HIV and Health: prayers and faith
Prayers, reflections and theological articles on the theme of HIV and AIDS
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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
Cost: £4.50
 Praying Positively: A CAFOD service for World AIDS day (256.00 kB) A liturgy for use on World AIDS day |
![Monk Emm Oeun, 28, leads a ‘Happy Happy’ session for children who are affected by HIV and AIDS. The aim of the session is to bring the children together to have fun and forget about their worries [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/opinion/salvation-centre-cambodia-scc-/966374-1-eng-GB/salvation-centre-cambodia-scc-_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
A liturgy from the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance for use on World AIDS day, 1 December |
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 A selection of prayers inviting us to stand in solidarity with people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS |
 Gospel meditation on healing (13.91 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 | |
!['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_1column00_08space_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 |
 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 |
![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_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Article: HIV and AIDS: A Justice Perspective (73.58 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 |
![UK Stop AIDS Campaign event outside parliament, against a backdrop of a giant red ribbon made up of 6,000 red carnations - each flower marking one person who dies of an AIDS related illnesses every day [Stop AIDS Campaign]](/var/storage/images/images/misc/uk-stop-aids-campaign-event/273310-2-eng-GB/uk-stop-aids-campaign-event_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
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Visit the blogs for personal accounts and perspectives on the impact of HIV and AIDS |
For every £1 given to our Give it up! appeal this Lent, including Lent Fast Day, the government will donate another £1 – doubling your donation and changing even more lives |
884 million people do not have access to clean, safe water. Pray with us this Lent that waters may flow and injustice may be washed away. |
Help us turn the tide on water poverty. Join our Thirst for change campaign and ensure world leaders hear our call: taps and toilets for all. |
