Refugees
Prayers and liturgy to help you reflect on the theme of refugees
![A CAFOD EU-funded project helping families rebuild their lives by setting up community businesses such as coffee growing [CAFOD/Paul Smith]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/colombia/images/setting-up-community-businesses/905066-1-eng-GB/setting-up-community-businesses_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Prayer: The hopes of this community (17.88 kB) A prayer written by members of the metal recycling cooperative Precoma based in the parish of Espiritu Santo in Florencia southern Colombia. Precoma is made up of 8 members, six of whom have been displaced from their homes because of the armed conflict in Colombia and two are from the local community |
![Sudanese refugee with child [AP]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/dec-sudan-pic/9623-2-eng-GB/dec-sudan-pic_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | A collection of our most popular prayers on the issue of refugees and migration for you to download |
![The Hassa Hissa Camp for internally displaced persons, outside Zalingei in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region [Paul Jeffrey]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/rainbow-in-darfur-refugee-camp/887814-1-eng-GB/rainbow-in-darfur-refugee-camp_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Scripture on refugees (28.37 kB) Scripture passages relating to refugees, whether portraying a refugee's story or giving wise advice |
![More than three million people in Colombia have been forced to flee their homes during decades of fighting between guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the army - the highest number of displaced people in the world after Sudan [CARITAS Colombia/CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/colombia/images/forced-to-flee-their-homes-/778622-1-eng-GB/forced-to-flee-their-homes-_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Liturgy: Service for refugees (33.27 kB) Jesus' experience as a refugee is linked with the experience of today's refugees. The church may be decorated with objects from different parts of the world if any are available to you |
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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. |
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