We've gathered up a list of free resources designed to help you and your family pray, sacrifice, and give during the season of Lent.
Catholic Mom and our ministry partner, Family Rosary, offer a wide array of free resources to help you and your family pray, sacrifice, and give during the season of Lent. Throughout Holy Cross Family Ministries, the theme this Lent is "At the Foot of the Cross," and our resources will build on that theme.
At CatholicMom.com:
Catholic Mom Lent playlist on Spotify
You don't need a Spotify account to listen via the playlist link or the widget below. Simply click to play.
If you are a Spotify user already, click the ❤️ symbol to save the playlist to your library.
Meatless Friday recipes
At Catholic Mom we have hundreds of Meatless Friday recipes and meal ideas (for every meal, not just dinner) with a new recipe every Friday, all year long.
Sunday Gospel Activities and Coloring Pages
If you haven't tried our Sunday Gospel Activities and Coloring Pages with your family yet, Lent is a perfect time to start. You can use them as Mass preparation or review activity after Mass: whatever works for you and your children. All of our activities and coloring pages are free for you to download.
Catholic Momcast
This is a great time to review Lent-themed podcasts from previous years—and get ready for this year's Lenten podcasts. Some of our past Lenten topics include:
- Awesome Ideas for Lent #42
- Prayer Hacks for Lent #43
- Can you fail at Lent? #44
- Lenten Practice in Forgiveness #86
- Lent in the Family #131
- Living Lent as a Young Family (with Alex Dee) #131
- Learning to Love the Mass during Lent #132
You'll also find podcasts about the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving among the many topics covered on the Catholic Momcast.
Daily Gospel Reflections
Lent is the perfect time to incorporate the daily Mass readings into your prayer routine. Join us daily for a brief, prayerful reflection on the day's Gospel—delivered straight to your inbox each morning.
RESTORE video series
Each Sunday morning, join us here at Catholic Mom for a new video by Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, based on her new book, RESTORE: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation, new from Ave Maria Press.
At FamilyRosary.org:
Printable Family Activities Calendar for Lent
This page-per-week calendar offers an activity and a verse of Scripture for each day of Lent, to help your family pray, play, give, and serve together.
At the Foot of the Cross Homepage
Bookmark Family Rosary's Lenten page for links to free ebooks, videos, articles, recipes, and more—new content will be added throughout the Lenten season.
Daily Rosary & Mass and weekly Holy Hour
Each weekday at 11:30 AM Eastern, join the priests of Holy Cross Family Ministries for Rosary and Mass, streamed on Facebook Live.
On Fridays at 3 PM Eastern, pray at the Holy Cross Family Ministries holy hour for families, with Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, Scripture readings and reflections, on Facebook Live.
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Images: Holy Cross Family Ministries
About the Author
Barb Szyszkiewicz
Barb Szyszkiewicz, senior editor at CatholicMom.com, is a wife, mom of 3 young adults, and a Secular Franciscan. Barb enjoys writing, cooking, and reading, and is a music minister at her parish. Find her blog at FranciscanMom and her family’s favorite recipes with nutrition information at Cook and Count. Barb is the author of The Handy Little Guide to Prayer and The Handy Little Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours, available from Our Sunday Visitor.
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