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Click the button below to learn why this year’s #RW24 is in support of displaced young Christians. Find below materials for #RW24 and together lets smash the fundraising target again this year!
Break the Silence
Please help Break the Silence on the persecution of Christians and minority faith groups around the world. Hear their stories and show your solidarity with our brothers and sisters.
Parish Bulletin
We are grateful for the support of our Catholic Bishops, our Parish Priests and the Catholic community to raise awareness for persecuted Christians via ACN’s #RedWednesday. From lighting red, parishioners wearing red, organising a #RW liturgy for the persecuted Church or taking on a Parish challenge for displaced young Christians.
#RedWednesday – Parish Challenge: 20th November 2024
#RedWednesday is Aid to the Church in Need’s (national and international) day for persecuted Christians. This year, ACN is focusing on the suffering of young Christians in priority countries, many of whom are orphaned and displaced due to targeted attacks against their Christian communities. Can you, your parish, school or other networks raise £500 by Christmas to help provide material and spiritual hope to displaced children in places like Nigeria, Lebanon, Syria, Burkina Faso and Mozambique? All individual gifts and ‘team fundraising’ donations will be doubled to the value of £250,000, thanks to generous benefactors! There are so many ways to raise awareness and funds, from a collection, to a parish 50ksteps challenge to wearing red on the day, To find out more, to sign our Advocacy petition and to find out how to be part of #TeamRed this year, visit acnuk.org/redwednesday
#RedWednesday Mass, London Oratory: 20th November, 7pm
Join our special annual evening of prayer, music, Award, light and hope to mark #RedWednesday. Stand together with your persecuted brothers and sisters, see the Brompton Oratory, London lighting red to shine a light on Christian persecution. Celebrated by Bishop Nicholas Hudson, with Archbishop Linus Neli, Archbishop of Imphal, India and Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali concelebrating. Followed by a Reception. Donations to #500k4Hope to support displaced young Christians. We would love to see you there. For individual and block parish bookings and for other #RedWednesday events around the country visit acnuk.org/events Don’t forget to wear red!
Check out even more resources to help get you and your parish involved this #RedWednesday
Schools
Get your school involved! Find out how your schools could get involved with the primary and secondary school Red Wednesday resources with presentations, details on the livesteam, prayer or fundraising activities and much more.
Fundraising Ideas
You could hold a bake sale, a supper club or raffle. How about theming your event red or with an African twist. Or why not challenge yourself or a group of friends to a sponsored run, walk, cycle. Change a life today.
- £25 will help provide trauma counselling for children and adults emotionally scarred by what they have lived through.
- £45 will help a Sister to provide care and spiritual support for families in huge distress.
- £100 will help with emergency relief – food, water and shelter – for those escaping violence.
- £500 will support young men who willingly defy persecution to become priests.
- £1000 will help to keep Christ present by re-building Churches destroyed by violence.
Fundraise with #TeamRED
Set up your fundraising page, click “start fundraising“ under the “Be a fundraiser“ section and see how your action is making a difference to the team total. You can also make a difference by making a donation, telling your friends and helping us reach our £500k4Hope target!
Facebook is also a great way to advertise your fundraiser. Facebook donates 100% of the money raised straight to ACN. Simply go onto ACN’s Facebook, click “fundraisers”, and then “raise money”.