Pray and Give Alms with us this Lent

For our patients, untreated health issues can significantly limit their ability to work, care for their families, and pursue their dreams. Your solidarity and almsgiving this Lent can help someone access life-changing surgery and renewed health. May the journey of Lent be a time of renewal and growth so that with changed hearts, we might heal and transform our world.

Pray With Us

Recen Con Nosotros

Download a copy of our bilingual prayer card and use this resource with your family or parish community this Lent as we remember and pray for our brothers and sisters in need of healing care.

God of all people,

Your compassion invites us to be transformed,
Your love calls us to be one human family,
Your wisdom invites us to journey through this season with open hearts.

Through our Lenten prayer, fasting and almsgiving,

draw us closer to our brothers and sisters around the globe,
deepen our hunger for justice in the world, 
and compel us to act in solidarity with those in need of your healing care.

May this journey of Lent be
a time of renewal and growth,
that with changed hearts, 
we might heal and transform your world.

Amen.

1st Sunday

of Lent

(March 8-9)

Solidarity Bridge & St. John XXIII Parish

For over 25 years, Chicago area parishes have been signs of hope in Bolivia and Paraguay for tens of thousands of patients in need of urgent medical care.

During the first weekend of Lent (March 8-9), members of the Solidarity Bridge community will speak at all Masses at St. John XXIII. Please join us in person for Mass in Evanston or watch the parish’s livestream (English or Spanish).

We give thanks to the St. John XXIII Parish community for supporting Solidarity Bridge with their prayer, fasting and generous almsgiving this Lent.

Almsgiving

Surgical care is essential to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for adults  and children of all ages. Yet surgery has long been overlooked in the global health community as a form of essential care.  Working in partnership with medical communities in Bolivia and Paraguay, Solidarity Bridge seeks to make surgical care safe and accessible to those in most need. Together, with the global health community, we are creating a new way forward. Your solidarity and Lenten almsgiving provides critical equipment donations to hospitals, access to surgical care for patients, and medical training to surgeons in Bolivia and Paraguay.

Read patient and program stories on our blog to learn more about the impact of our work.