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Is this the End or the Beginning?
Welcome to the final edition of our Lent Challenge newsletter. Thank you for being part of this journey and spending Lent with us. We hope you enjoyed experimenting a little and that our newsletter helped keep you motivated and offered some useful insights along the way. As promised, we’d love to hear about your experience: what worked,…
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Living in the Doughnut
Welcome to the sixth edition of our Lent Challenge newsletter! It has been ten years since the publication of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s landmark encyclical on climate change, where we were invited to listen to the “cry of the poor and the cry of the earth”. Pope Francis sought to highlight the close link between social and ecological…
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The Costs of Factory Farming
Welcome to the fifth edition of our Lent Challenge newsletter! Perception is an important consideration when thinking about our food system. For many of us, there is an idyllic view of what an animal farm is, often in the vision of that old nursery rhyme “Old MacDonald” where animals are happy and tranquil in their…
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Walking with God
Welcome to the fourth edition of our Lent Challenge! Fasting invites us into a deeper spiritual journey, but its true purpose often eludes us. In Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, the fasting Pharisee fails to find justification, whilst the tax collector, though not fasting, leaves justified (Luke 18:9-14). This is not…
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The Land that Sustains Us
Welcome to the third edition of our Lent Challenge! In this issue, we reflect on the use of land in agriculture. How is the land – that is the bread and butter of our food systems – managed? How much of it still belongs to nature? In the following article, we explore the connection between land and our…
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Lent Fasting Traditions
Welcome to the second edition of our Lent Challenge! In this issue, we reflect on the tradition of fasting—by some may be seen as a burden, yet, in its true essence, a practice that can bring lightness and joy to the spirit. “Lent gives us the opportunity to lighten ourselves from the weight of the…
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Taking the First Steps
Welcome to the first edition of our Lent Challenge! Ash Wednesday is here, marking the start of our Lenten journey! By taking part in this initiative, you are choosing to observe this season with purpose. But what is the purpose of Lent, and why does reducing our meat consumption align with it? Though not explicitly…
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Act for Lent 2025
🌱 This Lent, join Our Daily Bread, and eat more veggies to support your spiritual growth and a resilient food system! 🌍 Honour the tradition of Lent with 40 days of mindful simplicity to change your perspective, while improving your health and reducing your environmental impact. Food shapes our culture, health, and identity—it is a powerful means…
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Our Daily Bread Network Launches in Brussels
The 14th and 15th of January 2025 marked a significant milestone for ‘Our Daily Bread’, with the network’s first-ever summit being held and the initiative officially launched in Brussels. The events started with an internal summit at the Maison Notre-Dame du Chant-d’Oiseau, a conference centre on the grounds of a Franciscan Friary in Brussels, where…
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A Christian Vision for Sustainable Food Systems – Launch Event
Join us for the launch of the ‘Our Daily Bread’ network – an innovative initiative bringing together Christian faith-based organisations to advocate for sustainable and just food systems in Europe. On 15 January 2024, from 14:00-15:30 at the Chapel for Europe in Brussels, we shall explore how faith-based organisations can drive meaningful change in agricultural…