March encouraged the faithful to see the drama as a way of helping them to remember and reflect on the passion of Our Lord during the Lenten season so that penitence and Christian praxis may bear true and deeper fruit in our lives. 49 - Mar 2004 - CD Review: FOLLOW ME : The life of Jesus for children, by Zak Zreikat, Joe Padero The songs could also be used as a resource for childrens liturgies especially through Lent and Easter but also throughout the year. 50 - Feb 2004 - Books: Spiritual Combat Revisited, by Jonathon Robinson, Richard Egan This book would make excellent reading for Lent or indeed whenever we realise it is time that we got serious about the Christian life. 51 - Oct 2003 - Melbourne Archdiocese responds to John Paul II's Year of the Rosary, AD2000 Report In his letter to Catholic teachers on 1 May 2003 accompanying the program Archbishop Denis Hart lent his support to the promotion of the Rosary: The Marian months of May and October and the months between them offer us a central time-frame for educating children and young people on the value of the Rosary in our lives. 52 - Jul 2003 - Letters: Lenten program (letter), Robert Osmak The Archdiocese of Brisbane booklet Lenten Program 2003 subtitled Attending to the Sacred had little to do with Lent nor was it particularly sacred. 53 - May 2003 - News: The Church Around the World Vatican Information Service Latest from Rockhampton Diocese New Eucharistic Prayer and Windmill Lenten program A new Eucharistic Prayer of Healing was recited at a Mass for the priests in-service conference for the Diocese of Rockhampton in February. 54 - Mar 2003 - Reflection: Lenten self-denial - at the very heart of our lives with Christ, Fr F.E. Burns Taking stock There is no better time for taking stock of our lives than during Lent beginning with a practical attainable plan for our Lenten penance - and continuing with a review of our attitude to the whole subject of penance or mortification or doing something for Lent and why. 55 - Aug 2002 - Editorial: The Assumption of Our Lady: 15 August, Michael Gilchrist These appearances of Our Lady in a glorified body themselves have lent strong - if indirect - support to the reality of the Assumption. 56 - Jun 2002 - How John Paul II's 'new springtime' came to an American parish, Elizabeth A. Wittman Additional devotions such as the Stations of the Cross during Lent were sparsely attended. 57 - May 2002 - Letters: Farewell Mass for Fr Des Byrne (letter), Barry O'Brien During Lent he celebrated two Masses each day with three on a Friday hearing confessions before and after (when necessary) each Mass. 58 - May 2002 - General absolutions continue in the Toowoomba Diocese, Michael Gilchrist Pope John Paul II during his address on 14 December 1998 to all the Australian bishops gathered in Rome for the Synod of Oceania lent further emphasis to the Statements directive while the Australian bishops at their conference in April 1999 in embracing the Statement of Conclusions agreed specifically that the Third Rite should be kept strictly within the conditions laid down by Canon Law. 59 - May 2002 - News: The Church Around the World This has been he said a Lent well remember for a very long time. 60 - Nov 2001 - Books: 'The Glenstal Book Of Prayer: A Benedictine Prayer Book, Mary-Jane Donnellan It marks out the key feasts celebrated throughout the year - Christmas Lent Easter - all drawing the reader more deeply into the life of Christ including His passion death and resurrection. 61 - Nov 2001 - Pastoral letter: Taking up John Paul II's concerns about the Sacrament of Penance, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey In order to assist the celebration of the Sacrament steps will be taken in this Archdiocese to assemble or produce suitable penitential resources homily notes and Second Rite services for use in Lent and Advent. 62 - Aug 2001 - Books: Learning to Pray, by Julie Keleman, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) Julie Keleman several years ago wrote a booklet entitled Lent is for Children. 63 - Mar 2001 - Books: The Pange Lingua Hymnal, compiled by Paul Newton, Fr Gregory Pritchard PP He has assembled 174 hymns and Latin chants and put them under various headings: Christmas Lent Easter Saints Thanks and Praise etc. 64 - Mar 2001 - Books: Come To The Father: An Invitation to Share the Catholic Faith, Aidan Nichols OP, Christopher Quinn It would make an excellent book to study during RCIA programs. 65 - Feb 2001 - The finest RE texts produced to date, Anthony Cappello The latters talent as a primary school teacher and facilitator of other primary school teachers is manifested impressively throughout this volume. 66 - Feb 2001 - Bishop Wilson of Wollongong to be the future Archbishop of Adelaide, AD2000 Report This practice was not widespread - being confined to a handful of parishes usually during Advent and Lent. 67 - Dec 2000 - News: The Church Around the World The season of Lent was marked by an unprecedented solemn Day of Pardon ceremony and Easter with the usual solemnities including the Way of the Cross in the Roman Colosseum and a massive Easter Sunday celebration in St Peters Square. 