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happen in your parishMaking Lent Fast Day
Donation form
!
1. Parish details
Please return this form with your donations to help us to process them more efficiently. Please also make a copy of this form to enclose with any subsequent donations your parish may make to Lent this year. Please send your donations ASAP to ensure they will be matched by the UK government.
2. Donation details
Parish Cheque/s £
Postal Orders £
Cheques £
CAF Vouchers £
Other £
Total £
3. Gift Aid
Have you included your Gift Aid slips?
Sending your Gift Aid slips together with your donations will save CAFOD time and money.
Yes No
4. Your details (in case we need to contact you)
Name of sender:
Daytime tel. number:
Please do not send cash in the post
Please return this form in your return envelope. You can also post it to:Freepost RSHJ-KJBY-YXLT, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB.Or call 0300 011 5680 to talk to us about anything we can help with. CAF3220
Thank you for all you do to support our sisters and brothers in the world’s poorest communities. Because of you, we can keep serving them, and standing with them against the injustices that create poverty.
Lent Fast Day: Friday 19 February 2016
For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected] For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected]
Fast Day: What to do, when
Newsletter announcements
Ask for help
Ask volunteers to read the Fast Day short talk at all Masses on the weekends of 13/14 February or 20/21 February. Or contact your local CAFOD office to see if they can provide a speaker, cafod.org.uk/uk
Identify volunteers to give out collection envelopes and prayer cards.
Give the children’s liturgy sheet to the children’s liturgy team.
Check that your collection envelopes have arrived (usually with your parish priest) and that there are enough. If they haven’t arrived by Friday 5 February, please tell us straight away!
Pin up the Fast Day poster.
Put an announcement in your parish newsletter about Fast Day.
Getting ready for the first Fast Day weekend
Ensure volunteers hand out envelopes before/after Mass, or staple them to the parish newsletter.
Make pens available to help people complete the Gift Aid panel on the envelope (Gift Aid is crucial: it accounts for nearly 9 per cent of Fast Day income).
Arrange to include the Fast Day prayer and prayer of intercession at Mass.
Check the speaker can still give the Lent Fast Day talk at Mass (unless the talk is being given the following weekend).
Fast Day Friday 19 February
Hold a simple soup lunch, with group reflection and say the Fast Day prayer.
Second Fast Day weekend
Have spare collection envelopes and prayer cards available.
Check that a speaker can still give the Lent Fast Day talk at Mass (unless done last weekend).
Collect Fast Day envelopes and donations after Mass.
After Fast Day
Empty the collection envelopes, count donations and check them against Gift Aid details (see page 6).
Send the donation form, donation cheque(s), Gift Aid slips and any sealed purple (‘Give Regularly’) envelopes back to CAFOD in the return envelope provided. Please don’t send cash in the post! Please send your donations ASAP to ensure they will be matched by the UK government. Donations received after 1 July will not be eligible.
Help us thank parishioners by placing the second announcement (below) in the parish newsletter and by displaying the ‘thank you’ message on the back of the Fast Day poster.
1. Week before Fast Day CAFOD Lent Fast Day: Friday 19 February
This Lent Fast Day, we have an opportunity to come together as a Catholic community to ensure girls living in the world’s poorest countries are free to change their lives by getting an education. CAFOD is working with local expert organisations around the world to bring water to family homes, so girls who used to spend hours collecting it every day, now have time for school, study and to play with their friends.
Fast Days are our opportunity to support that vital work. Collect your Fast Day envelope from church this week, and remember to fast on Lent Fast Day.
And there is very good news: the UK government has promised to match every pound and penny you give this Lent!
Please give as much as you can in next week’s collection, so that more girls around the world are able to live lives free from the burden of the long walk for water.
CAFOD will process your information and may contact you about our work. For details, visit cafod.org.uk/privacy
2. Week after Fast Day Thank you so much for supporting CAFOD Lent Fast Day
Together, our parish raised £___________ for CAFOD’s work. With UK Aid Match funding, this means we have ensured £________ can be used to bring water to the villages of even more of the world’s poorest families, meaning girls don’t have to walk hours every day to collect it. Now they are free to get an education and to pursue their dreams.
