Lent and Easter

Spiritual resources for the season, including those to help celebrate Lent Fast Day, 26 February 2010


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Walk with us: Stations of the Cross
This contemporary Stations of the Cross takes us on a prayerful journey of transformation in solidarity with people living in poverty in the global South. As we walk through the Stations, we also walk with those who are living in poverty around the world through a mixture of their stories, Scripture and prayer.
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Odetta Myambo, 9 yrs. The children of Kalisowe go to the radio interactive school [Caroline Irby]

Fast Day prayer and prayer of intercession (72.50 kB)

Prayer for Fast Day and a prayer of intercession for CAFOD's work, as well as newsletter announcements for the 50th anniversary of Lent Fast Day which falls this year

Dawn at La Garrucha in Mexico, an autonomous Zapatista district that was suffering intimidation by military [Julie Bubbers]

Walk with us: Stations of the Cross (4.60 MB)

A PowerPoint of the images included in the Walk with us: Stations of the Cross booklet. See the accompanying leader's notes for ideas of how to use these images

Dawn at La Garrucha in Mexico, an autonomous Zapatista district that was suffering intimidation by military [Julie Bubbers]

Walk with us leader's notes (235.50 kB)

Leader's notes to accompany Walk with us: Stations of the Cross booklet, which is available from CAFOD Resources, price £2.50. See details of how to order above

An Ethiopian woman collecting firewood [EthiopiaLives]

Homily Notes (69.50 kB)

Homily notes based on the Gospels for Sunday 21 February (Luke 4:1-13) and Sunday 28 February (Luke 9:28-36)

Rice farmer Rodrigo Costanilla, father of seven, farms one hectare, rented from a land-owning family, and says rice is his livelihood [Annie Bungeroth]

Short talk (75.50 kB)

A short talk to give at Mass about Fast Day, including links to the Gospels for Sunday 21 and Sunday 28 February

Children's liturgy  (1.89 MB)

A children's liturgy resource for Sunday 28 February 2010, which is the Second Sunday of Lent and the Sunday after Fast Day. For children's liturgy resources for the rest of Lent, click here

This girl attends La Floresta School, in Colombia. [Annie Bungeroth]

Children's liturgy picture (576.00 kB)

A colouring-in picture to accompany the children's liturgy for the Sunday after Fast Day, 28 February 2010

Women working in the community kitchen garden in the North East Centre for Popular Medicine (CNMP) which works to produce popular and community health initiatives in Brazil [Marcella Haddad]

A special Lenten fast (24.00 kB)

Lenten fasting prayer from Latin America

Nawal Mohummed, 26 yrs, making bread. She is a member of a women's group in Zariba, central Sudan, through which she is doing classes in literacy, bread making & farming [Annie Bungeroth]

Holding our lives before God (25.00 kB)

This Holy Thursday reflection and prayer calls us to examine our lives as if we were being held in Jesus' place.

Prayers: Easter (60.00 kB)

A collection of our Easter prayers for you to download

A Mayan procession mourning the victims of military repression in neighbouring Guatemala

Mexican Way of the Cross (62.96 kB)

Written for use with young people, during the Lenten season

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Gordon Brown [The Guardian/Martin Argles]

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(Left to right) Richard Cockle, John Corney, Lizzie Cranfield, and Gavin Baxter celebrate together after finishing the Great North Run 2005 [CAFOD]

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