DEPUTY PRINCIPAL - Lize Privitera
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Shrove Tuesday (21st February) is the day before Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. This year the students will be offered pre-prepared pikelets in their classrooms. Please remember to complete the eForm by TODAY. Children must have PAM permission to participate. We look forward to celebrating Shrove Tuesday together.
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday (22nd February), a day on which Catholics traditionally resist eating between meals (fasting) and avoid eating meat (abstaining). Many Catholics also attend Mass or have special prayer liturgies.
Lent is a forty-day period preparation for Easter. It reminds us of the forty-days that Jesus spent in the wilderness before he took up his ministry. During this time, he fasted and prayed. Lent is a time of self-denial and prayer for us as well. During this period, we are called to focus on becoming closer to Jesus by praying a little more, doing good deeds for others, going without something we like and giving generously to others in need. Ash Wednesday is a good time for us to think about what we can do to grow closer to Jesus over the next weeks.
Whole School Mass Ash Wednesday 22nd February 2023, 9.00am Allen Hall - Parents and friends are most welcome to attend our whole school mass celebration to begin the season of Lent and launch the Project Compassion Campaign. There will be an opportunity for the blessing and distribution of Ashes to those attending the mass.
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Matthew 5:38–48
My command to you is: love your enemies, pray for your persecutors.
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells his listeners that he wants us to show by our loving actions that the Kingdom of God is already here. We don’t have to be perfect in everything, but we have to love others the way Jesus did.
OLHC Parish
Mary MacKillop Primary School is one of the three Parish Primary Schools belonging to the Parish of Our Lady Help of Christians, Narre Warren within the Diocese of Sale. Fr Brendan Hogan is our Parish Priest and Fr Ajin Albarnas is our Assistant Priest. We are grateful for their ongoing prayers, involvement and support of the students, families and staff of Mary MacKillop School.
PARISH SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM 2023 - Click on the link to access a copy of the 2023 Sacrament Program Booklet
https://www.olhc.org.au/parish-sacrament-program/
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