![Refugees gather at a makeshift camp near Kibati, 12 km north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 29, 2008 [REUTERS/Stringer, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/refugees-who-fled-fighting/934156-2-eng-GB/refugees-who-fled-fighting_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![More than 700 campaigners rallied before delivering anti-poverty messages to every EU embassy in London [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/campaign_images/trade_justice_campaign_images/embassy_bus/199633-2-eng-GB/embassy_bus_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Fatna (right) brings home wood that she and some neighbours have harvested from outside the camp in Kubum, south Darfur [Paul Jeffery/ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/fatna-right-brings-home-wood/247664-2-eng-GB/fatna-right-brings-home-wood_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Niccollette and Shrirvanie film the aftermath of the Guyanan floods, with support from CAFOD partner Guyana Human Rights Association [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/what-we-do/communications/images/after-guyana-floods/679742-1-eng-GB/after-guyana-floods_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
Advent and Christmas
CAFOD’s popular Advent Reflections are being sent out by email in 2008 - please sign up here to receive yours
You will receive five gospel reflections, one per week during Advent (emailed to you on Friday, starting November 28) plus one for Christmas.
We offer these Advent Reflections as a chance to pause during the Christmas rush and prepare spiritually for the coming of Christ.
Sign up to regular CAFOD email updates today and receive five reflections throughout Advent.
In addition, please support our special Advent Appeal 2008 by sending a message of support to children in Bethlehem.
Send your message now - you really will make a difference to many children's lives this Christmas
CAFOD Advent Appeal: Please send a message of support to kids this Advent at a special school run by a CAFOD partner
![UK CAFOD vigil for Make Poverty History [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/candles-at-uk-event/823484-1-eng-GB/candles-at-uk-event_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Advent service: the livesimply community challenges (139.50 kB)
An Advent service for your group or parish reflecting on the new livesimply community challenges (Word doc)
A collection of Advent prayers for you to download on themes including livesimply, hope, expectation (Word doc)
A collection of our most popular prayers about Christmas for you to download (Word doc)
![Morning prayers at the Church of the Virgin of Guadelupe, Chiapas, Mexico [Marcella Haddad]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/mexico/images/little-girls-in-church/4985-2-eng-GB/little-girls-in-church_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
![Kenyan women lay down flowers after a peaceful demonstration at Nairobi's Freedom Corner against the violent unrest following elections, January 2008 [REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/kenya/images/kenyan-women-lay-down-flowers-/283251-2-eng-GB/kenyan-women-lay-down-flowers-_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
![Women from different church groups join to sing together in Chawama market, Lusaka, Zambia. [Caroline Irby]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/singing/823540-1-eng-GB/singing_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
A call to re-examine what we really wish for, as we prepare for Christmas. Do we need that latest MP3 player or DVD; what does it really mean to 'live well' in the light of our faith (Word doc)
![Doves in a Philippines CAFOD project [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/doves/823498-1-eng-GB/doves_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Thoughts on hope and faith in Advent (25.50 kB)
Reflection on getting back to our true selves in preparation for Christmas (Word doc)
