Diving Deeper – Activity 
6

Ash Wednesday & Lent 2023

FOR ALL GROUPS
For Upper ROOM

Goals

Purpose: This activity will help families to prepare for the season of Lent starting on Ash Wednesday, February 22nd

Video teaching:

Take a look at these two videos with your children to learn about Ash Wednesday & Lent.

What is Ash Wednesday?


Ash Wednesday and Lent in 60 seconds - with LEGO!

Instructions

The two activity sheets can be found in your Diving Deeper package. You will need to submit the two activities digitally.

Lenten Planning 

Lent is a time where we are called to refocus & grow closer to God. Here is an exercise that can be done as a family to decide how you will live Lent. You can find the Lenten Planner in your Diving Deeper package. Click here & will find the PDF version

Lenten Planner in Package

Lent Planner Instructions 

Here are some ideas that will help you plan for Lent this year. Feel free to come up with your own ideas.  

Praying :

For example: 

  1.  Say Grace as a family before supper 
  2. You can thank God in prayer for one thing that happened that day before going to bed as a family. Creating a prayer journal of gratitude can also be a similar option.
  3. Older children can say a decade of rosary everyday
  4. Reading a children’s bible story every night. 

 Fasting:

  1. You can make a sacrifice and give up something that you enjoy doing, ex: playing video games or using a certain social media platform 
  2. You can give up something that you like to eat, such as chips, candies, or chocolate

Almsgiving/Service

  1. Children can take on tasks to be done around the house. Taking on tasks they do not usually do that is age appropriate (I.e rendering a service to the family e.g. picking up toys, setting the table for dinner, making their bed etc.).
  2. Render a service to an elderly family member e.g. Calling a grandparent once a week.
  3. Make a donation for non-perishable food items to the Food Bank at church.

Bible Verse to Memorize

Find a Bible verse you would like to memorize.

Visit this website that has 52 short verses to memorize click here

OR

See this video for ideas

Sundays are "little Easters." I will celebrate by...

If we so chose too, we can break our Lenten fasts on Sunday's during Lent.

Resources

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