4040 Youth Lenten Series

Lent is a forty‑day season in the Church where we slow down, return to God with honesty, and make space for renewal through prayer, fasting, and generosity. It’s a time of preparation for Easter, inviting us to let God reshape our hearts and our habits.

For young people, this season is a powerful opportunity—an open door to help them discover that faith isn’t about the rules and moral laws to follow but about taking small, real steps toward Jesus. When we invite them into Lent with creativity, authenticity, and community, they can rise to it with surprising depth and curiosity.

Series Overview:

Week One: Make Space - Fasting

There is a tradition in the Catholic Church to fast during Lent, this topic explores that traditions, explains the why behind fasting and invites young people to consider they ways they could make space for God.

Week Two: Meet the Gaze - Prayer

Meet the gaze is about meeting Jesus in prayer and finding him there waiting for you. A practical experience to showcase different styles of prayer and equip young people to pray in their own time and own places.

Week Three: Love in Action - Mercy & Almsgiving

Charity is a key part of our faith, but needs to be framed in the context of mercy and Gods love to be truly understood. That’s what this topic does, and provides a way to practical share mercy in their communities.

Week Four: Holy Week part one - Palm Sunday & Holy Thursday

A look at the first part of Holy Week, journeying through the scriptures and how we remember these moments in the liturgies.

Week Five: Holy Week part two - Good Friday & Easter Sunday

Understanding how salvation came through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, and how we are restored to life through his ressurection.