Meatless Recipes for Lent
Most Catholics commit to abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent. This packet of recipes from Catholic Relief Services could be a great handout for your community looking to spice things up this Lent. [...]
Six Ways to Evangelize During Lent
This short article provides some tips for evangelizing during the Lenten season. Download Catechetical Corner Invite your community to dive deeper into their faith with these brief documents on Church teaching and [...]
Raise Up. Sacrifice. Offer
Use this breakdown of the pillars of Lent to prepare your community for a season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Download En Español | Also available in Spanish Download Fact of [...]
10 Things to Remember During Lent
Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, former chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, offers “10 Things to Remember for Lent.” Download [...]
So Do I Follow…
Shareable Image—Commemorating the Hour of Our Redemption (Good Friday, 3pm) English “Lord of Lent, Lord of Easter, As you went into the desert, So do I follow, Putting aside that which distracts me, Grabs [...]
Why is Lent 40 Days?
The Lenten season is a time of preparation for the liturgical celebration of the suffering, Death, and Resurrection of Christ. Many Catholics spend that time on the three practices of Lent: prayer, fasting, and [...]
Preparing for the Lenten Fast
Fasting is one of the three pillars of Lenten practice. Learn more about the Church's teachings on fasting. Download Fact of Faith Facts of faith are great evangelization and teaching tools for your [...]
Fasting, Because Adam Didn’t
Explore the biblical roots of fasting with this short reading. Fasting is an important practice during Lent. Download Catechetical Corner Invite your community to dive deeper into their faith with these brief [...]
Fasting
Shareable Image—Fasting English “Jesus said to his disciples . . . ‘When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.’” (Mt 6:16, Lectionary) Facebook – English Twitter – English [...]