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Lenten Project Begins

lent-40-days185Beginning Ash Wednesday, our Marianist Family asks us to be a part of a powerful social justice program focusing on the 40 least economically developed countries in the world.  This program, 40 Days with the 40 Least, is a collaborative effort of the Marianist Family developed by the Marianist Lay Communities in Spain.  Marianist priests, brothers, sisters and lay people all over the world will be participating in four languages: Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese.
 
This year's Lenten theme is on the topic of health care.  In the year 2000, the Millennium Summit of the United Nations challenged governments to establish policies that would favor the development of all peoples and "to free our fellow human beings . . . from the dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty."  Three of the eight development goals make direct reference to health - as development and health go together inseparably.

Each day, Gross Catholic students visit a different country through the first-hand experience of a person in that country.  We learn about a specific social justice project that attempts to address the needs of health care. We learn about some of the issues faced in international development. We are called to respond in a small way with concrete actions of our own.  We are invited to unite with our sisters and brothers through prayer.

You can visit the 40 Days with the 40 Least website and view the daily social justice issue, suggested action, and the prayer the students will lead us in for that morning.  We invite to join us on this Lenten journey.

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+1 #1 Andi Ulfers Weber 2012-02-22 11:04
This is an amazing idea! My family and I will be following along with you.
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