MCLA Lenten Retreat
Sunday, 14 March 2021
Title of Retreat: They Saw No One But Jesus Only (Matthew 17:8)
This Lenten retreat is for Catholic lawyers to help them to deepen their faith and return to centre on Jesus Christ Our Lord, to help them revitalise their prayer life, and to see their professional and family lives as means to love God and others.
Program:
12.45pm Arrival and coffee
1pm Introduction
1.10pm Talk by Fr Peter: Lent – Returning to Jesus
1.45pm Personal Prayer with texts*
2.15pm Talk by Fr Peter: Relationship with Jesus – prayer and sacraments
2.45pm Personal Prayer with texts*
3.15pm Talk by Fr Peter: Relationship with Jesus – ordinary life – work and family
3.45pm Preparation for Holy Mass*
4pm Holy Mass
4.50pm Afternoon Tea
5.30pm Finish
*Sacrament of Reconciliation available
This retreat will be led by Fr Peter Fitzsimons:
Fr Peter Fitzsimons studied Law and Commerce at the University of New South Wales and also has a Masters of Commercial Law (Hons) from the University of Auckland. He has been an academic at the law schools of the University of Waikato and the University of Auckland, and has most recently taught in the School of Law of the University of Queensland in 2019. He has practised in commercial, corporate and competition law in NSW and New Zealand.
Fr Peter was ordained in 2004 and has a doctorate in moral theology from the University of the Holy Cross, Rome. Since the beginning of 2020 he has been the assistant priest at St Mary Star of the Sea, West Melbourne.