NEW! 2010 Lenten Podcasts

This year, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, through Holy Saturday, April 3. To help Catholic health care organizations mark this important season, CHA is offering its third annual series of Lenten podcast reflections to enable you to reflect on the meaning of this season by downloading and listening to these weekly offerings.

The 2010 series was authored by Nathan D. Mitchell, Ph.D., professional specialist in the Department of Theology, and concurrent associate director of the University of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. They were originally published in the booklet, Daybreaks: Daily Reflections for Lent and Easter (by Liguori Publications). Liguori has graciously allowed CHA to extend this resource to our members.

These reflections are offered as MP3 files for easy downloading and use. In addition, printable Word documents are included for each reflection so that participants can fully experience the message whether they prefer audio or visual delivery.

Reflections, and the weeks of the Lenten and Easter they relate to include:

Note: To download the mp3 to your computer, right click on the title of the podcast and select "Save target as...". If you just want to listen to the interview without downloading it to your computer you can simply click the link.

For use the week of Feb. 15: (Ash Wednesday is Feb. 17)

• A Reflection on Ash Wednesday (.pdf)
• MP3 file  (approximate length - 3:11)

For use the week of Feb. 21:

• A Reflection for the First Week of Lent (.pdf)
• MP3 file  (approximate length - 2:45)

For use the week of Feb. 28:

• A Reflection for the Second Week of Lent (.pdf)
• MP3 file  (approximate length - 3:06)

For use the week of March 7:

• A Reflection for the Third Week of Lent  (.pdf)
• MP3 file  (approximate length - 2:27)

For use the week of March 14:

• A Reflection for the Fourth Week of Lent  (.pdf)
• MP3 file  (approximate length - 2:58)

For use the week of March 21:

• A Reflection for the Fifth Week of Lent  (.pdf)
• MP3 file  (approximate length - 2:35)

For use the week of March 28 — Holy Week and Easter:

• A Reflection on Holy Week  (.pdf)
• MP3 file  (approximate length - 3:10)
• A Reflection on Easter  (.pdf)
• MP3 file  (approximate length - 2:46)