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Home Activities for Lent

A collection of resources to use at home during Lent.

Lenten Almsgiving • First Steps for Families

(English & Spanish)

Home activity to follow the fifteen minute parent drop in session for Lent and Ash Wednesday. • By Jim Merhaut

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Lenten Fasting • First Steps for Families

Use this activity at home following the family mini-session on fasting. • By Jim Merhaut

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Lenten Prayer • First Steps for Families

This home activity provides prayers for parents and children to pray throughout the day. • By Jim Merhaut

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FamilyFaith@Home • FamilyFaith@Home

Lent

This resource offers ideas for families to pray together, have faith-filled conversations, and reach out in service during the Lenten season.

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Journey to New Life • Generations of Faith

Young Adult Lenten Journal

If you are a young adult who has been looking for a way to prepare spiritually for Easter, this book is for you. These reflections have been written by people in their twenties and thirties. These young adults have taken the readings for the Lenten season and used them as a springboard for their own prayerful thought and reflection. Now they invite you to do the same.

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Lenten Ideas for Adults • Generations of Faith

Fasting, Praying & Almsgiving (English & Spanish)

A collection of ideas for adults to use during Lent regarding fasting, praying and almsgiving.

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Lenten Ideas for Children • Generations of Faith

Fasting, Praying & Almsgiving (English & Spanish)

A collection of ideas for children to use during Lent regarding fasting, praying & almsgiving.

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Exploring Reconciliation & Forgiveness • Generations of Faith

(English & Spanish)

This activity allows families to reflect on forgiveness within the family using their own experiences alongside the Gospel.

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Winter & Lenten Social Activities • Gather Us In

Ideas meant to jump-start your own brainstorming for social activities for families. They are tentatively placed according to season, but many would work at different times of the year, particularly in different climates. These are an aid to your ingenuity, not a replacement for it. • By Kathleen O'Connell Chesto

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Baking for Lent & Holy Week • Generations of Faith

Explore Lent & Holy Week themes through baking. Recipes include pretzels, hot cross buns, Easter bread, and refrigerator roll dough.

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Carnival & Mardi Gras • Generations of Faith

Incorporate family members' favorite meals into the weeks leading up to Ash Wednesday, and then bake a King's Cake for Fat Tuesday!

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Lenten Transformation • Generations of Faith

Use a spring bulb garden or butterfly garden to experience the growth and transformation that Lent calls us to.

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Living Lent as a Family • Generations of Faith

(English & Spanish)

Reflect on the themes of fasting and feasting and commit to some family Lenten resolutions.

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Family Resources for Lent • Generations of Faith

Books, movies, and seasonal highlights to enrich your family's observance of Lent.

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Lent: Saints for the Season • Generations of Faith

Virtue Reality

Learn about several March Saints through the virtues of humility, sacrifice, & faith

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Exploring Lent: Conversion • Generations of Faith

(English & Spanish)

Lent is an opportunity for conversion. Reflect with your family on your experiences of Lent and conversion.

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Family Mardi Gras Celebration • Generations of Faith

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Ash Wednesday Celebration • Generations of Faith

Use this activity to identify actions each family member can take to enter into the sacrificial spirit of Lent.

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Exploring Faithfulness & Trust • FamilyFaith@Home

This activity will help parents communicate the value of faithfulness and trust with younger children.

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Exploring Conversion • FamilyFaith@Home

Conversion is all about change. Lent is an opportunity for conversion. Reflect with your family on your experiences of Lent and see if you can identify moments of conversion.

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