Thank you for your generous compassion for those living in poverty and for fasting in solidarity with them.
Lent 2016 Fast Day prayer
Merciful God,
source of all that is good,
wash us clean of all that
prevents us
from seeing you in each
of our sisters and brothers
around the world.
Transform our hearts
this Lent,
through our prayer, fasting
and almsgiving,
to be open to the needs of
all those who thirst.
Spirit of compassion,
move us to share with
all people
the water of life.
We ask this through Christ
our Lord,
Amen.
Prayer: Stephen Davies/CAFOD
For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected] For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected]
Fast Day: What to do, when
Newsletter announcements
Ask for help
Ask volunteers to read the Fast Day short talk at all Masses on the weekends of 13/14 February or 20/21 February. Or contact your local CAFOD office to see if they can provide a speaker, cafod.org.uk/uk
Identify volunteers to give out collection envelopes and prayer cards.
Give the children’s liturgy sheet to the children’s liturgy team.
Check that your collection envelopes have arrived (usually with your parish priest) and that there are enough. If they haven’t arrived by Friday 5 February, please tell us straight away!
Pin up the Fast Day poster.
Put an announcement in your parish newsletter about Fast Day.
Getting ready for the first Fast Day weekend
Ensure volunteers hand out envelopes before/after Mass, or staple them to the parish newsletter.
Make pens available to help people complete the Gift Aid panel on the envelope (Gift Aid is crucial: it accounts for nearly 9 per cent of Fast Day income).
Arrange to include the Fast Day prayer and prayer of intercession at Mass.
Check the speaker can still give the Lent Fast Day talk at Mass (unless the talk is being given the following weekend).
Fast Day Friday 19 February
Hold a simple soup lunch, with group reflection and say the Fast Day prayer.
Second Fast Day weekend
Have spare collection envelopes and prayer cards available.
Check that a speaker can still give the Lent Fast Day talk at Mass (unless done last weekend).
Collect Fast Day envelopes and donations after Mass.
After Fast Day
Empty the collection envelopes, count donations and check them against Gift Aid details (see page 6).
Send the donation form, donation cheque(s), Gift Aid slips and any sealed purple (‘Give Regularly’) envelopes back to CAFOD in the return envelope provided. Please don’t send cash in the post! Please send your donations ASAP to ensure they will be matched by the UK government. Donations received after 1 July will not be eligible.
Help us thank parishioners by placing the second announcement (below) in the parish newsletter and by displaying the ‘thank you’ message on the back of the Fast Day poster.
1. Week before Fast Day CAFOD Lent Fast Day: Friday 19 February
This Lent Fast Day, we have an opportunity to come together as a Catholic community to ensure girls living in the world’s poorest countries are free to change their lives by getting an education. CAFOD is working with local expert organisations around the world to bring water to family homes, so girls who used to spend hours collecting it every day, now have time for school, study and to play with their friends.
Fast Days are our opportunity to support that vital work. Collect your Fast Day envelope from church this week, and remember to fast on Lent Fast Day.
And there is very good news: the UK government has promised to match every pound and penny you give this Lent!
Please give as much as you can in next week’s collection, so that more girls around the world are able to live lives free from the burden of the long walk for water.
CAFOD will process your information and may contact you about our work. For details, visit cafod.org.uk/privacy
2. Week after Fast Day Thank you so much for supporting CAFOD Lent Fast Day
Together, our parish raised £___________ for CAFOD’s work. With UK Aid Match funding, this means we have ensured £________ can be used to bring water to the villages of even more of the world’s poorest families, meaning girls don’t have to walk hours every day to collect it. Now they are free to get an education and to pursue their dreams.
Thank you for your generous compassion for those living in poverty and for fasting in solidarity with them.
Lent 2016 Fast Day prayer
Merciful God,
source of all that is good,
wash us clean of all that
prevents us
from seeing you in each
of our sisters and brothers
around the world.
