ASH WEDNESDAY AT HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

On Wednesday 26th February we celebrated Ash Wednesday. Our Grade 3s – 6s gathered together to celebrate Mass with our Parish Priest Fr Suresh at St Bernard’s Church.

 Fr Suresh visited our Kinder, Prep, Grade Ones and Grade Twos where our students received ashes on their foreheads and a blessing.

 This period in the Church is a time when we think about how we have been called into a special relationship with God and other people. It is also a time where we give thanks for the good things that God has given us and remember that these blessings are not just for us. We must share them and use them to help other people in the world who do not have enough food, clean water and healthcare. The blessed ashes that marked our foreheads on Ash Wednesday are a sign that during Lent we are growing to be more like Christ and a reminder that just as Christ gave of himself for others, we need to share what we have with others, too.

Fr Suresh blessed us whilst saying "Believe in the Gospel and follow Jesus."

Over the six weeks of Lent, our school invites each family to contemplate the face of Christ and support Project Compassion. Every family is receiving a Project Compassion Box and you are kindly asked to display it in a prominent place as a reminder to donate money during this Lenten season, so that we can help to build a more humane world and a brighter future for everyone. In helping the poor and marginalised in our world we are following in the footsteps of Christ where he showed loving compassion for the poor.

Project compassion boxes will need to be returned by Friday, 3rd April.

Mrs Libby Piesse    

Assistant Principal: Religious Education