Walking Through Lent + Holy Week – A Virtual Retreat

Walking Through Lent + Holy Week
A Two-Part Virtual Retreat
Journey through Lent with The Church in the 21st Century Center'sWalking Through Lent & Holy WeekRetreat!This two-part virtual retreat isno-costand will be led with author, retreat facilitator, founder of, and friend of C21,Laura Kelly Fanucci.
Part I | Walking Through Lent | Thursday, February 27th |12–1:15pm ET | Zoom
Our faith gives us an opportunity to delve into ancient spiritual practices that awaken in us a new way to walk through Lent. Learn about the history of the labyrinth in the Church andits modern use as a place and practice of prayer. We’lllook at Lent as a timeto walk with God and explore 5 ways to use the labyrinth with Scripture andprayer to guideour 40 days of preparation for Easter.
Part II | Walking Through Holy Week| Thursday, April 10th |12–1:15pm ET | Zoom
What if we could journey through the Triduum in awhole new way this year, guided by the wisdom of thelabyrinth? We’ll walkthrough each day of Holy Week, finding God in new places from Palm Sunday throughEaster.Join us to learn how the labyrinth can lead us into the center of Christ’ssuffering, death, and resurrection.
Weekly Lenten Resources
Receive questions and resources each week of Lent from Laura and the C21 team to bolster your Lenten journey.
Questions? Please email church21@bc.edu.
Retreat Resources
Opening Prayer:Adapted from
Closing prayer:
Resources:
Find a labyrinth near you with the
Use
from Chartres Cathedral
A Guide to Walking the Labyrinthby 㽶 professor Rebecca Valette
Opening Prayer:
God Almighty, Holy and loving one, Eternal, ever-present one, Walk with us.
Earth maker, life giver,Pain bearer,Lover of our souls,Walk with us.
Through all the twistsAnd turns of life,When clouds obscure the way,Walk with us.
When what once seemed close,Now looks so far away,Walk with us.
Light bringer, faith builder,Justice bringer,Walk with us,
Until we trust in you,And walk the path,That leads to the center,Of your love.
Amen.
(Christine Sine)
Closing prayer:
Jesus, you are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. As we walk in your way this Holy Week,help us to find your truth and life in each day: In our Hosannas and holy walking on Palm Sunday, In our preparations on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, In the twists and turns of Holy Thursday,from the Last Supper to the Garden of Gethsemane, In the long road to Calvary on Good Friday, In the aching waiting of Holy Saturday,And finally in the glorious race to—and from—Easter Sunday’s empty tomb.
May we walk close to you, our companion and guide,Through each day of this holiest week.Open our eyes, our hearts, our bodies, and our mindsTo your presence among us.Transform our lives in the light of Easter joy and hope.May we know we never walk alone.
Amen.
(Laura Kelly Fanucci)
Resources:
: takes about 5 minutes
for Holy Week from the Catholic Lectionary
for the Seven Churches Visitation (Holy Thursday)
Reflections on Holy Week:
(Palm Sunday)
(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
(Good Friday & Holy Saturday)
Meet our retreat facilitator

Laura Kelly Fanucci - Retreat Facilitator
is an author, speaker, and retreat facilitator. She earned her BA from the University of NotreDame and her Master of Divinity from Saint John's School of Theology in Collegeville, MN, where she spent 11 years working ontheological initiatives on vocation with theCollegeville Institute.
Laurais an award-winning columnist for Catholic News Service, and her nationally syndicated “Faith at Home”column runs monthly in Catholic newspapers across the U.S.Lauraspeaks nationally on topics ranging from vocation and calling to grief and parenting, and her work can be heard on the Hallow and Ritual apps.
Laura has authored seven books, includingEveryday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of ParentingandTo Bless Our Callings:Prayers, Poems, andHymns to Celebrate Vocation. She and her husband live in Minnesota with their five sons.
To learn more about Laura, visit: .
For more of Laura's work, sign up forfor essays on spirituality and Scripture or follow thefor (humorous) cancer updates and the chance to join others in spreading compassion. If you’re interested in the grief ministry that Karen mentions during the retreat, you can check out Laura's new 30-day series on grief on . Laura also writes regularly onInstagramat