All About Lent & Holy Week

All about Lent & Holy Week: Sharing the Seasons of Repentance & Salvation with Children is the essential guide all Catholic families need for the holiest time of the year. Award-winning duo Katherine Bogner and Shari Van Vranken highlight the many treasures of pray and tradition to guide you on your Lenten journey.

Explaining both the biblical roots of the season of Lent as well as the liturgical rites and rituals that we celebrate, All about Lent & Holy Week provides answers to what we believe and how to put those beliefs into practice. Topics in this volume include everything from Lenten devotions and traditions like the Stations of the Cross and prayer, fasting and almsgiving, to the unique elements of the Holy Week and Triduum liturgies.

In these beautifully illustrated pages, you and your children will discover:

Typology : How to encounter Christ hidden in the Old Testament and fully revealed in the New (pg.18).

Symbolism: The meaning behind the 40 days of Lent (pg. 4), why we smear ashes on our foreheads (pg. 7-8), the Paschal Candle (pg. 35), and more.

Reconciliation: How to prepare for the Sacrament of Confession—including examining one’s conscience and praying the Act of Contrition (pg. 17).

Stations of the Cross : The complete Stations of the Cross, along with an explanation of their origin and guidelines for praying them at home (pg. 11-13).

An extraordinary resource, All about Lent & Holy Week is an invaluable guide for all who desire to deepen their understanding and experience of Jesus’s great love for us throughout Lent and beyond!