Do you know why we can eat fish on Fridays in Lent? We abstain from chicken, beef, and pork, but fish isn’t considered meat. One reason for this is that historically, fish was common and inexpensive, but meat was more difficult to acquire, much more expensive, and associated with celebration. We can keep our abstinence and still eat fish on Fridays, so it has become popular for parishes to host fish frys on Fridays.
You can get this free Fish Fry Friday placemat to use at your own kitchen table, or even to print and use at a parish Fish Fry. Download it here!
You can read more about lots of Lenten traditions in our new book All about Lent & Holy Week: Sharing the Seasons of Repentance & Salvation with Children. These resources were made in cooperation with Shari Van Vranken of Catholic Paper Goods using artwork from our new book!
You can find it at The St. Paul Center here or on Amazon here, or we'd love for you to ask for it at your local Catholic book store. It's also available as an ebook in both places if that's more your style!
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And you can find all of the free resources linked in this post:
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