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On Saturday 22 February 2020, at the national Day of Prayer and Fasting, Jim Wallace led the nation in a powerful prayer for our leaders.

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Louise Markus is the federal member for Macquarie and the new president of the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman she discusses what the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship does.

This year's National Day of Prayer and Fasting (NDOPF) will be on Sunday 2nd March 2014 in Canberra and around Australia.



The prayer service in Canberra will take place at in the Great Hall of Parliament House from 10am - 4pm.



Other local events have been organised around Australia for those who cannot make the journey to Canberra.



Queensland will hold their NDOPF on Saturday 1st March in the Premier's Room of the Parliamentary Annexe from 10am - 4pm. Other events have been organised in Toowoomba and Ipswich, as well as in Victoria and Western Australia. Follow this link to find out if there's an event on near you.



If you're unable to attend a local event, we encourage you to pray on the day in your own local church..



The NDOPF will be followed by 40 days of prayer and fasting throughout Lent, from 5th March to 13th April in your location.



For more information, please visit nationaldayofprayer.com.au

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For release: Wednesday, 15th January 2014



The Australian Christian Lobby believes the support of mainstream politics for the Lords’ Prayer in Parliament means the latest Greens’ push to remove it will fail.



ACL Managing Director Lyle Shelton said Labor and the Coalition have consistently told ACL, through its election questionnaires over the past three federal elections, that they support parliament opening with prayer and will not change this.



“It is disappointing the acting Greens leader Senator Richard di Natale wants to take away something of Australia's cultural heritage. We daily recognise indigenous heritage in parliament and prayer in parliament recognises western cultural heritage” Mr Shelton said.



”The Christian ethos underpinning western civilisation has fostered free and prosperous societies, including our liberal democracy,” he said.



“When people talk of separation of church and state it does not imply that Christian and/or religious ideas or worldviews do not have a place in the public square. That was not the intention of the drafters of the Australian constitution when talking about religion,” he said.



“The Lord’s Prayer has a legitimate place in parliament and should continue to be a part of the daily ceremonial opening,” Mr Shelton said.



Mr Shelton said the election commitments of both Labor and the Coalition meant that the Greens’ plan should fail.

Last Sunday, Pope Francis announced this Saturday 7th September a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria:



"To this end, brothers and sisters, I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church on 7 September next, a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative."



Click here to find out more.



The civil conflict in Syria began in 2011, with the death toll said to be well over 100,000. The United Nations estimates that more than 1.5 million refugees have now fled the country to Jordan and Lebanon. Last month, a chemical weapons attack alone killed over 1,400 civilians.



In July this year, ACL renewed calls for Australia's humanitarian intake to give greater weighting to vulnerable minorities, particularly those displaced by the conflict in Syria and the wider Middle East.



 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



A National Day of Prayer and Fasting will be held on Sunday, February 10, 2013. It encourages local churches, para-church groups and individuals to pray and fast on this day as they feel led. You can also participate in the gathering which will be held in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra from 10am-4pm. Find out more by visiting the official website.



This will be followed by 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting during Lent, from Ash Wednesday February 13 to Palm Sunday March 24. Please visit this website for more details.

 



All are welcome to attend the Memorial Mass for the Unborn, organised by the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney's Life, Marriage and Family Centre. It will unite with other pro-life groups around Sydney to commemorate the profound loss, and in solidarity with bereaved mothers and fathers hurt by abortion.



It will be offered by the Archbishop of Sydney, His Eminence George Cardinal Pell. As part of the event, 82 candles will be lit in remembrance of the innocent lives ended on this day in NSW.



 



Details are as follows:



When: Friday 14th September 2012



Where: St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney



Time: 7:30pm



Click here for more information.