Lenten Resources

Lent is a 40-day season of self-examination and repentance, prayer, fasting, and self-denial observed in preparation for the passion and resurrection of our Lord. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday—February 26 this year—and concludes with our Easter celebrations on April 11 and 12.

LENTEN RESOURCES WITHIN THE DIOCESE

Ash Wednesday Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes

Please visit the website of a faith community near you to find a schedule of Ash Wednesday services. A listing of all faith communities within the diocese can be found here.

Soup with the Saints: A Six-Week Series During Lent

Cathedral of Saint James (South Bend)
Wednesdays during Lent (February 26-April 1), 6 p.m.

During the season of Lent, all are welcome to attend Soup with the Saints at 6 p.m. during Wednesdays in Lent. This series will be six weeks long (Feb. 26 - April 1), and will consist of a soup meal and a short presentation on a saint. Email Steven Slaubaugh, Director of Formation and Community Outreach, for additional information.

Be Still and Know: A Lenten Day of Prayer

Trinity Episcopal Church (Fort Wayne)
March 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

In a noisy environment, how do we learn to listen to God? How can contemplation help heal a broken world? Join us for a half-day retreat of prayer, study, and silence as we enter deep into the heart of Lent. No registration fee; a light meal will be provided and childcare will be available in the nursery. Please RSVP to Fr. Phil Hooper by March 9th. Visitors welcome!

RESOURCES FROM THE WIDER CHURCH

Lent 2020: A Call to Prayer, Fasting, and Repentance Leading to Action

As the season of Lent approaches, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites Episcopalians and people of faith to turn and pray on behalf of our nation.

Lent Madness

Want an extraordinarily fun ay to learn about women and men of great faith and deeds in Christian history? Check out Lent Madness! Like the NCAA’s March Madness, Lent Madness begins with a bracket of 32 saints—both well-known and obscure—and allows those interested to log-in and cast a vote in each daily match-up. Bios extolling the saintly virtues of each entrant vying for the Golden Halo are provided online. To learn more about Lent Madness, about these remarkable people of faith, about purchasing saintly bling, and to cast your daily vote during Lent, go to LentMadness.org.

Life Transformed - The Way of Love in Lent

The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. This Lent, communities are invited to walk with Jesus in his Way of Love and into the experience of transformed life. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption.

Join the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining, rector of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Gladwyne, Penn., as she introduces weekly lessons from Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent. These eight videos- one for each of the Life Transformed sessions and an introduction - can be used with your congregation, as part of a small group, or for individual learning and meditation.

Life Transformed - The Way of Love Quiet Day for Lent

This Quiet Day for Lent curriculum ties the Easter Vigil readings to the seven practices of the Way of Love. Suitable for use at a day-long retreat, this curriculum condenses and adapts the seven-session curriculum above into four 75-minute blocks. Included in this resource are excerpts from Scripture and a participant guide.

United Thank Offering (UTO) Lenten Devotional Calendar

The United Thank Offering invites all Episcopalians to notice the good things that happen each day, give thanks to God for your blessings, and make an offering for each blessing. Through UTO, your blessings become blessings to others.

d365: Daily Devotions

Episcopal Relief and Development’s Lenten Meditations

Tied to the ONE THOUSAND DAYS OF LOVE campaign, this booklet encourages readers to actively seek the holy every day during Lent by reflecting on God’s call, their own lives and how they can live out their Baptismal Covenant by healing a hurting world.

Living Compass: Living Well Through Lent

Living the Way of Love: A 40-Day Devotional

Living the Way of Love offers forty brief reflections about the seven Jesus-centered practices identified by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry in "The Way of Love" initiative. Sullivan tells stories from her own and others' experiences as a starting point for discussion about how to seek and find a deeper connection to God. Rotating through each practice so that each is covered once a week, going deeper into the practice throughout the forty days, each reflection ends with questions designed to spur further discussion and assist readers in making the practices their own. Perfect for using as a Lenten devotional or at any time of the year, the book includes a guide for creating a personal rule of life, and a downloadable Facilitator's Guide.

Signs of Life

Light • Water • Food • Shelter • Community

The season of Lent will soon be upon us. Sign up now for our 2020 offering – Signs of Life: Why Church Matters.
This series comes right from the heart of our lives as monksat SSJE, as it takes up the signs and symbols of our shared Christian worship. We are excited to share with you anoffering like none we’ve ever made before, with longer explorations of each weekly topic, featuring Brothers in conversation and illustrated by rich footage of life at the Monastery.

Our ongoing collaboration with Lifelong Learning at VTS has produced deep facilitation materials to support those who plan to use Signs of Life in small groups or with their Sunday forum.

#LiveLent: Care for God’s Creation

#LiveLent: Care for God’s Creation is the Church of England's Lent Campaign for 2020. With weekly themes shaped around the first Genesis account of creation, it explores the urgent need for humans to value and protect the abundance God has created. This year’s #LiveLent challenge offers 40 short reflections and suggested actions to help you, your family and your church live in greater harmony with God, neighbour and nature.

It has been inspired and informed by the Archbishop of Canterbury's 2020 Lent Book, Saying Yes to Life by Ruth Valerio (SPCK).