www.cafod.org.uk Lenten calendar 2013
Tuesday 12th February
Shrove Tuesday
Make a Lenten
promise today
.
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 13th February
What could you give up this Lent?
Get sponsored or collect the money you save for CAFOD!
St Valentine’s Day
Thursday 14th February
Did you know....? 1 in 8 people will go to bed hungry tonight.
Pray for them today.
Friday 15th February
Have a simple lunch together today – put the money you save towards your Hungry for change collection.
Saturday 16th February
Think of others before yourself today.
Sunday 17th February
Where is Jesus in today’s gospel story? What is he doing?
Monday 18th February
Be kind in the playground today – invite someone to play with you if they look lonely.
Tuesday 19th February
Read Tabita’s story and find out how the goats in this picture have made a difference to her life.
Wednesday 20th February Did you know...? We throw away 200,000 London buses worth of food every year in England and Wales.
Think of ways to improve food wastage today.
Thursday 21st February
Design a Hungry
for change poster to display in your school.
Lent Fast Day
Friday 22nd February
Today is Lent Fast Day! Show you are hungry for change – raise some cash for CAFOD.
Saturday 23rd February
Go to Picture
my world at home today and share Makuu’s story with people at home. cafod.org.uk/picturemyworld
Sunday 24th February
Light a
candle at Mass today.
Monday 25th February
Find out about fair today.
trade companies
Why not try baking some cakes with fairly traded ingredients?
Tuesday 26th February
Watch our video clip of Makuu in Kenya and find out about his vegetable garden.
Wednesday 27th February
Create a food
calendar find out which foods are in season.
Emily lives in Kenya and used to find it hard to provide food for herself and her family. She has been helped by CAFOD partners with seeds and training in how to plant crops. Now her family can eat today, and in the future.
Thursday 28th February
Try to make
peace with somebody you always argue with.
St David’s Day Millennium Development Goal 1 is to halve the number of people who suffer from hunger by 2015. Find out what the other
Millennium Development Goals are.
Friday 1st March
Saturday 2nd March
This is Eric from Rwanda, sweeping his house. See
Eric’s story on Picture my World to find out about his life.
Help out at home: do some jobs around your house without being asked.
Sunday 3rd March
Say a prayer together as a family today.
Monday 4th March
Our Lent stories are about children living in Kenya. Find out some facts about Kenya today.
Tuesday 5th March
Read Dorcas’ story and find out about how her family survived the drought.
Wednesday 6th March Take it and share it! Use the fish template and write your message to the Prime Minister asking for a fairer food system. Give the loaf to somebody at home and ask them to join us in our
Hungry for change campaign!
Thursday 7th March
Multiply it! Make a
display of fish and loaves in class or in the assembly hall.
International Women’s Day
Friday 8th March
Find out more about International
Women’s Day.
Saturday 9th March
Make a
list of ways you can make Jesus proud of you today. Children at Glory Primary School in Kibera, Kenya are part of an after-school Peace Club where they sing songs, write poetry and act out dramas about peace.
Sunday 10th March
Do something nice for your
mum and other special women today.
Monday 11th March
Have your say on
Picture my World – what do you think about the fact that not everyone around the world has their fair share of food?
Tuesday 12th March
Help somebody in class today.
Children at the Holy Saviour Primary school in Tigray, Ethiopia, help each other in class.
Wednesday 13th March
Draw a plate with your favourite meal on it. List all of the countries where the food comes from around it.
Thursday 14th March
Read Matthew
25:31-46. How was the hungry person helped?
Friday 15th March
Try to give up meat today and donate some money to your
Hungry for change collection.
Saturday 16th March The Tarafa project in Brazil supports children and young people care for their community. Here is a member sorting rubbish for recycling.
Protect the environment – get
recycling today!
Sunday 17th March
St Patrick’s Day
Wear, eat and plant
something
green today.
Monday 18th March
Pray the Stations
the Cross today.
of
Tuesday 19th March
Today think of your own Lenten Today I will___________.
action.
Wednesday 20th March
It’s nearly end of term. Say a prayer for children who are not able to go to school this year.
14 year old Florence was born in a refugee camp in Congo, and has since returned to her home in Sudan but is not yet able to go to school.
Thursday 21st March
Could you promise to say grace before meals in this Year of Faith?
Friday 22nd March
World Water Day
Turn the tap off when brushing your teeth today to save
water.
Saturday 23rd March
Say thank you today for the food you have been given.
Palm Sunday
What would you do to
welcome Jesus if he arrived here today?
Sunday 24th March
Monday 25th March
Make some
Easter cards for family and friends today.
Tuesday 26th March
Jesus was always willing to share
food with those who were lonely or excluded. How can we follow Jesus’
example and make sure that no one is left out of the feast?
Wednesday 27th March
Tonight try to find all the loose change in your house to go towards your Hungry
for change Lent collection for CAFOD.
Holy Thursday
Thursday 28th March
Jesus shared the Last Supper with his disciples today.
Do something nice for a friend today. Water systems have been repaired after the floods in Pakistan in 2011so that people can enjoy clean water again.
Friday 29th March
Good Friday
Colour in a
Romero Cross from El Salvador, and find out about the family who makes them.
Holy Saturday
Saturday 30th March
Read the Easter story. Have a quiet with no TV or computer.
day
Easter Sunday
Happy Easter!
Alleluia!
Sunday 31st March