Our Corpus Christi weekend proved a great success! More than 1400 guests visited the College across the three days.
Fifteen community and parish groups joined the seminarians in their forty hours of perpetual adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, praying for our priests and for an increase in priestly vocations.
Saturday morning’s open day attracted more than 500 visitors, who enjoyed guided tours, devonshire tea and an informative display documenting life in the seminary today, the origins of the feast of Corpus Christi, the history of St George’s Carlton and the 88-years of Corpus Christi College. Guests also enjoyed the opportunity to meet and chat with the seminarians.
Two hundred people assisted at Sunday’s Mass of Corpus Christi, which was offered for all friends and benefactors of the College. The rector, Fr Brendan Lane, presided at Mass and delivered an inspiring homily which related the role of the Church and her future priests in helping people find the true, the good and the beautiful, locating Christ at the centre of everything.
The weekend’s forty hours of perpetual adoration culminated in Evening Prayer and a Solemn Procession with Benediction. Cold winds and rain did not deter the 600-strong congregation from processing through the streets of Carlton. The Eucharistic Procession, led by the seminarians and staff of Corpus Christi College wound its way along Rathdowne, Grattan and Lygon Streets, bringing God to our neighbours in Carlton. Patrons and staff of Lygon Street’s restaurants moved onto the street and watched silently as the procession moved down Melbourne's famous dining strip.
The weekend festivities concluded with an informal dinner for priests from all over Victoria.