Transform our hearts
this Lent,
through our prayer, fasting
and almsgiving,
to be open to the needs of
all those who thirst.
Spirit of compassion,
move us to share with
all people
the water of life.
We ask this through Christ
our Lord,
Amen.
Prayer: Stephen Davies/CAFOD
For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected] For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected]
Prayers of intercessionInclude these in your parish newsletter each week in Lent, or give them to the people doing intercessions at weekend Masses during Lent in your parish or group throughout Lent this year.
First week of LentWe pray for world leaders: that they may act to protect God’s creation and ensure all people have access to these gifts. Lord, in your mercy…
Second week of LentWe pray for our sisters and brothers who thirst: that through working together, all our lives will be transformed, and all people will have access to God’s gift of water. Lord, in your mercy…
Third week of LentWe pray for our parish community: that by caring for the gift of water at home we may share in the joys, hopes, griefs and anxieties of our global family. Lord, in your mercy…
Fourth week of LentWe pray for ourselves: that our lives will be changed through the Father’s mercy to reach out to all those who thirst and need our love. Lord, in your mercy…
Fifth week of LentWe pray for our sisters and brothers throughout the world, especially those who have to walk for miles carrying water. May God inspire us to give the support they need to change their lives for the better. Lord, in your mercy…
Holy WeekWe pray for the Church around the world: as we enter Holy Week, may the passion, death and resurrection of Christ inspire us to work together for the good of all and of each individual, sharing in the gifts of God’s creation. Lord, in your mercy…
You can order prayer cards for your parish by emailing [email protected] or by calling 0300 011 5680
You can also find videos and Lent resources at cafod.org.uk
Lent 2016:Your money making an even bigger splash!
This Lent, every pound you drop into your donation envelope will be matched by the UK government, meaning your money has double the impact.
If you have ten minutes: give out the envelopes
If you have an hour: find a speaker for Mass
If you have an afternoon: organise a sponsored walk for water
If you have a weekend: have a pounds for pints drive (live on just seven pints of water a day for a weekend)
If you want to do something throughout Lent: hold frugal Friday lunches or soup suppers in your parish – you can use reflections from our online Lent calendar at cafod.org.uk/lentcalendar
Go online to see our Lent video and find more ideas to help you run Fast Day in your parish: cafod.org.uk/lent
Or call us on 0300 011 5680 to order prayer cards for your parish, or any other Lent resources.
CAFOD, Romero House,55 Westminster Bridge Road,London SE1 7JBTel: 020 7733 7900Email: [email protected]
Photography: David MutuaCharity no 1160384 and a company limited by guarantee no 09387398Printed on paper from well-managed forests CAF3220
For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected] For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected]
Prayers of intercessionInclude these in your parish newsletter each week in Lent, or give them to the people doing intercessions at weekend Masses during Lent in your parish or group throughout Lent this year.
First week of LentWe pray for world leaders: that they may act to protect God’s creation and ensure all people have access to these gifts. Lord, in your mercy…
Second week of LentWe pray for our sisters and brothers who thirst: that through working together, all our lives will be transformed, and all people will have access to God’s gift of water. Lord, in your mercy…
Third week of LentWe pray for our parish community: that by caring for the gift of water at home we may share in the joys, hopes, griefs and anxieties of our global family. Lord, in your mercy…
Fourth week of LentWe pray for ourselves: that our lives will be changed through the Father’s mercy to reach out to all those who thirst and need our love. Lord, in your mercy…
Fifth week of LentWe pray for our sisters and brothers throughout the world, especially those who have to walk for miles carrying water. May God inspire us to give the support they need to change their lives for the better. Lord, in your mercy…
Holy WeekWe pray for the Church around the world: as we enter Holy Week, may the passion, death and resurrection of Christ inspire us to work together for the good of all and of each individual, sharing in the gifts of God’s creation. Lord, in your mercy…
You can order prayer cards for your parish by emailing [email protected] or by calling 0300 011 5680
You can also find videos and Lent resources at cafod.org.uk
Lent 2016:Your money making an even bigger splash!
