Lent is just a little over a week away and I’ll admit, I haven’t really begun thinking about the Lenten season. I’ve heard the announcements before Mass about the various Lenten offerings at our parish- the Bible studies, Lenten Mission, Parish Fish Fry and Stations of the Cross- but I have no idea what I’m doing for Lent. Well, no idea what I’m doing aside from the Catholic Sistas 2017 Lent Photo Journey.
I love taking (and looking at) photos, so the Catholic Sistas Lent Photo Journey is a perfect way to integrate something I already do daily (take photos) with the season of Lent. The Lent Photo Journey allows me to bring the Lenten season into my daily life, and encourages me to search for God in new and different ways as well.
I’m delighted to officially sharing the Catholic Sistas Instagram Lent Photo Journey space with some wonderful friends and sisters in Christ, Adrienne, Celeste, Cindy, Kristin and Rosemary (and find me here). And I invite y’all to join us in recognizing God’s presence in the every day things, people, and situations around us and snapping a photo or remembering a moment in our past that God has touched and finding a way to share that visually. I’m excited to see what the Holy Spirit has in store for us to share with each other in this Lenten Photo Journey together. Happy clicking!
How the 2017 Lent Photo Journey Works
• Each day has a pre-selected word associated with it. You snap a photo (or find a photo in your photo archives) related to that word and share it on social media. The photo does not have to be faith-themed. The goal of our Photo Journeys and Challenges are for us to see God in our everyday lives.
• When posting your photos on social media, use the hashtag #CSLentIPJ and any other appropriate hashtags (#ash, #trial, #Catholic, etc) with your Photo Journey photos. This allows us as Catholic Sistas as well as everyone else in the Catholic Sistas community to search Instagram and other social media platforms for others who are participating in the Photo Journey. (CSLentIPJ = Catholic Sistas Lent Instagram Photo Journey)
• The main social media platforms for the Lent Photo Journey are Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, but we’re present on many other platforms. Tag us with @CatholicSistas on INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST and FACEBOOK, @Catholic_Sistas on TWITTER and +CatholicSistas on GOOGLE+. And if you’re blogging about your Lenten Photo Journey, link back to us or comment below with a link to your post.
• Download the 2017 CSLentIPJ Graphic for quick reference. Note that weekends are a different color to help visualize each week better. Also, after you download the graphic, share it with others and invite them to journey with us too! And consider using the LENTEN PHOTO-A-DAY JOURNEY PARTICIPANT GRAPHIC on your social media sites, such as a profile picture on Facebook or for promotion on Instagram.