Feast on the Bible During the Lenten Fast

We recommend indulging your "spiritual sweet tooth" while you engage in prayer, fasting and almsgiving this Lent! There are some profound biblical offerings available (many at no charge!) designed to help you encounter God's Word in Christ Jesus more thoroughly and to connect you more closely with His Body, the Church.

In addition to the wonderful programs being presented in individual parishes, here are a few choice offerings:

Care for Our Common Home: The Biblical Roots of Laudato Si

Sunday, March 6, 2016, 12:30-4:30 pm at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, CT, with Sr. Barbara Bozak, CSSJ. Register by February 29 by clicking on this link: Celebration of Sacred Scripture. (Donations will be accepted for the Sr. Jewel Renna Scholarship Fund.)

Lenten Retreat: "MERCY: What God Gives and What God Requires"

Saturday, February 20, 2016 (Snow Date: Feb. 27) 10:00 am - 3:00 pm at the Caritas Christi Center, Hamden, CT, with CBS faculty member, Amy Ekeh. To register, call Sr. Jeanne Marie, ASCJ at 203-281-2569. ($40 donation requested.)

Lent is Trending* is a youth and young-adult resource offering daily reflections on St.

Paul's letter to the Philippians, available as a print booklet or digital download. (It's a short letter people, I promise, but full of amazing words from the first century.) Published by Creative Communications for the Parish. Click here for a link to their website: Lent is Trending.

Lenten In-Service for Catechetical Leaders and Catechists

• Thursday, March 3, 2016, 10:00-noon, followed by lunch at the Caritas Christi Center, Hamden. John Collins sponsored by Sadlier. Register by February 25th on the OREE website by clicking here: http://www.orehartford.org/joomla2/
• Wednesday, March 16th, 7:00-9:00 pm at St. Bridget, Cheshire. Light appetizers and desserts. Register by March 3, 2016. Steve Connor sponsored by Loyola Press. Register by February 25th on the OREE website by clicking here: http://www.orehartford.org/joomla2/

Year of Mercy Resources for Parish Leaders

Available from the Archdiocese of Hartford. Click here: AOH#yearofmercy.

While the ashes are fresh on our foreheads, we
are invited to do something powerful in God's Word!