68 - Nov 2000 - Books: Martyrs And Saints In Catholic Liturgy by K.G. Mortensen, Michael Daniel Martyrs And Saints In Catholic Liturgy (From Advent to Lent) by K. 69 - Oct 2000 - News: The Church Around the World The differences between the present Missal published in 1970 and the new one include the addition of several saints feasts throughout the year as well as the enrichment of seasons especially Lent with traditional prayers. 70 - May 2000 - Letters: 'Day of Pardon' (letter), Paul MacLeod The media (including some Catholic media) have referred to the Day of Pardon at St Peters on the first Sunday of Lent as an apology by the Pope and/or the Catholic Church. 71 - Mar 2000 - Reflection: Does Lent retain its spiritual meaning today?, Mary Kenny An alien question to todays younger generation is What are you giving up for Lent? 72 - Feb 2000 - News: The Church Around the World The social dimension of sin and reconciliation could be catered for during Lent and Advent with communal celebrations incorporating individual confession. 73 - Apr 1999 - Adelaide Archdiocese on the brink over general absolutions, AD2000 Report (In 1975 the former Archbishop of Adelaide Dr Gleeson received permission from Rome to use general absolution during Lent and Advent to cope with the number of penitents. 74 - Mar 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Cardinal Ratzinger received the list on behalf of the Holy See at the Vatican along with a copy of a Family Sourcebook on Lent and Easter published by WFF. 75 - Feb 1999 - John Paul II throws down the gauntlet to Australia's bishops, AD2000 Report He then lent emphasis to many of the documents key recommendations. 76 - Jun 1996 - McBrien's 'Catholicism': what the US Bishops criticised At the same time amid McBriens numerous theological options the voice of the pope and bishops is often reduced to just another voice alongside those of private theologians with more weight lent to positions in opposition to the Magisterium. 77 - Mar 1996 - Examining the impact of Vatican II after 30 years, Fr John Parsons In Lent 1962 while still Archbishop Montini of Milan the future Pope Paul VI said: Today there are no errors in the Church or scandals or deviations or abuses to correct. 78 - Feb 1994 - Can liturgical 'reform' be reformed?, Simon Matthews The recent publication of English translations of two key books one by the architect of the new Mass Archbishop Bugnini and the other by a critic Msgr Gamber has lent weight to this criticism. 79 - Nov 1993 - Brompton Oratory, London: Keeping Catholic tradition alive, Simon Matthews The discipline of Lent the stark reality of Good Friday the hope of Easter the fire of Pentecost and the Churchs joy at the example of her saints all find expression in the music vestments and furnishings of the Oratory Church. 80 - Nov 1993 - In the aftermath of 'Veritatis Splendor', B.A. Santamaria theft deliberate retention of goods lent or objects lost business frauds unjust wages forcing up prices by trading on the ignorance or hardship of another the misappropriation and private use of the corporate property of an enterprise work badly done tax frauds forgery of cheques and invoices excessive expenses waste etc. 81 - Jun 1993 - US opposition to ICEL changes intensifies, AD2000 Report Grave deficiencies CCC expressed its support to the letter of Roger Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles to Archbishop Pilarczyk of Cincinnati a letter which comprehensively documents what CCC calls the grave deficiencies of the sacramentary text and lent its weight to the aforementioned Credo a fast-growing movement initiated by younger priests who are rallying their confreres to beg our bishops and the Holy See to carefully weigh the consequences of these texts upon the future liturgical life of the American faithful. 82 - Nov 1992 - Where 'normal' religious life flourishes, Fr John Parsons They too had no personal property and did not accumulate objects in their cells They too observed the fast of a single meal throughout the days of Lent and abstained from meat much of the time. 83 - May 1992 - Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: has ecumenism lost its way?, Fr Peter Knowles OP This compound is the Phanar the home of the Patriarch of Constantinople and hence a significant location for the recent convocation of some 15 primates of various Orthodox Patriarchates and jurisdictions on the first Sunday of Lent - Orthodox Sunday - convened by the recently elected Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I. 84 - Apr 1990 - Editorial: 'Everything is connected with everything else', B.A. Santamaria Lent with the Crucifixion and the Resurrection more closely approaches the heart of the matter.