This Lent, every pound you drop into your donation envelope will be matched by the UK government, meaning your money has double the impact.
If you have ten minutes: give out the envelopes
If you have an hour: find a speaker for Mass
If you have an afternoon: organise a sponsored walk for water
If you have a weekend: have a pounds for pints drive (live on just seven pints of water a day for a weekend)
If you want to do something throughout Lent: hold frugal Friday lunches or soup suppers in your parish – you can use reflections from our online Lent calendar at cafod.org.uk/lentcalendar
Go online to see our Lent video and find more ideas to help you run Fast Day in your parish: cafod.org.uk/lent
Or call us on 0300 011 5680 to order prayer cards for your parish, or any other Lent resources.
CAFOD, Romero House,55 Westminster Bridge Road,London SE1 7JBTel: 020 7733 7900Email: [email protected]
Photography: David MutuaCharity no 1160384 and a company limited by guarantee no 09387398Printed on paper from well-managed forests CAF3220
For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected]
Collection envelope
Money boxes
Fast Day posters
Thank you.
Please return this form in your return envelope. You can also post it to:Freepost RSHJ-KJBY-YXLT, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB.Or call 0300 011 5680 to talk to us about anything we can help with.
Amendments to regular order of Fast Day resources
Any other comments?
How was the Fast Day collection envelope distributed?
Stapled to parish newsletter
Handed out before/after Mass
Left at the back of church
Distributed throughout pews
Other
Did anyone give a Fast Day talk in your parish?
YES / NO (circle as appropriate)
If yes, who delivered the talk?
Parish priest
Volunteer from parish
Young person
Someone from CAFOD
Other
What materials did you use from the website, if any?
Short talk
Children’s liturgy / colour in picture
What materials did you use from the website, if any? (continued)
Posters
Prayers
Other
Which extra resources, if any, were ordered for parishioners?
Money boxes
Collection envelopes
Fast Day posters
Prayer cards
In response to parishes’ feedback, we didn’t send out prayer cards for all parishioners this Fast Day. Do you want to receive more prayer cards next Fast Day?
Yes, please. Same quantity as at previous Fast Days.
Yes, please. (Please tell us how many, or say more or fewer than at previous Fast Days.)
No, thank you. We have enough.
Evaluation form
!
Make your money stretch even further…When you donate to CAFOD and fill in a Gift Aid form, you can increase the value of your gift by 25p for every £1 you give – at no extra cost to you! This extra 25 per cent means that we are able to support our partners and their life-changing work with more funding.
In the last year alone, we’ve raised £2.6m through Gift Aid donations for our work against poverty around the world.
How does it work?1. For CAFOD to claim Gift Aid, HM Revenue and Customs requires that CAFOD must be able to
match every donation to the donor, which is why it is important these forms are completed.
2. The donor must be a UK taxpayer (and have paid sufficient Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax), for CAFOD to be able to reclaim the basic rate of tax paid on their donation, however large or small.
3. Please use the CAFOD Fast Day envelopes, which have the Gift Aid slips on them, and encourage everyone who is eligible to fill in the Gift Aid slip when they donate.
Gift Aid will not be match funded as it’s already tax given back by the government on donations.
How to check Gift Aid donationsThe most important thing for your parish counters to do is to check the donation in the envelopes against the amount declared on the Gift Aid declaration.
n If the amount enclosed is the same as the amount declared, please do not change the Gift Aid declaration.
n If the amount enclosed is more than the amount declared, again, please do not change the Gift Aid declaration.
n If the amount enclosed is less than the amount declared, please change the amount written on the declaration to match the amount donated.
Please ensure all donations have been removed from bOTh envelopes.
Once the declarations have been checked, please send the completed Gift Aid declarations together with your cheque(s) and completed donation form to CAFOD. You can use the Freepost envelope provided or post to:
Freepost RSHJ-KJBY-YXLT, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB
If you have any further questions about Gift Aid, call us on 0300 011 5680.
Thank you!
Parish name and postcode or ID number
For any questions, contact CAFOD on 0300 011 5680 or [email protected]
Collection envelope
Money boxes
Fast Day posters
Thank you.
