Church in Kuala Lumpur
promotes Care for our Common Home during Lent
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| Logo for the Lenten campaign promoted by the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur |
In Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur’s Archdiocesan Office for Human
Development (AOHD) launches a Lenten campaign on the theme “Caring for our
common home” and promotes "Laudato sí" parishes.
By Francesca Merlo
"Prayer, fasting and alms-giving". According to
the AOHR
Lenten campaign, these are necessary in order to create space for an
“encounter with Jesus”. The season of Lent, reads Kuala Lumpur's
Archdiocesan Office for Human Development website, offers us an invitation “for
an ecological spirituality grounded in the convictions of our faith”.
Action Sheets
Along with their Lenten message, promoting the words of Pope
Francis through his "Laudato sí" encyclical, in which he asks us to
“hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor”, the Archdiocese of
Kuala Lumpur has Power-points, Kit books and Action
sheets available on their website.
One of the action sheets, translated into several different
languages, is a Lenten calendar. More specifically, a 40-Day Lenten walk. Along
with asking for prayers for peace, help with chores, and to be kind and helpful
to family and those in need, the walk involves some tasks aimed specifically at
caring for our common home. Day 13 asks that we “grow a plant and look after
it”, whilst day 25 that we “start recycling cans, paper and tetra-paks and care
for nature”. Closer to Easter, one day’s tasks is to “preserve the environment
by remembering to turn off the lights and water taps”.
AOHR
The AOHR promotes activities concerning charity, integral
human development, justice and peace within the Catholic Church’s Kuala Lumpur
Archdiocese. Its mission is the holistic development of the whole human person
and of all peoples, especially the weak, disadvantaged and marginalised.
Becoming a 'Laudato sí' parish
The Kuala Lumpur archdiocese makes the benefits of becoming,
what they call a “Laudato sí” parish very clear, and highlights the
responsibility each of us has, as an individual and as a member of our parish
to truly help care for our common home.
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