Skip to content
The Catholic Leader
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute
No Result
View All Result
The Catholic Leader
No Result
View All Result
Home News Australia

Sydney family will fast from ‘daily luxuries’ including fast food for next 31 days to support traditional marriage

byEmilie Ng
30 September 2016 - Updated on 1 April 2021
Reading Time: 2 mins read
AA
traditional marriage

Rosina Gordon: "...we have four things that no one else in the world does and that is the Rosary, Eucharist, Mass and fasting."

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
traditional marriage
Rosina Gordon: “…we have four things that no one else in the world does and that is the Rosary, Eucharist, Mass and fasting.”

SYDNEY mum Rosina Gordon will be postponing spontaneous trips for fast food from tomorrow in a bid to show Catholics want marriage laws in Australia untouched.

Mrs Gordon, her husband Christopher and the couple’s six children will fast from their favourite family restaurant chain for the whole of October as part of a national month of prayer and fasting for marriage and family.

Supported by the Australian Catholic Marriage and Family Council, an advisory body to the Australia Catholic Bishops Conference of which Mrs Gordon is a member, the national initiative has already been going for one week.

The loving mother told The Catholic Leader she proposed the national initiative six months ago as a solution to help other Catholics become better at defending traditional marriage.

“We’re watching the definition of marriage unfold in Australia, and as Catholics, many of us might not be very good at talking about it in the public sphere,” Mrs Gordon said.

“But we have four things that no one else in the world does and that is the Rosary, Eucharist, Mass and fasting.”

For the next three weeks, the Gordons will “give up our daily luxuries” including the regular stop at McDonalds, the family’s usual fast food pitstop and their destination for this interview.

“It’s a big thing for my kids,” Mrs Gordon said.

“You’ve got to hurt a bit or there’s no point.”

Chris and Rosina Gordon
Defending marriage: Christopher and Rosina Gordon.

The Gordons will also say a daily family Rosary and take up a Holy Hour once a week during October.

Related Stories

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia

Myanmar military burns houses, destroys a village

Mrs Gordon said prayer and fasting was a way to tap into the Church’s rich sacred tradition and oppose same-sex marriage “without upsetting anyone”.

“The time for rational discourse (in the public square) has passed,” she said.

“This is our last resource, but it should be our first.”

She encouraged parish priests to show a promotional video for the month-long initiative and promote the Rosary among the faithful.

“If priests could encourage the Rosary at Mass we will see amazing things happen,” she said.

Bishop Michael Kennedy, the Bishops Delegate for Marriage and Family, asked priests to promote the resources for the event in parishes.

“I encourage you to support your parish community to celebrate Mass, pray the Rosary and undertake Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament during this time with the special intention of marriages and families in mind,” Bishop Kennedy said.

Catholics won’t be the only ones praying all October for marriage.

Scores of Christians from other denominations have offered to promote the cause, even creating daily devotionals to assist their own congregations in praying for marriage.

The National Day of Prayer and Fasting begins on October 1.

To view the resources for the National Month of Prayer and Fasting visit their website.

By Emilie Ng

ShareTweet
Previous Post

Why a Brisbane university student visited refugee camps in Iraq’s war zone

Next Post

Don’t major in minor things: A businessman’s key to success

Emilie Ng

Emilie Ng is a Brisbane-based journalist for The Catholic Leader.

Related Posts

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria
World

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

27 May 2022
Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia
Australia

Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia

26 May 2022
Myanmar military burns houses, destroys a village
News

Myanmar military burns houses, destroys a village

24 May 2022
Next Post
businessman

Don't major in minor things: A businessman's key to success

Mercy Seery

Great-great-grandmother Mercy Seery on reaching 100: 'I couldn't live without the Church'

Mental Health Month: Queensland has highest rate of suicide in Australia

Popular News

  • Blessed Sacrament desecrated in robbery of sacred vessels at Canberra church

    Blessed Sacrament desecrated in robbery of sacred vessels at Canberra church

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Br Alan Moss remembered for a life of faith and learning

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Christian Brothers’ community mourn the passing of Brother Tony White

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • All Catholics invited to pray rosary for peace with Pope Francis next Tuesday

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
Search our job finder
No Result
View All Result

Latest News

Vatican

All Catholics invited to pray rosary for peace with Pope Francis next Tuesday

by Staff writers
27 May 2022
0

By Catholic News Agency THE Vatican is inviting Catholics to join Pope Francis in praying the rosary...

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

27 May 2022
Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia

Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia

26 May 2022
Blessed Sacrament desecrated in robbery of sacred vessels at Canberra church

Blessed Sacrament desecrated in robbery of sacred vessels at Canberra church

26 May 2022
Pope Francis – ‘My heart is broken’ over Texas elementary school shooting

Pope Francis – ‘My heart is broken’ over Texas elementary school shooting

26 May 2022

Never miss a story. Sign up to the Weekly Round-Up
eNewsletter now to receive headlines directly in your email.

Sign up to eNews
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Jobs
  • Subscribe

The Catholic Leader is an Australian award-winning Catholic newspaper that has been published by the Archdiocese of Brisbane since 1929. Our journalism seeks to provide a full, accurate and balanced Catholic perspective of local, national and international news while upholding the dignity of the human person.

Copyright © All Rights Reserved The Catholic Leader
Accessibility Information | Privacy Policy | Archdiocese of Brisbane

The Catholic Leader acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of this country and especially acknowledge the traditional owners on whose lands we live and work throughout the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute

Copyright © All Rights Reserved The Catholic Leader

0
    0
    Your Cart
    Your cart is emptyChoose another Subscription
    Continue Shopping