Lenten Enrichment
Lent at Home
With Fr Frank O’Loughlin
“Lent leads into Holy Week and the celebration of Jesus’ death and resurrection. It is a time for allowing ourselves to come closer to him and allowing him to come closer to us.” Fr Frank O’Loughlin
Fr Frank invites us each week to create a prayer space and explore a scripture passage with some guided questions and suggestions on how to pray during Lent.
Project Compassion Lenten Appeal
For All Future Generations
A parish fundraising page has been set up to raise funds for Project Compassion, Caritas Australia’s annual fundraising campaign.
Help support remote and vulnerable communities across Asia, Africa, the Pacific and in Australia. Your generosity today can help communities access clean water, food security, skills training, health and sanitation and disaster risk reduction training.
Together we can help vulnerable communities face their challenges today and build a better tomorrow For All Future Generations.
Lenten Discussion Group
God is on the Journey, Too
Rose Marie Prosser will facilitate the program based on the Lenten resource created by Fr Chris Monaghan. In addition to the scriptural readings, a selection of quotes are included in the program featuring both ancient and modern saints, as well as contemporary sources of wisdom. There will be time for reflection, discussion and prayer.
Event Details
Wednesday afternoons on 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 March from 3.45-5.00 pm at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, 301 Elgar Road, Surrey Hills in the meeting room. Please register your interest by emailing Frances Scott or Rose Marie Prosser
2023 Virtual Lent Series
Garratt Publishing is hosting a series of talks by four Australian biblical scholars from Yarra Theological Union, a College of the University of Divinity. Prof Mary Coloe PBVM, Dr Mary Reaburn NDS, Dr Chris Monaghan CP and Dr Janina Hiebel will work together to explore the readings of the week.
Event Details
Tuesday evenings from 7.00-8.00 pm AEDT on 21 & 28 February, 7, 14 , 21 & 28 March 2023 via Zoom. Registration is essential. Zoom meeting details will be forwarded upon registration.
Lenten Resources
Michael McGirr shares weekly reflections linking the Caritas Australia Project Compassion stories to the Sunday Scripture readings during Lent. Read more…
Revisit some of Fr Frank O’Loughlin’s articles:
Ashes to Easter
Lent, Easter and Symbolic Numbers
Fr Brendan Reed and Fr Hoang Dinh share their homilies during Lent. Read more …
Students from Our Lady’s Primary School, Wattle Park have recorded bedtime prayers to share each night during Lent. Visit Our Lady’s website