Dear families

The Easter season is almost here, with Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent occurring in Week 6 (6^th March). Many activities and celebrations are being planned for this beautiful time in the Liturgical Calendar: 

• Shrove Tuesday Pancake Stall
• Ash Wednesday Liturgy (**please note the change of time to 11.30am)
• Holy Week Performance 
• Easter Mass 

Please refer to the Calendar on SZapp for all the dates and times for the above (as well as other important school events).

Lent also sees the launch of Caritas, Project Compassion. Each year Project Compassion brings together thousands of Australians in schools, parishes and the community to stand in solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable communities, to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.

This year’s Project Compassion showcases the many ways Caritas Australia works around the world with our local partners to offer hope to people most vulnerable to extreme poverty and injustice. Through a holistic approach Caritas is working with communities providing hope for a just and fair world regardless of their ethnicity, political beliefs, gender or religion. We are assisting women, children and men to break free from the cycle of poverty whilst ensuring they are the architects of their own development.

We will be distributing the money boxes in the coming weeks and sharing this year’s Caritas stories through the Lenten Season. The theme that Caritas chose for Project Compassion 2019 is ‘Give Lent 100%’.

Christine Farrugia

Assistant Principal- Religious Identity and Mission