Catholic families walk from St. Mary’s Cathedral to the New South Wales Parliament during the ‘Day of the Unborn Child’ gathering on Sunday in Sydney, Australia. (photo: Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images)
Many Lenten practices are, by their nature, private and individual. But this doesn’t mean that Lent is essentially a centered upon the self. Everything we do as Christians is as a community, and as one’s family is a community, we can share our Lent with them just as we can share practically anything else that is beautiful, important and profound.
The following are activities meant to be shared with your family. Feel free to explore them and add your own family religious traditions: