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Creative fasting

Interview: Anne-Sophie Brändlin, BonnMarch 10, 2015

Could you imagine giving up Facebook, TV, or sweets for 40 days? We are in the midst of Lent - the six weeks between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday - when Christians traditionally fast. The young leaders of a Catholic youth group came up with a special challenge. Instead of simply refraining from eating meat, they invented a new concept for Lent to get teenagers excited about spirituality.

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