We will begin the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, 14th of February. For these 40

days up till Good Friday, we are invited to seek the Lord in prayer, fasting and

almsgiving in a spirit of repentance and conversion, to prepare our hearts and minds to

celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter.

“These times are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies,

pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving,

and fraternal sharing (charitable and missionary works). “ - CCC 1438

Lenten Obligations

• Catholics aged 18-59 should fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
• Catholics aged 14 and over should abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
• Catholics aged 14 and over should abstain from meat on every Friday of the year, including Lent, or substitute this with another form of penance, either in prayer, fasting or almsgiving.
• Taking up some form of voluntary penance throughout the season is also expected.

For further information see:

https://melbournecatholic.org/news/lent-a-guide-for-the-perplexed

To participate in your Lenten journey please note the following:

• Ash Wednesday Masses are at 7am, and 12:30pm.
• Each Friday we will have the Stations of the Cross at 5:30pm.
• Fulfill your almsgiving obligation by donating to Project Compassion. You will find the Caritas donation boxes on the tables inside the church.
• Visit the St Josemaria Institute for Spiritual resources - A Spiritual Toolkit for Lent -

 https://stjosemaria.org/spiritual-toolkit-lent/



"We are at the beginning of Lent: a time of penance, purification and conversion...our

heart is ready and, we have made up our minds, to purify ourselves. He hears us and

will not disregard, the petition of a humble and contrite heart." -

St Josemaria, Christ is Passing By, p.57