SVP Lent Prayer Resources 2026

Lift People Out of Loneliness

This year’s SVP Heart to Heart Lent campaign focuses on loneliness, something that affects people of all ages across our wider community. Even in busy universities, families, neighbourhoods, and parishes, many people can feel unseen or on their own. This campaign invites a simple but meaningful response: reach out and have a conversation.

We are inspired by St Pier Giorgio Frassati, an SVP member who believed deeply in friendship and in lifting others up - verso l’alto, “to the heights”. When we lift someone else, we often find ourselves lifted too.

The Heart to Heart resources are designed to support this in ways that work in your own setting. You’ll find short weekly reflections and videos that fit easily into CathSoc gatherings or young adult sessions in parishes. There are also Stations of the Cross that can support parish worship, and a dedicated prayer experience for large groups, focusing on the moments of Maundy Thursday.

Alongside these are plenty of practical ideas (some small, some more involved) to help turn reflection into action.

This is very much a pick-and-mix campaign. You don’t need to do everything. Use what feels right for your setting, your young adults, and the time you have. That might be as simple as using a daily conversation starter, or something more hands-on like planning a visit to a care home or sharing soup and sandwiches together. What matters most is the moment of connection.

Loneliness is one of the biggest hidden poverties today. These resources remind us that when we take time to listen, things can change. People feel noticed, hearts open, and God is often found in the space between people.

So this Lent, take up the challenge in your community: reach out and have a conversation. We hope these resources support you as you continue to create meaningful moments in the lives of the young people you accompany.

 Spiritual Reflection Scripts

These scriptural reflections offer simple, prayerful moments to pause and listen, focusing on biblical encounters where conversation opens hearts, changes lives, and reveals God’s presence. Linked to our Lenten appeal, Heart to Heart, they remind us that in a world where loneliness is a hidden poverty, reaching out and starting a conversation can be powerful and deeply healing, inspiring us this Lent to go heart to heart with others as Jesus does in the Gospels.

Spiritual Reflection Videos (Coming Soon - taster here)

Pause, listen, and reflect with these short scriptural videos.

Week 1: Elijah and the Widow 

Week 2: Woman at the Well 

Week 3: Zacchaeus 

Week 4: Jesus and Peter on the Beach 

Week 5: The Last Supper 

Stations of the Cross script

This simple Stations of the Cross script is designed for Lent and shaped by Vincentian values and our shared mission. Prayed as part of the Heart to Heart Lenten Appeal, it invites participants to reflect on Christ’s journey through a Vincentian lens; being attentive to suffering, compassion, and the call to act.

This can be used in one sitting or shared over several weeks. This devotion gently encourages those taking part to move from prayer to action, becoming agents of change, heart to heart.

Talking Table

This Lent, pull up a seat at the Talking Table. It’s a simple table set up somewhere for anyone to sit when they like no schedule, no pressure just a space to notice others, and pray.

Think of the Last Supper: ordinary food, ordinary people, messy, human but full of love. Jesus left room for everyone at the table. There’s always room for you.

The resources include:

A short presentation script that explore the movements of Holy Thursday and introduces the SVP Campaign and talking table

PPT  to accompany the presentation 

How to set up a talking table

Table Placemats

Table Namecards

Table Bunting

Table Conversations

Table Plates with Statistics and stories

Herman: The cake that builds connection

Lent gently encourages us to slow down, notice one another, and see God at work in the small things a warm slice of cake, a doorstep chat, a gesture that says, ‘You matter.’ That’s the heart of Herman the Friendship Cake. Over ten days he grows, and on Day 10 he’s shared. It’s more than passing on cake; it’s offering a moment of connection, a smile, a check-in, a real ‘How are you?’ 

Whether you share Herman once or run a whole cycle as a community, the aim is simple: create easy, human moments where people feel seen and heard.

Making plans to visit a care home

As part of the SVP Heart to Heart Lenten Appeal, this outreach offers a flexible way to slow down, notice others, and make space for genuine human connection. Whether through a single visit or weekly visits throughout Lent, it’s an invitation to be present. At its heart, this project is about living out the SVP Heart to Heart message: bringing companionship, creating connection, and giving people of all ages the chance to serve, lead, and make a real difference. Your group chooses the rhythm. One visit or many, every moment matters.

Soup and a Sarnie

Soup & Sarnie is a simple invitation to pause and gather during Lent. In a season that encourages reflection, it offers something very ordinary and very meaningful: sitting down together, sharing a meal, and taking time to talk.This gathering can happen once or become a weekly Lenten habit. Either way, it creates an easy, welcoming space where conversations unfold naturally and people feel included with no agenda, no pressure, just the chance to be together.

In this resource, you’ll find everything you need to plan and prepare for your Soup & Sarnie gathering.

Conversation Calendar: A Question a Day to Listen, Share, and Connect

The Conversation Calendar offers one simple question each day of Lent. An invitation to pause and talk with someone, heart to heart. It might be a friend, a family member, or someone you don’t usually get the chance to speak with. There’s no right answer and no pressure to say something clever. What matters is the space created when we choose to listen and be heard.