Dear Parents/Carers,

Tomorrow, with the celebration of Ash Wednesday,  we enter the significant season of our Church’s year - Lent. This is a time of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving.

Lent is also a time to hear the Word of God, to be reconciled with one’s self and with one’s neighbour. It is a time to do good works, to fast and to prepare for Easter. Interestingly, this time is marked by the symbol of the ashes. This is an ancient practice which converted sinners. The act of putting ashes on the forehead is a symbol of fragility and mortality and the need to be redeemed by the mercy of God. This act is the first step in preparation of renewing the Easter  commitment and promise of new life.

As we begin our Lenten journey for 2021, how will prayer become more integral to your life? How will you welcome the mercy of God in the confusion of life? How will you recognise that reconciliation may be needed for you to ‘outgrow the past and enter the present’?

Embrace this first week of Lent with open arms and allow God into your life as you have never done before.

Go gently,

Michael Reardon
Principal