Dear Parents/Carers,

Today we began the Season of Lent by participating in Ash Wednesday Mass.

In the Catholic Tradition Lent is a time where we are asked to think about who we are and how we live. Lent can be a time where we give up our bad habits and commit to doing acts of kindness for others. It’s amazing how we feel better about ourselves when we help others.

Lent is about forgetting the ‘self’ and committing to the ‘other’.

Julia Baird, in her beautiful book, Phosphorescence, on awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark (2020) reflects on the essential antidote for loneliness.

“If your heart is sore, and you cannot soothe it, turn to help or to open up to another, and in doing so you may happily forget yourself for a while…”

May you experience love and peace this Lenten Season,

Many Blessings

Judy Egan

Reminder:

A reminder that all absences need to be put through the Schoolzine app or emailed to the Front Office office.stmichaelsps@cg.catholic.edu.au, the teacher can be CC'd in if emailing the Front Office.