HIV and Health: prayers and faith
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This book highlights the challenges and opportunities facing the Catholic Church and its members as they respond to the HIV epidemic. By Ann Smith and Enda McDonagh |
![Children from Maryknoll's Little Folks programme take part in a Tae Kwon Do display. The Little Folks programme is for children who are affected by HIV and AIDS [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/maryknoll-s-little-folks/992856-1-eng-GB/maryknoll-s-little-folks_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Liturgy: World AIDS Day 2009 (155.55 kB) This liturgy was prepared for World AIDS Day (1 December 2009) by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance. It reflects on the belief that all people are made in God's image while focusing on the theme of HIV and human rights |
 | A selection of prayers inviting us to stand in solidarity with people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS (4 page pdf) |
 | Gospel meditation on healing (22.50 kB) A traditional method of Christian prayer is to imagine yourself in a gospel story, meeting Jesus and seeing him in action. Let your imagination run free - don’t be held back by what you feel you ‘ought’ to think. Now read Mark 10: 46-52 |
![Christine is a single mother and HIV positive. When she got sick, her partner left. She has four children, one is disabled and has gone to a home. She also looks after 3 orphans, the children of her siblings [Caroline Irby]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/zambia/images/christine-is-a-single-mother-and-hiv-positive/161691-2-eng-GB/christine-is-a-single-mother-and-hiv-positive_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Liturgy: A Lenten journey (30.69 kB) For a community affected by HIV, a liturgy asking forgiveness for lack of compassion, and comfort and strength in the time ahead (pdf) |
!['Listen to children': Nigerian schoolgirls mark World AIDS Day with drama [Jon Spaull]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/nigeria/images/nigerian-schoolchildren/4642-2-eng-GB/nigerian-schoolchildren_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Article: Theology in a time of AIDS (124.81 kB) A paper examining how theology can help Christians respond to the world crisis presented by HIV and AIDS, by Enda McDonagh (17 page pdf) |
 | Article: Living positively with Roman Catholic Teaching (103.26 kB) A paper examining the Church's theological vision and a liberation theology approach to HIV and AIDS by Julie Clague (13 page pdf) |
![CAFOD partner, the Sudan Council of Churches, trains young people to train others to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS [Charlotte Brudenell/ACT-Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/young-people-hiv-aids/118819-2-eng-GB/young-people-hiv-aids_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Article: HIV and AIDS: A Justice Perspective (108.00 kB) The executive summary from a paper by Jesuit and educationist Michael J Kelly on the underlying justice issues which need to be addressed when tackling HIV and AIDS. (15 page Word doc) |
 | Church teaching: Responses to HIV and AIDS (86.48 kB) A dossier of church statements on HIV and AIDS, compiled by Caritas Internationalis (pdf) |
 | Faith-based organisations: statement (46.69 kB) Statement by faith-based organisations on HIV and AIDS for the UN Special General Assembly, 2001 (pdf) |
![Celina Mader, 18, with her son Bartholomew. Although only 18, Celina already carries a heavy burden of responsibility as both her parents are HIV positive. As well as nursing them, she is also bringing up her brother, sister and son [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/mozambique/images/celina-mader-18-with-her-son-bartholomew/890260-1-eng-GB/celina-mader-18-with-her-son-bartholomew_0column75_nospace_landscape.jpg)
