trocaire lenten campaign

Welcome back to this weeks podcast here on C&SI.

John and Shane are delighted to welcome Jane Mellet back on the podcast to speak about the 51st Trocaire Lenten campaign which this year takes as its theme -   ‘Let Justice Flow Like a River, Righteousness Like a Never-Failing Stream.’

We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week and have our reflection on the Sunday gospel which is Mark's account of the Transfiguration and what the event of Mount Tabor speak to us today about.

Trocaire Lent 2024
This year the Lenten campaign focuses on water justice and shares with us the life of Malita and her family from Malawi sharing with us the twin travels of too much water and too little water exacerbated by the effects of climate change. Travelling so far for water each day affects other parts of the lives of Malita and her children, Margaret, Patrick and Patricia. Carrying 20 litres of water leaves the children tired and some days they are not able to go to school. Farming is an important part of how the family support themselves, but a lack of water makes farming difficult or too much water washes away crops and soil nutrients. Trócaire and their partners in Malawi are working to create solutions to the water shortages, such as digging bore holes close to villages.

• General information about the 2024 Lenten campaign
• Family resource - Lent 2024: Nurturing our Family Faith in Nature

On this week's programme Colm Hogan from Trócaire speaks with the team about the Trócaire Lenten Campaign for 2019 which focuses on land rights, especially in relation to Maria, Maya and Patricia, the girls on the 2019 Trócaire boxes. Colm also tells us about the different projects Trócaire are involved in throughout the world and ways in which we at home can get involved. 

On this week's programme Colm Hogan from Trócaire speaks with the team about the Trócaire Lenten Campaign for 2019 which focuses on land rights, especially in relation to Maria, Maya and Patricia, the girls on the 2019 Trócaire boxes. Colm also tells us about the different projects Trócaire are involved in throughout the world and ways in which we at home can get involved. In our programme we also continue our reflection from Bishop Brendan's Lenten Pastoral Letter and we have our usual Gospel reflection, saints of the week and notices.