As we enter the second week of Lent, a reminder that the CMAA online prayer sessions have recommenced. The new time is every Thursday at 8pm AEDT. Join us TONIGHT. See zoom link below. In this issue we offer some Lenten resources including, Pope Leo’s message, a short reflection by U.S. CMA chaplain and a link to Hallow App’s Pray40 prayer challenge. In our Covid in Review series we highlight extraordinary comments by NIH Director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, as well as a new book by a UK doctor, Clare Craig.

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CMAA Weekly Prayer
You are invited to join us online in prayer each Thursday evening at 8pm AEDT (Sydney, ACT, Melbourne), 7.30pm (Adelaide), 7pm (Brisbane), 6.30pm (Darwin), 5pm (Perth) Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89120425806
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Pope Leo’s Lenten Message
Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion “Lent is a time in which the Church…..invites us to place the mystery of God back in the center of our lives, in order to find renewal in our faith and keep our hearts from being consumed by the anxieties and distractions of daily life….” Read message 

U.S. CMA Lenten reflection
We are Brothers and Sisters Fr. Christopher Kubat, the national chaplain for the U.S. Catholic Medical Association, offers a short lenten reflection, with suggestions for spiritual growth during this season: “Please be assured of my prayers during this awesome season of Lent! Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us, Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us, St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us, All our patron angels and saint, pray for us!….Here are a few ideas to incorporate into your Lenten journey to Easter….” Read here

Hallow Lenten prayer challenge
 It’s not too late to join Hallow’s Lent Pray40 challenge, The Return. Journey back home to the Lord through the Parable of the Prodigal Son and The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky — considered one of the greatest novels of all, with  Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus in The Chosen, Mark Wahlberg and Chris Pratt, award-winning actors, Sr. Miriam James Heidland and Fr. Mike Schmitz. “Do not be afraid of him. Awful is his greatness before us, terrible is his loftiness,yet he is boundlessly merciful, he became like us out of love,and he is rejoicing with us, transforming water into wine,that the joy of the guests may not end.”–The Brothers Karamazov More information here

Upcoming events

FIAMC World Congress Brazil
The 27th World Congress of Catholic Doctors will be held at Casa Dom Luciano in Brasília, Brazil from July 30 to August 1, 2026. More information here

Eucharistic Congress Sydney
COVID in review
We continue our ‘Covid in Review’ series, motivated by the pursuit of truth and integrity in medicine and the documentation of arguably the most significant health-related event in human history; which has had, and continues to have, a serious impact on so many people.
DR Jay: “didn’t matter what was true”
In a recent interview, Dr Jay Bhattacharya, NIH Director, stated: “The COVID response was a symptom of replacing the culture of questioning in science and medicine with a culture of authority It didn’t matter what was actually true… what mattered was whether you were aligned with authority.”

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Covid Book- Dr Clare Craig
Dr Clare Craig’s new book is a blistering critique of the failure of medical ethics during the covid era. It begins with the following: “Spiked is the story of one of the greatest betrayals of medical ethics in history – how unevidenced and reckless policies were fuelled by untruths and panic and led to coercion, misinformation and violations of ethical principles, affecting billions. Central to this was the unethical way in which the covid[1] vaccines were pushed, undermining the fundamental principles of bodily autonomy, informed consent and that adults have a duty to protect children not the other way around. Coercion and bullying were rampant, revealing the darker side of human nature. In the process, many of those in positions of authority – political, media, regulatory, religious, medical and scientific – failed us.”

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