Lent 2023

Lent 2025

This Lent, we’re giving up billionaires, and the greed, gluttony, and selfishness they represent, and calling on Congress to do the same. Join us!

No matter who we are, where we live, or the color of our skin, Catholics and people of faith across the country agree that taking food and health care from our families to make the ultra-wealthy richer is just plain wrong.

We want an economy that works for all of us–not just a handful of billionaires. So this Lent, people across faiths, places, and races are coming together to take action for the common good.

We fast from things that prevent us from being part of the Beloved Community. We are coming together to disrupt the work of billionaires—and their enablers in Congress—who put their own interests ahead of the country’s, dismantling our government in the process. 

Stations of the Cross in Your Community

Script

We have the words you need to conduct your Stations of the Cross–all you have to do is find the place, gather the people, and print out the facilitator script and participant handout. Download the Facilitator Script!

Handout

Make sure the people at your Stations of the Cross gathering take meaningful action with our handy half-sheet call-to-action guidance. Download the Participant Handout!

Promotion

Give your Stations of the Cross high visibility with a printable poster featuring NETWORK’s powerful Lent theme: giving up billionaires. Download to print the poster!

Lent reflections from Sister Emily TeKolste, SP

Take Action: Sign our Lenten pledge

I’m joining NETWORK in calling on Congress to prioritize our communities over billionaires. Together, we’re telling Congress: Give up billionaires!

Ash Wednesday Reflection and Lament

Ash Wednesday: A Call to Action for a Compassionate Budget

On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 8:40 AM Eastern through 9:30 AM Eastern, Members of Congress, national Faith Leaders, and NETWORK staff will gather for an Ash Wednesday 2025 service on Capitol Hill for an interfaith service of prayers, ashes, reflection and lament over the House budget reconciliation resolution and the harm it will do to individuals and families across the country.

Read about the Ash Wednesday 2025 Call to Action for a Compassionate Budget

Speakers included:

Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06)
Congressman Tim M. Kennedy (NY-26)
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14)
Congressman Chuy Garcia (IL-04)
Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02)
Bishop Trimble, General Board of Church and Society, Methodists
General Minister and President, Reverend Terri Hord Owens, Disciples of Christ
Joan Neal, Executive Director, NETWORK Lobby
Bridget Moix, General Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Reverend Cassandra Gould, Faith In Action