Religious Education and Social Justice

Ash Wednesday and Lent

Next Wednesday, 26th February, the Catholic Church will commence the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday.

 

Lent is the church season when we prepare ourselves for Easter. It is a time for spiritual reflection and fasting that prepares us to celebrate our redemption through Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday.

 

Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence from meat. It is the day we receive ashes on our forehead in the form of a cross as a symbol of penance. 

 

We will celebrate Mass and receive the ashes at 11:30 am in Corpus Christi Church next Wednesday. Families are welcome to attend.

 

Parish Renewal Program (Week 2)

 

Jane Wilkinson

Religious Education Leader