Join us in our third annual Lenten Fast to End Gun Violence

To Catholic Sisters, our partners, and people of faith:

As followers of the nonviolent Jesus, our hearts are broken by the constant gun violence in the United States. In response to the gun violence epidemic, we invite you to join in our 2026 Lenten Fast to End Gun Violence. This will be the third year of offering our fast as a prayer to God and an opportunity to publicly appeal to our civic communities for action to reduce gun violence.

We will join our hearts, minds, and bodies in a sacrifice—according to our capability—as an expression of love, in a spirit of generosity, willingly abstaining from food and drink or undertaking other meaningful sacrifices as we put forth our united call for people to lay down their guns and enact gun violence prevention legislation.