Please return this form in your return envelope. You can also post it to:Freepost RSHJ-KJBY-YXLT, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB.Or call 0300 011 5680 to talk to us about anything we can help with.
Amendments to regular order of Fast Day resources
Any other comments?
How was the Fast Day collection envelope distributed?
Stapled to parish newsletter
Handed out before/after Mass
Left at the back of church
Distributed throughout pews
Other
Did anyone give a Fast Day talk in your parish?
YES / NO (circle as appropriate)
If yes, who delivered the talk?
Parish priest
Volunteer from parish
Young person
Someone from CAFOD
Other
What materials did you use from the website, if any?
Short talk
Children’s liturgy / colour in picture
What materials did you use from the website, if any? (continued)
Posters
Prayers
Other
Which extra resources, if any, were ordered for parishioners?
Money boxes
Collection envelopes
Fast Day posters
Prayer cards
In response to parishes’ feedback, we didn’t send out prayer cards for all parishioners this Fast Day. Do you want to receive more prayer cards next Fast Day?
Yes, please. Same quantity as at previous Fast Days.
Yes, please. (Please tell us how many, or say more or fewer than at previous Fast Days.)
No, thank you. We have enough.
Evaluation form
!
Make your money stretch even further…When you donate to CAFOD and fill in a Gift Aid form, you can increase the value of your gift by 25p for every £1 you give – at no extra cost to you! This extra 25 per cent means that we are able to support our partners and their life-changing work with more funding.
In the last year alone, we’ve raised £2.6m through Gift Aid donations for our work against poverty around the world.
How does it work?1. For CAFOD to claim Gift Aid, HM Revenue and Customs requires that CAFOD must be able to
match every donation to the donor, which is why it is important these forms are completed.
2. The donor must be a UK taxpayer (and have paid sufficient Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax), for CAFOD to be able to reclaim the basic rate of tax paid on their donation, however large or small.
3. Please use the CAFOD Fast Day envelopes, which have the Gift Aid slips on them, and encourage everyone who is eligible to fill in the Gift Aid slip when they donate.
Gift Aid will not be match funded as it’s already tax given back by the government on donations.
How to check Gift Aid donationsThe most important thing for your parish counters to do is to check the donation in the envelopes against the amount declared on the Gift Aid declaration.
n If the amount enclosed is the same as the amount declared, please do not change the Gift Aid declaration.
n If the amount enclosed is more than the amount declared, again, please do not change the Gift Aid declaration.
n If the amount enclosed is less than the amount declared, please change the amount written on the declaration to match the amount donated.
Please ensure all donations have been removed from bOTh envelopes.
Once the declarations have been checked, please send the completed Gift Aid declarations together with your cheque(s) and completed donation form to CAFOD. You can use the Freepost envelope provided or post to:
Freepost RSHJ-KJBY-YXLT, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB
If you have any further questions about Gift Aid, call us on 0300 011 5680.
Thank you!
Parish name and postcode or ID number
happen in your parishMaking Lent Fast Day
Donation form
!
1. Parish details
Please return this form with your donations to help us to process them more efficiently. Please also make a copy of this form to enclose with any subsequent donations your parish may make to Lent this year. Please send your donations ASAP to ensure they will be matched by the UK government.
2. Donation details
Parish Cheque/s £
Postal Orders £
Cheques £
CAF Vouchers £
Other £
Total £
3. Gift Aid
Have you included your Gift Aid slips?
Sending your Gift Aid slips together with your donations will save CAFOD time and money.
Yes No
4. Your details (in case we need to contact you)
Name of sender:
Daytime tel. number:
Please do not send cash in the post
Please return this form in your return envelope. You can also post it to:Freepost RSHJ-KJBY-YXLT, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB.Or call 0300 011 5680 to talk to us about anything we can help with. CAF3220
Thank you for all you do to support our sisters and brothers in the world’s poorest communities. Because of you, we can keep serving them, and standing with them against the injustices that create poverty.
Lent Fast Day: Friday 19 February 2016