Lent & Easter
Easter Rituals
Without a doubt, Holy Week is the busiest week in the Church calendar! With so many important events, it is difficult for parishes to provide family-friendly services, especially…
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Holy Week Explained
It’s a wonderful season packed to the brim with meaningful ceremonies that bring us to reflect on the mystery of God’s love. Yet we truck from ceremony…
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2015 April
This month we have updated our Holy Week Special. We go through each of the most important days from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday and…
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One Flesh Union
It can be hard to get our heads around the amazing gift that Jesus made of himself by dying on the cross for our salvation. We…
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Waste Not Stale Bread
One of the ways we can heighten our appreciation of the food God gives us is to avoid wastage. Here’s an Tuscan favourite for using…
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Feasting and Fasting in Marriage
In marriage the fasting and feasting cycle is evident in the use of natural fertility methods which are the methods of family planning approved by…
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Rituals for Lent
of Death and Life It is often said that there can be no resurrection without death. New life is almost always preceded by death in an…
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Fasting Before Feasting
This year, consider fasting not only as a Lenten discipline in preparation for the feast of Easter, but as a time-honoured means of growing closer…
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Praise Flags
It is good to praise God! When we praise someone, we reflect back to them their own goodness to them and we also can be aware for…
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Ash Wednesday Prayer
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, a day on which Catholics traditionally resist eating between meals (fasting) and avoid eating meat (abstaining). Many Catholics also attend…
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Mardi Gras Prayer
As the last day before Lent, traditionally this day is one of celebration and festivity. The words ‘Mardi Gras’ translate as ‘Fat Tuesday’. It was…
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Seasons of Marriage
Marriages are in perpetual transition, growing, evolving, and cycling through periods of plentiful intimacy and barren despondency. In many ways, these are just like the…
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