#WhenGodCalls (2019)

FAST24 Perth – Lent 2019: #WhenGodCalls

Friday 8 March & Saturday 9 March, 2019

2019 Perth Program Schedule

Start time: Friday 08 March 2019 from 5.30PM, beginning with a community welcome and light dinner, followed by Stations of the Cross at 7.00PM.

End time: Saturday 09 March 2019 after the 6PM Mass, followed by a community supper to break the fast.

Venue: Our Lady Queen of Apostles Parish.

Address: 55 Tudor Avenue, Riverton, Western Australia 6148.

Parish Office Tel: (08) 6188 6877.

Cost: $10 per person

PART ONE – FRIDAY

Time

Activity

05.30PM

Participants check-in.

06.00PM sharp

Welcome Dinner: “A Last Supper” – Participants have an opportunity to join in fellowship over dinner.

06.35PM

Preparations for leading the commemoration of the Stations of the Cross. 

Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). Not “take up his cross once” or “take up his cross for a little while” but “take up his cross daily.” At first that sounds very demanding and unrealistic, but when we realise that following Jesus does not end with the cross but with Resurrection and new life, we can find the patience, endurance, and determination to remain committed to our goals even in the face of hardship.

07.00PM sharp

Via Crucis — Stations of the Cross in the spirit of St Vincent Pallotti @ Twilight.

07.30PM

Session 1A: Welcome to FAST24. Introduction to this year’s FAST24 theme, #WhenGodCalls; and program overview.

Presented by David Tham (FAST24 Custodian).

Get to know other participants and parish leaders.

House Rules / Event Safety Briefing 

08.10PM

Session 1B: “When God Calls”

Presented by Br Sheldon Burke CRS.

Brother Sheldon Burke is a familiar face in Perth. He is currently based at St Jerome’s Parish, Spearwood. Reflecting on his journey of faith so far, Br Sheldon believes that a vocation is one of the greatest gifts that God gives us.

“While my greatest desire was to be a father of a family before I grew in the understanding of my vocation, responding to my call, I realised I was actually called to be a Father of a much larger family. In every sense of the word, God has fulfilled my desire in my vocation with the Somascan Fathers, because our vocations are everything we were created for in order to be Holy,” said Br Sheldon in an interview with The Record.

08.45PM

Praise Song & Prayer

09.00PM

Session 2: “When God Called Me”

Presented by Julianne Calzonetti 

Born in the United States, Julianne moved to Rome in August 2016, following a call God revealed on the night of Pope Francis’ election. Julianne works for the Society of Catholic Apostolate – Immaculate Conception Province, collaborating with Pallottine Fathers Peter Sticco (Provincial Rector, SAC) and Jacob Nampudakam (Rector General, SAC) on We Are A Mission, a multi-faceted website that encourages all to radically live as Jesus of the Gospel. We Are A Mission seeks to inspire courage, making missionaries for Christ in every walk of life.

09.45PM

Praise Song & Prayer

10.00PM

Conclude the evening with a blessing prayer and Sign of Peace.  For Participants not taking part in overnight sleepout: End of Day One Program / return home.

10.10PM

Cardboard Sleepout Challenge For Participants taking part in overnight sleepout: creative fun activity — facilitated by previous participants of FAST24. Participants may bring your own sleeping bag, or use the cardboard boxes provided.

11.15PM

Lights out for overnight participants: Sleeping Bags and/or Cardboard “beds”.

End of Part One

Continued in Part Two: Saturday program

This FAST24 program may be modified at the discretion of the organisers. All timings are approximate.

PART TWO – SATURDAY

Time

Activity

06.30AM

For Participants who took part in overnight sleepout: Rise and shine / Freshen up. 

For Participants who did not take part in overnight sleepout: Assemble for Part Two of the Program.

07.00AM

Morning Prayer.

Led by Sr Chitra Justin OSM and Reshma Mathew

07.30AM

Session 3: “Hunger Games” team building fun.

Led by Shaun Mathew

09.30AM

Break / free-time for fellowship / freshen up

10.00AM

Session 4A: “Responding To God’s Call”

Presented by Philip Boon 

Based in Perth, Philip is a parishioner at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Parish, Palmyra, where he has been actively involved in the choir, the parish council, and more recently, the Centering Prayer Community. Faith has always been an integral part of Philip’s life. In the mid 1990’s he was introduced to the work of Franciscan Fr Richard Rohr, who is founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC). In 2014, Philip was accepted into the Living School Program run by the CAC, which teaches the rich heritage of faith in the Christian Mystical tradition lineage.

OR

Session 4B: Games for junior participants who want an alternative activity to Session 4A.

Led by Shaun Mathew

11.30AM

Break / Outdoor walk / Personal Reflection

12.00PM

Praise Songs, Music & Prayer

12.30PM

Session 5: “Living The Call — Holiness in everyday life by living Beatitudes.

Presented by Julianne Calzonetti 

Born in the United States, Julianne moved to Rome in August 2016, following a call God revealed on the night of Pope Francis’ election. Julianne works for the Society of Catholic Apostolate – Immaculate Conception Province, collaborating with Pallottine Fathers Peter Sticco (Provincial Rector, SAC) and Jacob Nampudakam (Rector General, SAC) on We Are A Mission, a multi-faceted website that encourages all to radically live as Jesus of the Gospel. We Are A Mission seeks to invoke bravery, making us zealous missionaries for Christ in every walk of life.

01.15PM

Praise Songs, Music & Prayer

01.45PM

Session 6: “Building The Parish Mission”.

Presented by Chris Leon from Our Lady Queen of Apostles Parish Council.

02.30PM

Session 7: FAST24 Creative Workshop.

Hands-on creative/art activity to commemorate this year’s FAST24.

Led by Roshna Mathew, Sharon Shaju, and Avelyn Mathew.

Includes free time for fellowship and/or freshen up.

03.45PM

Preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Holy Hour. A guided meditation/reflection prayer

04.00PM

Sacrament of Reconciliation and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Quiet time for Contemplative Prayer.

05.00PM

Group Feedback Sharing / Evaluation, and Acknowledgements

06.00PM sharp

Saturday Evening (Sun Vigil) Mass.

07.00PM

FAST24 Dinner & Fellowship

Break fast together.

This FAST24 program may be modified at the discretion of the organisers. All timings are approximate.

“Every man and woman is a mission; that is the reason for our life on this earth. To be attracted and to be sent are two movements that our hearts, especially when we are young, feel as interior forces of love; they hold out promise for our future and they give direction to our lives. More than anyone else, young people feel the power of life breaking in upon us and attracting us.

To live out joyfully our responsibility for the world is a great challenge. I am well aware of lights and shadows of youth; when I think back to my youth and my family, I remember the strength of my hope for a better future. The fact that we are not in this world by our own choice makes us sense that there is an initiative that precedes us and makes us exist. Each one of us is called to reflect on this fact: “I am a mission on this Earth; that is the reason why I am here in this world” (Evangelii Gaudium, 273).”

— Pope Francis, on World Mission Sunday, 20 May 2018 (Solemnity of Pentecost)