Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. We acknowledge this special church day by receiving ashes on our forehead. All students and staff will receive the ashes. This action alerts us to the beginning of Lent. Lent starts 40 days before Easter. In this time we have the opportunity to pray, reflect and forgive as we move towards Easter. Lent takes 40 days and it mirrors the time Jesus spent in the desert.

On Shrove Tuesday (next Tuesday) we celebrate this day by eating pancakes. At school we will have a pancake for each child. We ask that they contribute a coin which will go in the Project Compassion box. I’ll conclude today with the Gospel Acclamation from Sunday’s Mass.

Alleluia, alleluia!
I give you a new commandment
Love one another as I have loved you.
Alleluia!

Have a lovely week and may God be with you and your family.
Helen Mulholland