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Icons to draw seminarians into deeper life of prayer
Six new icons will soon watch over the Blessed Sacrament inside Brisbane’s Holy Spirit Provincial Seminary’s oratory as part of a new installation. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope invites all pray for terminally ill and their families
Pope Francis has released his prayer intention for February, inviting people to pray for the terminally ill and their families. Source: Vatican News.
New podcast series explores the power of prayer
In a year that has been dedicated to prayer by Pope Francis, Majellan Media has launched a new “Prayer is Life” podcast series featuring Redemptorist priest Father David Hore CSsR.
Year of Prayer ‘preparing the groundwork’ for Jubilee
The Year of Prayer is about preparing the groundwork for the 2025 Holy Year, so it can spiritually enrich the life of the Church and be a sign of hope for the world, the Vatican said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Francis announces Year of Prayer
Pope Francis has announced the start of a Year of Prayer in preparation for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year. Source: CNA.
Calls to abandon Lord’s Prayer ‘inward-looking and unenlightening’
Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli says the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer at the start of parliamentary sitting days “is a community call to honour God, so as to love and serve others before ourselves”. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Lord’s Prayer could be axed from Victorian Parliament
For more than 100 years, Victorian MPs have started each parliamentary sitting day with the Lord’s Prayer. But this could soon change, with the new premier conceding the tradition does not reflect the state’s growing cultural diversity. Source: The Guardian.
ACN distributes 1.5 million prayer cards to promote peace in Holy Land
Aid to the Church in Need is distributing 1.5 million prayer cards dedicated to promoting peace in the Holy Land and the broader Middle East region.
‘Rosary crusaders’ celebrate two years of public prayer
More than 250 men knelt outside Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday to pray and celebrate two years of the Rosary crusade. Source: The Catholic Weekly.