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Email a FriendWe love our St. Therese Sacrifice beads around here, but another thing we do that isn’t on the list is a Mercy Cross. We’re making a free standing one out of wood this year, and we hang hearts on it for all the spiritual and corporal works of mercy they do during the day. Then, come Easter it becomes our Victory Cross that we decorate with a white sash. (I’m looking for some purple material we can use as a sash during Lent.) 
Lenten Observances Poll
Your opinion needed!
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Saturday, February 21, 2009 11:00 AM
Remember when I asked for your Lenten ideas for kids?
You all shared some great answers. Now it’s time to take a survey of your favorites and turn them into a Top Ten list we can share here at Faith and Family.
PLEASE take a moment to vote for your favorites!
I’ve made up a poll of the most popular answers and set it up to allow you to vote more than once. So if you have a few favorites, feel free to vote again. But don’t go picking all of them, because ... well, that would be silly.
Here’s the poll—Vote well!
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Posted by Kristi Carlson on Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 4:19 PM (EDT):
I absolutely love the idea of having the kids put their favorite toys in a box through Lent. What a great way for little children to understand:)
And there is a bonus for me. All of their favorite toys are LOUD toys:D
Posted by Regina on Sunday, Feb 22, 2009 7:30 AM (EDT):
Boy that’s quite a list, it’s hard to choose only one item. I went with Giving Up Media Time. I like to foster a little more silence and a little less din. I also love taking my kids to the Stations of the Cross on Fridays. I went every Lent with my family as a child, and it left a real imprint on me.
Posted by Kristine on Sunday, Feb 22, 2009 8:24 AM (EDT):
What a list! One thing I do in my classroom as well as home is on Ash Wednesday we have a day of silence. I write a list of assignments for students to complete and the only time they may use thier voice is during the Mass of the day. It is really powerful.
Posted by Julie on Sunday, Feb 22, 2009 9:37 PM (EDT):
Ther are so many good ideas on this list. We love using the rice bowl and/or collecting alms for charity, but I agree that finding more quiet time by giving up media helps in fostering prayer too. It is so easy to forget to listen for God’s Voice in the day to day that more silance is always good, as is giving up treats, which we also do. I also love taking the children to the Stations on Fridays, although that one is difficult for the little ones. There is a hymn we used to sing during Lent in Michigan called “Return to God”. So, that is usually our Lenten theme; to try to cut out all the things that pull us away from God during the year.
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