Family Fast Day

Family Fast Day is on Friday 6th March 2020. This Lent, please support the life-saving work of local experts like Sister Consilia in Zimbabwe who gives vital medication at her health centre.

Use our talk, posters and soup event guides to involve your parish, friends and family to join in Family Fast Day!

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Sign up to host a Soup Lunch this Lent

For more free resources such as posters and envelopes for your parish, please go to the CAFOD shop.

Involve your parish

Use our resources to involve your parish in Family Fast Day, and improve the health of our brothers and sisters around the world. 

• Parish poster (pdf, 6mb)
• How to Guide (pdf, 2mb)
• Short talk (pdf, 102kb)
• Short talk editable version (docx, 78kb)
• Making the short talk your own (pdf, 109kb)

Organise a soup supper

Hold a soup supper with your parish this Family Fast Day!

• Organising a soup lunch made 'souper' easy! (pdf, 293kb)
• Family Fast Day soup recipes (pdf, 3mb)
• Soup poster (pdf, 1mb)
• Sign up to host a soup lunch

Family Fast Day resources

Connect with us online and help spread the Family Fast Day message!

• Parish feedback poster (pdf, 2mb)
• Lent 2020: Some things are too precious to lose

Pray with us this Lent

Pray with us this Family Fast Day

• Prayer card (pdf, 427kb)
• Prayer Reflection (pdf, 1mb)

Sign up to host a soup lunch

Sign up today to receive hints and tips in advance of CAFOD Family Fast Day on Friday 6th March!

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