Ash Wednesday- Mercy Works Rice Day

Ash Wednesday Mass: 10:00am Wednesday 26^th(Week 5)

Ash Wednesday at Lunch Time we will be holding our annual Rice Day lunch. This lunch serves a twofold purpose. Ash Wednesday is traditionally a day of penance where we do an act of self-denial and offer this up to God. We are asking our students to forgo their usual lunch and buy a bowl of rice. The money from this day is given to the Mercy Works Foundation who support the needs of children in some of the poorest parts of our world. The lunch also provides the students with a sense of walking in the shoes of a child from a developing country who only gets one bowl of rice to eat for a day. This exercise in empathy also allows our students to recognise how blessed we are to have what we do – plenty of food, an education, freedom and safety. In 2017 Sr Frances Fitzpatrick and Sr Angela Jordan came and spoke to the students about what Mercy Works does around the world. They spoke about how through “Ordinary Means, Extraordinary Results” can happen. That even our small donations can make a difference.

Please support our Rice Day – a bowl of rice for $2. The tuckshop will be closed at lunchtime and no lunch orders will be available. Drinks however, will be available. If your child is unable to eat rice, please notify his/her teacher in writing. If your child has particular nutritional needs, please follow their usual program. For our younger students – parents can use their discretion for their food intake.

Infant Parish Weekend Mass:

Infants Weekend Mass 7^th March. All families and students are welcome to attend. 

Burning Branches Liturgy:

On Tuesday 25^th February at 2:45pm the school will celebrate the Liturgy of the burning branches. At this liturgy, the Palm Sunday branches from last year will be blessed and burned to create the ashes for this year’s Ash Wednesday

Yours in Faith