Lent primary calendar

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