Tag: Holy Week

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. 

Nobody told me it was Holy Week this week! And so I didn't know. I totally did it to myself. I usually feel so terrible about spending Holy Week ...

Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum is the most important week in the Catholic Church calendar. The six weeks of Lent come to a climax...

let us help those in need in our neighbourhood; let us look out for the loneliest people, perhaps by telephone or social networks; let us pray to the Lord for those who are in difficulty

Now just over the halfway mark, it’s a good time to take stock of our Lenten journey. As Catholic Weekly readers may recall, this Lent...