Yesterday Years 1 – 6 where able to attend Mass so as to acknowledge Ash Wednesday. Kindergarten participated in an age appropriate prayer service also to acknowledge the day. Ash Wednesday commences the season of Lent, the 40 days of preparation which lead up to the celebration of Easter. In conjunction with Ash Wednesday our Year 6 students attended the virtual launch of this year’s Project Compassion program coordinated by Caritas Australia. Engaging with Project Compassion is an excellent way to focus on the season of Lent (a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving). This year the theme of Project Compassion is ‘Be More’. This phrase has it’s context from a quote from St Oscar Romero…

‘Aspire not to have more, but to be more’ .

I ask all parents/carers to reflect on these words and in your own way appropriate to your circumstances, I encourage you to respond to what is asked of us this Lent.  

Take care and enjoy the week ahead.  

Peter Dempsey
Principal