Last week saw the beginning of Lent and as a school and parish community we attended Ash Wednesday liturgy last week to celebrate the beginning of Lent.
Lent is the time in our church year that enables us to prepare our hearts for Easter, the resurrection of Jesus to new life after his crucifixion and death.

Our Year 5/6 leaders will return to being altar servers in our church again this year. Thank you to Wayne, Belle and 
Gemma who served during Ash Wednesday Mass.

During our Lenten season, as Christians, we are called to improve our lives through focusing on Prayer, fasting and Almsgiving. We pray to improve our relationship with God and others. We fast, as Jesus did when he spent 40 days in the wilderness.

And we try to give more throughout Lent, as helping others is a tradition of the Lent season, inspired by the command of Jesus to "love your neighbour as yourself." While we should likewise give to others in love throughout the entire year, an extra emphasis is added during the time of Lent, which includes our Project Compassion fundraising.Our first fundraiser for Project Compassion, our Pancake morning saw us raise over $100 - so thank you for your support!

We will celebrate together again next Friday morning at 11.30am for our Opening Mass. Please join us, all are welcome!