Religious Education

On Wednesday, Fr Michael celebrated an Ash Wednesday Liturgy with our students and with the students from St Brigid's who walked all the way from Mordialloc to join us.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a special time called Lent in the Church. On this day, we put ashes on our foreheads to show our commitment of faith and humility as we prepare for Easter. 

Lent gets us ready for Easter, the most important season in the Church.

Through prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we remember Jesus’s death and resurrection, when he rose to heaven. Jesus brought the promise of hope to all people so that we may, “have life and have it to the full”.  

• Prayer helps us to get closer to God and remember the promises made at our baptism.

• Fasting reminds us of the sacrifice Jesus made for us as we too can we give something up (or take something on) to show our love for God and to be more aware of those living in poverty and in need.

• Almsgiving means to give to others to show we care about justice and are thankful for what God has given us.

During this time of Lent we hope to come together to unite against poverty and isolation with love and hope. 

Project Compassion, organised by Caritas Australia, asks us to Unite Against Poverty.

We can make a difference if we work together. The world is experiencing many hardships: conflict, war, poverty, climate change, discrimination, natural disasters and many others. 

Project Compassion shows us that we can make a big difference when we work together to build a world of justice, truth, hope, and love. 

Students were given a Project Compassion Box to bring home, with the hope that this Lent, we can help to unite against poverty,  work for justice, and  care for creation, so that we may build the Kingdom of God where all are welcome and thrive. 

In the 1900s, author and speaker William Arthur Ward combined fasting and feasting, so perhaps we can consider some things to fast from this Lent as well as some things to feast on!