Lent provides me with a particularly good opportunity to look honestly at my life and make improvements. The questions are: What am I going to do this Lent to enrich my spiritual life? What will I do to become a better Catholic by the time Easter arrives? How will I become more loving and generous? How can I improve my relationship with Jesus?

Ash Wednesday... was a fine day to start making improvements.

What about you? What are you doing? What are you going to do?

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Fair Trade.

What does that mean for us at Our Lady of Lourdes? How does it relate to Lent?
I think Jesus is especially pleased with us when we sacrifice something in order to benefit someone else. Fair Trade calls us to do just that, to pay more for specific goods or foods so that the farmer/worker will have a more decent income.

We have a Fair Trade ministry at OLL. We offer Fair Trade coffee and chocolate in the church gathering space on the 1st weekend of the month. An additional reason to support the ministry is that the proceeds from the Fair Trade sales go to support the Children of God Ministry.

For more information PRESS HERE.