Catholic Outlook Magazine Lent & Easter Edition 2022

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Our Easter Traditions
It’s time to commemorate Holy Week.
You can find the times for the many
different Masses in the Diocese at
catholicoutlook.org/holyweek2022
starting with Palm Sunday on 10 April
through to Holy Thursday, Good Friday,
the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday.
Other services include Tenebrae on 11 April,
a beautiful liturgy, using music, words, light
and darkness commemorating the death of
Jesus at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta.
The Chrism Mass on 13 April brings all
the priests of the Diocese together at St
Patrick’s Cathedral to renew their priestly
promises. At this Mass the holy oils used
throughout the year are blessed.
Fr Vincent Savarimuthu washes parishioners’ feet at
Holy Thursday Mass 2021, at St Madeleine Sophie
Barat Parish Kenthurst.
Image: Diocese of Parramatta
Giving this season
Lent is a time of sacrifice and thinking of others.
Help fight poverty overseas and donate to Project
Compassion, the major fundraising event for Caritas
Australia. Donate at caritas.org.au
Image: Diocese of Parramatta
Closer to home our Good Samaritan Appeal is raising
funds for Catholic Care’s drop-in centres which have
provided support for vulnerable people in the
community, such as those traumatised by bushfires.
You can donate at yourcatholicfoundation.org.au/
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Decision time
Around this time of year, many people are making
decisions about their future working life. They may be
choosing subjects or courses, or maybe considering
whether they are happy in their job. Last year marked 40
years since Pope St John Paul II released his letter on the
importance of work as part of our humanity. In this edition
we look at the role faith can play in making decisions
on our future, and how to look for the clues that God is
providing. You might be surprised.
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