Capirotada, Mexican-style bread pudding for Lent, enjoyed at Casa Tuesday
Students and staff of St. Mary’s gathered at Casa María to celebrate the first Tuesday of Lent with a Taizé-style evening prayer and supper which featured Capirotada, a Mexican-style bread pudding for Lent, on Feb. 23.
Each ingredient of capirotada has a symbolic reference to Christ’s suffering on the cross—cinnamon sticks for the wood of the cross, raisins for the nails, bread for the body and syrup as the blood of Christ.
April 13, 2011 at 8:02 am
[...] guests, a Mexican buffet dinner was served, featuring tacos, rice and capirotada. The latter is a traditional Mexican bread pudding for Lent with symbolism as rich as its taste. Viva Fiesta! Explore posts in the same categories: Community [...]