” “Art, music and theatre for a Lenten experience in the run-up to Easter. It is the idea of mgr. Mario Joseph Conti, archbishop of Glasgow, who promoted a veritable Lenten festival (the Lentfest) for young and adults. "We would like to boost the use of arts in the mission of the Church to rediscover and appreciate what can contribute to the growth of faith”. The protagonists of the Lentfest will also be schools, who will enter a contest for works inspired by places, characters or facts about ‘a reason to believe’". Such works will be selected by an international jury. The Lentfest will include (8 March) the screening of "The Passion", followed by a debate. On 13-14-15 March, the students from St. Andrew’s Primary School will stage a "live" Way of the Cross, while from 26 to 31 March the voices of the Passion will steal the limelight. Peter, Barabbas, Veronica, the Centurion, Pontius Pilate and other characters will perform monologues in the attempt to understand the feelings associated with Christ’s sacrifice. On 27 March, the children from the primary school of Glasgow and Lanarkshire will stage the story of David and Goliath. "Everyone is welcome to join in, everyone, especially the young, are called to live this time with an alternative way of praying and reflecting, but a way that will lead everyone to Easter”.” “
